A New Creative Partnership with Where The Light Gets In
Manchester Collective at Where The Light Gets In. Film still from Breaking Bread by Jessie Rodger.
As we prepare to give our first live performance in Manchester for over a year, we are thrilled to reveal further details of the Collective’s 21/22 season, including a creative partnership with chef Sam Buckley’s Where The Light Gets In (WTLGI) restaurant in Stockport.
An artistic exchange between two sets of creators, the Great British Menu star behind Stockport's acclaimed green-Michelin starred restaurant Where The Light Gets In will join forces with Manchester Collective to host bespoke experiences combining music, food, drink and stories throughout the year. The events programme starts with a listening party on Sunday 19 September and continues with an intimate set of performances of the Collective’s Voice of the Whale (26 September) and Neon (22 May) shows. Guests will be treated to delicious food and organic produce from the restaurant’s garden.
The collaboration will also feature the release of a new film by Jessie Rodger. Filmed in July 2021, Breaking Bread uncovers the creative motivations and aspirations of the Collective’s musicians and WTLGI’s chefs, culminating in a filmed meal and performance with soprano Ruby Hughes that celebrates artistic exchange and the communal experience of sharing music and food. It will be screened at the restaurant later in the year.
Adam Szabo, co-founder and Chief Executive of Manchester Collective, said: “We’re always looking for interesting ways of encouraging and facilitating artistic exchange. Our collaboration with Sam and WTLGI is an opportunity to explore the connections between our respective worlds. Through the pandemic, the chefs at WTLGI, like us, were compelled to keep creating, to keep researching and growing. Two ‘collectives’ in search of an audience, through the process of our partnership we have become each other’s audience, providing the artistic nourishment and exchange we both needed. We’re looking forward continuing on this journey with Sam and his team and seeing where it takes us.”
Chef Sam Buckley said: “We’re so delighted to welcome Manchester Collective to Where The Light Gets In. It has always been part of our mission to open up our space as a place for expression within culture. We feel very excited to join with the Collective – their energy is astounding, and the intimacy of these performances promises to make for a very emotional experience.”