Eggs Collective

Children. It happened. We reached the Darkest Night.

Thank you to everyone who joined us last Friday at Loading Bay, for the final edition of Eggs Collective’s Dark Nights.

We were too busy dancing in the dark to take pictures, but this crowdsourced carousel gives an excellent sense of the chaos.

Damp and cold thank yous to our incredible special guests , .co.uk and for being the perfect grand finale triumvirate. And special thanks to our new heroes from Performance Collective who joined us onstage for the closing ritual.

Thank you to everyone who came down and joined us for snowball fights, Latin karaoke and the tin foil sculpture round of an already shoddy quiz. And to those of you who came to all three shows and had your loyalty card stamped thrice, you deserve all the B&M Charlemagne in the world 🍾

We’re off to hibernate before the nights start getting shorter. Big love Bradford, we’ve had a ball with you. Thank you for having us. ✨🦇

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YOUR STORY HERE | 2025

Since the summertime, we’ve been hanging out in Sheffield with and the people of Stannington, making a brand new map of the area.

Starting with a fly-poster campaign in all corners of the neighbourhood, we invited people to call our hotline or send us a message about the places and stories that should feature on the map - big or small, happy or sad, eventful or ordinary.

Later, we set up a guerrilla trail of pop-up story collection offices (aka us with clipboards, a fold up table and the hope that people would talk to us), that took us to parks, day centres, breakfast clubs, pubs, cafes, the foodbank and the library.

Then, we handed over all the stories to the amazing illustrator , who turned them into an incredible new map of Stannington - pinpointing the exact locations of childhood adventures, favourite walks, dramatic encounters with badgers, falls and snow and last goodbyes. We love it.

It was a total joy to unveil the map a few weeks ago with people we met along the way. The map will have a permanent home in Stanwood, and be available online. We’ll do a whole other post featuring the map detail, because it absolutely deserves its own square on the grid.

Images of the unveiling event:
All other images: .collective
(You’ll be able to tell the difference!)

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Wanted: Your Stories That Happened Here!

As part of our Neighbourhood Artists project artists Eggs Collective want to hear your stories about Stannington. Posters have been going up around and about asking you to get in touch by text or email, and over the next few weeks Eggs Collective will be here for some in-person story collecting. Come along to chat with them, and share your (ordinary and extraordinary) Stannington happenings, which will become part of an illustrated community map 💚

Catch them at the following dates and locations:

Tuesday 30th September
12:30pm - 2:30pm: Rivelin Park Cafe

Friday 3rd October
11:30am - 1:30pm: Kafe Stannington
2pm - 3:30pm: Stannington Library

Saturday 4th October
12pm - 2pm : Rose and Crown Pub (Minnie's)

Monday 20th October
TBC

The story pop-ups are free and open to anyone who lives in, works in, or has a connection to Stannington! No need to book, just drop by.

Image description: Three super cool women wearing pale blue boiler suits are hanging out the side of a pastel blue campervan, grinning and holding red love heart balloons. Above them is text that says Eggs Collective in Stannington!

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🍂Bradford, you were absolutely ripe🍎

Thank you to everyone who joined us and our musty robes to harvest the dark, at Eggs Collective’s Dark Nights Part Deux.

You guessed tins, you weighed apples, you penned odes to Autumn that have had Keats spinning in his grave. And all hail our autumn monarch, crowned in a storm of leaves and B&Ms finest pumpkin spice haze.

Unholy gratitude to our ritual accomplices & Johnny The Biblical Rapper for their offerings to the compost heap. Big thanks to team and volunteers for all their support.

Up next, the finale - winter solstice. The darkest night yet. 12th December, at Loading Bay. Until then, stay cursed children, and don’t eat the yellow conkers.

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Devastated to hear that our friend Andy Martin of The Star and Garter has passed away. A champion amongst humans, Andy was kind, generous and hilarious. A rare and irreplaceable gem, loved deeply by many, including us. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and the S&G community. Manchester won’t be the same.

Holy crypto!

The website's been updated with details and photos from recent projects, including:

☀️PACKAGE HOLIDAY with ARC Stockton Arts Centre
🎤 KIDS' CABARET with Slung Low
🎈THE PARTY SHOW AFTERSHOW PARTY - new work-in-progress supported by Wonder Arts, Heart of Glass, Big Imaginations & Z-arts

Eggs Collective | THE PARTY SHOW AFTERSHOW PARTY The Party Show Aftershow Party is a show in development for children and families aged 5+. A fun and energetic race against the clock to get everything checked off on the showbiz party checklist, devised in collaboration with children from Manchester, St Helens, Knowsley and Leeds.

Are you NOT AN ADULT?
Do you like WATCHING THINGS?
Do you like EATING THINGS?
Do you like PLAYING THINGS?

Then we need you, this Saturday 9th July for Kids' Cabaret! We'll be there, with our very special guests Freddie Hayes, The Lovely Boys and the Bhangracise.co.uk guys!

Come on down, 5pm at Slung Low Holbeck Wmc. Pay what you decide.

Kids' Cabaret at Slung Low at The Holbeck Tickets are now available for Kids' Cabaret at Slung Low at The Holbeck, on Saturday 9th July 2022. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

Jimothy & Barbara would like to wish you a Happy Valentine's and kindly remind all patrons that there is strictly no pumping of any kind in the hot tub. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09pm32r/silky-hotel

"It feels like it's time for a programme like this". The legendary Susie Blake talks SILKY HOTEL - plus her trailblazing grandma and her iconic work with Victoria Wood. 41 mins in. 💘https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bh18kh

BBC Arts BBC iPlayer Delaval Film

Gayle Lofthouse - 03/02/2022 - BBC Sounds West Yorkshire stories to make you smile, Make a Difference and the music you love.

Weekend special! Jonathan Sosidge has created a deeply erotic 22 course tasting menu, dishes include Slithery Mushroom, Textures of Mince and Cleopatra's Bathwater. Serving this weekend at Silky Hotel, on BBC iPlayer. 🦪

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09pm32r/silky-hotel

Romantic getaways available this weekend at Silky Hotel, where KP and Maria have put fresh batteries in the candelabras just for you. Check-in now at BBC iPlayer.