The brainchild of the Andy Green, Circular Bear Project makes short films showing the world what it’s like being a real middle aged cuddly man in the UK. Not caricatures or stereotypes, just down to earth friendly blokes who like other blokes, getting into scrapes and daft adventures, who are all just a little bit Circular!
Andy is the creative genius behind Circular Bear Project. Not only did he envision all the characters and storylines, but also wrote the main film script, directed and filmed everything and managed to keep all in order. He never stops!
Martyn is horrendously talented! When he is not doing Circular things, you can find him on stage with the Rossendale Players (Lady In The Van, Generations Apart) and in January 2019 could be seen in Summerseat Players’ new telling of ‘No Sex Please, We’re British.’ In 2018 he was also seen as a supporting artist on many TV dramas. He wrote the excellent Circular Tails short Daniel. Martyn plays Dan, Aaron’s friend who first took him under his wing and now going through a troubled patch. He’s a lot more thoughtful than Dan in real life!
@CircularBuggles
Rosie Garland is a queer novelist, poet and singer with post-punk band The March Violets. Rosie has a passion for language nurtured by weekly visits to public libraries as a child. Her work has appeared in Under the Radar, The North, Spelk, Rialto, Mslexia, amongst others.
Kazuki James has been a part of the pup scene for over 18 years living a life as a pup 24/7. Having found life as a pup from an early age he is well known in the community. He’s had a uniquely pup life and seen pup play in the UK grow from a small underground thing into a world wide network of communities.
He is one of the ‘Pups Of The North’ group organisers and is part of the team that make the UK’s biggest monthly pup meet ups ‘Kennel Klub’ happen every month in Manchester. As an LGBT community photographer he has strong connections Manchester’s gay village centred on Canal Street. Since 2012 Kaz has been photographing LGBT events, theatre, music and drag performance in Manchester. Charity auctions of Kaz’s photographic prints have benefited The George House Trust and mental health charity Mind Manchester. Life long touring, guitarist and sound engineer Kaz has also produced a charity music video dedicated to The Albert Kennedy Trust in collaboration with stop motion animator Daniel James. His first album Resistance was released in 2017.
@KazPup
Since last appearing on the show, Nathaniel debuted his one-man play “First Time” in association with Dibby Theatre. It’s the true story of how he contracted HIV after his first sexual experience aged 16. He didn’t tell anyone for 14 years – the shame ate away at him and he had a breakdown. The show was his way of dealing with it and breaking the stigma around HIV. His show has frank scenes about our sex lives, our community, culture, isolation and self-hatred.
After a successful crowd-funding launch, he took it to the Edinburgh Fringe, having a sold out residency at Summerhall. It went down a storm, receiving 4 & 5 star reviews from the critics. Nathaniel is now aiming to tour the show across the UK
@nathanieljhall
Yvy DeLuca is an Indian, trans author whose autobiography has just been published. “Tainted Beauty” is a no-holds-barred account of her entire journey and how she came to be the person she is today. She doesn’t mince her words at all and discusses topics such as childhood, experiencing gay culture, and her transition in the early 2000s. She also talks about subjects such as sex and pleasure, connecting with her body, relationships, and learning what it means to live as an authentic creation.
Yvy wrote the book when she was going through renal failure back in 2015. She found herself wanting to write a book that she would have wanted to read when she was going through her transition. She was passionate to tell her story so that people can see the joys of being trans and not just the struggles they face.
Yvy is passionate about representation of Indian trans people, and the taboos of being trans and from a Muslim culture. She is keen to state the difference between being Indian and being Muslim. Yvy is not Muslim, but still believes she can represent the Queer Indian community.
@yvyworld
Chris Park is a freelance writer who’s had over 100 articles published for websites like Northern Soul, Canal Street Online, Film Daily and Unlock MCR. He writes about everything from books to travel, and from dating to movies. He reviews the shows and interviews the stars.
Chris is a huge Madonna fan and would love to interview her, even though she has a reputation for cutting journalists down with ease!
He’s interviewed a wide variety of well-known people including Bjorn Again. designer Wayne Hemmingway, Craig Charles, Howard Jones, Jinx Monsoon & Peaches Christ, and Tony Hadley.
He once met Bet Lynch in a bathroom showroom, interviewed Elaine Paige whilst ignoring a fire drill and discussed buffet standards with Nicky Butt – so you could say he’s adaptable.
Chris divides his time between the beautiful Hebden Bridge and the city of Manchester.
@parkslifeblog
Ross Alexander has spent 25 years as a DJ, and record producer. He’s now an artist in his own right, making Neo-romantic music – a modern take on the ‘New Romantics’ era – adding his own futuristic twist.
His 2015 single ‘Brand New Lover,’ a twist on the 1986 Dead or Alive hit, reached Number 2 in the Eurodance chart. Pete Burns didn’t dislike Ross’s version.
A Pledge Music campaign resulted in the release of his debut album ‘Glitter & Twisted’ which was released Feb 12th 2018.
In September 2018 was his infamous audition on the X Factor. It was brutally re-edited and Ross hit the headlines for his retort to Robbie Williams’s wife and fellow judge Ayda Williams.
In 2019, Ross is back in the studio to record his second album – ‘DiscoDrama.’ It will feature his new single “Temptation” which has already reached the number 1 slot on the Eurodance chart.
Matthew Holmes is a Manchester lad who never really grew out of his inquisitive phase. He spends his time exploring the lengths and depths of Britain to find abandoned and derelict buildings frozen in time.
A business owner by day, Matthew will spot a building that takes his fancy online or simply from walking past it. He’ll then scout out the premises to assess danger and security levels before returning home to swot up and plan his visit properly.
How does he get permission? Well, he doesn’t. But he never breaks and enters and instead takes the opportunity of an open window or an open door instead. And he is not opposed to climbing walls or shimmying up a drain pipe or two. He’s only been caught twice. Luckily on both occasions, he avoided trouble.
Matthew is passionate about saving Manchester’s abandoned buildings.
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