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20th - 22nd September 2013 at Manchester Conference Centre

Welcome to the third progress report for the 24th Festival of Fantastic Films. It is always a tense time in the run up to the Festival. Guests cannot give long term commitments as the business they are in has traditionally operated on a short notice projects. That’s why we’re delighted to finally confirm the line up for the Festival.

Madeline Smith and Shane Rimmer were the first to join Michael Armstrong and more recently and Nicholas Ball have also been added, to give us what promises to be another great Festival.

Madeline Smith Shane Rimmer Umberto Lenzi Nicholas Ball

Obviously the programme will be packed, after 23 years we think you know what to expect. The movies are just one aspect of the Festival, albeit a significant one that occupies a lot of the different programme streams. We hope you also take time to explore the other programme items, Steve Green will be presenting the Delta Award so pop along and show some support. There are some real gems this year. Ramsey Campbell will be auctioning a host of collectables. OK, he will buy most of them himself, but he’s entertaining, so the audience don’t mind. Go and bid him up. There’s the Film Fair and few other surprises, but we know many of us just come to see old friends. We hope many of you stay around for the dead dog party quiz. George Gaddi knows how to pick the questions that’ll make Katie’s pronunciation the night’s entertainment by itself. Teams bond over the mutual lack of knowledge and much alcohol is drunk.

1 Welcome to the Festival

My apologies for the late report but this is due to personal health problems in my family, however ,better late than never, please find an update of the current position.

The website will be regularly updated so please make a point of looking at it. Further news will follow when available.

As mentioned our confirmed guest list includes Madeline Smith, Umberto Lenzi, Shane Rimmer, Michael Armstrong & Nicholas Ball – a very eclectic list in & out of .

Umberto Lenzi will be promoting his new Blu Ray release ( AKA Incubo Sulla Città Contaminata ) The basis of the story being that an airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! ( Another Comedy I don't think ). Umberto’s most seen movies are & Eaten Alive - He has also made several Sword & Sorcery movies such as Sandokan the Great & Samson and the Slave Queen

Shane Rimmer is one of those most prized Canadians who have been in the Uk since the late 50's and have made a large number of British & European film & TV appearances including three appearances in movies ( You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), as well as appearing in Dr Strangelove, Warlords of Atlantis, Arabian Adventure & a favourite of mine Twilights Last Gleaming a great .

Nicholas Ball has had a long career on both Film & TV, I know a lot of us remember him in the Terry Venables co- penned TV series Hazell of the late 70's but this was just one part of a long career which includes appearances in genre shows such as Mutant Chronicles, Hammer House of Horror, Tales of the Unexpected, and a favourite show of a friend of mine Mr Rose. Nicholas will be with us to present the upcoming BluRay presentation of Tobe Hooper's 1985 Sci Fi/Space film Lifeforce.

Madeline Smith it is a great pleasure to have the return of the delightful & beautiful Maddie, who made such a hit on her last visit some years ago. Maddie's main genre claim include the movie and the which co-starred as the creature another old favourite Dave Prowse. She was also very prominent in the Hammer Vampire movie as another of our late friend Ingrid Pitt's lovers. Maddie also appeared in the James Bond movie with Live & Let Die who can forget the amazing use of the magnet on her dress. This year has seen the release of the Lionel Jeffries directed movie The Amazing Mr Blunden which Maddie also appeared in. She was also in Taste the Blood of .

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Michael Armstrong another returning face belongs to the multi-hyphenate Mr Armstrong, as an actor-director-writer-producer and all round good guy, it has been to long since his last visit. The good news is that he has begun work on a new movie again (and about time I say). Michael wrote the screenplay and directed the Anglo/German Witchfinder movie Mark of the Devil which, like Cannibal Ferox of Umberto Lenzi, had a bit of a chequered career in the eighties. He also caused a bit of a stir in the seventies with his screenplay for the movie The Black Panther about real life killer Dennis Neilson and the chase to catch him. In 1983 Pete Walker got Michael writing the script for the House of the movie which was one of the few successful times most of the horror heroes appeared in ( /Peter Cushing// & Sheila Keith - most sadly no longer with us ). To prove his acting ability he was one of the stars of his self written epic Eskimo Nell.

As well as the special presentations of Nightmare City & Lifeforce we are hoping to show a selection of rarely seen genre movies.

I have been told that any rooms NOT booked by mid August have to be given back so if you haven't booked as yet PLEASE DO IT NOW as we have no control of the rooms or rates after the mid august deadline. (Also, we would like to know if you are coming. )

Tony, myself and the Committee hope you enjoy the Festival See you there

Gil

Over 20 Years of Film Fandom A Tribute to .... The Festival of Fantastic Films Book by George Houston & George Gaddi

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3 Guest: Umberto Lenzi Legendary Italian film director Umberto Lenzi, first came to the fore with the 1961 swashbuckler Hell Below Deck, with Lisa Gastoni playing the female pirate Anne Read and ex-pat Americans Jerome Courtland and Walter Barnes providing some international support. The following year, Umberto was directing Edinburgh-born actor Don Burnett in the title role of The Triumph of Robin Hood, with the actor’s then wife, Liverpool-born Gia Scala, fresh from The Guns of Navarone, providing the love interest. Umberto Lenzi helmed some of the most entertaining international adventure movies of the sixties including Sandokan the Great and Sandokan, The Pirate of Malaysia, both starring . Temple of the White Elephant, with Sean Flynn (son of Errol), followed, along with Messalina v the Son of Hercules, then war films such as Desert Commandos, spaghetti westerns like Pistol for a Hundred Coffins and many more. He notched up over 20 films in a decade, sometimes making three a year, finishing the 1960s with a real bang – the fine thriller, (aka Paranoia) with and ., He followed this with So Sweet So Perverse, again with Miss Baker this time teamed with French leading man Jean-Louis Trintignant. Keeping busy with thrillers and police films through the seventies, in 1980, he directed Nightmare City, a movie years ahead of its time – he had the zombies running fast, driving cars and firing guns. He has directed 65 films over a period of 30 years, from sword-and-sandal epics to Eaten Alive and the notorious Cannibal Ferox, which was banned in 31 countries.

4 Guest: Madeline Smith

The delectable Madeline Smith will be making a very welcome return to the Festival. Star of Taste The , The Vampire Lovers, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, she also appeared in The Ballad of Tam Linn. Based on an old Scottish folk ballad, it was the only film directed by Roddy McDowall. Made in England in 1970, the film starred Ava Gardner and prevented Roddy from appearing as the ape Cornelius, in Beneath The Planet of The Apes, the only one of the monkey-planet pictures in which he didn’t appear. Madeline became a TV regular in The Two Ronnies, appeared in The Persuaders, Jason King, Clochmerle, The Fenn Street Gang, Steptoe and Son, All Creatures Great and Small and many others. On the big screen, she appeared opposite in the film of Up Pompeii, in 1971and the following year was in The Amazing Mr Blunden, a marvellous directed by Lionel Jeffries. Madeleine memorably shared Roger Moore’s opening scene in his first Bond movie Live and Let Die. She played Italian secret agent Miss Caruso, whose dress the brand new Bond unzipped using his latest gadget, a super-magnetic watch.

5 Guest: Shane Rimmer

Another James Bond veteran, Shane Rimmer will be attending this year’s fest. You name it, Canadian-born Shane has been in it, from Dr Who to Dr Strangelove.

In 1964, he helped destroy the world for Stanley Kubrick in Strangelove and a year later did the same for Mr Kubrick’s former producer, James B.Harris in The Bedford Incident, alongside Sidney Poitier and Richard Widmark, then 20 years later appeared in the film version of Whoops Apocalypse.

The Saint, Danger Man, Dr Who, UFO, The Persuaders and Space 1999 on TV filled in between such Bond movies as You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and The Spy Who Loved Me.

He even became a regular – as Joe Donnelli - in and provided the voice of Thunderbirds’ .

With appearances in the original Star Wars in 1977, then opposite David Niven in A Man Called Intrepid, Superman II –and III, Warren Beatty’s Reds, Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, Tony Scott’s The Hunger, Out of Africa, Space Police, Begins and many more – Shane has had an unparalleled career in over 140 movies.

In fact, no film of the past half century was complete without an appearance by Shane Rimmer.

6 Guest: Nicholas Ball

We are pleased to announce that Nicholas Ball has just confirmed that he will be one of this year’s guests. Nicholas came to national attention with the leading role as wise-cracking cockney detective Hazell in the superb Thames TV series of the same name in the late 1970s. Throughout the 1960s, he was a regular face on television, with roles in Z Cars, Mr Rose, and The Gold Robbers, before his first film Overlord in 1975. His quality TV work continued in the likes of Softly Softly, The Crezz, Crown Court and Rogue Male, before his star turn in Hazell in 1978. Work on The Hammer House of Horror, The Young Ones, Smith & Jones, Tales of The Unexpected, Bergerac, Boon, Red Dwarf The Bill, Pie In The Sky, Thief Takers, Croupier, Jonathan Creek, Heartbeat, Mutant Chronicles, , Cold Feet, New Tricks, Footballers’ Wives, Hustle EastEnders, and Casualty, are only some of his more recent credits. His 1985 sci-fi , Lifeforce, directed by Tobe Hooper in 1985 is about to be released on DVD and Blu Ray for the first time.

All flyers, progress reports and correspondence from the Festival are sent to people who register, or who have attended previous Festivals. Unfortunately over time contact can be lost with some previous attendees as they may have moved. The Festival Committee encourage the distribution of these Progress Reports to anyone who would be interested. So if you are aware of any of your friends who would be interested then pass them a copy or email them a link, and persuade them to come along.

7 Guest: Michael Armstrong

Michael Armstrong’s movie career began with the award- winning 1969 black-and-white short The Image, which featured David Bowie in his first film role. Michael wrote and directed his first feature, The Haunted House of Horror (aka Horror House), the age of 24.

Hopefully, Michael will be able to confirm or deny some of the amazing tales that have grown up around the legendarily troubled shooting of the notorious Mark of the Devil (1970) which starred Herbert Lom as a wandering witch-hunter. Thanks to an excellently executed publicity campaign, including handing out sick-bags to the audience, the film became an international hit.

Michael's other credits include House of the Long Shadows - the only film to unite horror luminaries Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine.

Alongside his film work, Michael has been writing directing and producing for the theatre and television in England, France and America. He has also worked as a film consultant, publicist, cartoonist, arts journalist, record producer, magazine publisher and drama teacher.

At present he’s working on a new film which should go into production later this year.

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8 Main Programme.

Here are some of the films we are hoping to show this year (subject to confirmation): Umberto Lenzi’s 1980 film Nightmare City is the story of a plane which has been exposed to radiation and then crash lands. Out of the wreckage emerges a load of blood-hungry zombies who set about catching dinner with guns, knives and sharp teeth. It seems that Franco Nero was originally considered for the lead role, but the producer insisted on a Mexican star to bring in audiences south of the border, so Hugo Stiglitz won the part. Sr Lenzi dispensed with the usual slow, lurching zombies in favour of fast running, car-driving, gun-toting undead in this marvellous, not-to-be-missed crazy carry on.

Tobe Hooper revolutionised the horror movie with his 1974 stunner The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and ten years later came to Britain to make Lifeforce, which had contributions from two of this year’s guests. Michael Armstrong did un-credited work on the script and Nicholas Ball starred alongside Patrick Stewart (replacing Sir John Gielgud!), Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, and Frank Finlay (replacing Klaus Kinski). It’s a sci-fi horror about a space shuttle flight which returns to earth carrying space who swiftly start turning the people of London into zombies. Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus pulled out all the stops on this $25 million blockbuster. A sea change from their usual tightly budgeted cheap and cheerful productions.

Albert Lewin was one of the most amazing people to penetrate Hollywood. An academic, he approached MGM just at the right time (1945) with his idea of filming Oscar Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. The studio was looking for a big prestige project to rival their wonder boy producer Irving Thalberg’s pre-war production of classics such as ’ David Copperfield. Lewin was in luck and his film is uniquely creepy, filmed in , but with colour inserts of the portrait in the title.

THX1138 was a 1971 spin-off from a George Lucas short student movie, the first film produced by Francis Ford Copolla’s new company American Zeotrope. A super sci-fi movie starring Robert Duvall and set in a dystopian future, it was a failure on first release, but gained enough attention to let Lucas to make American Graffiti, whose success allowed him make Star Wars and the rest, as they say, is history.

9 Following her success as the marvellously malevolent Poppaea in the 1951 Italian-made Hollywood epic of ancient , Quo Vadis, English actress Patricia Laffan , took the title role in the British sci-fi cult movie Devil Girl From Mars. She provided a bit of Martian posh discipline to the clutch of characters holed up in a remote Scottish hotel, including one of the festival’s favourite guests Hazel Court. Adrienne Corri and John Laurie contribute genuine Scottish accents, while Edinburgh-born Hugh McDermott does his usual turn as an ersatz American. Miss Laffan’s menacing robot isn’t exactly Robbie, or Klaatu, more like a big fridge on legs, but the film is a real treat for all sci-fi fans.

The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (aka The Phantom Ship) was one of the first ever “Hammer” films and the studio even imported Dracula to star. Filmed on location in Falmouth and at Nettleford Studios, Walton-on-Thames, in 1935, it featured Hollywood’s Dracula, and Gibson Gowland (the English actor who had played the main character in Erich von Stroheim’s legendary silent epic Greed).

One of the great oddities in the annals of weird and wonderful zombie movies is The Dead One, written and directed by Errol Flynn’s personal pilot, Barry Mahon. Barry was one of the real-life American POW’s who inspired the character of Virgil Hiltz, played by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape. He made The Dead One in 1961, but the title does not refer to the great deceased moustachioed maverick. The wide-screen colour film was long thought lost until recently discovered in a forgotten film vault, and restored from the original camera negative.

Starring Michael Redgrave and directed by Barry Norman’s dad, Leslie, The Night My Number Came Up is one of Ealing Films’ forgotten supernatural thrillers. Redgrave plays Air Marshall Hardie, who overhears a naval officer recounting a dream he’s had of an air crash, but as Redgrave awaits his flight the next day, the Air Marshall finds that the dream seems to be coming true… The script was based on an article written by Air Marshall Sir Victor Goddard based on his personal account of the real events he experienced surrounding the crash of a British plane in the Far East.

The Ninth Configuration also known as Twinkle Twinkle “Killer” Kane, was written and directed by the author of The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty. It was filmed in Budapest in 1970, with an American cast headed by Stacy Keach as Colonel Vincent Kane, the new c/o of an old castle now being used as an asylum for mad American Army personnel. Described by Mark Kermode as, “a work of matchless madness…a cult classic…” the film failed on its initial release, but its reputation continues to grow.

10 Blatty had won the best screenplay Oscar for his adaptation of his novel The Exorcist, in 1973 and The Ninth Configuration was to win him the 1981 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. Co-stars include Scott Wilson and Jason Miller (who had played Father Damian in The Exorcist). . The superb character actor Lionel Jeffries became a super successful film director with The Railway Children in 1970, then two years later strayed into the world of film with his tremendous and seldom-seen ghost-story The Amazing Mr Blunden. The truly charming film, it features Madeleine Smith and Laurence Naismith (in the title role).

In tribute to the late Tony Scott who died so tragically last year, we hope to show his first , made in 1970 and appropriately entitled Loving Memory.

Stanley Kubrick’s blackest of black satires Dr Strangelove – Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a masterpiece of nuclear paranoia is an undisputed masterpiece of modern cinema. Ken Adam’s design of the U.S. President’s “War Room” was so convincing that when former film star Ronald Regan was elected to the White House one of his first requests was to see the war room. It had to be gently explained to the new president that the movie’s highly realistic war room had only ever been a set at Shepperton Studios.

All showings to be confirmed subject to availability.

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11 Retrospective Programme. Presented by Tony Meadows

Hello Gang, Well here is the last piece before the bash, (also known as The Festival of Fantastic Films). If you enjoyed the offerings from Japan last year, you may like to know there will be more of the same this year too. As I have stated in the last few PR's that there will be a look at British , this has been more-or-less overlooked in the past, but not this year. There will be a little gem from Ireland too, this one is called GRABBERS, a good time to be had watching this one. You may meet THE PROJECTED MAN, find that THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE. There will also be a few visits from master detective 'Charlie Chan'. We will head for the hills to look for THE . There will also be 'TV Zone' and SPECTREMAN, and other goodies for you to try.

Till I see you all at the event I ask that you will take care, and may your journey be a safe one.

Yours Tony (Doc) Meadows.

12 The 2013 Delta Award

Whilst the Festival of Fantastic Films’ more obvious attractions include the opportunity to catch an early glimpse of new feature films, reacquaint yourself with genre classics or hang out in the bar with favourite actors, writers and directors, for many one of the delights occurs on Saturday afternoon when we judge the annual Delta Film Award for best amateur entry.

The award’s international reputation has grown steadily over the past decade, and we’ve now received submissions from every continent except Antarctica. Standards have risen, too, and it can’t be long before one of our entrants makes the transition into a full big-budget release (many already work in tv).

This is your chance to earn yourself a smug “I saw this film-maker’s work years ago” expression when he or she hits your local multiplex in a couple of years. Just join us at 1pm on Saturday and see tomorrow’s creators in action today.

Steve Green

13 *NOSTALGIA _IS_ WHAT IT USED TO BE...

...ONCE YOU STEP THROUGH THE FESTIVAL PORTAL THAT APPEARS FOR THREE DAYS EACH YEAR AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE CENTRE, YOU WILL BE TRANSFIXED BY THE FUTURISTIC SOUNDS EMANATING FROM SOMEWHERE WITHIN...YOUR PACE QUICKENS...YOUR VISION BECOMES BLURRED...THEN A MOMENT OF CLARITY...YOU LOOK AT THE SIGNPOST UP AHEAD...NEXT STOP...

THE 24TH FESTIVAL OF FANTASTIC FILMS!

THIS YEAR, AT FESTIVAL CENTRAL (THE FOYER), AS YOU PICK UP YOUR PROGRAMME PACK, YOU WILL BE MESMERISED BY THE FESTIVAL FOOTAGE CASCADING FROM OUR NOSTALGIA SCREEN ...A KALEIDOSCOPIC VIDEO SHOW FEATURING OVER TWO DECADES OF FESTIVAL FOOTAGE...LAUGH MANIACALLY AT THE MAYHEM ON STAGE IN THE WAKE OF A CERTAIN MR. WARBECK...BE AMAZED BY THE LEGENDARY MR. HARRYHAUSEN AND HIS GORGON FRIEND...A TASTER FOR THE MANY FANTASTIC FILM EVENTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW DELIRIOUS DAYS...* - George Huston

14 THE PETER CUSHING SCRAPBOOK Wayne Kinsey, Joyce Broughton, Tom Johnson

A pictorial tribute to Peter Cushing to celebrate his centenary on 26 May, 2013. Joyce Broughton (Cushing’s secretary and aide for over 35 years) has donated images of many rare treasures from the Cushing estate: sketches, watercolours, notes containing his hand writing, cartoons for his wife, letters, annotated script pages, candid photos and much more, including other rare items from collectors.

328 pages, full colour, soft back Over 1800 rare images Limited edition – ONLY 2000 numbered copies

ONLY available from our website Peverilpublishing.co.uk – It will not be available in book shops or Amazon. Sales now live on the website.

£35 cover price plus postage (options on website) with offer of optional DVD containing Cushing memorabilia images

15 Prove you actually know what you’re talking about

Hi There all you festival fans.

I hope to see you all in September for another bumper long weekend in Manchester. I am putting the final touches to this years quiz so I hope to push your little minds to the limit with another testing but hopefully enjoyable Sunday night. .see ya all soon Quizmaster Gaddi

2012 Festival—For those whose memories may be a little hazy

Last year the battle was hard fought, with much head scratching. The fire alarm provided some light relief then it was back to rubbing those brain cells raw. The victorious team revelled in their victory and promptly drank themselves into oblivion. Whereas the rest of us drank to forget. Of course this year will be different, apart from the drinking of course.

16 STRANGLER OF THE SWAMP. 1946, USA. 59 minutes. Directed by Frank Wisbar. With Rosemary La Planche, Robert Barrat, Blake Edwards, Charles Middleton.

City of the Dead may still be the most fogbound horror film of all time, but this one is strong competition. Perhaps the fog is there partly to obscure the famously low PRC budget, but it still makes for great atmosphere, and this is a little- known ghost story well worth finding. It ran briefly as a second feature in post-war Britain but became so rare that, as far as I know, the only subsequent British showing was at the National Film theatre in the early sixties. Catch it while it’s here.

VALKOINEN PEURA (THE WHITE REINDEER). 1952, Finland. 67 minutes. Directed by Erik Blomberg. With Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Jouni Tapiola, Arvo Lehesmaa.

A Finnish film in which the central character is transformed into a vampire reindeer, and where the first five minutes may lead you to think the entire narrative is sung? No, not a joke, and not an unintentional one either. In its day it won awards at festivals, including Cannes. I’m guessing it will find an appreciative audience at this one too. Perhaps not quite a horror film, but a haunting and magical one, not much like any other I’ve seen.

17 Please Note—Hotel Rooms Limited—Book Now

Recently we were informed by the hotel that, after 20th August festival attendees may not be able to book a room.

You are advised to book now if you want to stay in the hotel during the Festival.

We have produced a booking form that can be emailed to the hotel. The hotel has confirmed bookings very quickly, in many cases the next day.

To access the form please click on the thumbnail on the right. If you have trouble accessing this then email us.

The Venue

The Festival returns to the Manchester Conference Centre on Sackville Street in Manchester. A purpose built conference centre and hotel. The hotel has indicated that the following prices will apply during the festival.

£60 B&B per room, per night, for 3 nights £75 B&B per room, per night, for 2 nights

These rates are valid up to 1st September after that the Hotel may alter these.

The Hotel has 117 bedrooms and the number available is becoming restricted. Advance payment is not required and cancellation is possible up to 2 weeks before the festival. You are advised to book as soon as possible. For more details check out the Centre’s website

Alternative accommodation Manchester city centre is a short walk from the venue, and there are numerous hotels, offering cheap rooms. Further information can be found from the Visit Manchester Website .

18 Getting Here The map below provides some directions walking from the main railway stations.. More detailed directions can be obtained by clicking on the relevant links

Directions walking from Victoria Station to the Hotel

This map has been extracted from VisitManchester.com

Directions walking from Piccadilly Station to the Hotel

Directions walking from Oxford Road Station to the Hotel By Car FROM THE NORTH VIA M6 M61:

Follow STRETFORD signs onto M60. Leave at Junction 12 and join M602 SALFORD. At end of Motorway, follow A57 MANCHESTER sign (Regent Road) for approx. 1 mile. Proceed under railway bridge, continuing onto A57M (Mancunian Way). Continue on A57M and take 2nd exit. Immediately fork right on slip road onto Sackville Street, following UNIVERSITY sign. Turn left at the Retro Bar into Charles Street for the NCP CAR PARK.

FROM YORKSHIRE VIA M62/M60:

Leave at Junction 17 signed CITY CENTRE, and follow A56 towards Manchester for 4 miles (Bury New Road, becoming Great Ducie St.) Enter city under railway bridges and keep straight ahead, still on A56, onto Deansgate. In 1/2 mile, turn left at traffic lights (signed UNIVERSITIES) onto John Dalton Street and continue straight ahead at next lights onto Princess Street. In 1/2 mile, pass under railway bridge and immediately turn left at lights onto Charles Street. The NCP CAR PARK is on left.

FROM THE SOUTH VIA M6 / NORTH WALES & CHESTER VIA M56:

Leave M6 at Exit 19 and follow A556 MANCHESTER for 4 miles. Join M56 MANCHESTER at roundabout and follow to end of M56 and continue straight onto A5103 MANCHESTER for 4 miles. At roundabout take 3rd exit following A57M SHEFFIELD to next roundabout. Here take 2nd exit up ramp to join A57M. Keep in nearside lane for 200 yards, and leave 1st exit signed UNIVERSITY. Immediately fork right on slip road, following UNIVERSITY sign. Turn left at the Retro Bar onto Charles Street for the NCP CAR PARK.

19 Membership Information

Rates are £70 for the full weekend of the 2013 Festival. Day membership is available Friday £20

Saturday £35

Sunday £30

Please remember to include an email address for receipt and for future updates.

Supporting Membership - £35 This entitles you to all publications, ID Badge and attendance at any of the events on a single day of the Festival. Membership can be upgraded at any time to FULL by paying the balance before 20th September. You can download the registration form by clicking on the image above Children—Attending membership

£20 Up to 12 years of age

£30 Up to 16 years of age

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