Manc 36: Bryony Shanahan - The Artistic Director Taking The Stage To The Community

“If I can even create a little bit of the atmosphere that happens in a football arena, in the theatre, then I will.” Bryony Shanahan was named Joint Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange in February 2020. Discover alongside Lisa Morton the effect Covid has had on live performance and theatre, the responsibility of preserving the Royal Exchange for Manchester, and the realities of making difficult choices in a fight for survival.

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Incredible conversations with the Mancunians - born, bred and adopted - who put the heart into Modern Manchester. We Built This City focuses on how these extraordinary Mancunians have built something that impacts lives and the purposeful relationships that have helped steer them, the values that have driven them to do it, and the legacies they plan to leave behind. Celebrate human grit, determination, loyalty, and diversity across culture, arts, politics, sport, music and business. Lisa Morton interviews Mancunian icons like Andy Burnham, John Thomson, Gary Neville, Sacha Lord, Stacey Copeland, Clint Boon, Sir Richard Leese, Diane Modahl MBE, Ged King, Chris Brindley MBE, Carl Austin-Behan OBE, Karina Jadhav, Joanne Roney OBE and Sir Howard Bernstein.