Outside In, Cultplex, 50 Red Bank, Manchester (2025)

06/02/2025

Join us next week! ✨️

We’re delighted to be welcoming Jesse Dufton over to our side of the Pennines from Sheffield. Jesse has been the star of the climbing scene recently, featuring in Brit Rock Film Festival and working with Gore-tex and Ellis Brigham on the film Breaking Trails. Not only is Jesse an inspiring climber, he does it all without sight. He’s blind.

Since being introduced to climbing by his father at the age of two, Jesse has gained three decades of experience on rocks. His early years spent trad climbing all over the UK and bouldering in Fontainebleau led to him completing his first trad lead climb aged eleven, by which point his vision was already a blur with only 20% of his central vision remaining.

Jesse wasn’t deterred and with the help of his friends, continued on with his love of the sport, being a firm fixture of his university mountaineering club. It was during this time he met Molly, his partner both in climbing and life. The two have since climbed in remarkable places together, with Molly, a skilled climber herself, acting as his sight-guide.

In 2017 Jesse became the first known visually impaired person to complete first ascents in the Arctic. And then in 2019 Jesse lead climbed all six pitches of the classic East Face Route (E1 5b) on the Old Man of Hoy in Scotland with Molly.

Come hear more about Jesse's adventures next week!

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20/01/2025

Movie Night #1!

Adventure filmmaker Rachel has curated the evening and will be providing commentary and a glimpse at the story behind the scenes throughout the night, with an opportunity for Q&A throughout the evening.

Finding Bo | 13 mins

Photographer Karen Miller fell in love with one mountain hare, Bo, and she journeys up into the snowy Monadhliath Mountains of the Scottish Highlands each winter to find her. We see Karen take a different approach to her craft by forming profound personal relationships with the animals she photographs.

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More films yet to be announced.

You can find out more information about Rachel on her website rachelsarahmedia.com

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16/01/2025

🎥 Coming up.... Outside In Movie Night #1 🎥

Outside In welcomes Scotland-based filmmaker & founder of outdoor production company, Waymakers Collective, Rachel Sarah for our first movie night! Join us as we showcase a selection of brilliant films by Rachel and friends, from wholesome canoe trips to befriending a mountain hare.

Adventure filmmaker Rachel has curated the evening and will be providing commentary and a glimpse at the story behind the scenes throughout the night, with an opportunity for Q&A throughout the evening.

Join us on the 29th of Jan for our first of many movie nights!!!

If you can't make our Jan event, check out some of the other events listed in the picture.

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23/12/2024

For the final event of the season, Outside In presents Manchester-based extreme-conditions adventure filmmaker Alex Stone

Adventure filmmaker Alex Stone has spent weeks searching for elusive wildlife, sailed to remote islands and driven across continents - all as part of film projects. In this talk he takes us behind the scenes on some of his expeditions, discusses the difficulties he faced, the solutions he developed and even how he started a camera accessory engineering company along the way.

As part of his filmmaking, he has been fortunate to be involved in projects that have taken him to the most remote islands in the UK, glacial valleys in Norway and as far as Cambodia. In addition to extreme cold-weather shoots, Alex specialises in low-light, ultraviolet, infrared and thermal imaging - catching the things the human eye can’t see.

For the past five years, Alex has been working on a biopic about Captain Scott’s Terra Nova expedition. He has recently returned from his latest trip to Norway and recounts what it’s like to shoot a film in sub-zero, blizzard conditions. What failed first, the camera or the crew?

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21/12/2024

For February’s event we’re delighted to be welcoming Jesse Dufton over to our side of the Pennines from Sheffield. Jesse has been the star of the climbing scene recently, featuring in Brit Rock Film Festival and working with Gore-tex and Ellis Brigham on the film Breaking Trails. Not only is Jesse an inspiring climber, he does it all without sight. He’s blind.

Since being introduced to climbing by his father at the age of two, Jesse has gained three decades of experience on rocks. His early years spent trad climbing all over the UK and bouldering in Fontainebleau led to him completing his first trad lead climb aged eleven, by which point his vision was already a blur with only 20% of his central vision remaining.

Jesse wasn’t deterred and with the help of his friends, continued on with his love of the sport, being a firm fixture of his university mountaineering club. It was during this time he met Molly, his partner both in climbing and life. The two have since climbed in remarkable places together, with Molly, a skilled climber herself, acting as his sight-guide.

In 2017 Jesse became the first known visually impaired person to complete first ascents in the Arctic. And then in 2019 Jesse lead climbed all six pitches of the classic East Face Route (E1 5b) on the Old Man of Hoy in Scotland with Molly.

As well as their awe inspiring adventures together, Jesse is also ranked 4th in the IFSC paraclimbing ranks and competes at competitions around the globe. Amongst all of this, he also finds time to hold down a job as an engineer for a clean-energy technology company.

Come and join us in Feb to hear all about his adventures!

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18/12/2024

Outside In welcomes Scotland-based filmmaker & founder of outdoor production company, Waymakers Collective, for our first movie night of the year! Join us as we showcase a selection of brilliant films by Rachel and friends.

Rachel will be providing commentary and a glimpse at the story behind the scenes throughout the night, with an opportunity for Q&A throughout the evening.

You can find out more information about Rachel on her website rachelsarahmedia.com

Films to be announced soon, watch this space 👀

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06/12/2024

Thanks to everyone who came down in the rain last night! It was great to have and hear all about his adventures.

That's our last event in 2024, but join us in January 2025 for our Winter Programme.

Just want to thank our partners for helping us host alex ☺️

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05/12/2024

✨️ WINTER 2025 ✨️

As our Autumn programme and 2024 season comes to a close tonight, we are so excited to bring you our carefully curated Winter Programme! (If you've been to a few of our events you will have had a sneak peak already 👀)

More information to follow so watch this space ☺️

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23/11/2024

Less than 2 weeks away!

We can't wait to bring Manchester born award-winning film-maker and Author Alex Bescoby to Cultplex. Alex will be regaling us with his epic journey ‘The Last Overland’ - Singapore to London in a Land Rover still kicking about from 1955.

Alex will be giving us a behind the scenes look at the amazing 111 day journey across the world shown in his documentary broadcast on channel 4.

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21/11/2024

To round up 2024, Outside In brings Manchester born award-winning film-maker and Author Alex Bescoby to Cultplex. Alex will be regaling us with his epic journey ‘The Last Overland’ - Singapore to London in a Land Rover still kicking about from 1955.

In 1955, David Attenborough, then a young TV producer, was approached by six recent university graduates determined to drive the entire length of ‘Eurasia’, from London to Singapore. Attenborough gave the expedition enough film reel to cover their attempt. The 19,000-mile journey completed by Tim Slessor and the team captivated a nation emerging from post-war austerity. Tim’s book, The First Overland, soon became the Bible of the overlanding religion.

Inspired by the First Overland, Alex made contact with now eighty-six-year-old Tim and together they planned an epic recreation of the original trip, this time from Singapore to London. Their goal was to complete the legendary journey started more than sixty years ago in the original Oxford Land Rover.

Alex and his team soon found themselves battling rough roads, breakdowns and a constantly leaking roof to discover a world changed for the better – and worse – since the first expedition.

Alex will be giving us a behind the scenes look at the amazing 111 day journey across the world shown in his documentary broadcast on channel 4.

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07/11/2024

Just 1 week to go!! We can't wait to welcome .harvs to our cosy cinema!

The Ice Mile is a film showing both the beauty and adventure in outdoor swimming – chasing those lower temperatures in the cooling winter, community, pushing distance and the body to its limit. It views Becca over the course of a year, following her journey and her training, documenting what it takes to consider an Ice Mile. It takes us through the beauty and the harshness of UK landscapes through the exploration of bodies of water, celebrating our natural spaces – from mountain tarns to the ocean that surrounds us.

Becca is an ice swimmer and swim guide based in the North East. She’s completed an ice mile, competed at various ice swimming championships and now helps others find a love of open water. Becca wants to help share the magic of cold water, not for a time or a race, but just another reminder of the world around us and the type of adventure we can find right here in the UK.

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04/11/2024

Upcoming Events!

Outside In brings Sunderland based Ice Swimmer Becca Harvey to Manchester. The evening will feature a screening of the award winning film 'Ice Mile', followed by a talk and Q&A session by the star of the film herself - Becca Harvey.

The Ice Mile is a film showing both the beauty and adventure in outdoor swimming – chasing those lower temperatures in the cooling winter, community, pushing distance and the body to its limit. It views Becca over the course of a year, following her journey and her training, documenting what it takes to consider an Ice Mile. It takes us through the beauty and the harshness of UK landscapes through the exploration of bodies of water, celebrating our natural spaces – from mountain tarns to the ocean that surrounds us.

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To round up 2024, Outside In brings Manchester born award-winning film-maker and Author Alex Bescoby to Cultplex. Alex will be regaling us with his epic journey ‘The Last Overland’ - Singapore to London in a Land Rover still kicking about from 1955.

Alex and his team soon found themselves battling rough roads, breakdowns and a constantly leaking roof to discover a world changed for the better – and worse – since the first expedition. Alex will be giving us a behind the scenes look at the amazing 111 day journey across the world shown in his documentary broadcast on channel 4.

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28/10/2024

🧊 14th November, Ice Mile with .harvs 🧊

The evening will feature a screening of the award winning film 'Ice Mile', followed by a talk and Q&A session by the star of the film herself - Becca Harvey.

The Ice Mile is a film showing both the beauty and adventure in outdoor swimming – chasing those lower temperatures in the cooling winter, community, pushing distance and the body to its limit. It views Becca over the course of a year, following her journey and her training, documenting what it takes to consider an Ice Mile. It takes us through the beauty and the harshness of UK landscapes through the exploration of bodies of water, celebrating our natural spaces – from mountain tarns to the ocean that surrounds us.

Becca is an ice swimmer and swim guide based in the North East. She’s completed an ice mile, competed at various ice swimming championships and now helps others find a love of open water. Becca wants to help share the magic of cold water, not for a time or a race, but just another reminder of the world around us and the type of adventure we can find right here in the UK.

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10/10/2024

✨ NEXT WEEK✨ We’re thrilled to be bringing endurance cyclist, expedition runner and author all the way to Manchester. For one evening only, Jenny will be talking us through some of her recent adventures, as well as teaching us to find the confidence to go and forge our own solo adventures.

Since growing up in the Canadian Rockies, Jenny Tough has always been at home in the mountains. She is an endurance athlete best known for running and cycling some of the world's most challenging events - the first female two-time winner of the Silk Road Mountain Race, winner of the Atlas Mountain Race, and a finisher of ultra races around the world.

What Jenny's story tells us most of all is that setting out to do things alone - whether the ambitious or the everyday - can be invigorating, encouraging and joyful. Her talk will teach us to find strength, confidence and self-belief in everything we do.

🎬Theater doors open at 18:30. The event will proceed at 19:00.

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04/10/2024

✨ For this series of inspiring stories from the world of adventure, we couldn’t be more excited to announce we’ve partnered up with local store Ellis Brigham. Their in-store mountain experts will find you the perfect kit to keep you prepared, warm and comfy for whatever your adventure needs!✨

Ellis Brigham have long been part of the outdoors community in Manchester, with their very first shop being founded in 1933 in North-East Manchester. It became known as the place to go for walking boots. The small workshop soon expanded to cycling shoes and climbing shoes as these activities gained popularity post-war. Since then the company has expanded its range, and spread across the UK, but we can still find them here in Manchester, on Deansgate.

We’ll have the local Ellis Brigham team at our events armed with magazines, in-store discounts, and an in-person prize giveaway with goodies up for grabs!!

We’re psyched to be working with Ellis Brigham, allowing us to be more daring with our bookings and run the best events we can without compromise, whilst making sure we'll still be here for Manchester in the future.

27/09/2024

To round up 2024, Outside In brings Manchester born award-winning film-maker and Author Alex Bescoby to Cultplex. Alex will be regaling us with his epic journey ‘The Last Overland’ - Singapore to London in a Land Rover still kicking about from 1955.

In 1955, David Attenborough, then a young TV producer, was approached by six recent university graduates determined to drive the entire length of ‘Eurasia’, from London to Singapore. Attenborough gave the expedition enough film reel to cover their attempt. The 19,000-mile journey completed by Tim Slessor and the team captivated a nation emerging from post-war austerity. Tim’s book, The First Overland, soon became the Bible of the overlanding religion.

Inspired by the First Overland, Alex made contact with now eighty-six-year-old Tim and together they planned an epic recreation of the original trip, this time from Singapore to London. Their goal was to complete the legendary journey started more than sixty years ago in the original Oxford Land Rover.

Alex and his team soon found themselves battling rough roads, breakdowns and a constantly leaking roof to discover a world changed for the better – and worse – since the first expedition.

Alex will be giving us a behind the scenes look at the amazing 111 day journey across the world shown in his documentary broadcast on channel 4.

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19/09/2024

For the opening night of our second season we’re thrilled to be bringing endurance cyclist, expedition runner and author all the way to Manchester.

For one evening only, Jenny will be talking us through some of her recent adventures, as well as teaching us to find the confidence to go and forge our own solo adventures.

Since growing up in the Canadian Rockies, Jenny Tough has always been at home in the mountains. She is an endurance athlete best known for running and cycling some of the world's most challenging events - the first female two-time winner of the Silk Road Mountain Race, winner of the Atlas Mountain Race, and a finisher of ultra races around the world. Jenny’s recent book SOLO chronicles her journey to run solo and unsupported across a mountain range on every continent, including three world-first traverses.

What Jenny's story tells us most of all is that setting out to do things alone - whether the ambitious or the everyday - can be invigorating, encouraging and joyful. Her talk will teach us to find strength, confidence and self-belief in everything we do.

Jenny’s book SOLO is available at all good bookstores, and she will be bringing along some signed copies to buy during the evening.

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13/09/2024

For those who know that coming to our events are the best places to be, especially on a chilly evening after work. We wanted to offer you an exciting deal for our upcoming season!!

This is a pass to all six Outside In dates this season: 📆17th October 📅14th November 📅5th December 📅16th January 📅13th February 📅13th March

✨️ £60.00 in total, working out to just £10 per event! ✨️

Season pass holders will also get 15% off general admission on any additional events we add to our current season (Oct 24 - Mar 25). Season tickets are non-transferable and are linked to individuals, so please bring ID along with you to our events. Season tickets are on sale until 17th October 2024.

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