This is such a unique concept, and it’s been fantastic to see the message being passed around the web on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. I’ve been tweeting about this event under @cuttingroomexp and it’s really cool to see people talking about an event you’re involved in.

So anyway, onto the events. I’ve posted the full list below with times and all this information is also on www.cuttingroomexperiment.com. On the day of Cutting Room Experiment on Saturday, June 20 there will also be an unveiling of art work by artist Dan Dubowitz at 3pm at Cutting Room Square.

There is also a photocall tomorrow morning at 10am at Cutting Room Square, which isn’t far off Great Ancoats Street, so if anyone wants to pop along and be photographed bouncing around on an orange Space Hopper, do come along!

All the activities at the Cutting Room Event are going on all day, so people can come and go as they please throughout the day. There’s quite a few ideas that are great for kids, so hopefully there will be lots of families there as well as all you young urban dwellers.

Here is the schedule for the Cutting Room Experiment on Saturday, June 20.

12-1pm
Art & craft – Swap til you drop (65 votes)
An hour of clothes swapping, dancing around to music

1-1.30pm
Classical music – Cutting Room Orchestra (12 votes)
Uniting members from orchestras in Manchester to fill the Cutting Room Square and play

1pm-3.30pm (13 votes)
Literature – Book of a 1000 authors
How many people can we get to write one book?

2-6pm
Architecture – Faceless Identity (118 votes)
Masked participants generating a cardboard skyline

4-4.45pm
Fun – do you want me to? (44 votes)
A simple act of kindness leads to a mass photo

3.30pm-4.30pm
Science – Alka Seltzer rockets (34 votes)
Museum of Science and Industry makes the afternoon go with a whizz and a pop

5-5.30pm
Dance – musical statues (46 votes)
Have some fun with a mass version of this children’s party game, but with better music

6-6.05pm
Film – Looking for Eric (16 votes)
To celebrate the release of the Ken Loach film, we are calling all Erics

7-8pm
Sport – Space Hopper Racing (18 votes)
An extreme Space Hopper race across the Cutting Room Square

8-8.30pm
World Record Attempt – longest conga line (14 votes)
The current world record stands at 1,048 – can we beat this?

9pm-11pm
party – silent disco  (50 votes)
Let’s go quietly at the end of the day with everyone’s favorite tunes

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Have you ever wanted to see 200 people all singing along to Manfred
Mann or watch a massive Space Hopper race on the same day as a group of
people all dress up as characters from the postmodern novel
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? Well this could be your chance.

The Cutting Room Experiment is an attempt
to create the world’s biggest user-generated event in the world, right
here in Manchester. The website is a hive of activity with people coming up with all kinds of weird and wonderful ideas and voting for their favourites to make them actually happen on Saturday, June 20.

The whole concept of this day is not only to get the audience deciding what will happen, but to get them involved in every event. This is not a day of watching mediocre bands play set after set, this is about coming down with your friends or family and being a part of the experiment and being a part of this new square’s history.

For this whole bold concept was conceived to launch a new public space for Ancoats. Altogether (including future work) the NWDA has pumped a massive £72m into Ancoats and completely transformed it from a forgotten inner city district to a thriving area with new developments, infrastructure and indeed transformed the community.

As an adopted Mancunian, I’ve always loved reading about the history of Manchester, but the history of Ancoats is particularly interesting. It is recognised as the first industrial suburb, which rose from the Industrial Revolution and workers flocking to the city. Ancoats also used to be known as Little Italy from the amount of Italian immigrants who moved there and brought with them their delicious tradition of ice-cream making, some of which are still there today.

I’ve been down to check out this new square, which is overlooked by the renovated and deconsecrated St Peter’s Church. It’s a great space, overlooked by new apartments, and will have some really exciting art work unveiled by artist-in-resident Dan Dubowitz.

Anyone has been following me on Twitter knows I’ve been lucky enough to
be involved in promoting in this event, which I’m loving -
whether I’m getting really excited trying to explain the whole idea
on the phone to someone or laughing at the latest madcap suggestions on
the website. So get involved and make sure you are ‘counted in’ to vote
for an event.

All ideas need to be submitted and voted for by Friday, May 29. The line up of activities will be announced on Thursday, June 4.

INFO
Name: Cutting Room Experiment
Date: Saturday, June 20
Time: 12-8pm
Location: Cutting Room (new public square), between Blossom Street and Hood Street, off Great Ancoats Street, Manchester.

Website: www.cuttingroomexperiment.com
Twitter : @cuttingroomexp
Facebook group
My Space: www.myspace.com/cuttingroomexperiment

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