Video poem exploring a quest for freedom

‘Stories within Stories’. A film byA.K. McAllister

A collection of poetry, spoken word and sung inspired by my life in Manchester. Please take a look, and maybe buy a book : )

It’s Derby day! No day for sitting on the fence

A sea of blue and white

Man City CHAMPIONS!

The lights off The Etihad shone bright that night …

Thankfully, Derek’s got rid of the script again

His hands trembled and with every movement of his head his brain felt like the flipper-battered ball of his favourite Pinball machine.

The glitz and glamour of last night's gladrags now bedraggled. The cruel morning light coldly shocks mascara smudged eyes. Style...

I decide to have some breakfast at a little place on Cheetham Hill Rd. It’s a cafe called ‘Nibbles’, it has a 60’s/70s feel about the...

(SFX Beeps. The Driver is allocated a job, presses his computer box. The Chorus create ‘The Pub’. The Driver is parked outside. He takes...

Once upon a time, pre-words, there were adventures painted on walls of caves.

Without doubt the best cinematic snapshot of life around the music scene in Manchester at that time. Humorous, energetic, adventurous,...

What are these pigeons eating? The Manchester pigeons all with one leg missing; The Piccadilly Pirates