War doesn’t end when the fighting stops. It lingers – in the bodies left behind, in the silence of those who turned away. Paradise isn’t just a retelling of an ancient myth; it’s a mirror held up to our own fractured world. Kae Tempest, one of the most urgent voices of our time, rewrites Philoctetes not as a hero’s tale, but as a scream against the machine: What happens to the broken when the system discards them? Director: Tom Gilbert - Chorlton Players. Theatre Photography: Mike Beard

A fellow disc golfer invited me up to Colne to photograph the musical Chicago by Stagedoor Youth Theatre.  Definitely my biggest production to date! Director: Janet Philbrook Musical director: Matt Leedam Choreography: Amy Ansell and Janet Philbrook Theatre photography: Mike Beard

Chorlton Players are a long-running local theatre group and it was a pleasure to photograph their performance of Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. Director: Rohan Shenoy. Producer: Juliet Ashton. Theatre Photographer: Mike Beard

It was wonderful to again join Daniel B Madden at Winsford Films to capture unit stills for this horror short film. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

Promotional images for the finale of the WHO-ligans web series from Cinescope Pictures. Director: Luke Walters Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

The film crew of As The Bombs Fall took the two days (nights) of overnight shooting in their stride. Also challenged my low light photography skills! Director: Sean Ramsden. Producer: Daisy Russell. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

Dracula - directed by Ben Hanley. I was delighted to be asked by an actor from a previous shoot, 'As The Bombs Fall', to photograph this play at Guide Bridge Theatre. Theatre Photography: Mike Beard

As usual, Cinescope Pictures have made and used amazing edits of my unit stills photographs, which were taken during the filming of this episode of their WHO-ligans web series. Director: Luke Walters. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

Ready to Explore the Past, Present, and Future? What if you met the father of time travel, H.G. Wells, today? In "I Made the Time Machine", you’ll witness an unforgettable adventure where history, sci-fi, and humour collide! Directed by Luke Walters of Cinescope Pictures. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

Working on Sign of Omission very quickly led onto the chance to briefly photograph on the set of this exciting short film written by Alfie Scattergood, directed by Sherice Griffiths, and starring Nancy Xu and Katya Jones from Strictly Come Dancing. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

My second year photographing the Independent Film Cooperative End of Year Screening. A film festival and awards night to see off the end of the year! Brilliant short films & then meet the filmmakers!

Publicity photographs taken for the playwright Anusia Battersby during the techical rehearshal of 'Old Tricks' at 53Two in Manchester.   This was another shoot that occurred as a consequence of working on Sign of Omission. Theatre Photography: Mike Beard

Unit stills from the yet to be released Apple. More details and photographs are available on the film's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/apple_shortfilm_23/ Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

Two co-writers are forced to confront not just their grammatical differences, but the negative impact their script has had on their personal relationship. Directed by Gabriel Brown. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard.

A selection of 'unit still' photographs taken on-set during the filming of Breakout. Directed by Daniel B Madden. Beware, this one is a *horror film*, so viewer discrection is advised. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard.

'Unit still' photographs taken on-set during filming of this Manchester Film Festival selected film. Director: Dennis Mabry. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

Unit stills from a short collaborative film shoot. Director: Andrei Bejan. Unit stills/BTS Photography: Mike Beard

A fascinating assignment to photograph an art exhibition for Cotton On MCR.

I am very pleased to say that my event photography services were requested again at the second Greater Manchester Green Summit. #gmgreencity

This event photography assignment flew by! I was supporting the PR team's regular tweeting throughout the day by shooting, editing, and sending them great photographs during each presentation. They were often tweeting before the end of each talk! The event was organised by the Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group.

It was great fun when I was selected to join a team of photographers providing Manchester City Council with photographs of Manchester Day 2018.

Manchester City Council were keen to have publicity photos of the volunteers and community groups creating their floats and costumes for Manchester Day, assisted by professional artists.

What an exciting assignment to be asked to photograph the first Greater Manchester Green Summit and capture so many important moments. #GMGreenCity

I managed to grab a front row seat at a discussion event about robotics that was part of the Museum of Science and Industry's Robots exhibition. I also took some photographs of the exhibition itself.

It was a pleasure to return to photograph this event for the organisers, following my successful coverage last year. There were a lot of participation activities because the conference also served as a listening event as part of the lead up to the GM Green Summit.

Not so easy to get good photographs from amidst the crowd, but I like to think that I can get high quality photographs out of most situations.

I had the pleasure of attending the official launch of the Bridgewater Basin Floating Ecosystems and took a few promotional photos of the event.

I was delighted to photograph the Greater Manchester Natural Capital Conference in February 2017. My ability to almost immediately email photographs to the organisers during the day enabled the creation of very timely social media content with engaging images. My pictures were also used on web sites and press releases, and I received third party requests for my photographs of the VIPs as well.