Peter Shukie
Writer, critic and filmmaker.
My work explores working class culture, outsider art and the creative lives that unfold beyond official cultural spaces. I write fiction, essays and criticism, and collaborate on experimental film and sound projects. Recent writing appears in publications including Northern Soul, alongside essays, fiction and collaborative film projects.
Current work includes the novel Flyover Gallery, alongside essays and reviews on art, music, theatre and film.
My work includes essays, reviews, fiction and experimental film. Much of it explores the creative life that develops outside official cultural spaces.
Latest Work
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Theatre review – Two at Shakespeare North
- Theatre Review – Road at Royal Exchange, Manchester
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Book review – Joy Division & New Order / Manchester music culture
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Film Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
- Art review: The Nature of Gothic
Current Projects
Flyover Gallery
A novel unfolding across centuries beneath a motorway flyover where art, labour and memory collide.
Film Work
Experimental work combining sound, spoken word and documentary fragments.
Essays & Criticism
Writing on art, culture, education and working class experience.