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Sankeys SoapBiography Biography
Sankeys Soap was a nightclub in Manchester's Ancoats district. Andy Spiro and Rupert Campell opened the club and live music venue in 1994 in the basement of the Beehive Mill, a former soap factory. Although it came close to collapsing within the first six month, the business managed to thrive until financial trouble forced it to close in 1998. In 2000 business partners David Vincent and Sacha Lord-Marchionne re-opened the business, solving some of the previous issues and increasing its popularity. Despite this, the club was again closed in 2006, but its revival was soon announced with David Vincent inviting Andy Spiro to become involved again as a partner. The club was renamed Sankeys and went through a major refit. The club included a beach made of sand imported from the Bahamas. The club played mainly techno and house music, but also had occasional nights from outside promoters. The success of Sankeys led to the announcement of plans to open seven more clubs around the world, including in Ibiza, Tokyo and New York. Sankeys Manchester closed again between May and December of 2013, re-opening in January 2014. The sale of the Beehive Mill to developers creating flats led to the final closure of Sankeys Manchester venue in January 2017.

Scope and Content
Posters for nights at the Sankeys Soap nightclub, including Sankeys Soap Presents, Bugged Out!, Guidance, Tribal Gathering, Tribal Sessions, and The Red Light, plus individual nights and live appearances.
Extent
145 posters
Physical description
The condition of the collection is good.
Language
English
Archival history
This collection was donated to the museum by one of the owners of the club.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Vincent, David JosephBiography Biography
David Vincent is a London-born nightclub owner and promoter. In 2000 he took over and re-opened the Sankeys Soap club with business partner Sacha Lord-Marchionne in Manchester's Ancoats district. In 2006 the club closed and Lord-Marchionne left to create The Warehouse Project. Vincent re-opened Sankeys, this time in partnership with Andrew Spiro who had previously owned the club from 1994-1998 alongside Rupert Campbell. Vincent intially looked to the club scene in Detriot and Chicago for inspiration, before taking Sankeys in a different direction, more along the lines of the superclubs of the 2000s. He opened Sankeys clubs in a number of UK locations as well as in Ibiza, New York and Tokyo.

Subject
Entertainment
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
External document
Catalogue

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Related items
Y2006.39
System of arrangement
An artificial system of arrangement has been applied based on the different series of club nights, followed by a miscellaneous series. Items within each series are arranged in chronological order.