TitleCollection of Posters from Sankeys Soap Nightclub
ReferenceYA2006.39
CreatorSankeys Soap 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 ContentPosters 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.
Extent145 posters
Physical descriptionThe condition of the collection is good.
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThis collection was donated to the museum by one of the owners of the club.
Levelfonds
Repository nameScience and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisationsVincent, David Joseph 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.
Conditions governing accessOpen access.
Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
Related ArchivesCollection of objects from Sankeys Soap nightclub originally donated alongside these posters. Includes decorative items and lighting equipment.Y2006.392Object
System of arrangementAn 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.
