Martin Harris Centre, The John Rylands Library

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 1 November 2013
Programme to include: Emily Howard Axon (world première) Juanjo Mena conductor Tickets available from The Bridgewater Hall http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/events/1444 | 0844…

Chetham’s Contemporary Music Ensemble

17:15 - 19:30 1 November 2013
Jeremy Pike New work (world première) Gavin Wayte New work (world première) Jonathan Woolgar New work (world première) Lloyd Coleman New work (world première) Sebastian…

Locating Boccaccio in 2013

11 July - 20 December 2013
On the 700th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition celebrates the enduring popularity of the works of the Italian medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio. Taking a wide-ranging overview…

Manchester Science Festival - The Bug Hunt

24 October - 3 November 2013
Can you find all the bugs in the library? Follow the trail to find the Library’s hidden bugs – find out what they are and why they are bad for books.

Morbid Micellany

14 October 2013 - 31 January 2014
Behold bizarre bindings! Delight in death! Gaze in awe at aged autographs! Our Morbid Miscellany embraces the darker side of our collections. This selection of individual items, many…

New Music North West Festival

26 October - 2 November 2013
New Music North West Festival Saturday 26 October – Saturday 2 November 2013 Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama The RNCM and The University of Manchester are delighted to…

Picturing Stories: British and French Romantic Illustrations

9 August 2013 - 9 January 2014
This exhibition explores the development of French and British Romantic illustration during the period 1770-1860. In contrast to earlier allegorical images, Romantic pictures are full…

Platforma Festival

10:00 31 October - 17:00 1 November 2013
Platforma Festival Thursday 31 October 2013– Friday 1 November 2013 venues across the Martin Harris Centre The Platforma arts and refugees network presents a two-day conference…

Platforma Festival: Live Music Night

19:30 - 21:30 1 November 2013
A Live Music Night featuring Manchester International Roots Orchestra, Crossings Band, plus Katy Carr and The Aviators. For the full Conference programme, performance line-ups…

Polari Mission: Bona Eek

16 August 2013 - 2 February 2014
Polari's history is as diverse as the people who have used it. For the Polari Mission project artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson have created a series of innovative visual artworks…

Portrait of a Living Archive

3 October 2013 - 13 January 2014
When people think about libraries they tend to think of them as the ancestral home of written rather than visual culture. The John Rylands Library houses a significant collection of…

Vaganza and Musicians from RNCM

13:15 - 14:30 1 November 2013
Edwin Roxburgh Clarinet Quintet Adam Gorb String Quartet No 2 Steven Calver Krystallia John Casken A Second Song of Chimes Tom Goff conductor John Turner recorder …

Distractfold

17:15 - 19:30 2 November 2013
Sam Salem Dérive Mauricio Pauly Another celibate machine Vitalija Glovakyte New work (world première) Martin Iddon Danaë Rodrigo Constanzo New work (world première) …

Late Night Concert

22:00 - 23:30 2 November 2013
A late night electrifying music theatre ‘short’ by Tim Benjamin and Andrew Liles closes the festival. This event forms part of the New Music North West Festival, the fourth and largest…

Psappha

19:30 - 21:30 2 November 2013
The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence Psappha is Manchester’s pre-eminent new music ensemble specialising in the performance of music by living composers…

Vaganza Composers’ Showcase Concert

13:15 - 14:30 2 November 2013
The extraordinary diversity and ingenuity of works by The University of Manchester composers. This event forms part of the New Music North West Festival, the fourth and largest ever…

A festival of light for Diwali

18:30 - 21:30 3 November 2013
In celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, play with LED light cubes to transform the Library into a place of wonder! During the evening you will be entertained by Dohl…

Manchester Science Festival - Black and White and Read All Over

13:00 - 16:00 3 November 2013
What did people write on before paper? Come and find out about some different materials involved in writing and bookmaking – learn how they are made, and make your own.

Morbid Miscellany curator tour

15:00 - 16:00 5 November 2013
Meet the curator of Morbid Miscellany, and get the chance to see some freaky things which didn’t make it into the cases… (Most suitable for adults and older children, 12+)

Textermination and the pleasures of experimental fiction

14:00 - 15:00 6 November 2013
Textermination, Christine Brooke-Rose’s 1992 novel, depicts characters from literature who gather to pray to readers for their continued existence. Join us to examine the role of the…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 6 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 7 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Joby Burgess Percussion Pioneers

13:10 - 14:00 7 November 2013
Joby Burgess presents two of the most iconic and groundbreaking works for solo percussion - Stockhasuen’s Zyklus and Xenakis’ Psappha. ‘… a prominent figure in the alt-classical…

Manchester University Music Society (MUMS) - Cosmo Singers

13:10 - 14:00 8 November 2013
Following their first successful lunchtime concert in 2012, 60-strong mixed choir Cosmo Singers perform a variety of stunning choral works, including Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer.

University of Manchester Drama Society: Opening Performance

19:00 - 21:00 8 November 2013
Showcasing the best of Manchester's student talent, the drama society kick start the winter season with their first production. Entirely produced by the student body, the production…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

Search