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24:7 Big Festival Weekend

24 - 26 July 2015
The 24:7 Theatre festival is a unique event, helping to promote new plays while developing the emerging talent of writers, directors, actors, producers and technicians. It has been…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - Madness Sweet Madness

19:30 - 21:30 24 July 2015
It's 2am, and Vesuvius would do anything for a few hours' sleep. But the arrival of two unorthodox authority figures threatens to disrupt his night further - and make a right mess of…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - The Plant

18:00 - 19:30 24 July 2015
On finding themselves mysteriously imprisoned, the protagonists of our tale Leon and Keith do the only thing they can do, they start telling stories. ‘The Plant’ is a darkly comic…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - We Are The Multitude

18:00 - 19:30 24 July 2015
Victims of their own intensely irritating personalities, Lisa and Simon are trapped in their office building after angry demonstrators occupy it. With life and death in the balance,…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 – GARY: A LOVE STORY

19:30 - 21:30 24 July 2015
Two very strange brothers face police truncheons, gruesome playground injuries and the perils of mutual masturbation in “Gary: a Love Story,” a caustic and moving new play about brotherly…

B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic

16 July 2015 - 10 January 2016
EXTENDED UNTIL 10 JANUARY This intriguing exhibition reveals how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influenced a literary genre, and how the lasting legacy of Gothic can be…

Discovery Centre

4 - 26 July 2015
Sats & Suns, 11am-4pm Drop into the Discovery Centre for drawing and other art activities inspired by the Museum's collection and pick up one of our free Museum activity sheets.

Each Thursday: Thursday Lates

18:00 23 July - 18:00 17 December 2015
Thursday Lates Our late night openings are the perfect place to meet friends and enjoy a selection of talks, performances, film screenings, live music and artist interventions. Thursday,…

Hands-on

1 - 31 July 2015
Drop-in. Throughout the week visit one of our handling tables and get hands-on with objects from the collection, such as an Alexander the Great coin, an urban fox and an ancient Egyptian scarab beetle.

Making Monuments on Rapa Nui. The Statues from Easter Island

1 April - 6 September 2015
1 April-6 September 2015 Free entry The monumental stone statues of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers) in the Pacific are some of the most widely recognised archaeological…

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

14 February - 29 July 2015
Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which will take…

Summer Holiday Activities: Treasure

20 July - 30 August 2015
Drop in, free, families. 11am - 4pm Discover something new this summer at Manchester Museum. Collect a map as your explore the Museum’s collections, visit our object handling tables,…

Thursdays: Great Escape: Yoga – the whitworth

08:30 23 July - 08:30 10 December 2015
Great Escape: Yoga Thursday from 8:30am-9:45am No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth's peaceful setting - and some of its wonderful…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - Madness Sweet Madness

12:30 - 14:30 25 July 2015
It's 2am, and Vesuvius would do anything for a few hours' sleep. But the arrival of two unorthodox authority figures threatens to disrupt his night further - and make a right mess of…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - The Butterfly's Adventure

13:00 - 14:00 25 July 2015
Deep in the forest is a sunny meadow full of life. As day turns to night, all the caterpillars settle down on their little leaves to dream of fluttering through the summer sky… Little…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - The Butterfly's Adventure

14:00 - 15:00 25 July 2015
Deep in the forest is a sunny meadow full of life. As day turns to night, all the caterpillars settle down on their little leaves to dream of fluttering through the summer sky… Little…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 - We Are The Multitude

14:00 - 15:30 25 July 2015
Victims of their own intensely irritating personalities, Lisa and Simon are trapped in their office building after angry demonstrators occupy it. With life and death in the balance,…

24:7 Big Festival Weekend 2015 – GARY: A LOVE STORY

12:30 - 14:30 25 July 2015
Two very strange brothers face police truncheons, gruesome playground injuries and the perils of mutual masturbation in “Gary: a Love Story,” a caustic and moving new play about brotherly…

Big Saturday: Dig it

25 July 2015
11am-4pm. Roll up your sleeves and bring your explorer’s hat and take part in a variety of activities for all the family that explore archaeology past, present and future. Wander around…

Early Opening Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 25 July 2015
Sat 25 Jul, 9-10am. Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Come along to our early opening for early birds. Enjoy self-led…

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 25 July 2015
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Foot-pads, Murderers and Body Snatchers: A North-West criminal miscellany

11:00 - 12:00 25 July 2015
Join us for a glimpse into the criminal underworld, as we look at a range of printed sources, including trial reports and execution broadsides. This session focusses on crimes committed…

The Butterfly's Adventure

13:00 - 15:00 25 July 2015
Performances at 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. Drop in, free, families, ages 5 plus and their parents and carers Music, song and movement, join us for this family friendly performance brought to…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 25 July 2015
Come and discover how Manchester helped make the modern world... Our heritage tours lead visitors around some of the University's oldest and finest building whilst telling the history…

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