Performances

Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 16:00 3 July 2016
Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in the Grand Hall. Friends of the Whitworth present a series…

Robin Ward, Harp and Handcrafted Instrument Concert

19:00 26 July 2016
Robin Ward is a unique musician in that he performs on his own hand-crafted instruments and is one of only a handful of people in the world who play the triple harp professionally.…

Gypsy Queen

19:00 - 20:30 23 September 2016
Written by Rob Ward Hope Theatre Company (UK) Can two men raised to fight ever learn to love? “There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home:…

Piano Recital by Murray McLachlan

13:10 - 14:00 29 September 2016
International concert pianist Murray McLachlan is Head of Keyboard at Chetham’s School of Music and a Senior Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music. This recital focuses on Chopin’s…

MUMS Welcome Concert

17:00 - 19:00 2 October 2016
Join us for an evening of enchanting music as MUMS welcomes the First Year Chorus as they make their Manchester debut! The Symphony Orchestra will perform Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite…

Quatuor Danel

13:10 - 14:00 6 October 2016
Two quartets composed under fraught circumstances: Hanns Eisler’s tragic two-movement Quartet immediately reflects the tensions of pre-war fascism, while Beethoven’s masterful ‘Harp’…

Quatuor Danel

19:30 - 21:30 7 October 2016
Two third quartets, each 40 minutes long, but from different worlds: Camden Reeves’s virtuosic exploration of time and chaos, juxtaposed with Tchaikovsky’s sorrowful memorial for his…

Literature Live: Beverley Bie Brahic, Jeffrey Wainwright & Matthew Welton

19:30 - 20:45 10 October 2016
Three gifted poets come together to read from eagerly-awaited new collections. Matthew Welton lectures in writing at The University of Nottingham. His debut, The Book of Matthew, won…

Guardian Live: Jeanette Winterson “In Conversation” with Jonathan Safran Foer

18:30 - 20:00 11 October 2016
What keeps a family together – and what can tear it apart? In literary wunderkind Jonathan Safran Foer’s long-awaited new novel, Here I Am, the Blochs face trying times. They’re supposed…

Ensemble l'imaginaire

13:10 - 14:00 13 October 2016
Richard Barrett Portrait Concert A young ensemble based in France, committed to presenting audiences with strong musical experiences through their collaborations with composers. This…

Castlefield Manchester Sermon: Kamila Shamsie

19:00 - 20:30 14 October 2016
We are delighted that Kamila Shamsie will be giving the 7th Castlefield Manchester Sermon, reflecting on ethical issues of the day. One of our finest contemporary writers, Kamila grew…

The University of Manchester Baroque Orchestra

15:30 - 16:30 16 October 2016
Students from the Manchester University Baroque Orchestra give a historically informed performance of late-seventeenth-century English instrumental music, by Locke, Purcell and the…

Anne Enright

19:00 - 20:30 17 October 2016
Anne Enright is one of the leading novelists at work today. Born in Dublin, her novels include What are You Like?, The Forgotten Waltz and The Gathering (winner of the Man Booker Prize…

Andy Smith and Fuel present The Preston Bill

19:00 - 20:30 19 October 2016
The story of a life. The story of our lives. Welcome to the North A story from Preston. About Preston. A story that will make you stop and think about where you, and we, are…

B!RTH festival

19 - 22 October 2016
B!RTH is an international theatre festival developed by the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and The Oglesby Charitable Trust to provoke debate on a global scale and question one…

Darragh Morgan (violin) Mary Dullea (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 20 October 2016
Leading new music soloists Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea perform Tom Coult’s Limp and Camden Reeves’s Gorgon’s Head which they recently broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Schumann’s Sonata…

Eimear McBride The Lesser Bohemians

19:30 - 21:00 20 October 2016
Join us for an evening with brilliant young Irish novelist Eimear McBride. Described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘a writer of remarkable power and originality,’ Eimear’s astonishing…

MUMS Showcase Concert

13:10 - 14:00 21 October 2016
A rare opportunity to witness a variety of performers in Manchester’s Music society playing a variety of repertoire, demonstrating the breadth of taste within the department. There will be something for everyone!

MUMS Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:15 22 October 2016
MUMS Symphony Orchestra returns for its second concert since September with a programme including Ligeti’s Atmospheres as well as Mahler’s Symphony No.1, also known as The Titan Symphony.…

MANTIS Festival

18:00 - 19:30 29 October 2016
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring special guest artist Junya Oikawa (Japan). Local and guest composers will present their…

MANTIS Festival

14:00 - 15:30 30 October 2016
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music, featuring special guest artist Junya Oikawa (Japan). Local and guest composers will present their…

Literature Live: Michael Longley

19:30 - 20:45 7 November 2016
Michael Longley (b. 1939, Belfast) is one of the greatest living English-language poets. His work has received the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Wilfred Owen…

Romanticism and Beyond

13:10 - 14:00 11 November 2016
An exciting new concert from Manchester’s Music society, focussing on the Romantic and 20th Century ‘Modern’ period. Come see performers tackle the most passionate and exhilarating…

MUMS Chamber Orchestra

19:30 - 21:15 12 November 2016
MUMS Chamber Orchestra returns for an evening of inspiring music, with soloists Libby Sherwood and Sarah Keirle performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante K364, along with Mozart’s Symphony…

University of Manchester Drama Society: Autumn Showcase

19:00 - 20:30 16 November 2016
The first showcase of the academic year offering an opportunity for students to display their work. The festival consists of four contrasting shows performed consecutively in venues…

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