Martin Harris Centre

SOLD OUT Romeo and Juliet: Star-Crossed Lovers

13:00 - 14:00 20 April 2017
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ROMEO AND JULIET TOUR IS NOW SOLD OUT. Thursday 20 April 2017 Performance 1-2pm Workshop 2.15pm-3pm See Shakespeare differently with 1623 Theatre Company…

Romeo and Juliet Star-Crossed Lovers

10:00 - 11:00 21 April 2017
Performance 10am-11am Workshop 11.15am-12pm See Shakespeare differently with 1623 Theatre Company as they map the journey of literature’s most famous lovers, in this hour-long adaptation…

"Wandering.." Ian Buckle, piano

13:10 - 14:00 27 April 2017
Ian Buckle's programme explores the notion of Wandering: Debussy's Estampes and Scelsi's Un Adieu are presented alongside English Impressionism from Roger Quilter's In a Gondola and…

Vonnegut Collective

13:10 - 14:00 28 April 2017
This year MUMS is privileged to have the Vonnegut Collective perform works from various postgraduate composition students from The University of Manchester. The Vonnegut Collective…

Robin Ireland (viola) and Krysia Osostowicz (violin)

13:10 - 14:00 4 May 2017
Robin Ireland and Krysia Osostowicz perform two of the best loved Duos for violin and viola, and a selection of Bartok's wonderful Duos for two violins. Robin Ireland is the former…

Gamelan Degung with special guest Soufian Saihi

13:10 - 14:00 11 May 2017
Second-year music students from The University of Manchester's 'Ensemble Performance' module take to the stage to demonstrate their newly acquired expertise in Sundanese Gamelan Degung…

Over the Garden Fence - Part of Dementia Awareness Week 2017

14:00 - 15:00 20 May 2017
Over the Garden Fence follows the story of Annabelle and her Gran Dolly. Annabelle and the audience are taken on a nostalgic journey through Gran’s life, sharing memories of happiness,…

Sexuality Summer School Public Performance Lecture: Holly Hughes: Dyke Interrupted

20:00 - 21:30 23 May 2017
Sexuality Summer School (22nd – 26th May 2017): Why Be Normal? Holly Hughes is an internationally acclaimed lesbian performer whose work has been challenging normative ideas about…

ESTIVAL 2017

6 - 9 June 2017
Join Manchester University Music Society in their unique equivalent to the 'Proms'! MUMS celebrate the end of the academic year by packing nine concerts into four days in an unmissable…

Manchester University Music Society Music & Drama Mashup Showcase – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 6 June 2017
This year the Mashup is back, bigger and better than ever before! With music and drama students coming together to create musical scenes and pantomime dreams, June 6th's evening concert…

Manchester University Music Society Concerto Concert – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 7 June 2017
Programme to include: Higdon Percussion Concerto Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor This evening showcases the striking contrast between the much-loved, romantic Violin Concerto…

Summer Proms Extravaganza Relaxed Performance

11:00 - 12:00 7 June 2017
Join us for a spectacular summer proms concert for everyone to enjoy. From classical favourites to a selection of well-known contemporary songs, come along, sing-along and enjoy! …

Ad Solem and Cosmo Singers Lunchtime Concert – Estival 2017

13:10 - 14:00 8 June 2017
Summer is Icumen in! Ad Solem and The Cosmo Singers come together in concert to bring you choral works by Finzi, Ireland, Delius, Ligeti, Barber, MacMillan and more!

Manchester University Wind Orchestra and Manchester University Brass Band – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 8 June 2017
Programme to Include: Bernstein, arr. Duthoit West Side Story Selection John & Zimmer, arr. Custer The Lion King Tchaikovsky, arr. Godfrey 1812 Overture Simon Dobson Torsion…

Manchester University Music Society Grade-1-athon – Estival 2017

13:10 - 14:00 9 June 2017
Beloved tunes, 50 students, all grade 1 standard - how much better can one concert be? Join us for the ever-popular Manchester University Music Society Grade1athon orchestra, in which…

Manchester University Music Society Symphony Orchestra – Estival 2017

19:30 - 21:00 9 June 2017
Manchester University Music Society Symphony Orchestra returns with an exhilarating programme from Middle Eastern folk tales. Featuring Nielsen’s inventive Aladdin Suite and Rimsky-Korsakov’s…

The University of Manchester Community Festival

11:00 - 15:00 17 June 2017
Come and experience our free Community Festival packed with fun family-friendly interactive activities. We are throwing open our doors for our local neighbours to discover the variety…

FLARE17

5 - 7 July 2017
Flare International Festival of New Theatre returns to the Martin Harris Centre as part of FLARE17. Following the success of FLARE15, we host Future Flares, showcasing new work from…

FUTURE FLARES Double Bill #1 A work of ART by Dead Pig and Civilisation by Emma Gannon

17:00 - 18:00 5 July 2017
A work of ART by DEAD PIG (UK) ‘The next day another turn came, and so it continued always the same...’ An image-based performance - a living breathing art work - trapped for eternity…

FUTURE FLARES Double Bill #2: Katie and Pip by Tin Can People and Boys will be Girls and Girls will be Boys by KASK/Mole Wetherell

17:00 - 18:00 6 July 2017
Katie and Pip by Tin Can People (UK) Katie & Pip celebrates the relationship between Katie, a 15 year old girl with type 1 diabetes, and ‘Pip’ her 5 year old border collie, trained…

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