Performances

'Poems of Repossession' and 'The Coast Road'

18:00 - 19:30 13 May 2017
The Irish World Heritage Centre and The Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester are delighted to bring to Manchester a unique and exciting poetry event, showcasing the…

From Shore to Shore

19 - 20 May 2017
Three stories, three lives, three journeys to find a place to call home. Cheung Wing is escaping from war, Mei Lan’s had enough of the potato peeler and Yi Di wants the impossible;…

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…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Aurea String Quartet

15:00 - 15:45 28 May 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. Performances are held at 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons in the New Arrivals exhibition gallery,…

Just An Ordinary Lawyer

06:00 30 - 12:00 31 May 2017
We’re delighted to bring you the new one-man musical stage show from Tayo Aluko (writer and performer of the multi-award-winning Call Mr. Robeson); Just An Ordinary Lawyer, telling…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Zerbina Duo

15:00 - 15:45 4 June 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

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…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Carnelian Saxophone Quartet

15:00 - 15:45 18 June 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

Tabley House Presents The Alteri Chamber Choir

19:00 27 June 2017
The Alteri Chamber Choir return to Tabley once more with a delightful programme for an enchanting summer’s evening. The theme of their concert is ‘Flowers’ and they have selected…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Tula Flutes

15:00 - 15:45 2 July 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

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…

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

Search