Performances

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 15:45 30 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…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 15:45 6 August 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…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Clouds Harp Quartet

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 15:45 20 August 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…

The Sessions of March and Manchester Museum Present

20:00 - 23:00 20 August 2017
The Sessions of March is coming to Manchester Museum for a one off special gig, featuring some of Manchester’s finest Blues & Folk musicians. Performances on the night from: Ben P…

KAVI SAMMELAN | Enjoy Hindi Poetry with Eminent Poets from India

18:30 - 21:30 28 August 2017
KAVI SAMMELAN Enjoy Hindi Poetry with Eminent Poets from India At the Whitworth Bank Holiday Monday, 28 AUGUST 2017 Poets : TUSHA SHARMA (MEERUT), JAGBIR RATHEE (ROHTAK), PAWAN…

The University of Manchester New Writing Anthology Launch Event

18:30 - 21:00 7 September 2017
This event marks the publication of a brand-new collection bringing together the exciting and varied work of new writing talent from the Centre's Master's class of 2016-17. Featuring…

Step 9 of 12 - written by Rob Hayes and directed by Nick Clarke

19:00 - 20:30 22 September 2017
Keith just wants to say he’s sorry. A lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse has given him a lot to apologise for – particularly to the two people who raised him from a child. But as the…

Come Closer – Memories of Partition

11:30 - 12:30 23 September 2017
The Royal Exchange Theatre is bringing together some of Manchester’s most exciting British Asian writers and artists to create exciting new performance pieces which will reveal the…

Come Closer – Memories of Partition

13:30 - 14:30 23 September 2017
The Royal Exchange Theatre is bringing together some of Manchester’s most exciting British Asian writers and artists to create exciting new performance pieces which will reveal the…

Come Closer – Memories of Partition

15:00 - 16:00 23 September 2017
The Royal Exchange Theatre is bringing together some of Manchester’s most exciting British Asian writers and artists to create exciting new performance pieces which will reveal the…

Sitar Recital and Ragas

18:30 - 20:30 24 September 2017
To celebrate our cultural partnership with the Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester, we are inviting you to a sitar recital on Sunday 24 September from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.…

An Evening with Chris Kraus

19:00 - 20:30 27 September 2017
Waterstones Manchester Deansgate are thrilled to welcome the wonderful Chris Kraus to the store to celebrate the publication of her latest book, After Kathy Acker. Join us on Wednesday…

Trumpet Recital by Gary Farr: ‘Homage to Maxwell Davies’

13:10 - 14:00 28 September 2017
A homage to University of Manchester alumnus Sir Peter Maxwell Davies who died in 2016 featuring his stunning opus 1 Sonata for Trumpet and Piano which he wrote as a student in Manchester,…

Raqs Media Collective: The Necessity of Infinity

15:45 - 16:45 30 September 2017
Saturday 30 September, 3.45pm-4.45pm Free, no need to book The piece is a performed reading that takes off where Al As’llah Wa’l Ajwibah (Questions and Answers) — one of the most…

Manchester University Music Society Welcome Concert

17:00 - 19:00 1 October 2017
Join us for the first Music Society concert of the academic year, featuring our new first year Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. The concert will also feature works by Elgar and Vaughan…

Raqs Media Collective: Meerut Redux

13:00 - 13:15 1 October 2017
Raqs Media Collective Meerut Redux Sunday 1 October, 1pm-1.15pm, and at other times during the exhibition Free, no need to book A contemporary interpretation of a 1930s agit-prop…

Raqs Media Collective: Meerut Redux

13:00 - 13:15 1 October 2017
Sunday 1 October, 1pm-1.15pm, and at other times during the exhibition Free, no need to book A contemporary interpretation of a 1930s agit-prop sketch protesting against the imprisonment…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 5 October 2017
Did Beethoven originally conceive his early E major piano sonata for string quartet? This concert won’t answer that question, but it will help you judge for yourself. It’s not often…

Quatuor Danel Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 5 October 2017
The Quatuor Danel discusses the art of playing chamber music.

Thursday Lates: Voice Culture

19:00 - 21:00 5 October 2017
Eclectic late-night openings until 9pm every Thursday, with music, performances, talks and screenings. Start the weekend early with our Thursday Lates – a series of sociable, after…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Robin Ireland (viola)

19:30 - 21:00 6 October 2017
What a difference an extra viola can make! We’re delighted to invite Robin Ireland, formerly of the Lindsay Quartet, to join the Quatuor Danel for this performance of some of the richest…

Literature Live: Sinéad Morrissey and Douglas Dunn- Part of Manchester Literature Festival

19:30 - 21:00 9 October 2017
A pair of our finest contemporary poets read and discuss their work at an event presented in partnership with Manchester Literature Festival. Sinéad Morrissey was named the inaugural…

Literature Live: John Banville and Mike McCormack - Part of Manchester Literature Festival

20:00 - 21:30 10 October 2017
Two of Ireland’s most accomplished prose stylists come together for an evening of reading and conversation. Picking up where Henry James left off, John Banville’s forthcoming novel,…

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