Performances

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,…

Literature Live: Lisa McInerney, Sally Rooney and Joanna Walsh - Part of Manchester Literature Festival

19:30 - 21:00 12 October 2017
Three exciting contemporary writers read and discuss their work. Lisa McInerney won the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Baileys Prize for her debut The Glorious Heresies. She will read…

Piano Recital by Ian Pace

13:10 - 14:00 12 October 2017
Piano recital by world-renowned pianist Ian Pace, a pianist of long-established reputation, specialising in modernism and transcendental virtuosity. FREE - no need to book, just turn up!

The Junk Child: Autism Friendly Performance

10:30 - 11:30 14 October 2017
n a world where no trees grow, with a sky full of smoke, and mountains made of trash, only the Junk Child can help to put things right and make the sun shine again. Join us as we enter…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Tempest Chamber Orchestra

15:00 - 15:45 15 October 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,…

There is no ‘i’ in Concerto Grosso…’ Exploring Teamwork in the Eighteenth-Century Concerto Grosso

15:30 - 17:00 15 October 2017
As the culmination of a two-day intensive workshop on historically informed performance, guided by Peter Holman MBE, co-founder of The Parley of Instruments, together with Baroque strings…

Literature Live: Colette Bryce and Tara Bergin - Part of Manchester Literature Festival

20:00 - 21:30 16 October 2017
Two talented Irish poets on the ascendant, Colette Bryce and Tara Bergin, come together to read and discuss their work at an event presented in partnership with Manchester Literature…

Kamila Shamsie in conversation with Jeanette Winterson - Part of Manchester Literature Festival

19:30 - 21:00 17 October 2017
Join two of our most incisive practitioners of fiction for a conversation about writing narratives that reflect and explore current affairs. A contemporary retelling of Sophocles’…

Turton Consort: Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali (1603)

13:10 - 14:00 19 October 2017
The Turton Consort, a professional Manchester-based vocal ensemble, presents highlights from Monteverdi’s fourth book of madrigals. Yearning for sensual pleasures and devices of love,…

Manchester University Music Society Public Lunchtime Concert - Jazz Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 20 October 2017
Come and enjoy a lunchtime concert performed by the Manchester University Music Society. These concerts are free, no need to book just turn up. The first public lunchtime concert of…

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