Performances

Festive Concert

19:00 - 20:30 12 December 2019
In this popular annual Festive Concert, soloist Katie Emmanuel performs Elgar’s Sea Pictures, whilst Ad Solem and The Symphony Orchestra come together to perform a Bach Cantata, also…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Nicholas Cox (clarinet) and Michelle Assay (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 12 December 2019
Shostakovich Quartet No. 4, in D, Op. 83 Prokofiev Overture on Hebrew Themes Shostakovich’s D major Quartet of 1949 turns official requirements for folk-like music to his own ends,…

Festive Sing-along: Relaxed Performance

13:10 - 13:55 13 December 2019
Get yourself in the festive spirit with a free and extremely relaxed event full of carols and festive participation, with an informal atmosphere unlike a traditional concert. Manchester…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Nicholas Cox (clarinet)

19:30 - 21:00 13 December 2019
Weinberg Quartet No. 8, in C minor, Op. 66 Alexander Krein Jewish Sketches, Op. 12, for clarinet and string quartet Galina Ustvolskaya Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1949)…

Chorus UK presents Celebration

19:30 - 21:35 14 December 2019
Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year at this delightful family concert with the talented Chorus UK. The concert highlights the many cultures who celebrate at this time of the…

The Complete Works: Christina Lamb

18:45 - 20:00 16 December 2019
Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE presents a brand-new series of in-depth interviews at HOME, in partnership with the University of Manchester, with a line-up…

A literary evening with Maryam Hessavi and Usma Malik (part of MACFEST 2020)

18:30 - 19:30 13 January 2020
Join us for an exciting literary evening of readings from new work by two Muslim writers, Maryam Hessavi and Usma Malik. Maryam Hessavi is a British, Manchester-based poet and critic,…

The Complete Works: Aminatta Forna

19:00 - 20:15 20 January 2020
Part of: The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE curates and presents this brand-new series of in-depth interviews at…

Runway - No Door Theatre

20:00 - 21:45 30 January 2020
Written and Directed by Georgia Affonso If you could leave, would you? Skid and Bean sit in the park, smoking fags and playing Buzzfeed quizzes. Nyla, Muslim and Mancunian, is moving…

WCLC: Tom Hewson (jazz piano) Essence

13:10 - 14:00 30 January 2020
Join jazz pianist Tom Hewson as he performs original music from Essence, his latest album made inside the Bösendorfer piano factory in Vienna, drawing both on the colours of the contemporary…

Runway - No Door Theatre

20:00 - 21:45 31 January 2020
Written and Directed by Georgia Affonso If you could leave, would you? Skid and Bean sit in the park, smoking fags and playing Buzzfeed quizzes. Nyla, Muslim and Mancunian, is moving…

PN Review 250 Launch Party

18:30 3 February 2020
Please join us in the atmospheric setting of Christie's Bistro in Manchester to celebrate the 250th issue of PN Review, with readings from contributors Parwana Fayyaz, Jane Yeh, John…

Literature Live: Luke Brown and Emma Jane Unsworth

18:30 - 19:45 10 February 2020
Luke Brown grew up in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and now lives in London, although he is frequently in Manchester to teach at the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester.…

Fully Booked Literature Live: Isabel Allende in Conversation with Jeanette Winterson

19:00 - 20:15 11 February 2020
***This event is now fully booked*** Manchester Literature Festival and the Centre for New Writing are thrilled to welcome one of Latin America’s greatest authors to the UK for her…

Creative Manchester presents Music on Campus

12:15 11 February - 13:30 24 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: In light of the developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice for people to avoid non-essential contact, we have taken the decision…

UMDS presents An Intervention by Mike Bartlett

19:00 - 21:00 12 February 2020
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. UMDS’ 2020 season opens with ‘An Intervention’, by Mike Bartlett. Set against the backdrop of the British…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 13 February 2020
Dusapin Iti for Solo Violin Lekeu Adagio Molto Weinberg Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano One of a series of works for solo instruments, all beginning with the letter ‘i’, by…

UMDS presents An Intervention by Mike Bartlett

19:00 - 21:00 13 February 2020
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. UMDS’ 2020 season opens with ‘An Intervention’, by Mike Bartlett. Set against the backdrop of the British…

MUMS - New Sounds

13:10 - 14:00 14 February 2020
There is great enthusiasm for contemporary music amongst music students at The University of Manchester. In this concert, a variety of ensembles present works recently written by student…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:00 14 February 2020
Chevalier de Saint-George Quartet, G.191 Dusapin Quartet No. 4 Franck Quartet in D One of numerous quartets by the first classical composer of African ancestry,…

UMDS presents An Intervention by Mike Bartlett

19:00 - 21:00 14 February 2020
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. UMDS’ 2020 season opens with ‘An Intervention’, by Mike Bartlett. Set against the backdrop of the British…

Fully Booked Literature Live: Eimear McBride

19:30 - 20:45 17 February 2020
*This event is now fully booked* Manchester Literature Festival and the Centre for New Writing are delighted to present an evening with Eimear McBride. One of our most arresting writers,…

GUY: A New Musical

19:30 - 21:30 19 February 2020
Finding love isn’t easy when you're fat, gay and nerdy. Luckily for Guy, you can be anybody online… leo&hyde’s award-winning electronic musical is Queer As Folk meets Bridget Jones…

The Complete Works: Lindsey Hilsum

18:45 - 20:30 19 February 2020
Part of: The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance , The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama OBE curates and presents this…

WCLC: Jack Adler-McKean - Solo tuba

13:10 - 14:00 20 February 2020
Giacinto Scelsi Maknongan Patrick Friel Ezra’s Telescope (British première) Sylvain Marty Diversion 2 (British première) Vinko Globokar …

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