Events
AHCP Research Seminars
Please check the research seminars of the department here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/department-of-art-history-and-cultural-practices-115441163851
Lesbian Triple Bill
A night of new work from queer artists in Manchester. Join us at the John Thaw Studio Theatre on July 22nd for an evening of queer theatre in development. Featuring short pieces and extracts from exciting works-in-progress, this night of queer performance offers audiences a chance to encounter new work at a vital stage in its journey. The pro..
Mental Health Photography Exhibition
Exhibition created with people who have lived experience of mental health challenges, plus a live panel and audience discussion. Through striking photography, powerful visual storytelling, and good conversation, the event aims to spark dialogue, challenge stigma and promote greater understanding. The exhibition explores themes relating to men..
Chameleon
Following consecutive 4* runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London, Chameleon celebrates its finale in Manchester. With dry wit and existential dread, our autistic heroine plunges headfirst into an identity crisis questioning whether her all-consuming relationship is worth losing herself. ???? ‘Chameleon does a great job from the start in hi..
Chameleon
Following consecutive 4* runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London, Chameleon celebrates its finale in Manchester. With dry wit and existential dread, our autistic heroine plunges headfirst into an identity crisis questioning whether her all-consuming relationship is worth losing herself. ???? ‘Chameleon does a great job from the start in hi..
A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke
The Martin Harris Centre welcomes The KNDS Fairey Band. Featuring the music of acclaimed composer Philip Sparke and the composers who inspired him, to celebrate his 75th year. Including ‘A Road Less Travelled By’ — the set work for the 2026 National Brass Band Championships
Manchester Literature Festival presents Sarah Hall: Burning Snowflake – The 2026 Faber Lecture
Award-winning author Sarah Hall delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: Burning Snowflake. The natural world is burning. Time is running out. You know the story. So what possible role could something as flimsy as fiction play? From the pioneering pen of a continually visionary writer, Burning Snowflake is a fierce and rallying cry – to shr..
Manchester Literature Festival presents Patrick Radden Keefe
A gripping evening with Patrick Radden Keefe, bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing. Patrick joins us to discuss his new work London Falling - a riveting true story of wealth, lies and the dark currents running beneath modern London. When teenager Zac Brettler dies after falling from a luxury riverside apartment, his parents unc..
Manchester Literature Festival presents An Afternoon with Elif Shafak
Join us for a special afternoon with one of today’s most influential and much-loved literary voices. Internationally-acclaimed novelist Elif Shafak returns to celebrate her extraordinary new novel, In One Brief Moment All Eternity. Spanning decades and continents, from revolutionary 19th-century France to Istanbul, Egypt and Beirut, this..
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