Olivier award-nominated actor Cush Jumbo talks to us about her role in Ibsen’s classic play – and her abiding affection for the Royal Exchange. It’s not uncommon to hear an actor gush about how “special”…
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Missed the opening events at VIVA? Fear not, our guide to the coming week will keep you on track. We’re very excited about this year’s VIVA, the 19thSpanish and Latin American film festival that has…
VIVA opens this weekend at Cornerhouse. Here’s our selection of what’s on. As you may have noticed, we have a bit of a thing for VIVA, the 19th Spanish and Latin American film festival that…
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Posted by Kevin Bourke 21 February 2013
Art, Festivals and Events, Outdoors / Manchester, The Quays
Art, Festivals and Events, Outdoors / Manchester, The Quays
“Human fireflies moving in choreographed patterns”: public art project Speed of Light descends on Salford. Joggers along The Quays’ waterfront have long been a familiar sight; those Lycra-clad bodies a living, sweating part of the…
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NOISE: The Art of Protest
People’s History Museum, Castlefield, Spinningfields & Deansgate, Manchester, 20 April 2013–30 June 2013 -
A Doll’s House
Royal Exchange Theatre, City Centre, Manchester, 1 May 2013–1 June 2013 -
Freerange Comedy Festival
Brewery Arts Centre, Cumbria, Kendal & Sedbergh, 15 May 2013–25 May 2013 -
Karl Fritsch Jewellery
Manchester Art Gallery, City Centre, Manchester, 15 February 2013–23 June 2013 -
Developing: Photographs by Mary McCartney
The Lowry, Manchester, The Quays, 16 March 2013–9 June 2013 -
Beneath & Beyond
MOSI, Castlefield, Spinningfields & Deansgate, Manchester, 28 March 2013–30 June 2013
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