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Unmissable things to do in Manchester and the North
Discover acclaimed music and stand-out exhibitions, groundbreaking theatre, family, cinema and literary events in Manchester and the North.
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Oldham Coliseum Spring Season
Oldham Coliseum’s new programme for Spring/ Summer 2019 celebrates Northern voices and tackles universal issues faced by families and communities.
Contact In The City Part Three
Contact In The City Part Three – is a radical city-wide programme of performance taking place whilst Contact’s theatre undergoes an exciting transformation. Read our preview of the upcoming season.
Symphonic Cinema: Stravinsky | Ravel at The Bridgewater Hall
The BBC Philharmonic in association with The Bridgewater Hall presents a very special event marrying sound with vision, bringing classic works by two of the 20th century’s greatest composers to vivid musical and cinematic life.
Field Music at Imperial War Museum North
Field Music are bringing an original piece of music and animation to Imperial War Museum North as part of the Making A New World exhibition.
PUSH Festival 2019 at HOME
Shake off those January blues and check out HOME’s two-week-long showcase of the most exciting film, theatre and visual art in the North West.
Alexandra Dariescu: The Nutcracker and I at RNCM
Alexandra Dariescu’s ‘The Nutcracker and I’ is a bold multimedia version of the classical Christmas ballet, featuring the wonderful music of Tchaikovsky.
LS Lowry: The Art and the Artist – An introduction to LS Lowry’s life and work at Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Head to Salford Art Gallery and Museum to find out more about the fascinating life of the somewhat-reclusive, Stretford-born artist and rent collector LS Lowry.
Gould Piano Trio & Robert Plane at The Stoller Hall
One of the country’s most acclaimed and recognised trios performs Shostakovich’s Second Piano Trio and Sally Beamish’s Piobaireachd for this visit to The Stoller Hall. The group will also be joined by regular collaborator, clarinettist Robert Plane, for the North West premiere of a new work by Huw Watkins – with the programme completed by Plane’s performance of Boulez’s Dialogue de l’ombre double – accompanied by taped electronics.
The Ground Beneath Your Feet at Castlefield Gallery
Castlefield Gallery’s latest exhibition, The Ground Beneath Your Feet, invites a more nuanced conversation around multiple geopolitical issues that currently dominate our headlines.
The Art Schools of North West England at Bluecoat
There were over 150 art schools in England in the mid-1960s; now most of them are closed or absorbed into other institutions. Bluecoat’s new exhibition, ‘Art Schools of North West England’, asks: What did it mean to have an art school in every town and what can we learn by discovering their fate?
Black Midi at YES
Heralded as “the best new band in London nobody knows a thing about”, Black Midi will be playing The Pink Room in YES on the 26 January.
Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) at YES
Following Adrianne Lenker’s latest solo record, Abysskiss, the Big Thief front-woman will be performing a special intimate show in YES’s Pink Room.
Chinternet Ugly at Centre for ChineseContemporary Art
CFCCA presents Chinternet Ugly – a group exhibition that offers a rare glimpse behind the biggest digital boundary in the world: the Great Firewall of China.
BINGE! at HOME
BINGE! – from the Mighty Heart Theatre – is a full-bodied show about the strength of women and triumphing through trauma. Performed as part of HOME’s PUSH Festival.
The Stoller Hall Spring Season
It looks like 2019 is going to be a great year for The Stoller Hall, with some wonderful concerts coming up in its Spring Season.
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Exhibitions
On the brink of the new year, here’s a couple of the major exhibitions and smaller gems we’re looking forward to in 2019.
Literature
January, February, March, April, even May… we’ve plenty for you to look forward to live literature wise as 2019 unfolds – from performance poetry and soundscapes to readings from magazines, memoirs and award-winning short stories.
Tours and Activities
This month we are highlighting some of the top multilingual tours and activities Manchester has to offer.
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