For Vini: The Music / The Durutti Column at Albert Hall
Nearly 50 years after The Durutti Column formed in Manchester, their music comes home to Albert Hall for a one-night-only chamber-style performance.
From £35.00Written by Johnny James
Contemporary Season
at Lowry
at Lowry
Lowry stages are where you’ll catch much of this autumn’s most forward-thinking performance. Here are our top picks.
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Bert & Nasi: L’Addition at Lowry
An absurdist comedy the Guardian dubbed ‘waitering for Godot’ takes a single scene and fractures it into a kaleidoscope of perspectives.
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REWRITES: Jeezus! at Lowry
Catholic guilt collides with unrepentant queerness in the acclaimed musical from award-winning migrant-led company, Alpaqa.
Manchester Collective x Sidiki Dembélé: Constellations
West African folksong and storytelling meet British classical and folk music as percussionist Sidiki Dembélé joins Manchester Collective.
From £10.00
Ditz at The White Hotel
Brighton’s Ditz bring industrial noise and thoughtful lyrics to The White Hotel for the first and last time, supported by Bathing Suits.
From £18.50
GB at The White Hotel
Copenhagen’s GB spent weeks cutting up a free London newspaper to build Herzsprung’s angular art-rock, coming to The White Hotel.
From £14.40
Based on Kimberly: Yes Person at Lowry
Two Berlin circus artists turn years of discarded ideas into one gloriously unclassifiable hour of live performance.
Cabaret Voltaire at Albert Hall
More than 50 years after Cabaret Voltaire’s first gig, this is your final chance to see the band that did it first, doing it one last time.
From £35.00
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Richard Hards: Strangeways at Moon Grove
A lost recording of the opening moments of the Strangeways Protest sits at the centre of Richard Hards’ exhibition at Moon Grove.
Free entry
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Auris Sound Art Festival
Manchester’s debut sound art festival brings three days of installation, performance and soundwalks across the city centre.
From £12.50
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UN SEEN ME at SEESAW
Dr Shanali Perera’s paintings explore the space between what can be seen and what is experienced when it comes to illness.
Free entry