Inside Out: This is Manchester at Aviva Studios

The Welcome is a huge nine-day celebration to mark the opening of Manchester’s phenomenal new arts space, Aviva Studios. Everybody’s invited.

Drawing on the art of Tai chi and Qi gong, Deep Flow is a dance performance led by Company Chameleon that embraces the connection between mind and body.

Happening as part of The Welcome, expect a day packed with some of the best of Manchester’s rich street culture.

Artist-designer Leeroy New takes over The Social at Aviva Studios with a sprawling and colourful installation offering a commentary on consumerism and colonialism.

Happening as part of The Welcome, Community Takeover is a special series of free events taking place at Manchester’s newest cultural space.

Kalabanté Productions bring their thrilling circus performance Afrique en Cirque to Aviva Studios for four spectacular shows.

Ming de Nasty’s Under Construction is a photography collection shining a light on the construction workers who created Aviva Studios.

Join the epic journey to the South Pole as a boy tries to take a wandering penguin home. A heart-warming adaptation of Oliver Jeffers’ award-winning children’s story.

Drawing on the art of Tai chi and Qi gong, Deep Flow is a dance performance led by Company Chameleon that embraces the connection between mind and body.

Happening as part of The Welcome, expect a day packed with some of the best of Manchester’s rich street culture.

Happening as part of The Welcome, Community Takeover is a special series of free events taking place at Manchester’s newest cultural space.

Kalabanté Productions bring their thrilling circus performance Afrique en Cirque to Aviva Studios for four spectacular shows.

Ming de Nasty’s Under Construction is a photography collection shining a light on the construction workers who created Aviva Studios.

Prepare to fill that crisp new diary as we preview the Factory International Opening Season.

The Welcome is a huge nine-day celebration to mark the opening of Manchester’s phenomenal new arts space, Aviva Studios. Everybody’s invited.

Directed by Danny Boyle, Free Your Mind is a Matrix-themed large-scale performance spectacular and the first production at Manchester’s newest landmark arts venue.

Let yourself be guided through the remnants of a lost civilisation by an AI in The Ruins if Earth, a theatrical walking tour.

The Pankhurst Centre’s new permanent exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of the people behind the iconic Pankhurst name.

Daniel Arsham’s large-scale sculptures are making an appearance at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in his outdoor show ‘Relics in the Landscape’.

‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ at PHM explores the history of disabled people’s activism and their ongoing fight for inclusion with a wonderful collection of exhibits brought together for the first time, 

Discover the organic inspiration behind the work of Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore and others in the new show at the Hepworth Wakefield. 

‘The Art of the Potter: Ceramics and Sculpture from 1930 to Now’ at the Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the gallery’s growing collection of ceramics and sculpture.

‘If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022’ is a new exhibition of sculpture at the Hepworth Wakefield.

Through a fantastic collection of classical and contemporary artists’ work, ‘(Un)Defining Queer’ examines the use of language, histories and narratives to explore what ‘queer’ really means today. free entry

Painting one barbershop over fifteen years – Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings proves it’s not mirrors but artists who reflect the beautiful mundanity of life.