Kalabanté Productions: Afrique en Cirque 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.

A wondrous collection of community portraits by local photographers to welcome you into Aviva Studios this November.

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

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.

A wondrous collection of community portraits by local photographers to welcome you into Aviva Studios this November.

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

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.

Not only one of Britain’s most picturesque national parks, the Lake District is also brimming with culture. Here’s what’s on over the next few months.

EXCLUSIVE TICKET OFFER AVAILABLE: Expect a riot of colour, sound and movement when South Korean choreographer, Eun-Me Ahn brings her latest production to Salford.

Enter into the world of Salsa dancing with expert guidance and a friendly community at Instituto Cervantes Manchester.

Rambert bring two “darkly funny” new dance works created especially for the company by Ben Duke.

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.

Akram Khan returns with his sensational and sensuous reimagining of one of the most romantic ballets of all time.

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.