What's on at Z-arts
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From £12.00Where to go near Our City, Our Home
at Z-arts
A small theatre space run by Sustained Theatre Up North, housed within Z-arts in Hulme, Manchester.
Not-for-profit enterprise with shop and green space, and regular events.
Venture Arts is a progressive visual arts charity based in Hulme, Manchester, with a small exhibition space. It works alongside learning disabled artists to create and show exciting new collaborative visual artwork.
Clay studio was founded in 2016 to provide a dedicated workshop for new graduates, hobby ceramicists and experienced makers. The studio also offers a range of classes for students of all abilities.
Niamos is a co-operatively run exhibition, arts, and performance space with a micro bakery, music studio’s, a kitchen and a holistic well-being space in the midst of transformation.
The Playhouse Theatre, originally known as the Hulme Hippodrome opened its doors on 6 October 1902. In 2018, the historic venue was relaunched as a community arts centre by NIAMOS – a collective of artists, musicians and local residents.
Salvi’s Deansgate Square serves up la famiglia’s unique brand of high-quality Italian cuisine in a very thriving area of Manchester.
General Store Deansgate is a one-stop-shop for retail and food, based on Deansgate Square on Great Jackson Street.
Homeground is HOME’s brand new outdoor venue, providing an open-air space for theatre, food, film, music, comedy and more.
Food Sorcery is a popular cookery school now opening in the centre of Manchester after years of success in East Didsbury.
Medlock Canteen combines Parisian bistro style dining with a 50s diner look and feel.
Birley is Manchester Met’s world-class centre for Education and Health Professionals and the university’s flagship community campus.
What's on: Exhibitions
The freshly refurbished National Science and Media Museum reopens with an exhibition of David Hockney’s photographic and video ‘joiner’ works.
Free entry
Meg Erridge asks what it means to live without direction in her first solo exhibition ‘Drift’ at Assembly House in Leeds.
Free entry
Delve into the Echos exhibition at Portico Library through the filter of a Folk Life Drawing workshop with HappeningInManchester.
From £5.00
Manchester Museum explores the concept of ‘wild’ nature as a means of tackling the climate and biodiversity crisis in a new exhibition.
Free entry
The Whitworth presents ‘Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990’, a landmark show about women’s rebellion and creativity.
Free entry
Ceremony, religion and symbolism are the focus of the Baltic’s new exhibition from Newcastle-based artist Mani Kambo.
Free entry
The Mill Gallery invites aspiring art collectors to ‘Start with One’, an exhibition of affordable original artworks.
Free entry
‘A Riot In Three Acts’ uses film, installation and sound to explore themes of civil unrest and the social inequalities that trigger it.
Free entryCulture Guides
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