War Horse at The Lowry

Step through the wardrobe and experience an icy, magic and mystical adventure.

David Olusoga explores how three particular weapons shaped the world in A Gun Through Time at the Lowry.

Reckless Sleepers are back with a mind-bending piece of visual theatre where rooms mirror each other, logic unravels, and identities blur.

Bold, sensory and inclusive, Chisato Minamimura’s solo performance explores women’s histories through tattooing, sound and movement,

0161 Studios presents a phenomenal Hip Hop dance show.

Three fearless Viking girls, one oblivious Chieftain, trolls, monsters, Viking longhouses and an alarming amount of craziness… welcome to Three Little Vikings at The Lowry, an incredible adventure for small…

With its blend of Baltic folk music, contemporary dance and extraordinary circus, this show promises a one-of-a-kind performance experience.

Let yourself be transported back to an ancient time with historian and author Mary Beard as she explores the secret histories of Rome.

A choose-your-own-adventure experience set inside a retro-style gaming cabinet, created by DARKFIELD.

This autumn, the boundary-pushing theatre company DARKFIELD brings not one but three of their acclaimed shows to Manchester

Enter the Underworld with internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill as she discusses her “propulsive, electrifying and enraging” new book Hekate.

Writing the Magic (Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction) is the fourth in Liverpool-based publisher Dead Ink Books’ award-winning series of guides, and this launch event hears from editor Dan Coxon.

This autumn Manchester Poets returns to its usual home of Chorlton Library, following its exile to Withington while renovations took place at the Carnegie HQ.

We just celebrated former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes’s birthday in the town of his birth, now head to his former home Lumb Bank for Arvon’s Story House.

Linked in with the famous and fabulous New York School of poets, Steve Malmude has a new book out with Manchester’s Carcanet Press, with a launch online.

A celebration of poetry with invited guests and ‘lucky dip’ open mic. This month, Ian Duhig, Kirsten Luckens and Henry Raby.

Various independent publishing houses set out their stalls at the Northern Publishers’ Fair at Manchester Central Library.

Rose Condo is a multi-award-winning poet and spoken word artist, who carefully blends poetry and prose to create live shows she performs with aplomb.