West Africa in Manchester: Fabric, Patterns and Design

Join the Portico Library for a mindful days of workshops and intriguing evenings of talks with artists, curators and researchers.

A fascinating archival exhibition uncovers the forgotten stories of people who have helped shape The Portico Library’s 220-year history.

Olga Kaleta’s surreal dark comedy explores mental health, identity and recovery in the context of aworld where fear is starting to look like common sense.

A solo show where a Belfast childhood collides with adult life, balancing humour, care and the long shadow of political conflict.

We speak to the creative team behind Return to the Forest – a puppetry and dance show that insists young audiences deserve the same artistic ambition as anyone else.

Sir Stephen Hough returns to Manchester, where his musical life began, with a recital built around a deceptively simple idea: the piano miniature.

In this one-woman portrait of living with OCD, Phoebe’s obsession with lists spirals into something darker.

Alan Jones’s photography exhibition in Chorlton explores fragments of impossibly large systems through images of discarded objects with long afterlives.

Marking its 40th anniversary, esea contemporary looks forward rather than back with a group exhibition that probes ideas of transition.

Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel’s Bone brings a dark contemporary parable about exploitation, coercion and the abuse of power.