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Clore Art Studio Costume Factory

Lower Ground Floor Link

In preparation for World Book Day on the 7 March, let us help you get your character ideas flowing and costumes started! Come along for inspiration and assistance in designing, cutting and stitching felt masks, headdresses and logos to bring your Gruffalos and Gangsta Grannies to life. Costume Factory sessions will also take place at […]

Christine Burns MBE. Trans Britain: Our Journey From the Shadows

Performance Space

As part of our celebration of LGBT History Month, join us for a special In Conversation with Christine Burns, hosted by Carl Austin-Behan. Trans people have been on a long journey for recognition and respect. Former campaigner Christine Burns has a lifetime’s experience of that journey and uses it to enable untold stories to be […]

500 Days of Summer – 10th Anniversary Screening

Performance Space

Just after Valentines 2019, RAD invite you to Central Library for more of an anti-valentines film, a film that isn’t a love story, but a cult film about love and its highs and lows: 500 Days of Summer! Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (10 Things I Hate About You) and Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), this comedy goes […]

£5

Made In Manchester: Power Up! Getting to the next level in the Gaming & Apps Industries

Performance Space

The Gaming and Apps industries are BIG business. Nearly 2.2 billion people play games worldwide, and the global market for video games was worth $138 billion dollars in 2018, set to rise to $180 billion in 2021. Nearly half of that will come from Mobile revenues. Our panel of industry experts will discuss what it […]

The Poetry Exchange

Is there a poem that has been a friend to you? You’re invited to book an individual slot to come and explore a poem that has been a friend to you, in conversation with The Poetry Exchange team. The conversation will take place in a warm and relaxed environment, over a cup of tea, with two members of […]

International Mother Language Day

Performance Space

Celebrate UNESCO International Mother Language Day with free games, crafts and activities for all. Come along and listen to multilingual storytelling, watch performances of dance and music and even learn how to play the African drums!  Multilingual Manchester will be hosting an exhibition exploring the city’s language diversity. Plus, don’t miss the chance to record […]

Mancunian Tongues: Why language diversity matters for Manchester

Performance Space

A public discussion to celebrate UNESCO International Mother Language Day with: Esme Ward (Director, Manchester Museum) Lemn Sissay MBE (Author and Chancellor of the University of Manchester) Councillor Luthfur Rahman (Executive Member for Schools, Culture and Leisure, Manchester City Council) Presented in partnership between Manchester City Council, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Manchester […]

John Darwin – I Meet Myself Returning

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Author reading and book signing. With special guest Geneviève L. Walsh. “Whichever way I take I meet myself returning.” A poetic journey from the mills and moors of the industrial north to the meals and mosques of the Byzantine middle-east and back again. I Meet Myself Returning is about finding your feet in our ever-convoluted […]

Meet Angie Thomas

With over 2 million copies sold worldwide, countless awards and accolades and a major movie adaptation, The Hate U Give has been a complete sensation as author Angie Thomas’ debut novel. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, it told the story of a young girl named Starr who was the only witness to the […]

£5 – £10

International Women’s Day with Flapjack Press

Performance Space

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Flapjack Press. Join us for an evening of poetry hosted by Rosie Garland (“Literary hero” – The Skinny), with performances from award-winning poets, playwrights and spoken word artists Cathy Crabb, Sarah Miller, Anna Percy, Melanie Rees and Geneviève L. Walsh. Manchester Central Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD. Doors […]

International Women’s Day – Family Event

Performance Space

Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day with an afternoon of free activities for families. Pop in and enjoy a range of craft making, watch films and see some of our amazing archives, created by famous suffragettes. Free - please drop in

China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-Dresser

Performance Space

Michael Bristow, BBC World Service’s Asia and Pacific editor will talk about his eight-year stay in Beijing and why he decided to write about the country’s modern history. To assist him he asked for the help of his language teacher, who was born just two years after the communist party came to power in 1949. […]