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Our Town Hall – Portraits of a Workforce

First Floor Exhibition Hall

Our latest first-floor exhibition comes courtesy of the team currently working on the Our Town Hall Project to repair, renovate and refurbish Manchester's iconic Town Hall. Extraordinarily little is known […]

Tony Lloyd Exhibition

Lower Ground Floor Exhibition Space

An insightful exhibition in memory of Sir Tony Lloyd (1950-2024) - a popular politician who represented three different constituencies in the Greater Manchester area for a total of 36 years […]

Our Lives, Our Privacy

First Floor

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is marking its 40th anniversary with an exhibition of 40 items, showing how privacy and information rights have played a pivotal role at prominent times […]

French Film Club: L’Année du Requin

Performance Space

Alliance Française de Manchester present this month’s film, ‘L’Année du Requin’. Maja, a maritime police officer in the Landes region, faces her worst nightmare coming true: retiring early! Thierry, her […]

Manc Holes and Beyond Exhibition

First Floor Display Cases

The Manchester Manhole Collective is proud to present Manc Holes and Beyond, the world’s first exhibition celebrating the art and design of manhole & drain covers. These well-trodden yet often […]

Mystery International Film Night

Performance Space

Welcome to the voting page for the third edition of Manchester Central Library’s International Film Club’s Mystery Screening series. Event Details: Monday 14 April 2025 • Doors open: 17:00 • Introduction to the film: 17:30 […]

Dark Blue World – Czech Film Screening

Performance Space

80 Years of VE Day: Czechoslovak RAF Pilots on Screen and in Real Life. image credit: photo © Biograf Jan Svěrák Please join us for a film screening of Dark […]

Word Central with Dominic Berry

Seminar Suite, Floor Two

Word Central Open Mic Poetry and Spoken Word. Doors open 5.40pm and free entry. Hosted by Tony Curry with special guest Dominic Berry. Book your open mic slot from noon […]

Kevin Barry

Performance Space

‘A true wonder’ – Max Porter Tom Rourke, poet, doper, drinker is struggling to make a life for himself amongst the Irish migrant workers seeking to make their fortunes in […]