Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible
Performance SpaceYou have to see it to be it, so the saying goes. But Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené were struggling to find awe-inspiring, amazing and relatable black British female role […]
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Family Reading Day
Performance SpaceJoin us for a day of fictional fun as popular children’s authors, illustrators and performers bring stories to life. Be sure to pack your imagination, and take an unforgettable journey […]
£4
Dashehra Diwali Mela: Lantern making workshops
City LibraryMake a fabulous lantern for Dashehra Diwali Mela celebrations at these free family workshops. All those taking part in either workshop will join the main procession onSaturday 20 October, leading […]
Graham Caveney & Howard Cunnell with Julie Hesmondhalgh
What does it mean to be a man and how is that shaped by adolescence? In his memoir, The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness, Graham Caveney details his upbringing as […]
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Wally Funk’s Race for Space: Wally Funk & Sue Nelson
Performance SpaceIn 1961, Wally Funk was one of the Mercury 13, the first group of American pilots to pass the ‘Woman in Space’ programme. Her scores in the rigorous mental and […]
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Patrick Gale in Conversation
Performance SpaceA firm Festival favourite, Patrick Gale is the author of eighteen novels, including the Richard and Judy bestseller Notes from an Exhibition, Rough Music and the Costa-shortlisted A Place Called […]
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BRIT(ish): Afua Hirsch with Nikesh Shukla
Performance SpaceBritain is in the grip of an identity crisis. We believe we’re the nation of abolition, but forget we are of slavery. We are convinced fairness is one of our […]
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Seven Thousand Feet
Marvel at the sight of seven thousand socks hanging high, as artist Christine Wilcox-Baker socks it to diabetes with this epic installation. Every year over seven thousand lower limbs are […]
Repeal the 8th with Tara Flynn, Sinéad Gleeson & Una Mullally
Performance SpaceIrish women saw a historic victory for their reproductive rights with the repeal of the Eighth Amendment in May 2018. The campaign that preceded it was a grassroots movement led […]
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Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Rachel Long & Momtaza Mehri Filigree: Contemporary Black British Poetry
Performance SpaceInscribe / Peepal Tree, publisher of Caribbean and Black British Literature, invited poets to contemplate the ‘unspoken essential’ and ‘intangible tangible’ for their Filigree collection. We’re delighted to have three […]
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Terrance Hayes: American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
Performance SpaceMLF is delighted to welcome one of America’s most exciting and innovative poets, Terrance Hayes – winner of the 2010 National Book Award, and a recipient of a MacArthur ‘Genius […]
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Dashehra Diwali Mela: Lantern making workshops
City LibraryMake a fabulous lantern for Dashehra Diwali Mela celebrations at these free family workshops. All those taking part in either workshop will join the main procession onSaturday 20 October, leading […]
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