Manchester Film Festival Announces Opeing and Closing Films plus German Cinema strand

Manchester Film Festival 2020 will open on Saturday 7th March 2020 with German film Traumfabrik, a luscious romance set in 1961 Berlin. Traumfabrik is part of...

Hilary Mantel is coming to Manchester to launch The Mirror and the Light

Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to present An Evening with Hilary Mantel. For this special event hosted by author Kamila Shamsie, Hilary will be...

Jenny May Morgan’s new Pamela DeMenthe comedy, eVULVAlution plays at Levy’s Tallyrand.

Pamela DeMenthe is hosting the launch of her hot new novel: ‘eVULVAlution’. What begins as a book launch reading quickly descends into a surreal...

Finalists announced for Manchester Open Awards

Over 500 works by Greater Manchester artists will go on display at the Manchester Open Exhibition at HOME from Saturday, January 18 to Sunday,...

Home presents a January film season celebrating women documentary filmmakers

Women Documentary Filmmakers will explore and celebrate female documentarians, historically overlooked in the male-dominated documentary film world. Curated by Dr Kirsty Fairclough of The University of Salford,...

Our Plastic Ocean: new exhibition addressing global crisis of marine plastic pollution

International award-winning photographer Mandy Barker brings a major touring retrospective Our Plastic Ocean to Waterside in Sale, Trafford from 10 January 2020. Barker collects debris...

Mozart the touring pop icon: how the great composer’s manuscripts reveal his life as...

Mozart’s autograph manuscripts reveal the secret stories behind his busy life as a touring musical celebrity, according to a musicologist from the University of...

Manchester Jewish Museum to mark Holocaust memorial Day 2020

On Monday January 27th 2020, Manchester Jewish Museum will mark Holocaust Memorial Day, (HMD) this international day of remembrance and the 75th anniversary of...

Brexit novel Middle England wins Costa prize

Britain’s first Brexit novel, “Middle England” by Jonathan Coe, won the £5,000 Costa book of the year award last night. The book was the third...

Casting is today announced for Quality Street, Laurie Sansom’s debut production as Artistic Director...

Casting is today announced for Quality Street, Laurie Sansom’s debut production as Artistic Director of Northern Broadsides. The production, a rare revival of J.M....