Orbit Festival returns to Home Manchester to present new work from theatre-makers around the globe who want to explore how we face the world. The Orbit Festival 2018 line-up includes investigations of our relationship with the past, how we remember, a look at the stories we tell ourselves and just what makes us who we…
Home Manchester hosts a major new production of Jean Genet’s The Maids, running for two weeks this November. The Maids is based on the true story of the murderous duo, The Papin Sisters. The play focuses on class conflict, sexual identity and political outcasts. For this production, Home will transfer its main house theatre in…
Home Manchester is running a series of film and screen events until the end of November featuring hit movies, festivals and films from across the globe. So what’s on? Sun 23 September, 13:10 – Billy Liar Few films tell a heart-breaking story as hilariously as Billy Liar, the tale of a young clerk whose daydreams…
Home Manchester and Film4 have announced the programme for the third annual FilmFear season. Six days of horror, extreme cinema, cult favourites and special guests will take hold at Home Manchester, culminating in a Halloween screening of The Evil Dead. The event will open on Friday 26 October with acclaimed Scandi fantasy Border, co-written by…
Home Manchester hosts a season of independent Indian cinema, Not Just Bollywood until the end of September. The season will have a special focus on the portrayal of caste in film, putting the topic at the forefront with films including Jai Bhim Comrade and the UK premiere of Kadvi Hawa, with other films including the controversial Tikli and…
Home, Manchester, will host the UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s Peterloo in October, with director Mike Leigh himself and members of the cast in attendance. The premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director. The film tells the story of the Peterloo Massacre which took place 199 years ago today. Produced by Thin…
Home, Manchester, presents the world premiere production of The Fishermen by Nottingham-based theatre company New Perspectives. The production will run for 9 shows in Manchester before travelling to the Edinburgh Festival, followed by a UK tour. What is The Fishermen about? Adapted by Edinburgh Festival Fringe First-winning playwright Gbolahan Obisesan, The Fishermen is a tense…
Home, Manchester, will host a solo show and new co-commission by Turner Prize-nominated artist Phil Collins. Launching on Saturday 7 July and running until Sunday 16 September 2018, the exhibition will showcase everyday hardships, struggles and solidarity refracted through the prism of popular culture, pop music and documentary. Collins’ work is inspired by cinema, public…
A series of free African music and dance shows, African Summer, is coming to Manchester in June and July showcasing live music by African musicians from the region. Taking place at Home, Manchester, Oldham Library Theatre and Sacred Trinity Church in Salford, the shows, put together by Amani Creatives, feature local Congolese, Cameroonian, Sierra Leonean…
Award-winning multimedia theatre-makers Breach Theatre return to Home Manchester with their latest production The Drill. The Drill, an investigation into anti-terror training which explores political anxieties and emergency preparedness, follows previous visits to the Manchester theatre and entertainment complex with The Beanfield in March/April 2016 and Tank in May 2017. What is The Drill at…
