Tom Robinson returns to Manchester to play at Home, celebrating the 40th anniversary of 2-4-6-8 Motorway. The Manchester gig, which is part of Manchester Folk Festival, will see him performing his entire Power In The Darkness album. He will also appear in conversation at Home Manchester the following night in “Glad to be Grey: Tom…
Manchester’s Chetham’s and The Stoller Hall are set to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution with a festival of music and arts. The Revolution gave rise to a period of social and cultural transformation, defining a new role for the arts as a mouthpiece for social critique and political engagement. Out of the cultural…
The city of Manchester will celebrate South Asian art and design with nine shows across museums and galleries. Leading South Asian and British artists of South Asian decent will join a celebration of shared heritage and historic connections through a series of exhibitions and performances. Events will take place at the Whitworth, Manchester Art Gallery,…
Orbit Festival returns to Home Manchester with 13 productions taking place across 16 days in September and October. The festival will feature new Home commissions from theatre companies such as Javaad Alipoor (The Believers Are But Brothers) and Daniel Bye (Instructions for Border Crossing). Orbit will also host the premiere of Fellswoop Theatre’s latest production,…
The revival of Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed People Places and Things opens at Home Manchester next week, starring Lisa Dwyer Hogg. Following a sold-out season at the National Theatre and in London’s West End, Jeremy Herrin directs People, Places and Things as its UK tour opens at Home Manchester. People, Places and Things became the must-see…
Manchester Camerata are bringing the popular UpClose series to Home Manchester with special performances by Sven Helbig and Aziz Ibrahim. The series will see events by exceptional performers and ensembles in new intimate spaces. Award-winning producer of the titans of popular music, including Pet Shop Boys and Snoop Dogg, Sven Helbig (pictured above) will present…
The award-winning physical theatre company Gecko return to Manchester with their new show The Wedding, which is set for a limited run at Home. Gecko’s most ambitious show to date, The Wedding focuses on personal and political marriage. The production is supported by Arts Council England and Ipswich Borough Council, co-commissioned by DanceEast and New…
Robert Webb comes to Home Manchester to talk about his heartbreakingly funny new book, How Not To Be A Boy. The Mitchell and Webb Show and Peep Show star appears alongside author and broadcaster Julia Reaside. Part-memoir, part call-to-arms, How Not To Be A Boy looks back over Robert Webb’s life. From schoolboy crushes (on…
Home Manchester will present a season of independent Indian cinema with a selection of one-off screenings exploring a flourishing film scene rarely experienced in British cinema. Not Just Bollywood introducing audiences to must-see films, many of which never made it onto UK cinema screens, curated by Omar Ahmed, a UK-based film scholar and PhD researcher…
Home Manchester hosts The Dead Rat Orchestra and British folk singer Lisa Knapp who combined with filmmaker James Holcombe to take the concept of a live film score to a new level. Tyburnia will see The Dead Rat Orchestra and Lisa Knapp performing the music live alongside six projectors, three screens and exclusive local footable to…
