Events
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Exhibition: Housing with care and creativity with older LGBTQ people
2 - 30 September 2026
This exhibition is the outcome of a 10-month research project which aimed to better understand older LGBTQ people’s experiences of housing with care. The project observed the process of co-designing Kindred House, an extra-care housing scheme developed through a collaboration between a community steering group, Manchester City Council, Great...
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Re-imagining Innovation: The Value of Creative Practices
12:30 - 14:00 7 October 2026
Join us to explore how creative writers and artists approach ideas about innovation. Part of The Cultural Welcome 5-11 Oct. How do creative writers and artists approach ideas about innovation? How do their explorations of the social, emotional, and narrative dimensions of economic ideas help us to understand better the changing world in which...
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A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence
16:00 - 18:30 8 October 2026
Presented in collaboration with the Drama Department, Creative Manchester is delighted to host this exhibition exploring the artistry and entrepreneurship of people of African and Afro-Caribbean descent in theatre and performance in Manchester. The exhibition draws from library, museum and archive collections including Archives+ and the Ahmed Iqbal...
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SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Maggie O’Farrell
19:00 - 20:15 9 October 2026
Maggie O'Farrell makes a welcome return to Manchester Literature Festival with her extraordinary new novel, Land - a sweeping, multi-generational epic inspired by her own family history and the dramatic landscapes of Ireland’s Atlantic coast. Set in 1865, in the shadow of the Great Hunger, the novel follows mapmaker Tomás and his son as they...
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SOLD OUT: Manchester Literature Festival presents Sarah Hall: Burning Snowflake – The 2026 Faber Lecture
18:00 - 19:15 10 October 2026
Award-winning author Sarah Hall delivers the 2026 Faber Lecture: Burning Snowflake. The natural world is burning. Time is running out. You know the story. So what possible role could something as flimsy as fiction play? From the pioneering pen of a continually visionary writer, Burning Snowflake is a fierce and rallying cry – to shrug...
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