Events
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Guest lecture: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester
17:30 - 20:00 8 October 2025
Creative Manchester and the Manchester Urban Institute are delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE, former Executive Leader for Culture and Leisure and Manchester City Council Deputy Councillor. Luthfur will deliver a guest lecture exploring place-making, planning and the role of culture, followed by an in-conversation with Abi Gilmore, Professor...
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A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence
17:30 - 19:00 9 October 2025
Join us for the launch of the exhibition: ‘A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence’. 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,...
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Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)
15:00 - 16:15 11 October 2025
Join us for a captivating afternoon with two of Britain’s most original literary talents, Sarah Hall and Daisy Johnson, as they discuss their haunting new books exploring nature, myth, folklore and the female body. In Helm, Sarah Hall (twice Booker Prize–nominated, winner of the BBC National Short Story Award) conjures a ferocious wind in...
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Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance - Gary Younge (Faber Lecture)
19:00 - 20:30 16 October 2025
Award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester, Gary Younge, delivers the inaugural Faber Lecture. In Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance, Gary explores what has been termed as the ‘burden of representation’ and the pressures exerted upon the relatively small group of people from...
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The Faber Lecture 2025: Gary Younge (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Creative Manchester)
19:00 - 20:30 16 October 2025
Award-winning author, broadcaster and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester, Gary Younge, delivers the inaugural Faber Lecture. In Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance, Gary explores what has been termed as the ‘burden of representation’ and the pressures exerted upon the relatively small group of people from...
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