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This week, we welcome Little Zizou director Sooni Taraporevala for a Q&A following the screening on Sunday – a taste of what’s to come in our Not Just Bollywood film season, hitting our screens in September. We’re also looking ahead to This is Human, a venue-wide take over by a group of emerging young Manchester creatives.

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This is Human

Thu 3 - Thu 31 Aug

This distinctive and ambitious series of events will challenge your expectations of HOME through a programme of unique...

Little Zizou + Q&A... (12A)

Sun 18.10

A wildly original and exuberant comedy about two battling Bombay families.

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Crossings: Stories of Migration

Mon 19 Jun 2017 – Mon 24 Jul 2017

Exploring stories of modern day migration and reflecting on cinema’s potential to question the ways in which migration...

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Weekly Calendar

Fri 21 Jul - Thu 27 Jul

Read Manchester BookBench Project Comes to HOME

Mon 10 Jul 2017 – Sun 10 Sep 2017

HOME is committed to promoting reading in Manchester and we are delighted to be part of the Read...

Road Movies

Sat 22 Jul 2017 – Wed 23 Aug 2017

From the earliest days of American cinema, the road movie has been synonymous with American culture and the...

Little Zizou Q&A

Sun 23 Jul 2017

We will be joined by director Sooni Taraporevala for a post-screening Q&A.

Young Identity at HOME

Mon 17 Jul 2017 – Mon 30 Oct 2017

Calling all aspiring writers, poets and spoken word artists aged 15-25. Whether you’re already penning your own poetry...

Tyburnia

Tue 19.30

The Dead Rat Orchestra (DRO) take the concept of the live film score to a new level with...

Workshop: How to use Facebook to grow your business

Wed 18.30

In this session, Katie Moffat, Head of Digital at The Audience Agency, will explain everything you need to...

What’s on in July

On screen in July, we open documentary David Lynch: The Art Life, Sophia Coppola’s The Beguiled, and Christopher...

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This Is Human Official Closing Event: In Motion

Sat 26 Aug 18.30, 19.30

Envisioned by Lucy Grayson, In Motion will take place in Theatre 2, revolving around the concept of emotion,...

Robert Webb: How Not To Be A Boy

Fri 1 Sep 19.30

Robert Webb joins us to talk about his heartbreakingly funny new book, How Not to be a Boy....

Upclose: Manchester Camerata at HOME / SvenHelbig: Pocket Symphonies

Sat 9 Sep 19.00

Join us in the gallery to hear some pop classical perfection. Sven Helbig loves contemporary music and knows...

Upclose: Manchester Camerata at HOME / Aziz Ibrahim: Lahore to Longsight

Wed 11 Oct 19.30

Theatre 1 will be home to the pioneering Desi-guitar sound of Aziz Ibrahim, backed by the Camerata and...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: John Smith with Nina Harries

Thu 19 Oct 19.00

John has opened shows for Iron and Wine, John Martyn, Tinariwen and Gil Scott-Heron, and has performed alongside...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Vishten

Thu 19 Oct 19.30

Vishtèn dazzle audiences with their fiery blend of traditional French songs and original instrumentals, fusing Celtic and Acadian...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings

Thu 19 Oct 19.45

For Manchester Folk Festival Jon will bring a freshly launched and extended big band version of The Remnant...

Spoon Carving: SingleMaltteapot

10:00 - 12:30 Fri 20 - Sun 22 Oct

Join Vic Phillips of SingleMaltTeapot and discover the creative wonders of hand carving a wooden utensil.

Modern Calligraphy: By Moon And Tide

10:00 - 12:00 Fri 20 - Sat 21 Oct

Join By Moon And Tide’s Claire Gould and learn how to write a gorgeously quirky modern calligraphy script...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Afro Celt Sound System

Fri 20 Oct 19.00

Afro Celt Sound System are a European and African based collective who’ve been a ground-breaking force in music...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Keston Cobblers With Jinnwoo and Jack Rutter

Fri 20 Oct 19.00

The music of Keston Cobblers’ Club isn’t just uplifting; it’s a full-on celebration.

Manchester Folk Festival presents: The Young ‘uns

Fri 20 Oct 20.00

The Young ’uns have proved themselves a unique proposition – writing and performing a cappella or subtly accompanied...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: David Gibb

Sat 21 Oct 10.30

David Gibb is on a one-man mission to make brilliant, engaging and high quality music for families and...

Forever Young ‘Uns: An hour with The Young ‘Uns

Sat 21 Oct 11.00

Forever Young ‘Uns offers a unique opportunity to catch the Young Uns in the middle of their national...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker

Sat 21 Oct 12.30

This duo inhabit songs that are sometimes centuries old, making them personal and pre-sent again.

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Kathryn Tickell & David Almond with Amy Thatcher

Sat 21 Oct 14.00

A thrilling musical event, bringing together folk and classical worlds with an irresistible combination of players and instruments

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Jig Doll

Sat 21 Oct 14.00

JigDoll is a new project created by Hannah James.

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Quiet Loner

Sat 21 Oct 16.00

In a show combining songs and images, People's History Museum 'songwriter in residence' Matt Hill (Quiet Loner) tells...

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Tom Robinson Plus Guests

Sat 21 Oct 19.30

Legendary musician and songwriter Tom Robinson brings his band to Manchester Folk Festival for an incendiary live performance....

Manchester Folk Festival presents: Stick in the Wheel

Sat 21 Oct 20.00

Stick In The Wheel's sound is a raw, fresh take on English Folk music.

Manchester Folk Festival presents: False Lights

Sat 21 Oct 20.00

An explosion of loud, electric, folk-rock, False Lights is a collaboration between multi-award winning singers and guitarists Jim...

Glad to be Grey: Tom Robinson in Conversation

Sun 22 Oct 11.00

Join British songwriter and broadcaster Tom Robinson in conversation as part of Manchester Folk Festival.

Queer Media Festival

Sat 18 Nov 11.00

In this dynamic, one-day event, experience in-conversations, films, workshops and performances, while we ask in an age of...

Pen:Chant Protest & Revolution

Fri 24 Nov 2017 – Sat 25 Nov 2017

For this protest & revolution Pen:Chant special, we’ll be presenting a special line-up of acts whose art is...

Our new Autumn Winter Season

Music that leaps from Lahore to Longsight. Boundary-breaking theatre fresh from the Fringe. Orchestral dreams come true, and...

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Jazz on Film 2017

Sat 29 Jul 2017 – Sun 6 Aug 2017

Following last year's successful collaboration, we are pleased to once again partner with Manchester Jazz Festival on a...

Melville: Essays in Existentalism

Throughout August - September 2017

Taking in a career that encompassed wartime dramas - Melville fought in the French army and then in...

This is Human: The Film Season

Thu 3 Aug 2017 – Thu 24 Aug 2017

The This Is Human film season has been curated by Lucy Grayson who has selected every day stories...

This is Human

Thu 3 - Thu 31 Aug

This distinctive and ambitious series of events will challenge your expectations of HOME through a programme of unique...

Preview: Us

Thu 3 Aug 2017

Join us for the preview of David Fawcett’s Us, the first public introduction to the Project X Collective, featuring...

England is Mine Q&A

Thu 3 Aug 2017

We will be joined by director Mark Gill for a Q&A following this preview screening.

HOME Weekend: National Theatre’s River Stage Festival

Fri 4 - Sun 6 August

River Stage returns to London’s National Theatre in Summer 2017, for five long weekends of live music, dance,...

Candy Mountain + Intro

Sat 5 Aug 18.00

This screening will be introduced by Jason Wood, Artistic Director: Film at HOME.

The Interactive Game: Weasel Nation

Wed 9 Aug 2017 – Thu 31 Aug 2017

HOME has been taken over by weasels and the head of the gang, Chief Weasel. Can audiences beat...

This is Human: Official Launch & Party

Wed 9 Aug, 18:00 - 'til late

To mark the launch of This is Human, there will be a puppet parade through Tony Wilson square...

This is Human: ReTreat

Thu 10 - Thu 31 Aug

Curated by Joshua Wilkinson and Teniola Dowie, ReTreat invites audiences to relax and reflect.

This Is Human: Mind Garden

Thu 10 Aug 2017 – Thu 31 Aug 2017

Our Mind Garden will be a welcoming space of Zen and clarity where visitors begin their journey of...

God’s Own Country Q&A

Mon 21 Aug 2017

We will be joined by director Francis Lee for a Q&A following this preview screening.

Course: Stage Directions 2017

Mon 18 Sep - Sat 23 Sep 10:00 - 17:00

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside a rehearsal room? Would you like to find out more about...

Orbit 2017

Thu 28 Sep 2017 – Sun 15 Oct 2017

Orbit 2017 brings together innovative new work from theatre makers across the globe who want to explore our...

Journey’s Festival International

Mon 2 - Sun 15 October

Journeys Festival International is back celebrating the creative talent of exceptional refugee and asylum seeker artists, and sharing...

Rekrei VR Installation

12:00 - 21:00 Mon 2 - Wed 4 Oct

Using VR and photogrammetric techniques this innovative installation allows viewers to explore recreated three-dimensional representations of heritage that...

Telling the History of Journeys

Sat 7 Oct 2017

Join artist and performer Selina Thompson and Historian Dr Peter Gatrell (Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of...

A Revolution Betrayed? Film Season

Thu 12 Oct 2017 – Sun 15 Oct 2017

As part of the A Revolution Betrayed? season, we present a weekend of films from the early days...

Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997 – 2017

Tue 17 Oct - Thu 2 Nov

2017 marks twenty years since Hong Kong was handed back to China. Timed with this anniversary, we are...

Orbit 2017

Orbit 2017 brings together innovative new work from theatre makers across the globe who want to explore our...

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