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Push Festival 2021

Throughout 2021

Push Festival is our annual celebration of the North West’s creative talents.

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Weekly Calendar

Fri 24 Sep - Thu 30 Sep

Fri 17 Sep - Thu 23 Sep

archipelago presents:
A Call to Care

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A Call to Care is a film by archipelago, co-created with writer Zia Ahmed, and participants from the...

Rhum and Clay Theatre Company presents:
The War of the Worlds

Tomorrow 19.30; Sat 14.00, 19.30; Mon 19.30; Tue 19.30; Wed 14.00, 19.30 + more times

Inspired by H.G. Wells’ novel and Orson Welles’ classic radio play, this legendary science fiction thriller is playfully...

An Evening of Hip Hop

Fri 24 Sep 2021

This is a double bill of work-in-progress from artist Adam Scott and Company Groovanometry with Anton Phung.

Emmanuel Bajiiji presents:
Candy Floss

Thu 30 Sep 2021 – Sat 2 Oct 2021

This funny, heart-warming and serious one-man show looks at how you find your space in a new place

Cinema: This week

Parent & Baby/ Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A)

Last session: today at 11.00

Parent and Baby screening of new film release Everybody's Talking About Jamie. Inspired by true events, follow Jamie,...

The Story of Looking (15)

Last session: today at 15.20

Facing the threat of losing his sight, award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins embarks on an intimate odyssey from his...

Limbo (12A)

Last session: today at 12.45

A Syrian asylum seeker finds himself in a purgatorial state on a remote Scottish island, in this melancholic...

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (12A)

Tomorrow 13.20, 17.10; Sat 15.10, 20.00; Sun 12.30, 17.20; Mon 15.05, 20.15; Tue 12.40, 17.30 + more times

Inspired by true events, follow Jamie, a teenager from Sheffield, who dreams of life on stage. Jamie contemplates...

Rose Plays Julie (15)

Tomorrow 14.50, 20.40; Sat 13.15, 18.10; Sun 15.00, 20.30; Mon 13.00, 18.20; Tue 15.10 + more times

The latest film from Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor is a fascinating meditation on identity. Brilliantly written, photographed...

Respect (12A)

Sat 14.00; Sun 13.55

Respect is the remarkable true story of legendary music star Aretha Franklin’s journey to find her voice in...

The Servant (12A)

Last session: today at 17.10

Following the sly and seductive manservant Barrett as he worms his way in to the affections of foppish...

A Brixton Tale (15)

Last session: today at 20.15

The debut feature from directors Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers is a star-crossed romance confronting confronting class, race...

The Alpinist (12A)

Tomorrow 12.40, 15.35, 18.05; Sat 15.50, 17.45, 20.40; Sun 12.40, 18.05, 19.50 + more times

As the sport of climbing turns from a niche pursuit to mainstream media event, Marc-André Leclerc makes some...

The Maltese Falcon (PG)

Tomorrow 19.45; Sat 12.45; Sun 14.50; Mon 17.55; Tue 13.10; Wed 20.30 + more times

Hollywood had already made two lukewarm attempts to adapt The Maltese Falcon for the big screen, but in...

Annette (15)

Last session: today at 20.00

The film chronicles the relationship between an opera singer, a comedian & their newborn, the latter witnessing career...

Oasis Knebworth 1996 (15)

Tomorrow 20.30

Oasis Knebworth 1996 is the story of that weekend and the special relationship between Oasis and their fans...

Balloon (12A)

Tomorrow 12.30, 17.25; Sat 14.55, 19.45; Sun 12.50, 17.50; Mon 14.55, 19.45; Tue 12.30, 17.20 + more times

Tibet, 1980s: Dargye & Drolkar’s sons deplete their condom supply, blowing them up like balloons. Pema Tseden's film...

The Green Knight (15)

Tomorrow 12.50, 15.15, 17.40, 20.15; Sat 13.00, 17.05, 20.15; Sun 15.15, 17.00, 20.15 + more times

An epic fantasy adventure based on the Arthurian legend, David Lowery brings a fresh and bold spin on...

Gagarine (12A)

Tomorrow 13.00, 18.20; Sat 15.35, 20.30; Sun 17.35; Mon 14.45, 20.40; Tue 13.00, 18.20 + more times

When 16 year old Yuri learns that Gagarine - the red brick housing estate and his home -...

Sweetheart (15)

Tomorrow 15.00, 20.00; Sat 17.20; Sun 15.25, 20.40; Mon 17.20; Tue 15.00, 19.45; Wed 12.50, 18.00 + more times

Winner of the audience award at the Glasgow Film Festival, Sweetheart captures the ups and downs of the...

The Man Who Sold His Skin (15)

Tomorrow 15.55; Sat 12.30; Sun 20.00; Mon 12.40; Tue 15.20; Wed 17.35 + more times

To escape Lebanon, Sam Ali agrees to have his back tattooed by a sulphurous contemporary artist, but he...

The Namesake (12A)

Sat 18.00

With perhaps her most personal film yet, Nair returns with a cross-generational, trans-continental, culture clash family drama based...

The Namesake + Recorded Introduction

Sat 25 Sep 2021

This screening will have a recorded introduction from The Namesake screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala.

Cinema Rediscovered/ 50th Anniversary Celebration: Two-Lane Blacktop (15)

Sun 13.00; Tue 20.30; Wed 13.00

Scripted by legendary novelist Rudy Wurlitzer, this open road epic remains a timeless, existential portrait of lives in transit...

Balloon Recorded Q&A

Sun 26 Sep 2021

This screening will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with director Pema Tseden chaired by Dr. Victor Fan,...

The Wanderlust of Apu (12A)

Mon 17.45

A follow up to Satyajit Ray's classic Apu Trilogy, The Wanderlust of Apu (Avijatrik) brings back to the...

National Theatre/ Romeo & Juliet (CTBA)

Tue 20.00

This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire,...

Too Desi Too Queer (15)

Wed 18.30

A dynamic and thought-provoking selection of recent LGBTQIA+ short films exploring the lives, experiences and well-being of South...

Preview/ No Time to Die (12A)

Starts Thu 30 Sep 2021 at 14.00

Daniel Craig in his final outing as the trigger-happy lothario. Phoebe Waller Bridge disinfects the whiff of misogyny...

A Dog and His Man (12A)

Starts Thu 30 Sep 2021 at 17.30

Shoukie, the last resident of a village in Chhattisgarh Central India, has been served a final eviction notice....

A Dog and His Man + Recorded Introduction

Thu 30 Sep 2021

This screening will have a recorded introduction from director Siddharth Tripathy.

Art: This week

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Exhibition

Venessa Scott: Together We Are

Thu 3 June 2021 - Ongoing

Venessa Scott presents a brand-new mural reflecting on the strength of Manchester and its people. Head to Whitworth...

Exhibition

She Appeared to Vanish

Today 11.00 - 20.00 until Sun 7 Nov 2021

She Appeared to Vanish showcases work by international artists who question historical depictions of women in photography using...

Exhibition

What does it mean to be human?

Wed 15 Sep 2021 – Wed 29 Sep 2021

As part of Ripples of Hope Festival 2021, school children from across Greater Manchester share their reflections on...

Events: This week

Workshop

Young Identity at HOME

Mondays, 19:00-21:00

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

Festival

Push Festival 2021

Throughout 2021

Push Festival is our annual celebration of the North West’s creative talents.

The Namesake + Recorded Introduction

Sat 25 Sep 2021

This screening will have a recorded introduction from The Namesake screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala.

Balloon Recorded Q&A

Sun 26 Sep 2021

This screening will be followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with director Pema Tseden chaired by Dr. Victor Fan,...