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HOME & Sites of Resistance at MMU presents:
Clean Break’s Sweatbox

Today 17.30, 18.00, 18.30, 19.30, 20.00, 20.30; Tomorrow 17.30, 18.00, 18.30, 19.30, 20.00, 20.30 + more times

Pile in to a real prison van and buckle up for this immersive, explosive play. Part of Orbit...

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Weekly Calendar

Fri 20 Sep - Thu 26 Sep

ThePappyShow presents:
Care

Today 19.00; Tomorrow 14.15, 18.45

From birth to death, joy and heartbreak in a single breath, CARE celebrates 70 years of the NHS.

HOME Presents

HOME and The National Theatre of Scotland presents:
Red Dust Road

Today 19.30; Tomorrow 14.00, 19.30

Based on the soul-searching memoir by HOME Patron Jackie Kay.

Paul O'Donnell presents:
We’ve Got Each Other

Today 21.00

A laugh out loud show celebrating juke-box musicals & Bon Jovi. Part of Orbit 2019.

Workshop

Workshop/ ThePappyShow

Sat 21 Sep 10:00 - 13:00

This workshop will give you a taster to The Pappy Show’s playful approach to theatre - for actors,...

La JohnJoseph presents:
A Generous Lover

Tue 19.00; Wed 19.00

The true and very queer tale of one soul’s journey through mental illness. Part of Orbit 2019.

Wise Children presents:
Malory Towers

Tue 19.30; Wed 14.00, 19.30; Thu 14.00, 19.30 + more times

Nostalgic, naughty and perfect for now, Malory Towers is the original ‘Girl Power’ story. Wise Children return for...

Sh!t Theatre presents:
Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats

Thu 19.00 + more times

Celebrating their final year as Europeans, island-monkeys Becca and Louise got invited to the 2018 European Capital of...

YESYESNONO presents:
the accident did not take place

Fri 27 Sep 2019 – Sat 28 Sep 2019

"The UK’s Best Young Companies 2018" - The Guardian. Part of Orbit 2019

Cinema: This week

The Woman In The Window (CTBA)

From Fri 20 Sep

Director Joe Wright’s Hitchcockian The Woman in the Window concerns an agoraphobic doctor (Adams) who witnesses something she...

Downton Abbey (PG)

Today 12.50, 18.00; Tomorrow 15.35, 20.15; Sun 13.00, 17.45; Mon 14.55, 20.15; Tue 12.50, 17.55 + more times

Writer Julian Fellowes and the returning cast of the hit TV series continue the family exploits on the...

Ad Astra (12A)

Today 12.55, 15.30, 17.40, 20.25; Tomorrow 12.40, 15.20, 17.45, 20.25; Sun 12.50, 15.30, 17.55, 20.25 + more times

Army Corps engineer Roy McBride travels through the solar system to find his long lost father.

The Farewell (PG)

From Fri 20 Sep

Chinese-born, US-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to China to find that although the whole family knows their beloved...

Pain and Glory (15)

Today 13.35, 18.05; Tomorrow 15.05, 20.20; Sun 13.35, 18.10; Mon 15.00, 17.45; Tue 13.10, 15.25, 18.05 + more times

Almodóvar's Felliniesque confessional is his best work in years and features a career-best performace from Banderas.

Mrs Lowry & Son (PG)

Today 13.55, 15.35; Tomorrow 13.25; Sun 13.45; Mon 13.25; Tue 15.40; Wed 13.10; Thu 15.55

Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall are spellbinding as a mother and son separated by art and ambition.

The Souvenir (15)

Today 15.25; Tomorrow 13.00; Sun 20.20; Mon 16.00; Tue 13.20; Wed 12.50; Thu 15.20

A woman grappling with separating fact from fiction finds her ambitions are jeopardised by her first real romance.

Bait (15)

Today 16.00, 20.35; Tomorrow 13.50, 18.10; Sun 15.40, 20.35; Mon 13.55, 18.35; Tue 15.55, 20.35 + more times

Stunningly shot on a vintage 16mm camera using monochrome Kodak stock, Mark Jenkin’s Bait is a funny yet...

For Sama (18)

Today 16.05, 20.30; Tomorrow 12.50, 17.35; Sun 16.05, 20.30; Mon 12.45, 17.30; Tue 15.50, 20.30 + more times

For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.

Honeyland (12A)

From Fri 20 Sep

Bittersweet documentary Honeyland tells the story of beekeeper Hatidze Muratova, fighting to maintain the traditional methods of bee...

Mon Oncle (U)

Today 20.20

Slapstick prevails again when Tati’s eccentric Monsieur Hulot is set loose in the ultramodern home of his brother-in-law,...

Lipstick Under My Burkha (18)

Tomorrow 18.00

Focusing on the lives of four women from a cross section of Indian society, director Alankrita Shrivastava constructs...

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (18)

Tomorrow 19.50; Mon 19.45

Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing.

HarmonieBand presents: Berlin Symphony of a Great City + live musical accompaniment (CTBA)

Sun 13.30

Influenced by Eisenstein and Vertov’s montage technique, Ruttmann’s Berlin is a love letter to the German capital as...

A Death in the Gunj (15)

Sun 15.50

Life for a shy young Indian student slowly falls to pieces during a family road trip.

Talent Development Surgeries Autumn 2020 / Film and Digital

Mon 17.00, 17.30, 18.00, 18.30; Tue 15 Oct 12.00, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30; Thu 14 Nov 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00 + more times

This surgery will be with Isabelle Croissant whose focus is in Film & Digital.

8½ (15)

Mon 20.00

Mastroianni excels as Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life....

Chinese Film Forum UK presents / Still Human + Introduction

Tue 24 Sep 2019

This screening at 18:00 will be introduced by Fraser Elliott, Chinese Film Forum UK.

Chinese Film Forum UK presents / Still Human (CTBA)

Tue 18.00

Justifiably described by Screen Daily as ‘a real Hong Kong treat’, writer and director Oliver Chan manages to instil her characters...

Showcase

Filmed Up Sep 2019 / Women in Local Cinema Special (18)

Wed 18.20

Discover short films from all genre that are being produced in our region and meet the filmmakers.

In Cold Blood (18)

Wed 20.10

Adapting Truman Capote’s true-crime novel about the senseless murder of a family in rural Kansas, In Cold Blood...

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival/ Best of Lab Competition 2019 (CTBA)

Thu 18.15

Electrifying combinations, arresting viewpoints, accomplished risk-taking; Clermont-Ferrand’s Lab is the right prescription for visual addicts. Come get your...

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival/ Best of Lab Competition 2019 + Introduction

Thu 18.15

This screening will be introduced by Tim Redford, International Coordinator of Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and Nick...

NT Live/ One Man, Two Guvnors (Encore) (12A)

Thu 18.45

Based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, with songs by Grant Olding and featuring a...

Normal (15)

From Fri 27 Sep

Through a series of wry and acerbic vignettes, Italian filmmaker Adele Tulli’s Normal playfully exposes the spectacle of...

The Goldfinch (CTBA)

From Fri 27 Sep

Hugely anticipated adaptation of the novel by Donna Tartt from the director of Brooklyn, about how the life...

Stroszek (15)

Starts Fri 27 Sep 2019 at 18.10

Stroszek follows the fortunes of a street performer as he leaves Berlin for America. But once there, he...

Stroszek + Introduction

Fri 27 Sep 2019

The 18:10 screening will be introduced by Andy Willis, Senior Visiting Curator for Film.

Art: This week

Exhibition

David Lynch: My Head is Disconnected

Today 12.00 - 20.00 until Sun 29 Sep 2019

We host the first major UK exhibition of work by David Lynch.

Manchester Open Roadshow

Sat 10 Aug 2019 – Fri 27 Sep 2019

This summer we're hitting the road and coming to a venue near you to answer any questions you...

Exhibition

Rainbow Noir: Here

Wed 21 Aug 2019 – Mon 14 Oct 2019

This is a #HOMEinspires event. Rainbow Noir is a volunteer led group celebrating, platforming and connecting lesbian, gay,...

Exhibition

Chris Payne: Flash Bang Wallop

Today 11.00 - 20.00 until Sun 17 Nov 2019

Drumming is a basic human instinct crossing all musical traditions and cultures and, importantly, social classes. Flash Bang...

Preview

Preview / Chris Payne: Flash Bang Wallop

Fri 20 Sep 2019

Join us for the preview of Chris Payne’s new Granada Foundation Gallery show. Flash Bang Wallop imagines and recreates...

Events: This week

Manchester Open Roadshow

Sat 10 Aug 2019 – Fri 27 Sep 2019

This summer we're hitting the road and coming to a venue near you to answer any questions you...

Preview

Preview / Chris Payne: Flash Bang Wallop

Fri 20 Sep 2019

Join us for the preview of Chris Payne’s new Granada Foundation Gallery show. Flash Bang Wallop imagines and recreates...

Workshop

Workshop/ ThePappyShow

Sat 21 Sep 10:00 - 13:00

This workshop will give you a taster to The Pappy Show’s playful approach to theatre - for actors,...

Talent Development Surgeries Autumn 2020 / Film and Digital

Mon 17.00, 17.30, 18.00, 18.30; Tue 15 Oct 12.00, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30; Thu 14 Nov 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.00 + more times

This surgery will be with Isabelle Croissant whose focus is in Film & Digital.

Chinese Film Forum UK presents / Still Human + Introduction

Tue 24 Sep 2019

This screening at 18:00 will be introduced by Fraser Elliott, Chinese Film Forum UK.

Course

Course: Creative Facilitation With Young People

Wed 25 Sep 2019

This one-day course provides an introduction to a creative approach to group facilitation.

Showcase

Filmed Up Sep 2019 / Women in Local Cinema Special (18)

Wed 18.20

Discover short films from all genre that are being produced in our region and meet the filmmakers.

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival/ Best of Lab Competition 2019 + Introduction

Thu 18.15

This screening will be introduced by Tim Redford, International Coordinator of Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and Nick...

Stroszek + Introduction

Fri 27 Sep 2019

The 18:10 screening will be introduced by Andy Willis, Senior Visiting Curator for Film.

AMP presents House Party Sept 2019

Fri 27 Sep 19.00

House Party is our quarterly inclusive club night brought to you by the team behind Accessible Music Productions...