Event Manchester Open Door Saturday Tours Sat 18 Jan 2020 – Sat 28 Mar 2020 Join us every Saturday throughout the Manchester Open for a special gallery tour led by a diverse range of artists, experts,...
Exhibition Manchester Open 2020... Today 12.00 - 20.00 until Sun 29 Mar 2020 A major open-entry art show celebrating the creative talent of Greater Manchester residents.
Exhibition Ocular Odyssey/ Manchester Deaf Centre & Salford Makers Tue 21 Jan 2020 – Tue 31 Mar 2020 A unique collaboration between young creatives at Manchester Deaf Centre & Salford Makers, it follows ten weeks of...
Event Manchester Open House Thursdays Thu 23 Jan 2020 – Thu 26 Mar 2020 As part of the Manchester Open Exhibition 2020 we will be hosting a programme of live performance selected from...
Film Parent and Baby / Little Women (U) Today 11.00 Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings...
Film 1917 (15) Today 12.45, 15.20, 17.55, 20.30; Tomorrow 12.50, 15.05, 17.35, 20.30; Sat 15.40, 17.45, 20.30 + more times At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake, are given a...
Film Bombshell (15) Today 12.50, 15.45, 17.40, 20.40; Tomorrow 15.20, 20.35; Sat 13.00, 18.15; Sun 13.00, 18.15 + more times Based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire...
Film Little Women (U) Today 12.55; Tomorrow 17.45; Sat 12.30; Mon 12.40; Tue 20.15; Wed 13.25 + more times Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and...
Film Waves (15) Today 13.10, 20.05 Cracks begin to show in the perfect façade of a young athlete’s life (Harrison Jr.), in this palpable...
Featured The HOME Film Podcast #53: December 2019 HOME Head of Film, Rachel Hayward; Senior Visiting Curator, Andy Willis and Fraser Elliott, Film Team Member and...
Film Uncut Gems (15) Today 14.30, 17.20, 20.10; Tomorrow 14.45, 17.40, 20.10; Sat 12.55, 17.40, 20.15 + more times From Josh and Benny Safdie (Good Time) comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Sandler), a charismatic...
Film Jojo Rabbit (12A) Today 15.15; Tomorrow 12.40; Sat 15.20, 20.40; Sun 12.40, 20.40; Tue 15.50; Wed 12.45 Taika Waititi channels Mel Brooks in this dazzling takedown of fascist thinking.
Film A Hidden Life (12A) Today 16.00, 19.30; Sun 14.05 The conscience of a pious Austrian farmer (Diehl) is severely tested as war blankets Europe and Nazi ideology...
Event Open House Thursdays/ Spoken Word and Poetry by Manchester Open Artists hosted by Gerry Potter Thu 23 Jan 2020 A night of spoken word and poetry with Manchester Open Artists. Featuring performances by Nadeem Zafar, Rachel Shore,...
Film Edge of the Knife (15) Today 18.10 A daring, ground-breaking film made entirely in two dialects of a nearly extinct Haida language.
Theatre Oreo Today 19.00; Tomorrow 21.00; Sat 19.00 Tania Camara’s Oreo draws on different experiences of successfully educated black women in European politics and challenges the...
Film The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) Tomorrow 12.45, 15.15, 17.50, 20.25; Sat 15.15, 17.50, 20.25; Sun 12.45, 15.25, 17.55, 20.30 + more times Director Armando Iannucci brings his sardonic wit to Charles Dickens' classic autobiographical novel, transposing the source material into...
Film The Holy Mountain (18) Tomorrow 13.25; Sat 20.35; Sun 13.15; Mon 20.20; Tue 17.45; Wed 15.45 + more times An alchemical work that weaves a psychedelic spell, The Holy Mountain was based on the spiritual teachings of...
Film Midnight Traveller (15) Tomorrow 15.55, 20.40; Sat 13.45, 18.30; Sun 15.45, 20.35; Mon 13.30, 18.15; Tue 15.35, 20.40 + more times After receiving a Taliban death sentence, Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili decides to get his family to safety in...
Film Present. Perfect. (15) Tomorrow 18.00; Sat 15.50; Sun 17.50; Mon 15.35; Tue 12.55; Wed 20.20 + more times From more than 800 hours of footage, director Zhu Shengze has distilled a collective portrait of a generation...
Featured Our new Jan – Jul 2020 Theatre Season We're thrilled to unveil a stunning new season for 2020 - featuring glam aliens, zombies, fictitious artists and...
Theatre What Happened to Agnes Tomorrow 19.00; Sat 21.00 What Happened to Agnes brings to life the vivid imagination of singer and storyteller Nishla Smith, as she...
Film Relaxed Screening (Autism Friendly)/ Rio 2 (U) Sat 11.00 A relaxed screening of Rio 2, designed for people with autism spectrum conditions and their families.
Event Open Door Tour with Rainbow Noir Sat 13.00 Rainbow Noir will be leading a tour of the Manchester Open Exhibition. Rainbow Noir are a volunteer led group...
Event Workshop/ Getting to grips with the BFI short film fund application Sat 25 Jan 2020 Join the Film Hub North team for a practical workshop to demystify the process of applying for funding...
Film A Suitable Girl (U) Sat 13.30 Khurana and Mundhra’s film follows three young women over four years in India struggling to maintain their identities...
Film Film Hub North Polaris Award Showcase (15) Sat 15.45 Join us for a programme of films shortlisted for the Film Hub North Polaris Award at Aesthetica Film...
Event Oreo + Q&A Sat 25 Jan 2020 After the performance on Sat 25 Jan, stick around for a Q&A with Oreo creator and performer Tania Camara.
Talk Oreo Post-show Q&A Sat 25 Jan 2020 After the performance on Sat 25 Jan, stick around for a Q&A with Oreo creator and performer Tania...
Theatre Nina at the NIA Sat 20.00 Revisit Hulme’s special history as founding members of the NIA Centre recreate Nina Simone's iconic performance 29 years...
Film Bring the Family/ Rio 2 (U) Sun 11.00 It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de...
Film Not Just Bollywood presents/ Pakeezah (PG) Sun 15.20 One of the most extraordinary musical melodramas ever made, Pakeezah is much beloved by audiences for Meena Kumari’s breathtakingly tragic...
Talk Not Just Bollywood presents Pakeezah + Introduction Sun 26 Jan 2020 Omar Ahmed, co-curator of Not Just Bollywood, introduces Pakeezah
Film Chinese Film Forum UK presents/ Girls Always Happy (PG) Mon 18.00 Girls Always Happy deftly portrays the complexities of family relationships as they move between the extremes of animosity and affection.
Event Workshop/ Writing for Fundraising Mon 18.30 In this practical session, learn the essential skills in writing for fundraising and show you how to create...
Workshop Young Identity at HOME Mon 16 Dec 2019 – Mon 10 Feb 2020 Calling all aspiring writers, poets and spoken word artists aged 15-25. Whether you’re already penning your own poetry...
Theatre The Political History of Smack and Crack Mon 27 Jan 2020 – Tue 28 Jan 2020 This twisted love story between two life-long addicts is an angry, funny love-song to a lost generation.
Discussion Panel Discussion/ The World According to Film Producers Tue 18.30 As well as offering an insight into the role of a producer, this panel discussion will help to...
Film Son of Frankenstein (PG) Tue 18.30 This classic starring legends Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone was a huge success that helped reinvigorate...
Theatre Ladybones Tue 19.00; Wed 21.00 Archaeologist Nuala unearths a skeleton and her ordered life starts to unravel. Digging into the mystery of the...
Theatre An Act of Care Tue 20.00 A new punk gig theatre piece about Aneurin Bevan, and the National Health Service.
Event Film Producers Meet-up Wed 18.30 Join fellow film producers for an informal session to discuss how to form a better support network for...
Theatre Ugly Bucket presents: Bost-Uni Plues Wed 19.00 + more times Based on the true experiences told by graduates, join three clowns as they leave the comfort of student...
Film ROH Live/ La Bohème (12A) Wed 19.30 Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, lyrical arias and a poignant...
Event Ripples of Hope Business & Investment Summit 30 January 2020 Kerry Kennedy, Sir Richard Leese and Mayor Andy Burnham are delighted to invite you to join 130 cross-sector...
Film The Swirl (12A) Starts Thu 30 Jan 2020 at 18.10 Issues of feminine identity and power, memory, and the influence of family poignantly converge in director Laura Herrero...
Theatre 2 Clowns, 1 Cup Thu 30 Jan 2020 – Sat 1 Feb 2020 Ugly Bucket have invited women to dish all the dirty details, and now they invite you to join...
Film Queen & Slim (15) From Fri 31 Jan While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man & black woman are pulled over...
Theatre Freedom to Move Fri 31 Jan 2020 – Sat 1 Feb 2020 Through wit, movement and laughter, Freedom to Move examines the funny, intrusive and weird questions asked to people...
Course Day Course/ Federico Fellini Sat 1 Feb 10.30 In this Day Course, we are going to explore the elements which made Federico Fellini’s films magical &...
Event Open Door Tour with Mike Bishop (Theatre Trippers & Culture Champion) Sat 1 Feb 13.00 Join Mike Bishop, Culture Champion and creator of the Theatre Trippers group, for a tour of the Manchester...
Talk Talk/ Exploring the Virtual Realm: New technologies in live performance Sat 1 Feb 14.00 Are you a theatremaker who wants to integrate new VR or AR technologies into your work? Find out...
Film Spit That Out 2019: North West Artist Film Programme (12A) Starts Sat 1 Feb 2020 at 18.20 Discover a selection of recent work from artists who are living in, working in, hailing from or have...
What's On HOME Presents We work with international and UK artists to produce extraordinary experiences, creating an exciting mix of thought-provoking drama,...
Film Spit That Out 2020: North West Artist Film Programme (CTBA) Starts Sat 1 Feb 2020 at 18.20 Discover a selection of recent work from artists who are living in, working in, hailing from or have...
Workshop AMP Workshop: February Session Tue 4 Feb 18.00 Join us for our monthly Accessible Music Workshop for music lovers and music makers aged 18-25 with different...
Film Iris Preview/ And Then We Danced + Intro (CTBA) Starts Tue 4 Feb 2020 at 18.00 Merab has been training from a young age at the National Georgian Ensemble with his dance partner Mary....
Theatre Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth Productions presents: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel Tue 4 Feb 2020 – Sat 8 Feb 2020 Inspired by true events, this funny, moving and unsettling melodrama offers a unique insight into the early careers...
Film Best of Iris 2019 + Q&A & Performance (CTBA) Starts Wed 5 Feb 2020 at 18.20 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival brings a diverse programme of films to Cardiff every year, showcasing talent and...
Theatre Relaxed Performance (Autism Friendly): The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel Thu 6 Feb 2020 Relaxed events are designed for people with autism spectrum conditions and their families so they can enjoy the arts together in...
Film Mancunia (CTBA) Starts Thu 6 Feb 2020 at 18.30 Mancunia is a haunting 30-minute film based around Michael Symmons Roberts’s acclaimed published poetry cycle about the myths...
Theatre The Beau Defeated Thu 6 Feb 2020 – Sat 8 Feb 2020 Mary Pix’s hilarious play is all that is best about the Restoration archetype: a world of roaring playboys,...
Film Weathering with You (12A) Starts Thu 6 Feb 2020 at 20.30 The highly anticipated follow-up to Your Name. Weathering with You follows Hodaka, a teenage runaway in Tokyo who...
Discussion Playreading: Friday 7 Feb Fri 7 Feb 11.00 Our popular Playreading group meets on the first Friday of most months at HOME. The sessions, which are...
Film Society (18) Starts Fri 7 Feb 2020 at 20.40 One of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time. A biting horror satire, it culminates...
Event Open Door Tour with Invisible Cities Sat 8 Feb 13.00 Laura from Invisible Cities will be joining us in the gallery to lead a tour of the Manchester...
Event BSL Led Gallery Tour: Manchester Open Exhibition 2020 Sat 8 Feb 15.00 Join Jennifer Little for a tour of the Manchester Open Exhibition, led solely in British Sign Language.
Workshop Introduction to Working Internationally Tue 11 Feb 13.00 A workshop on the basics of touring work internationally
Film Organ (PG) Starts Tue 11 Feb 2020 at 18.00 A rare film showing the little-known realities of women on the home front who answered the call of...
Theatre Gecko and Mind the Gap presents: a little space Wed 12 Feb 2020 – Sat 15 Feb 2020 This intricately crafted performance combines Gecko’s unique blend of theatre, choreography and stunning imagery with incredible performers from...
HOME Presents Theatre Northern Lines & HOME presents: Extraordinary Wall of Silence Wed 12 Feb 2020 – Sat 22 Feb 2020 Ad Infinitum combine the company’s signature style of physical storytelling with the beauty of BSL in an unmissable...
Event Touch Tour: A Little Space Sat 15 Feb 13.00 Our Touch Tours give visually impaired patrons the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the set, key props and...
Event Open Door Tour with Nuria López de la Oliva Sat 15 Feb 13.00 Freelance curator and producer Nuria López de la Oliva lead a tour of her highlights of the Manchester...
Discussion AD INFINITUM: BSL Lecture Sat 15 Feb 17.00 Join award-winning author and activist Dr Paddy Ladd as he shares his investigation of Deaf Culture, history and...
Film Black Sunday (CTBA) Tickets on sale soon Shot in sumptuous black and white, La maschera del demonio is Mario Bava’s masterpiece and one of the...
Event The Complete Works: Lindsey Hilsum Wed 19 Feb 18.45 Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama Allfrey OBE in conversation with the author and Channel 4 News International...
Film Sea of Revival (15) Starts Wed 19 Feb 2020 at 20.30 In a bid to rid himself of a crippling gambling addiction, Ikuo moves to his partner’s coastal hometown...
Film NT Live/ Cyrano de Bergerac (15) Starts Thu 20 Feb 2020 at 18.45 James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live...
Event Open Door Tour with Rethink Rebuild Sat 22 Feb 13.00 Join Mustafa Alachkar from Rethink Rebuild for a tour of the Manchester Open Exhibition. Rethink Rebuild work towards...
Film Japan Now Special Strand/ I Go Gaga, My Dear (PG) Starts Sat 22 Feb 2020 at 15.40 Documenting her parent's life, director Nobutomo presents an intimate portrait of the highs and lows of a family...
Film Ride Your Wave (12A) Starts Mon 24 Feb 2020 at 18.10 Two young lovers, Minato & Hinako are torn apart when Minato's life is cut short in an accident...
Film Ten Dark Women (15) Starts Wed 26 Feb 2020 at 18.10 Progressive for the time of its production, this black comedy follows the undoing of a married TV producer...
Theatre Coram Boy Thu 27 Feb 2020 – Sat 29 Feb 2020 Based on Jamila Gavin’s Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award-winning novel, Coram Boy is a gripping family...
HOME Presents Theatre HOME presents: Bourgeois & Maurice’s Insane Animals Fri 28 Feb 2020 – Sat 14 Mar 2020 This mind-bending, time-travelling musical comedy is packed with satirical & side-splitting songs & a hero’s journey that is...
Event Open Door Tour with Alison Kershaw Sat 29 Feb 13.00 Alison Kershaw, Manchester Open artist and facilitator at TLC-Art & DropIn Project (formerly St Lukes Art Project) and...
Film Our Meal for Tomorrow (12A) Starts Sat 29 Feb 2020 at 15.40 After participating in their school’s sack race, an unlikely romance begins between an introverted Hayama & outspoken Uemura....
Workshop AMP Workshop: March Session Tue 3 Mar 18.00 Join us for our monthly Accessible Music Workshop for music lovers and music makers aged 18-25 with different...
Theatre Little Wimmin Thu 5 Mar 2020 – Sat 14 Mar 2020 Blurring the boundaries of live art, music, theatre, comedy & dance, Little Wimmin examines how we think about...
Discussion Playreading: Friday 6 March Fri 6 Mar 11.00 Our popular Playreading group meets on the first Friday of most months at HOME. The sessions, which are...
Event AMP presents House Party Mar 2020 Fri 6 Mar 20.20 House Party is our quarterly inclusive club night brought to you by the team behind Accessible Music Productions...
Event Open Door Tour: International Women’s Day with Kate O’Donnell Sat 7 Mar 13.00 Join us for a tour of the Manchester Open Exhibition. To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020 Day, we...
Event Conversations with Roddy Doyle Sun 8 Mar 19.30 Celebrate the career of one of Ireland’s best-loved writers, as he discusses his work in an intimate and...
Event Open Door Curator Tour with Bren O’Callaghan Sat 14 Mar 13.00 Join this tour with HOME’s Curator Bren O’Callaghan, who came up with the suggestion for the Manchester Open....
Film ROH Live/ Fidelio (12A) Starts Tue 17 Mar 2020 at 19.00 Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph.
Theatre Night of the Living Dead: Remix Wed 18 Mar 2020 – Sat 21 Mar 2020 50 years after the release of Romero’s politically charged zombie movie, imitating the dog & Leeds Playhouse create...
Event Media A Level Study Day: Music Video Thu 30 Jan 2020 This study day aims to explore the enduring format of the music video within the context of both...
Event Open House Thursdays/ Performance by Cartier & Kersti Vallikivi-Ramos Thu 30 Jan 2020 A toy racetrack installation exploring human capacity, the machine, competition, technology, the boundless man, marketing, icons and the...
Film Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall (CTBA) From Fri 31 Jan Legendary US photographer Jim Marshall's diary of a life in music captures both the volatile man behind the...
Film A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (PG) From Fri 31 Jan A jaded journalist reluctantly accepts an Esquire assignment to profile the children’s television host Fred Rogers, and encounters...
Film The Lighthouse (15) From Fri 31 Jan Director Robert Eggers’ follows up his 2015 folk-horror debut The Witch with another eerie period tale.
Film Mrs. Rellik (12A) A short film by HOME's BFI Film Academy 8 that follows a naive detective as he investigates a series of disappearances...
Event Queen & Slim + post-screening discussion Fri 31 Jan 2020 This screening will be accompanied by a post-screening discussion with Kemi Alemoru, Gal Dem and Roxy Legane, Kids...
Theatre Alexei Sayle: Live Tour Fri 31 Jan 2020 – Sat 1 Feb 2020 In his own words, Alexei Sayle has been performing stand up for forty years since the day he...
Film Hammett (12A) On sale soon Wim Wenders pays homage to Film Noir. Sam Hammett ends up involved in an elaborate extortion plot by...
Film Preview/ Parasite (15) Mon 3 Feb 2020 Winner of the Palme d’Or, as well as top Golden Globe nominations including best director, foreign-language film and...
Talk Preview/ Parasite + Satellite Q&A Mon 3 Feb 2020 This special preview screening will be followed by a satellite Q&A with director Bong Joon Ho, broadcast from...
Study Session Spanish GCSE Study Morning: Rara Tue 4 Feb 2020 This study morning will look at themes including pre-adolescence, friendship, family life, marital separation, sexual diversity and freedom,...
Event The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel + Post-show discussion Wed 5 Feb 2020 There will be a post-show discussion after the performance of The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan...
Event German GCSE Study Morning: Ballon Thu 6 Feb 2020 Recommended for GCSE and equivalent level German This event is now fully booked. To join the waiting list...
Event Open House Thursdays/ Live Art Happening with Manchester Open Artists Thu 6 Feb 2020 A selection of dance, movement and a durational piece from Manchester Open Artists. Featuring performances by Sally Perez...
Discussion Mancunia + Q&A Thu 6 Feb 18.30 This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Michael Symmons Roberts, Steve Hawley and Marion Hewitt; chaired...
Film Talking About Trees (CTBA) From Fri 7 Feb This beautifully shot feature debut, winner of the Berlinale Best Documentary Award, couldn’t be timelier for Sudan.
Film Mr Jones (15) From Fri 7 Feb In March 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones takes a train from Moscow to Kharkov in Ukraine & experiences...
Course Course: Behaviour Management with Young People Wed 12 Feb 2020 This is essential training for anyone working directly with young people and will help you understand youth culture...
Event Open House Thursdays/ Emma Lane & OD Davey X Needle Factory Thu 13 Feb 2020 Double Bill: Freddy Wallace and Owen Davey Turns, Emma Lane and OD Davey Turns is an improvised dance...
Audio PUSH 2020 Podcast #1 – Box of Tricks Theatre, Untold Orchestra, Lowri Evans & Afshan D’souza-Lodhi
