Event Online Talent Development Surgeries Ongoing Do you want to discuss a project idea, need a bit of career advice or chat to members...
HOME Presents Festival Homemakers Online now Homemakers is series of new commissions inviting theatre and live art makers to create new works at home,...
Featured David Hoyle: Rebellion Out of the darkness and loneliness of life in lock-down David Hoyle returns to the stage lights of...
HOME Presents Festival Push Festival 2021 Throughout 2021 Push Festival is our annual celebration of the North West’s creative talents.
What's On Donate to HOME As a charity, HOME strives to engage communities, commission new, emerging artists and provide a cultural offering to...
Festival The Bruntwood Stage at Homeground Fri 28 May 2021 – Thu 26 Aug 2021 Find out what's on at the Bruntwood Stage at Homeground, including DJ Slots, local artist takeovers alongside our...
Exhibition David Bailey: The Busiest Bus Route in Europe Thu 5pm – 10pm, Fri 5pm – 11pm, Sat 12pm – 11pm, Sun 12pm – 10pm HOME commissioned local artist and illustrator, David Bailey, to create a new poster series for our Homeground outdoor performance site.
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 We Cannot Walk Alone Sat 12 Jun 2021 – Sat 14 Aug 2021 Presented as part of Horizons Festival 2021, this exhibition responds to the festival theme; We Cannot Walk Alone,...
Event Manchester Open 2022: MAKE Packs Wed 16 Jun 2021 – Fri 17 Sep 2021 A selection of activity packs from Northern creative organisations packed with artistic advice, inspiration and activities to get...
Event Manchester Open Roadshow 2021 Tue 29 Jun 2021 – Sun 5 Sep 2021 We’re hitting the road and coming to a venue near you to answer any questions you might have...
Exhibition Karol Kochanowski: patience.HEADSPACE.resilience Today 11.00 - 20.00 until Sun 5 Sep 2021 Karol Kochanowski received the Granada Foundation Gallery Exhibition Award at the inaugural Manchester Open Awards in 2020 for...
Film The Garden Left Behind (CTBA) Watch Online A poignant portrait of a trans woman confronted by a world that struggles to accept her, Flavio Alves' SXSW Audience Award-winner...
Film The Offering (18) Watch Online from Fri 30 Jul Jan, mysterious and marked by a profound sense of guilt, tries to win back the love of his...
Event DJ Paulette Presents TOGETHER 3 – 6 Aug Tue 3 Aug 2021 – Fri 6 Aug 2021 Curated by DJ Paulette, this week's evening DJ lineup at Homeground includes Abigail Ward, Rob Jones, Sam Flanagan,...
Exhibition Poet Slash Artist Fri 2 Jul 2021 - Mon 30 Aug 2021 From gallery walls to city streets, poets and visual artists connect words and images in this multifaceted group...
Film Summer of Soul (…Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (12A) Today 12.30, 17.40, 20.15; Tomorrow 12.30, 15.05, 17.40, 20.15; Fri 12.30, 15.05, 20.15 + more times A transporting film that includes never-before-seen concert performances from Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone,...
Film Girlfriends (15) Today 12.40; Tomorrow 17.15 A woefully neglected gem about Susan, a struggling photographer who is forced to fend for herself when her...
Film Riders of Justice (15) Today 12.55, 17.55; Tomorrow 14.50, 20.00; Fri 17.55; Sat 20.00; Sun 12.30, 17.40; Mon 14.55, 20.15 + more times Anders Thomas Jensen (Men and Chickens, The Green Butchers, etc) returns with an inspired cocktail of uproarious black...
Film Limbo (12A) Today 13.35, 16.00, 17.20; Tomorrow 15.50, 20.40; Fri 14.35, 20.00; Sat 13.05, 18.05 + more times A Syrian asylum seeker finds himself in a purgatorial state on a remote Scottish island, in this melancholic...
Film The Sparks Brothers (15) Today 14.20, 17.00, 19.45; Tomorrow 14.15, 17.00, 19.45; Fri 14.15, 17.00, 19.45 + more times Join Edgar Wright for a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron and Russell...
Film The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (15) Today 14.45, 20.40; Tomorrow 13.35, 18.15 Björn Andrésen, the former teen star who once embodied legendary character Tadzio in Death in Venice, takes us...
Film Another Round (12A) Today 15.05, 20.00; Tomorrow 14.25, 20.30; Fri 13.10, 18.05; Sat 15.00, 20.15; Sun 13.10, 18.05 + more times A boisterous and sobering comedy about how men deal (and don’t deal) with aging — though underlying it...
Film The World to Come (15) Today 15.30, 20.30; Tomorrow 12.40, 17.25 Powerful 19th century romance set in the American Northeast. a farmer's wife and her new neighbour Tallie find...
Film Night of the Kings (15) Today 18.25 An exhilarating tale of survival and a beautiful ode to the power of storytelling.
Festival ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2021 Fri 6 Aug 2021 – Sun 22 Aug 2021 The ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival returns to HOME this Summer with a spectacular lineup of films
Film Zola (18) Fri 12.55, 17.30; Sat 15.15, 20.30; Sun 13.25, 17.55; Mon 16.00, 20.30; Tue 12.45, 17.00 + more times Zola finds herself flung into a friendship with the chaotic Stefani, a stripper en route to Florida for...
Film Now, Voyager (U) Fri 15.20, 20.30; Sat 12.30, 17.25; Sun 15.05, 20.15; Mon 13.25, 17.30; Tue 15.05, 20.15 + more times A tender yet bittersweet romance, starring Bette Davis in her career milestone performance as Charlotte Vale – a...
Film The Fever (12A) Fri 15.45, 20.40; Sat 12.40, 17.55; Sun 15.45, 20.40; Mon 12.45, 17.40; Tue 15.45, 20.40 + more times Manaus is an industrial city surrounded by the Amazon rainforest. Justino, a 45-year-old member of the indigenous Desana...
Film UK Premiere/ El Robo del siglo (12A) Fri 6 Aug, Sun 8 Aug, Sat 21 Aug The outrageously entertaining true story of a 2006 bank robbery, one of the most famous and complex heists...
Event Manchester Folk Festival Bruntwood Stage Takeover Sat 7 Aug 2021 – Sun 8 Aug 2021 Since our first festival in 2017, HOME has been our 'hub venue' and we are very excited to...
Film UK Premiere/ Las Mujeres de mi casa (12A) Sat 7 Aug, Wed 11 Aug, Sat 21 Aug This quietly moving drama sees three generations of women living under the same roof, an old house that...
Film Agur Etxebeste! (12A) Sat 7 Aug, Thu 19 Aug, Sat 21 Aug Determined not to lose his power over local politics, Patrizio names his wife the town’s first female mayor....
Film UK Premiere/ Nora (PG) Sat 7 Aug, Sun 15 Aug, Wed 18 Aug Winding along the sun-drenched Basque coastline, this funny and poignant summer road trip helps Nora to heal past...
Film UK Premiere/ Mosh (15) Sat 7 Aug, Wed 18 Aug Tackling serious topics but eschewing gritty realism, this is a dazzling riot of colour, music and movement that...
Film UK Premiere/ Los Fuertes (15) Sun 8 Aug, Thu 19 Aug An intense romance highlights differences in terms of class, family, life goals and attitudes, but is nevertheless a...
Event Our Kids Social: Silent Disco Sun 14.00 Our Kids Social is packing up all of their silent disco kit, brushing off the sequins and heading...
Film La Boda de Rosa (12A) Sun 8 Aug, Tue 17 Aug In the city of Valencia, wardrobe assistant Rosa is run ragged by her hectic job and heavily reliant...
Event DJ Paulette Presents TOGETHER 9 – 13 Aug Mon 9 Aug 2021 – Fri 13 Aug 2021 Curated by DJ Paulette, this week's evening DJ lineup at Homeground includes Stanley Chow, Tom RBB, Laura Jackson,...
Event Brainiac Live! Science Abuse Mon 13.00, 16.00 Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls: WE’RE BACK !!! Due to popular demand Science’s greatest and...
Film Apenas el sol (PG) Mon 9 Aug, Sun 15 Aug In an attempt to preserve fragments of a disappearing culture, oral history archivist Mateo Sobode Chiqueno traverses the...
Event Jackie Kay presents: Poetry, Music, Cheese and Wine Mon 19 Jul 2021 – Mon 9 Aug 2021 Award-winning poet Jackie Kay is joined by a series of guests for three intimate evenings of poetry, music,...
Film UK Premiere/ El Inconviente (12A) Mon 9 Aug, Sat 14 Aug, Fri 20 Aug Two women, so very different in age, experience and personality, yet united in their loneliness, form an unlikely...
Film El Año del descubrimiento (12A) Tue 10 Aug This documentary rewards the audience over the course of its extended runtime with a fascinating insight into contemporary...
Event A Celebration of Musical Theatre Tue 19.30 The Award winning Hope Mill Theatre produces a new show celebrating the history of Musical Theatre, which will...
Event Preview/ Nuevo orden + introduction Wed 11 Aug 2021 The screening of Nuevo orden on Wed 11 Aug will be introduced by Jason Wood, Creative Director: Film...
Film Preview/ Nuevo orden (18) Wed 11 Aug A shocking and provocative depiction of class warfare in contemporary Mexico. Winner of the 2020 Venice Film Festival...
Film UK Premiere/ Salvador (12A) Thu 12 Aug, Sun 15 Aug Bogotá, 1985. Amid growing insecurity in the city, a gentle passion develops between Salvador and Isabel. But is...
Film UK Premiere/ Billy (15) Thu 12 Aug, Sat 21 Aug The the testimonies of twenty-odd survivors of a notorious Francoist figure: police inspector Antonio González Pacheco, known as...
Film Las Niñas (PG) Fri 13 Aug, Sat 14 Aug, Sun 22 Aug Zaragoza, 1992. Attending convent school, 11-year-old Celia navigates the complex codes and rules of female identity and finds...
Theatre 4 Us to Rule Fri 13 Aug 2021 – Sat 14 Aug 2021 "Give me a break, give me a route, gotta get out, that is the truth." HOME’s Young Company...
Event Look At Me Don’t Look At Me Fri 13 Aug 19.30 RashDash return to HOME following Don’t Go Back To Sleep: The Lockdown Album and make their Homeground debut...
Film UK Premiere/ Pseudo (15) Fri 13 Aug, Sun 22 Aug A social thriller that takes a snapshot of a generation trapped between the passive old and the insurgent...
Theatre Cyclical – a performance by Michael Pinchbeck Online Event Sat 14 Aug On 14 August join artist Michael Pinchbeck via zoom for a 15 min one to one chat. You...
Film Sin señas particulares (15) Sat 14 Aug, Sun 20 Aug Magdalena sets out on a journey in search of her teenage son, who has disappeared en route to...
Event The Cocoa Butter Club Sat 14 Aug 19.30 The award winning cabaret collective of colour are coming to Manchester! Boasting Burlesque, Circus, Drag, Dance and more,...
Film UK Premiere/ La Última primavera (12A) Mon 16 Aug At the intersection of acting and reality, a family recreate the true story of their marginalisation and eviction...
Film UK Premiere/ Diablada (15) Tue 17 Aug, Sun 22 Aug Based on the true story of the Alto Hospicio serial killer, who operated in Chile with total impunity...
Theatre Holly Rush presents: Superhero Alter Ego Online from 1 March until 17 November Take a surreal, escapist journey into the world of comic books
Theatre Ode to Bedroom Dancing Mon 21 Jun 2021 – Tue 31 Aug 2021 Ode to Bedroom Dancing is a piece of digital theatre celebrating the inner sanctum of women’s bedrooms.
Film Online Edition: Spit That Out 2021: North West Artist Film Programme (15) Watch Online Online now: Discover a selection of recent work from artists who are living in, working in, hailing from...
Theatre Shark Week Watch Online Shark Week explores and celebrates trans bodies that bleed. This short film doesn’t take itself too seriously, and follows a transgender...
Theatre Queer Shorts – A trio of audio plays from Milk Presents Watch Online Sit down with a cuppa (or cocktail) and turn up the speakers or pop on your headphones as...
Event storytime-sessions... Watch Online Now This series of three family friendly storytime sessions will creatively explore mortality through handmade puppetry and mythical gods.
Discussion Playreading: September 2021 Fri 3 Sep 11.00; Fri 1 Oct 11.00; Fri 5 Nov 11.00; Fri 3 Dec 11.00 The group meets on the first Friday of most months at HOME. The sessions, which are open to...
HOME Presents Theatre HOME presents: The Earth Asleep: with live score Fri 10 Sep 2021 Clara Casian and Robin Richards' haunting follow-up to Birdsong (2016)
Event The Ripples of Hope Festival – Day One Fri 17 Sep 2021: 10.00-18.30 You’ll hear from speakers including human rights barrister Baroness Helena Kennedy QC; journalist Amelia Gentleman; CEO of In...
Event The Ripples of Hope Festival – Day Two Sat 18 Sep 2021: 10.00-18.00 The day begins with conversations exploring the theme of Equity & Equality, we then dive into the stories...
Event The Ripples of Hope Festival – Day Three Sun 19 Sep 2021: 10.00-18.00 We dedicate the final day of The Ripples of Hope Festival to a theme that has a massive...
HOME Presents Theatre Rhum and Clay Theatre Company presents: The War of the Worlds Wed 22 Sep 2021 – Sat 2 Oct 2021 Inspired by H.G. Wells’ novel and Orson Welles’ classic radio play, this legendary science fiction thriller is playfully...
HOME Presents Theatre 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
HOME Presents Theatre HOME presents: Endurance Thu 7 Oct 2021 – Sat 9 Oct 2021 What happens when a woman pushes herself to the limit?
Theatre HOME presents: Cassils: Human Measure Live Thu 7 Oct 2021 Against the backdrop of the trebling in anti-trans hate crimes since 2014, we present the world premiere of...
Theatre Phosphoros Theatre presents: All the beds I have slept in Tue 12 Oct 2021 All the beds I have slept in is about kindness and care. It explores the hidden moments of hospitality that...
Theatre PM Live Ltd presents: Mark Thomas: 50 Things About Us Wed 13 Oct 2021 – Thu 14 Oct 2021 Mark Thomas' 50 Things About Us is a show about songs, gongs, loot, tradition, wigs, nicking, statues, art...
Theatre Avital Raz presents: My Jerusalem Wed 13 Oct 2021 A solo performance derived from a song. A politically charged tale of a drunken one night stand, infused...
Theatre Victor Esses and CASA (in partnership with Counterpoint Arts) presents: Where To Belong Thu 14 Oct 2021 In January 2017, Victor visited his parents’ homeland of Lebanon for the first time - the country his mother...
Theatre Fane presents: An Evening with Armistead Maupin Fri 15 Oct 2021 Don’t miss the chance to join America’s ultimate storyteller, as he recounts his favourite tales from the past...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Spiers & Boden plus supports Janice Burns & Jon Doran and Dalinda Thu 21 Oct 19.00 Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’, the multi award-winning duo of...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ John Bramwell and The Full Harmonic Convergence plus supports: India Electric Co. and Ellie Gowers Thu 21 Oct 2021, 19.00 at O2 Ritz Manchester John Bramwell, is one of the UK's most unique, and talented singer-song writers who has been performing as...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Kabantu plus support Ötödik évszak Thu 21 Oct 21.00 The award winning Kabantu are a collective from Manchester who unravel new marriages of music from around the...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening plus support Fri 22 Oct 19.00 Musicians from Northumberland, Scotland and England invoke the dark, powerful, shamanic sounds of Ancient Northumbria and broadcast them...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Jesca Hoop plus support The Magpies Fri 22 Oct 2021, 19.00 at Royal Northern College of Music California-born, based in Manchester, Jesca Hoop a musician’s musician - her beautiful songs, rooted in the folk tradition...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The Breath plus special guests Hannah James & Toby Kuhn Fri 22 Oct 19.30 The Breath: guitarist Stuart McCallum & singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. An unlikely pairing - she a folk singer, loud,...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Sam Carter Fri 22 Oct 2021, 21.00 at International Anthony Burgess Foundation This Autumn Sam Carter embarks on a national tour to support the release of his 2020 album, Home...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Sheelanagig Fri 22 Oct 22.00 Sheelanagig perform their array of foot-stomping folk tunes at HOME as part of Manchester Folk Festival 2021
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The Gigspannner Big Band plus support MUZSIKÁS Sat 23 Oct 13.30 See the new six-piece line-up of the Gigspanner Big Band perform live at HOME. Characterised by riotous inventiveness,...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Sam Lee plus support Sarah Smout Sat 23 Oct 2021, 14.00 at Royal Northern College of Music Please note this event takes place at RNCM, 124 Oxford Road, M13 9RD Sam Lee plays a unique...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ Banter Sat 23 Oct 19.00 Banter are rooted in English traditional music but incorporate influences of pop, jazz, soul and big band sounds.
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ O’Hooley & Tidow plus support from John Kelly and Lunatraktors Sat 23 Oct 19.00 Performing together for over 10 years, much loved Yorkshire folk duo Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow come to...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The Futureheads plus support Native Harrow Sat 23 Oct 2021, 19.30 at Royal Northern College of Music This is a rare opportunity to experience a different side to the band, with the show featuring a...
Event Manchester Folk Festival 2021/ The English Fiddle Ensemble plus support Flo Perlin Sat 23 Oct 21.00 The English Fiddle Ensemble have the aim of allowing their audience to feel the bite and lift of...
Theatre Brouhaha 2021 with Kani Kamil and Sherko Abbas Wed 27 Oct 2021 Brouhaha is understood as noise and voice of a state of social agitation. This performance is a new...
HOME Presents Theatre Hofesh Shechter Company presents: Political Mother Unplugged Wed 27 Oct 2021 – Sat 30 Oct 2021 Hofesh Shechter is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his iconic masterpiece Political Mother with a powerful new version...
Theatre Emmanuela Yogolelo presents: Tales from the Congo Basin Fri 29 Oct 2021 Join storyteller & musician Emmanuela Yogolelo for an afternoon exploring the traditions of songs, harmonies, call-response, percussion &...
Theatre Jaz Woodcock Stewart & Morgan Runacre-Temple presents: Civilisation Wed 3 Nov 2021 – Sat 6 Nov 2021 It’s about a hairdryer, an over, a letter opener. It’s about the local church, fiscal policy and Marie...
Film Escher: Journey into Infinity (PG) From Fri 13 Aug Escher: Journey into Infinity offers an exploration of the fascinating artist whose legacy continues to influence popular culture...
Film CODA (CTBA) From Fri 13 Aug As a CODA (child of deaf adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her home. When she...
Film Wendy (12A) From Fri 13 Aug The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic featuring a stunning cast of...
Event Las Niñas + introduction Fri 13 Aug Introduced by Rachel Hayward, HOME’s Head of Film, on Fri 13 Aug.
Film Wildland (CTBA) From Fri 13 Aug The embrace of a loving family starts to feel like the grip of a python in this chilling...
Film I’m Your Man (CTBA) From Fri 13 Aug For three weeks, Alma has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her needs and her character,...
Event Sin señas particulares + introduction Sat 14 Aug Introduced by Jessie Gibbs, ¡Viva! Festival Coordinator, on Sat 14 Aug.
Event Big People Music Bruntwood Stage Takeover Sat 14 Aug 2021 – Sun 15 Aug 2021 Big People Music is a network & agency producing Artistic, Cultural and Music transformation projects worldwide since 2009.
Event UK Premiere/ La Última primavera + introduction Mon 16 Aug Introduced by Andy Willis, Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and HOME’s Senior Visiting Curator:...
Film Underground (CTBA) From Fri 20 Aug Through the daily life of these mine workers, director Sophie Dupuis illuminates the contrast between the harshness of...
Film Pig (CTBA) From Fri 20 Aug A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in...
Film Sabaya (CTBA) From Fri 20 Aug With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad and their group risk their lives trying to...
Film Censor (15) From Fri 20 Aug 1985. After viewing a strangely familiar "video nasty", Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past...
Event ¡Viva! 2021 Café Cervantes Sat 21 Aug 2021 An informal gathering of Spanish-speaking film lovers. Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on...
Film The Nest (15) From Fri 27 Aug Jude Law and Carrie Coon simmer in this tightly-wound two-hander from writer-director Sean Durkin that’s at once an...
Film Candyman (CTBA) From Fri 27 Aug Rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta directs this contemporary incarnation of the cult classic.
Film Souad (CTBA) From Fri 27 Aug Featuring astonishing performances, the film acutely examines the contradictions of teenage life in contemporary Egypt and the challenges of...
Film The Toll (15) From Fri 27 Aug Elements of the western genre abound in this Welsh dark comedy in which the past catches up with...
Film The Pebble and The Boy (CTBA) From Fri 27 Aug When John Parker’s estranged father is knocked off his scooter and killed in an accident, John finds himself...
Film UK Jewish Film: Back to the Cinema/ Dolce Fine Giornarta (18) Tue 31 Aug An elegant and incisive take on Europe’s refugee crisis and what has remained of its post-war liberal values.
