Live Manchester Magazine April 2014 Edition by Live Manchester

April 2014

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We bring you some of the best live acts performing in Manchester this month including Gary Barlow, Halestorm, Justin Timberlake, The Orielles and the Dexters and much more Our classical music roundup picking out the best of the classical feasts Manchester has to offer in April.

Feature and cover artist —Kristyna Myles launched her debut album at The Deaf Institute and we were there to catch up with her. Museums & Art  

An update on the work to the Whitworth Art Gallery We also feature two exhibitions showing at Manchester museums at the moment—Vanishing for the Vote at the People’s History Museum and From The War of Nature at Manchester Museum

Theatre & Stage 

Three shows hit our radar this month—The Perfect Murder, Lord of the Flies and Much Ado About Nothing

Events Listings—we bring you listings for all the major venues in Manchester for April.

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So a month has passed by, and what a month! We’ve seen the likes of Nina Nesbitt rocking the Ritz, Fall Out Boy and The Pretty Reckless taking the arena by storm and

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launch

Kristyna

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phenomenal debut album Pinch Me Quick! (more about that later). Friday Food Fight is in full swing (our bellies have never been happier, although our bank balances are concerned about the gym membership we’re all going to need). This month doesn’t look too shabby either. New acts are coming through all the time—we’ll be catching the Orielles and Charlie Cooper launching their EPs, But it’s not all good news. Sadly, the Manchester institution (and one of our favourite haunts) Copacabana will be closing it’s doors for the last time on Saturday 5th April after 21 years of bringing

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Manchester.

best

Latin

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They’re having a farewell

party 4th and 5th of April—don’t miss it and say goodbye to this amazing venue and wonderful staff in style.

Sophie Ellis Bextor

resh from her turn on the dance floor in Strictly Come Dancing, Sophie Ellis Bextor heads to The Ritz on 18th April.

Since bursting on to the scene in 2000 with dance track Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love), her collaboration with Italian DJ Spiller, which entered the UK single charts at number 1, there has been no looking back.

With five albums, one EP and twenty singles under her belt, she has certainly experienced her fair share of success, fusing pop music with disco. That being said, her latest album, Wanderlust, shows a departure from her previous style – a collection of ballads, folk, chamber-pop and raucous tracks

which some have dubbed as a return to her roots as lead singer of indie-band theaudience.

Wanderlust, which she self-financed, was released in January 2014 and peaked at number four in the UK album charts. It has so far spawned the singles Young Blood, with follow-up single Runaway Daydreamer to be released 31 March.

Her recent gig to promote the launch of Wanderlust, which has sparked her current tour, received rave reviews from critics and fans alike, admiring her new style, although she hasn’t forgotten her old fans who will be treated to her disco-pop. We can certainly expect some Murder On The Dance Floor.

Sophie Ellis Bextor 18 April 2014

Dena

orn in Bulgaria, but based in Berlin, Dena (Denitza Todorova) is bringing her brand of music to the Soup Kitchen.

Inspired by hip hop, R&B and 90’s music (she is a self-confessed Destiny’s Child fan), but also drawing on heavy beats (enter J Dilla and Madlib), she fuses these with an, at times, heavy electronic sound, but leaving an element of jazz

The Ritz

to be spotted. In doing so she has drawn comparisons with artists such as M.I.A., Santigold and Jentina.

After coming to prominence as a guest vocalist on The Whitest Boy Alive albums, she has released a number of singles and EPs including Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools and her debut album, Flash, which hit stores in March of this year.

Dena 16 April 2014 Soup Kitchen

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

merican singer, song-writer, actor, producer, businessman (we could continue!) Justin Timberlake is set for two nights at the Phones4U Arena as a part of his 20/20 Experience world tour. This will mark the first time he has brought his pop/ R&B show to Manchester in over six years.

He originally hit the big time as the youngest member of ‘N Sync, following his graduation from the seeming conveyer belt of talent – the Mickey Mouse Club. ‘N Sync went on to release three albums (two hitting the number 1 spot in the US album charts and the other reaching number 2) and eighteen singles.

flourished – four albums (three number ones and a number two in both the US and UK); thirty-six singles; three world tours; seven American Music Awards; nine Grammy wins; three Brit Awards; five MTV Europe Awards; eleven (!) MTV Video Music Awards; a burgeoning film career with starring roles in movies such as Alpha Dog, Bad Teacher and In Time; oh and he’s in a relationship with Hollywood A-Lister Jessica Biel.

With a big arena stage show and hits such as Cry Me A River, SexyBack, Suit and Tie and Mirrors, this is sure to be a great gig .

In truth we could say so much more about him, but we’re starting to get a little jealous! But whereas so many disappear after attempting to go solo, Justin Timberlake’s career has

Painted Palms

Justin Timberlake 7-8 April 2014 Phones 4u Arena

As part of their European Tour, San Francisco’s Painted Palms are bringing their psych electro pop to Manchester.

Cousins Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme formed Painted Palms together in Louisiana, but continued to make music together online when they were separated by a move to San Francisco—they continue to use this method today, despite both now living in San Francisco.

Their debut album Forever was released in February 2014 via Polyvinyl and demonstrates pop structures and memorable melodies, but is not adverse to the dark—focusing on the feeling of being caught between the external world and ones own thoughts.

Painted Palms 20 April 2014 Soup Kitchen

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ennsylvanian rockers Halestorm have certainly come a long way since their formation. Believe it or not, they were actually formed by lead singer Lzzy Hale and her brother and drummer Arejay when she was 13 and he was just 10!

Their history tells tales of losing a talent show to a tap-dancing cowgirl, playing gigs for free icecream (well who wouldn’t?!) and homemade pyrotechnics (don’t try that at home). But things have moved on! With guitarist Joe Hottinger joining in 2003 and bassist Josh Smith coming onboard in 2004, a deal with Atlantic Records followed in 2005, leading to their live EP One and Done, followed in 2009 by their debut album Halestorm, which sold more than 300,000 copies.

Their follow-up album, The Strange Case Of ... was released in 2012, hitting number 1 in the US Hard Rock Charts and number 15 in the overall charts. It also spawned the single Love Bites (So Do I) which scored a Grammy in the 2012 Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category.

They are perhaps one of the hardest touring rock groups around, often performing up to 250 shows a year (unsurprisingly they have released two live albums) and they have toured alongside the likes of Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold, Evanescence and Bullet For My Valentine, to name but a few. With rock and roll anthems filled with monster

riffs and attitude, brimming with confidence and swagger, they have gone on to become live favourites, regularly bringing down the house and stealing the show at festivals.

The tour finishes off their gigging cycle for the hit second album The Strange Case Of … and coincides with Halestorm’s new EP ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP which hits stores on 31st March in the UK after a limited run in the US last year as a follow up to their previous covers EP released in 2011. The EP features Halestorm putting their stamp of tracks as diverse as Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, AC/DC’s Shoot to Thrill and Marilyn Manson’s 1996. Frontwoman Lzzy Hale commented “Like our first ReAniMate EP the songs included here are a collection of both our favourite songs and songs to challenge ourselves. We decided to go more ‘bare bones’ with this EP, meaning minimal production with live, gritty performances. We recorded this the week of the Grammys last year, so the excitement and debauchery you hear through your speakers is very real. We hope all our fans have as much fun with ReAniMate: 2.0 as we did!”

ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP released 31 March, featuring Dissident Aggressors (Judas Priest); Gest Luck (Daft Punk); Shoot To Thrill (AC/ DC); Hell Is For Children (Pat Benatar); Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac); and 1996 (Marilyn Manson).

Halestorm 4 April 2014 Manchester Academy

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arch marked the 20th anniversary of Therapy?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top 5 album Troublegum. To celebrate, the punk -metal group are back on tour, taking in the Manchester Academy in the process. They are also releasing a 3 CD deluxe edition of their hit album.

Originally formed in 1989 by guitarist-vocalist Andy Cairns along with Fyfe Ewing (drums), they quickly recruited Michael McKeegan on bass to complete the line-up.

It was the mid nineties which saw Therapy? achieve their biggest period of success, with their commercial and critical breakthrough being realised in 1993 as their Shortsharpshock EP hit the top 40, peaking at number nine with the lead track Screamager. Television appearances and festival shows followed and in 1994 Troublegum took things to the next level for them with several top 40 singles, appearances at Reading festival, Donington and Phoenix and most notably a Mercury Music Prize nomination and success at the Kerrang! Awards (Best Album) and a nomination for Best Rock Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

consisted, since 2004, of Andy Cairns, Michael McKeegan and Neil Cooper (drums). There has been no change to their music though and they still deliver the type of heavy rock which can scare your eardrums into submission.

With thirteen albums under their belt, Therapy? have been quite prolific and, coupled with their relentless gigging, there has barely been any pause for breath for them throughout their career.

The tour sees Therapy? playing Troublegum in its entirety, which is sure to whip fans in to a frenzy. As well as the full album they will be playing a number of other songs from that era, including rarely heard B sides The ShortSharpShock, Face the Strange and Opal Mantra EPS.

Troublegum features some of their best known material including the likes of Die Laughing, Screamager and Trigger Inside, which are certain to raise the roof.

With support from hotly-tipped British rockers, Lonely The Brave, this is s a gig for fans of rock and metal not to miss.

With a few changes in the line-up, Therapy? has

Therapy? 3 April 2014 Manchester Academy 2

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Elbow

resh from picking up their first number one in the UK album charts with their sixth album, The Take Off and Landing of Everything, our region’s own Elbow are heading to the Phones 4U Arena on 9th April.

It’s been quite a journey for the band, who hail from Bury. Founded in 1990, they became Elbow in 1997 and comprise of Guy Garvey (vocals, guitar); Richard Jupp (drums, percussion); Craig Potter (keyboards, piano); Mark Potter (guitar, backing vocals); and Pete Turner (bass guitar, backing vocals).

Their debut album Asleep in the Back was Mercury-nominated and seven years later they scooped a Mercury prize with The Seldom Seen Kid. A further nomination followed for Build a Rocket Boys! Add to this an Ivor Novello Award and a Brit Award for Best British Group (2009) and you start to see a band which has consistently delivered.

But it’s not all been number 1s, live gigs and awards for Elbow. As seems to be becoming a growing trend, they have also released their own beer … a pale ale which they have created, brewed by Marston’s.

Elbow 9 April 2014 Phones 4u Arena

Status Quo

rab your air-guitars—Quo are back in town and they’ll be rocking all over the O2 Apollo.

It will mark the last time the legendary frantic four line up will be re-uniting as Francis Rossi, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt and John Coghlan all take to the stage.

With a longevity to rival any band, Status Quo have actually released 30 studio albums, 4 live

albums, 9 compilation albums and 100 singles since they were originally formed back in 1962 under their previous guise of The Scorpions (to become The Spectres, then Traffic Jam and finally Status Quo). They’ll need the two days just to play their back catalogue, and even then they will only be scratching the surface.

Oh, and yes, you’ve guessed it—they have also released a beer—Piledriver, named after their 1972 album.

Status Quo 5 & 6 April 2014 The O2 Apollo

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Dexters

FM, NME and Q favourites, the Dexters must not be missed. The London 5-piece band are currently on tour throughout the UK performing tracks from their debut album Shimmer Gold, released 17 March 2014, following on from their awesome singles The Hard Way and Start To Run.

Shimmer Gold is a guitar-laden delight, filled with anthems which easily translate to the live scene. Think Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, The Clash and you’re along the right lines.

Filled with energy, grit, enthusiasm and, at times, aggression (just the right amount), Dexters evoke a tremendous response to their live shows leading frontman Tom Rowlett to once comment “People go mental at our gigs” - we’re sure he means in the right way!

There’s a buzz about Dexters at the moment and it’s easy to see why.

Support comes from Slydigs, The Sonik Seeds and & The Echo.

Dexters 1 April 2014 Night & Day Cafe

Gary Barlow

howcasing tracks from his latest album, Since I Saw You Last, X-Factor judge, OBE, Take That member and one of the UK’s most successful song writers, Gary Barlow will be performing at the Phones 4u Arena on 14th April.

With a legion of fans larger than the population of many countries, Gary Barlow has built a reputation for penning great songs and putting on excellent shows (whether as a solo artist or in the always-in-demand Take That tours which constantly sell out).

Since I Saw You Last represents Gary Barlow’s first solo studio album in 14 years and reached the number two spot in the UK album charts, being certified twice platinum.

Support comes from the ever incredible Eliza Doolittle.

Gary Barlow 14 April 2014 Phones 4u Arena

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The Orielles

ubbed as the best thing to come out of Halifax for … well for a very long time, The Orielles are set to take 2014 and indeed the future by storm. To celebrate this they will be holding their single launch party at The Deaf Institute.

Comprising of sisters Esme (vocal and bass) and Sidonie Hand-Halford (drums) and guitarist Henry Wade, The Orielles met at a house party where they found a common interest in music and decided to meet on a regular basis to write songs, under their original name of The Oreoh’s.

Drawing on influences as varied as soul to psychedelic and surf pop to lo-fi bands, they describe their music as both nostalgic yet with a modern flair. It is a refreshing and brave approach, and has certainly had critics excited and they are hotly tipped as a band to watch. In fact they rightly received phenomenal reviews for their set at Liverpool’s Sound City in May 2013.

With their first EP Sunny Daze & Sleepless Nights and tracks such as the irresistible Deduce already

Image credit Priti Shikotra

finding a strong following, and deservedly so, they should be set for a strong future.

Go and see them live—put aside thoughts of ‘how young are they?!’ and ‘where has my life gone?!’ and enjoy!

The Orielles (Single Launch) 26 April 2014 The Deaf Institute

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James Blunt

ince his launch into the public eye (and subsequent garnering of worldwide fame) with the singles Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Beautiful and Goodbye My Love, James Blunt has gone on to release four albums (the latest of which, Moon Landing, was released in October 2013 and hit number two in the album charts).

It was his debut album, Back to Bedlam, however, which achieved the most success, becoming the

biggest selling album in the UK of the 2000s, receiving several Grammy Award nominations and triggering several MTV and BRIT Awards.

Not only does James Blunt put on an excellent live performance, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignore a great sense of humour he brings with him to the live experience (who can forget that infamous and hilarious Top Gear appearance which won him so many fans?).

James Blunt 17 April2014 The O2 Apollo

Manic Street Preachers

elsh rockers, Manic Street Preachers, are heading back to Manchester for a gig at The O2 Apollo. Originally formed in 1986 as a quartet (James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore and Richey Edwards), they were struck by loss in 1995 when founding member Richey Edwards disappeared.

With eleven studio albums (nine of which have charted in the UK top 10), including the excellent 2013 release Rewind The Film, three compilation albums 5 EPs and 41 singles to their name, The Manics certainly have plenty of material to

choose from. This tour is in support of their forthcoming new album Futurology, which is scheduled for a May 2014 release.

The Manics are also no strangers to awards, clocking up numerous NME Awards, Q Awards and Brit Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, including best album, best band in the world and, very deservingly, Best Live Act.

Live, the Manic Street Preachers, have received rave reviews and regularly fresh material as well as their better known material will keep new fans as well as seasoned regulars at their gigs delighted.

Manic Street Preachers 1 April 2014 The O2 Apollo

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escribing themselves as ‘weary purveyors of songs of love, hate, happiness, chaos, rebellion, glamour, intelligence, wit, imagination, bile, passion, despair, rejection and sheer humanity’, Manchester’s The Madding Crowd will be playing at The Roadhouse.

Formed in April 2010, The Madding Crowd are Ben Corry (singer and guitarist), Dominic Corry (lead guitar), Claud Corry (bass guitar) and Danny Kristof (drums).

Since their launch, they have released three EPs Because We Are Too Much (2010), They’ll Love You More For Who You’re Not (2011) and A Stitch In Time (2013), which spawned their debut single When I Go Walking in the Rain and are becoming a familiar sight on the Manchester live scene, having played at venues such as Dry Bar, Sound Control, The Roadhouse and Manchester Academy 3.

launching head first into their music which is as diverse as it is energetic.

Fusing rock riffs and chords, with an element of psychedelia and a hint of punk, fans and critics have taken a liking to them. Their songs range from epic tales of anger (catch The Blood Upon Their Face) to punk pop (their debut single When I Go Walking in the Rain). Guitar effects and distortion are also used to full effect as they seek to bring a feeling of nostalgia, glamour and imagination to their music.

Image courtesy Andrew Lee

Written from a place of melancholy, The Madding Crowd burst, conversely, with enthusiasm,

The Madding Crowd 10 April 2014 The Roadhouse

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In Review - Nina Nesbitt ROCKING THE RITZ

n the lottery of life, Nina Nesbitt hasn’t done too badly at all. At the age of 19, she’s an experienced gigger, launched her debut album, Peroxide, scored an army of fans, she’s certainly got the looks and style and she’s definitely got the talent to match.

Almost a regular on the Manchester live scene, she has performed at venues such as Sound Control, Band on the Wall, The Academy and The Deaf Institute. We headed down to The Ritz to see Nina live and, like the rest of the audience, we weren’t disappointed.

As Nina walked out on stage, wearing a Blondie tshirt given to her by a fan from Belgium, the venue erupted. Fans were overjoyed and the packed Ritz came to life. She immediately launched into the title track from her debut album, Peroxide, following up swiftly with The Outcome and The Apple Tree. Despite this being her biggest (non-festival) gig yet, any concerns of nerves were quickly dispelled as she performed with ease, strumming away comfortably with her guitar.

She also showed her versatility, moving to the keyboard to perform a beautiful solo version of A Great Big World’s Say Something and then Two Worlds Away with just her guitar for accompaniment.

The return of the full band then signalled a return to the rockier side, with fan favourite Mr C, showing her skill with writing social commentaries, and Tough Luck. After a brief slowing down with Align, the crowd were bouncing along merrily to Way Of The World, a song inspired by her foray into the retail world and a tale to inspire people to follow their dreams.

Lighting was used to full effect during He’s The One I’m Bringing Back as she beat a sugar laden drum in time to the beat, the sugar lighting up and bouncing into the air to dramatic effect, whilst the audience joyfully sang along. Immediately contrasting this, she managed to bring the audience to deliberate silence for an emotional performance of The People, before whipping them back up into a frenzy with Selfies (featuring fans pictures beamed onto the stage), a nod to the festival season of which she is such a big fan with Brit Summer and a fitting finish with huge crowd favourite Stay Out, during which she spent time hugging fans who were fortunate enough to be close to the front.

Whilst some acts can leave you wanting live, Nina Nesbitt is definitely not one – a show full of energy and enthusiasm, variety, coupled with a fantastic voice and obvious talent. We will certainly be back in line for tickets next time.

Nina Nesbitt played at The Ritz 21 March 2014

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In Review - Fall Out Boy and The Pretty SAVING ROCK AND ROLL

f Fall Out Boy’s comeback tour and album, Save Rock and Roll, was a mission statement then they, along with The Pretty Reckless, can considered it mission completed.

It’s not often that a great rock and roll band is supported on tour by … another great rock and roll band, but last night that is what happened.

save for smaller venues such as The Academy where they headlined three years ago. But last night, on the day of the launch of their second album, Going To Hell, they proved that headlining arenas is within their grasp.

Whilst some of their material was new to fans, having only been released that day (I myself had barely managed to listen to the album in full before the gig), that didn’t matter. The songs and their performance were strong enough to cover a lack of familiarity. And when their better known tracks such as Miss Nothing and Make Me Wanna Die were played, the crowd loved it.

In Taylor Momsen, they have the perfect front woman – young and sexy, a fantastic strong voice suited to rock music, a skilled performer with great stage presence (her background in acting clearly an advantage), but more than that a front woman who loves her music and relishes performing live. It’s no surprise that Taylor Momsen is repeatedly referred to as a rock goddess.

The Pretty Reckless are a quality act, yet they have spent a number of years supporting the likes of Guns’n’Roses, Evanescence and Fall Out Boy rather than headlining in their own right,

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Whilst their set was relatively short, to ensure that sufficient time was given over to the headliners, it was enough to show that The Pretty Reckless put on a strong show and have sufficiently good material that given headline status, they would no doubt deliver.

y Reckless take to the Arena Fall Out Boy’s audience was mixed, attracting a crowd who became fans due to their earlier work (pre-hiatus) but also a younger crowd who were perhaps more familiar with their comeback material. It did not matter – all fans were completely satisfied.

From the moment Fall Out Boy stormed the stage in balaclavas, waving a Fall Out Boy flag, they had declared the arena their own and they did not disappoint. Even a power failure could not halt them – the void was filled with Patrick Stump gamely performing the most acoustic of sets, attempting to quieten down the crowd to such a level that he could be heard (it worked for a moment), taking the now obligatory selfies and generally keeping the crowd amused. When the power kicked back in the fans erupted into a frenzy.

used part way through the show; big screen graphics and video; the raised piano sinking into the stage; … even inflatable balloons! And the crowd loved it.

There was enough of a variety of material performed, that both new and older fans went home happy. Fall Out Boy have earned a reputation for converting non-believers into fans at their gigs, and it is easy to see why.

Fittingly they ended the show with Thnksfrthmmrs, but it should have been the fans singing that to Fall Out Boy.

Their performance was full of energy and an impressive stage presence (Pete Wentz certainly did not stop moving for the whole show), and whilst their better known (and older) tracks such as Dance, Dance, This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race and I Don’t Care may have stolen the show as a far as their material was concerned, their newer songs could not be overlooked. The whole armoury of rock star live weaponry was also unleashed – lights and lasers; a smaller acoustic stage setting halfway back into the arena was

Fall Out Boy and The Pretty Reckless played the Phones 4u Arena 17 March 2014

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In Review - Foxes THRILLING A SELL OUT CROWD AT THE RUBY LOUNGE

ppearing before a sell-out crowd at The Ruby Lounge, Foxes walked on stage to give an honest and genuine performance from an up and coming star, clearly filled with amazement and joy at the crowd cheering before her. The fact that she was at a relatively small venue belied that she already has a Grammy win under her belt, but at the same time reminded you that her debut album is yet to come.

Against a backdrop which spelt out her name in lights – surely a portent of the future – Foxes showed she is a natural performer, clearly enjoying every moment and immersing herself in the live performance experience. She filled the stage with energy and vibrancy, embracing the music and pouring her soul into it.

Playing a mixture of her own tracks as well as covers, including a daring version of Eminem and Rihanna’s The Monster, Foxes showed that she has an incredible voice, which suits high tempo tracks such as opening piece Talking to Ghosts as well as the more mellow and dramatic tracks such as White Coats. It is easy to see why Foxes

has drawn comparisons with the likes of Kate Bush, Florence Welsh and even Bjork.

And yet, at the same time, despite the plaudits and awards, Foxes retains an endearing nervous charm and energy. Her interactions with the crowd displayed a loveable vulnerability but genuine enthusiasm. Her lack of technical savvy, however, lead to a few moments of selfdeprecating fun whilst she attempted (and sometimes struggled) to take selfies with various phones from fans (but then again she’s a singer, not a gadget show presenter!), a refreshing change from the sometimes contrived efforts of longer established acts.

Standout tracks Let Go for Tonight (which hit the top 10 in the singles chart this week), Clarity and Rudimental’s Right Here were the crowd pleasers of the night.

With a debut album coming shortly, the future looks bright for Foxes.

Foxes played at The Ruby Lounge 8 March 2014

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Tempest Flute Trio

he award winning flute trio, The Tempest Flute Trio, will be performing at the Bridgewater Hall on 9 April with a lunchtime concert (1.10pm) to bring the Mid-Day Concert Society’s season to a close.

It was on the back of auditions that they were selected to be artists for the Park Lane Group Concert Series 2013/14 and the Manchester Midday Concert Society 2013/2014 where the panel was taken with their performance.

The trio (Helen Wilson, Holly Melia and Sarah Bennett) all hail from Yorkshire, but have a strong link to Manchester, having studied at Chetham’s School of Music and then at the Royal Northern College of Music, where each of them individually won the RNCM Gold Medal in the second years at the college (2009, 2010 and 2012) - the highest award given for performance at the RNCM open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students.

They will be performing Debussy’s Syrinx; Tizols/ Ellington’s Caravan; JS Bach’s Sonata in C minor; Helen Wilson’s own There’s Something about Maggie; Poulenc’s Flute Sonata and Ian Clarke’s Curves along with pianist Ben Powell.

It was at the RNCM where the trio was founded. All established soloists, ensemble and orchestral musicians in their own right, they have gone on collectively to win a number of awards—the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition 2013, the RNCM Contemporary Music Award 2012, RNCM Ensemble of the Year Competition 2011, and RNCM Woodwind Chamber Music Competition and Trevor Wye Prize 2011.

The trio has regularly performed live throughout the UK and internationally, including events such as the National Flute Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas, the British Flute Society Convention in Manchester and opening the Lucerne Chamber Music Series in Switzerland.

Tempest Flute Trio 9 April 2014 Bridgewater Hall

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The Threepenny Opera

he RNCM Youth will be performing the incredible Threepenny Opera. A work which was symbolically performed in a war-torn Berlin theatre in 1945 by a cast featuring many newly released concentration camp prisoners, the Threepenny Opera has since gone on to be performed over 10,000 times in eighteen languages.

The musical was penned by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, adapted from the 18th century work of John Gay—The

Beggar’s Opera and provides a Socialist critique of the capitalist world.

Set in Victorian London, it tells of the conflict between Macheath (an amoral criminal) and Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum who controls the begging racket when Macheath marries Peachum’s daughter to his horror.

Most famously it spawned the popular song Mack The Knife.

The Threepenny Opera 23-26 April 2014 Royal Northern College of Music

Russell Watson

alford-born ‘People’s Tenor’ Russell Watson returns to the Bridgewater Hall for two nights to perform songs from his recent album Only One Man.

The album and tour both feature new pieces written by the legendary Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil (both of Miss Saigon and Les Miserables fame).

The tour has received rave reviews from critics and fans alike, astounded by his incredible voice, charisma and sense of humour.

As the UK’s best selling classical artist and winner of four Classic Brit Awards, it’s all a far cry from the days of his £90-a-week factory job making crankshafts in Manchester.

Support is provided by Jonathan Antoine.

Russell Watson 7-8 April 2014 Bridgewater Hall

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The Halle The ever impressive Halle Orchestra will be performing regularly throughout April at the Bridgewater Hall. We’re particularly looking forward to their shows on 2, 3 and 6 April where they will be performing Berlioz’s Overture: Le Carnaval romain; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3; and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6, ‘Pathetique’.

Jamie Phillips will be conducting with John Lill will be featured on the piano for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto. The Halle

2,3 and 6 April 2014 Bridgewater Hall

Zoe Trope Catch this workshop performance of new opera, Zoe Trope, by RNCM and University of Manchester alumnus Michael Betteridge and librettist Thomas Ellison which focuses on identity in a world of technology and social media, where releasing personal information online becomes a legal obligation, leading to our protagonist’s life becoming explored in a series of scenes set in the court dock when she fails to do so.

Zoe Trope 5 April 2014 Royal Northern College of Music

BBC Philharmonic: The Planets The BBC Philharmonic will be bringing Holst’s The Planet’s to life at the Bridgewater Hall. With an evening which will also include John McCabe’s Outback-inspired Fire at Durilgai and Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Endless Parade, accompanied by Hakan Hardenberger (regarded as the world’s greatest Trumpet player), this should not be missed.

Prior to the performance Tim O’Brien will be leading a pre-concert workshop to explore the musical personalities of the planets in our solar system—free to concert ticket holders (call the venue to book).

BBC Philharmonic: The Planets 5 April 2014 Bridgewater Hall

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Psycho Live! Film Screening with Live Orchestra The classic Hitchcock movie, Psycho, will be screened at the Bridgewater Hall with a live orchestral accompaniment from the British Sinfonietta, conducted by Anthony Gabriele. Yes, you read correctly— Psycho on screen with the soundtrack from the live orchestra! The orchestra will certainly bring this spine -tingling scene to life. Ooh, just imagine the infamous shower scene playing out with a full orchestra! Over 15s only.

Psycho Live! 11 April 2014 Bridgewater Hall

Agnes Obel Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel will be performing at the Royal Northern College of Music. With two albums under her belt, both of which hit the number one spots in her native Denmark as well as Belgium, Agnes Obel is influenced by acts as diverse as Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey and composers Debussy, Ravel and Satie.

Agnes Obel 17 April 2014 Royal Northern College of Music

Kenng G It’s amazing to think that Kenny G has an incredible 14 studio albums to his name (we’re not even counting compilation albums or holiday albums). His solo career has been in full force for over 30 years and he is now bringing his smooth jazz (with an undercurrent of R&B) saxophony to the Bridgewater Hall.

As one of the highest selling artists in American history, there can be no doubting his popularity, but his pedigree is also firmly established with Grammy Award success.

An Evening With Kenny G 20 April 2014 Bridgewater Hall

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Manchester Camerata: Carmen Reworked Taking place in the glorious Albert Hall (Peter Street), at 3.00pm, Manchester Camerata will be performing Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 12 and Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite after Bizet. The Camerata is joined by pianist Christian Ihle Hadland, one of Norway’s most exciting young pianists as well as Lithuanian virtuoso accordionist Martynas Levickis.

There will also be a pre-concert talk at 2.00pm by Laura Bowler on ‘Musical Theft’ - discussing how composers have adapted and adopted existing material.

Manchester Camerata: Carmen Reworked 27 April 2014 Manchester Albert Hall

New Mini Operas This free event is being promoted by the Royal Northern College of Music where attendees will have the opportunity to take in the premiere of four new music theatre pieces. All pieces have been composed by RNCM postgraduate students Lucy Armstrong, Nelson Bohorquez, Katie Chatburn and Ben Parker. They will work alongside performers from Size Zero Opera, the chamber opera company specialising in newly commissioned operas. This is a free event, with no ticket needed!

New Mini Operas 29 April 2014 Royal Northern College of Music

Kang Wang Chinese tenor Kang Wang will be performing at the RNCM on 30 April. With a burgeoning reputation, Kang Wang was the ‘People’s Choice’ of the Dame Joan Sutherland National Vocal Awards and a finalist in the Australian Singing Competition. But then again, it’s in his blood as he was born to two professional opera singers in China, his father also being a tenor.

The programme will include Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte as well as songs and arias by the likes of Strauss, Schubert, Brahms, Bizet and Rachmaninov.

Kang Wang 30 April 2014 Royal Northern College of Music

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f you are not familiar with Kristyna Myles’ music – you need to be!

We were fortunate enough to attend Kristyna’s album launch at the Deaf Institute and were left in absolutely no doubt as to her amazing talent.

Before the gig started, we caught up with Kristyna backstage to get a few words on her album.

Tell us a little bit about your album. My album is called Pinch Me Quick and it’s out today – March 10th. I’m very excited about it finally being released because it’s been a long time coming. I recorded it about three years ago with Decca Records funding it initially. It was recorded by Ken Nelson who is a Grammy award winning producer (he did Coldplay’s first three albums as well as Paolo Nutini, Gomez and Badly Drawn Boy). It was incredible to record an album with someone of his stature and also the fact that I got to record the album with my band, who I’ve been performing with since university, it was just an

Image credit to Jack Kirwin www.jackkirwinphotography.com

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Image credit to Alex Lake

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incredible experience, so we have a really good bond and I really hope that comes through on the recording. My favourite song on the album is a track called I’m Not Going Back because it’s all about not going back to a place in your life that was stopping you from fulfilling your full potential, so for me that’s kind of believing that I cannot fulfil a career in music, so this is kind of saying I’m not going back to those negative thoughts and that way of thinking. It’s really special as well because a lot of people have emailed me or facebooked me and said how much the track has meant to them and how it’s made them move on from a harmful or really struggling testing time in their life and that means so much when a song I have co-written has touched somebody.

How would you describe your music? I would say my music is a blend of pop and soul with a tiny bit of jazz thrown in for good measure. Somewhere in between Joss Stone, Sara Bareilles and Natasha Bedingfield, I think.

Who are your inspirations? I really love people like India.Arie as she sings and writes about things which really inspire you and I think her tagline is to spread love and light through music and that’s what I hope to achieve as well. She really inspires me. I also love Lauryn Hill. She was one of the first singers I saw – in Sister Act 2! - she was singing Joyful Joyful and at that moment I just thought I really want to be able to do that, to be able to make people feel what I’m feeling now, so I love her. And of course the soul greats like Stevie Wonder and I also love Carole King, who is an amazing songwriter and Sara Bareilles, she’s fantastic too. I love lots of different kinds of music but something which has substance and is influenced by soul music especially inspires me.

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Who would you like to collaborate with? Oooh. There’a s lot of people who are supporting me here tonight at the Deaf Institute who I’d love to work with – Miss 600, who are a fantastic duo from Derby. I also love Sam Gray – I sang backing vocals for him on his album and we did BBC Breakfast together and Loose Women, so I’d love to work with him. And equally Bird to Beast are fantastic as well. There’s such a great wealth of talent in Manchester and I’d love to work with as many as possible who inspire me.

The way you were discovered is almost the stuff of legends. Tell us a little about that.

“It was a really cool way of getting ‘spotted’.” It wasn’t an instant ‘boom’ you’ve made it. I’m doing my best every day to be the best possible performer I can and to reach as many people with my music as I can but it was a really cool way of getting ‘spotted’. I was busking on the streets of Manchester with my guitarist, Ben Williams, and we just did it after we graduated from Popular Music and Recording at Salford and thought we really want to do music - let’s see if we can earn a living, see what doors open and one massive door opened for a competition called BBC Radio Five Live Busk Idol and we won it, which was incredible because people who were listening to Five Live called in and voted for us. So that really opened loads of doors, and I went on to do a duet with Chris de Burgh, and went around Europe with him, performing to 8000 people a night in arenas – that was an absolutely incredible experience. And I kept on doing as much as I could, signed a record deal back in 2010 and then last January we decided mutually that it was the right time to leave after they had released one single but things had gone a bit quiet and I thought I really wanted to progress with my music and release music, so I took the copyrights back and it’s

being released today, which is an incredible, courage to come up and say something that’s incredible experience. amazing.

Your enthusiasm for tonight is very clear. Yeah, I’m made up that people who I really admire have wanted to come and support me. A lot of them have absolutely massive fanbases and in their own right have performed to thousands of people so to be able to have them come to support me and this gig means a lot.

What’s your favourite thing about performing live? I love the instant feedback you get from the audience. I know it’s sometimes better to try not to look at people when you’re performing because if you make eye-contact it can sometimes be really off-putting (laughs). I think you can experience the vibe, it’s almost spiritual, you can’t really put your finger on it. Just clapping and getting that instant feedback is amazing. I love recording in studios, but it’s a lot harder because you don’t know how people are going to react, but this way you can find out which songs are their favourite and if a song really means something to someone and they have the

Tell us a bit about your charity work for Centrepoint. Centrepoint is a fantastic charity who give hope and future to young homeless people. I initially got introduced to the charity because I was invited to perform at their sleepout. I was so bowled over by the work they do that I wanted to raise awareness and funds for them. I went on a busking tour around the UK with my guitarist Ben Williams setting up in different city centres with our caravan battery, inverter and amp and plugging in and performing in front of new people. We also landed the support tour at Kew Gardens opening for the likes of Will Young and Nile Rogers bigging up Centrepoint and inviting people to text their donation to the charity to help with the work they do. I'm proud to be an ambassador for Centrepoint. I'm blessed to have been brought up in a supportive family and always having that support and knowledge I'm welcome at home is something a lot of people don't have and the reality is that can leave them alone and vulnerable on the streets.

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hree fantastic bands and artists supported the Kristyna Myles gig – Miss 600, Sam Gray and Bird to Beast.

First up incredible Derby duo Miss 600 (Hannah Garner and David Amar). Miss 600 have enjoyed increasing exposure and seen their reputation grow over the last few years, their singles Twist and Typically Me both being championed by BBC Radio 2. They have also hit the spotlight in more unconventional ways, performing live on Poland’s version of “Dancing With The Stars” and even unexpectedly catching their music being used on Crufts! With their mix of jazz/pop/blues/ electro-swing, Miss600 put on a wonderful live performance. A second studio album ‘Swing Ting’ is expected in 2014 – make a beeline for it and any chance you get to see them live!

Next up was Sam Gray. With two albums to his name, Hull-born Manchester based Sam Gray, showed

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his talents for singing and songwriting, armed with just a guitar and a microphone in a great acoustic set. Counting his inspirations as including the likes of Simon and Garfunkel and Stevie Wonder, his music is clearly ‘retroinspired’, catchy and intoxicating. It was also no surprise that his performance left the females in the crowd swooning.

The final act before Kristyna, was married folk duo Bird to Beast, from Colne, whose vocals and harmonies were second to none. Listing their inspirations as including French pop, Andrew Bird, Kate Bush, Nic Jones, Rufus Wainwright and more, and with an album described as the ‘best album of 2013’ by the Manchester Evening News, Bird to Beast were fresh from an appearance on BBC Radio 6. Playing a great set and with good humour, Bird to Beast are definitely an act to catch live.

Images—top left Miss 600; left Sam Gray; above Bird to Beast. All courtesy of Andrew Darbyshire

Then came the marquee moment as Kristyna took to the stage to perform her debut album in full.

What followed was a stirring display of musical ability and agility before an enthralled crowd.

Drawing on influences such as India.Arie, Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder, her music is soulful, with clear jazz and pop influences. With no weak links, the album is a stunning collection of tracks from a singer-songwriter clearly passionate about her music and performance, showing genuine enthusiasm and a complete lack of pretention. Kristyna performs on stage with a professionalism which belies the fact that this is her debut album.

Kristyna took fans through a range of styles from ballads such as Three Little Words, and soulful delight Sorrow through to anthemic I’m Not Going

Back via a hauntingly beautiful version of The Style Council’s The Paris Match, approved of by Paul Weller himself. Her music is very personal, drawing frequently on her own experiences to form a very intimate album.

Interacting with the fans with ease, mingling throughout the evening, Kristyna was clearly in her element and relishing every moment, as were all in attendance.

With a phenomenal album and incredible live performance incorporating immense vocal ability, stage presence and charisma which would be the envy of many artists several albums along, Kristyna is clearly an artist to follow. If you get the opportunity to see her live, grab yourself a ticket!

Kristyna Myles’ album Pinch Me Quick is out now.

Image credit to Jack Kirwin www.jackkirwinphotography.com

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WHITWORTH ART GALLERY REDEVELOPMENT SPECIAL

he Whitworth Art Gallery is currently

whole project, is the fact that the gallery building

undergoing a £15 million renovation

is housed within the beautiful greenery of

and will re-open its doors to the

Whitworth Park, and so the vision of MUMA

public on 25th October 2014.

(McInnes Usher McKnight Architects who have undertaken the project), has been to create a

The Gallery has been a feature of the Whitworth

permeability and transparency between the

Park landscape since it was founded in 1889, in

gallery building and the surrounding trees and

memory of Sir Joseph Whitworth, one of the

greenery of the park.

North West’s great industrialists.

It was

originally a voluntary cultural, educational and

In previous years, the galleries of the Whitworth

technical institution and over the decades that

had

followed, developed and grew into one of the

accommodate the need for air-conditioning in

city’s

the building. Now, the galleries are being

principal

cultural

entities,

housing

collections of international importance.

false

ceilings

installed

order

restored to their 1908 forms, exposing barrel ceilings and views of the Park as air-conditioning

Today, the gallery is undergoing an extensive

is replaced by the use of ground source heat

revamp and expansion that will bring it firmly

pumps, earth tubes and buffering that will create

into the twenty first century. At the heart of the

a more stable environment.

Artist’s impression of how the gallery exterior will look

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WHITWORTH ART GALLERY REDEVELOPMENT SPECIAL The Grand Hall too, will retain its early 1900s

to see all that is going on around them both in

features and will be a public space, able to be

the park on one side and in the gallery on the

used for performances, recitals and films.

other – people taking classes, working with collections etc.

Two new wings will extend into the park from the back of the existing building and these will be

Visitors to the park will be able to see into the

connected by a glass promenade. In front of the

building – an open welcome to the community

new wings, will be an art garden which will flow

and all to come in and view the collections that

into the park space. The intent is to create a

are there for everyone to enjoy and the creation

sense of openness, for example the café area

of a sense that the gallery is opened up to the

with its floor to ceiling windows which look out

people in the park and that the park is part of

onto the park. In the summer, these will reflect

the gallery.

the trees and the light to give the illusion that the café is floating in the tree canopy. Visitors

The art garden has been designed by Sarah Price,

will be able to sit and relax, whilst still being able

a landscape architect who was also one of the

Cai Guo-Qiang—Unmanned Nature

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Cornelia Parkerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cold Dark Matterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;An Exploded View. Image by Hugo Glendinning

designers of the Olympic Park. Her vision will see

The Arts Council of England is also supporting the

low cloud planting and wild flowers streaming

redevelopment of the gallery entrance which will

from the art garden, out into the park. On the

see a new, fully pedestrianised approach, a

other side of the brick wing, there will also be an

sculpture terrace and fresh landscaping, also by

orchard garden. This will be a semi-public space,

Price.

though people will need to come into the gallery in order to get to it. It will be a quiet space for

Those driving down Denmark Road, will also be

people to reflect and contemplate and in

able to admire the design in the new brickwork,

conjunction with Friends of Whitworth Park, the

with detail taken from a sixteenth century textile

garden will also be able to contribute to

piece, bringing a little art to the outside of the

biodiversity work promoting bird and insect life.

building also.

In particular, this will be through the keeping of bee hives (some of the Whitworth staff are

Once work is completed on the gallery, it will

trained bee keepers) and so we will soon see the

reopen to the public in October 2014 with a

production and sale of Whitworth honey!

brand new lead solo exhibition from acclaimed

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WHITWORTH ART GALLERY REDEVELOPMENT SPECIAL British contemporary artist, Cornelia Parker. The

Blake, Turner, Constable & Picasso, as well as a

exhibit at the Whitworth will be her largest show

pencil-written letter by Sir Ernest Rutherford,

to date and Parker will also be creating

who split the atom in Manchester) and turning it

something quite special for the opening night. As

into graphene. The graphene will then be used in

an artist, Parker is fond of collaborating with non

a work of art â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a Blake-graphene sensor which

-artists in pursuit of creating her distinctive

will be activated by breath like a switch. The

pieces and being a gallery that is closely tied to

switch will set off a firework meteorite shower

the University of Manchester, Parker has been

over Whitworth Park, which will be part of the

able to take advantage of the opportunity to

celebration of the opening night of the

work with Nobel Prize winner Kostya Novoselov

exhibition!

who, along with Andre Geim, earned the prestigious award for their work on graphene â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

Alongside Cornelia Parker, will be several other

the thinnest and strongest known material.

exhibitions, which we will look at in a future feature

With the help of Novoselov, Parker has been

approaches.

extracting graphite from some of the great

information!

drawing works held by the Gallery (most notably

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the Watch

grand this

re-opening space

for

date more

From the War of Nature Manchester Museum

n commemoration of the start of World War

and animals developed by means of natural

I, Manchester Museum is hosting a new

selection. i.e. survival of the fittest. The ‘war’ of

exhibition exploring the struggle for existence in

nature.

the Natural World. The exhibition is designed to illustrate that war, is From the War of Nature opens on 11th April 2014

in fact not an inevitable outcome of conflict and

and takes its inspiration from the 1914 centenary

that despite all species of living things on earth

(the concept of war and conflict) and draws upon

having to fight to keep their place in the

recent scientific discovery, to create an exhibition

evolutionary chain, they also find ways of co-

based on the relationships between living things,

existing,

the conflicts and challenges faced in the natural

sometimes by means of co-dependency and

world and their resolutions.

hence avoidance of conflict is possible. In a

co-operating

and

collaborating,

similar way, this is much like the day-to-day The title for the exhibition was derived from

battles faced by us, as humans, in both our own

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, which

personal lives and social spaces as well as on a

eminently detailed how the evolution of plants

global scale.

'Struggle for Existence', George Bouverie Goddard, 1879 © National Museums Liverpool.

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We are also faced with questions about how we,

Henry McGhie, Head of Collections and curator of

as humans, co-exist with the nature that

Zoology said:

surrounds us. There are many species on earth that face extinction, often due to environmental

‘The old view of nature red in tooth and claw is no

changes and destruction that we are causing in

more ‘real’ than a view of a peaceful nature, or of

our own continued march of supremacy over the

many other kinds of relationships. Individual

planet – is there any hope of reversing the

plants and animals live in conflict with one

damage that we are doing?

another, where they want different things. But more often than not they divide resources up, or

The answer, thankfully, is yes. However, it means

avoid actual aggression. The common usage of

that we all need to make some space for nature

the word ‘conflict’ loses those subtleties, but it is

in our lives. We need to conserve precious

surely reassuring to think that people, with great

resources and help to protect the plant and

capacity for empathy and collaboration, are not

animal life around us so that the diverse nature of

consigned to behave in any particular way, or to

life on our planet can be sustained - in spite of

justify that by saying it is somehow ‘natural’.

the struggles and conflicts faced by us all.

Yellow Hammer, courtesy of Manchester Museum © Paul Cliff

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Camouflaged leaf insects (details), Courtesy of Manchester Museum ÂŠ Paul Cliff

Dr Nick Merriman, Director of Manchester

displaying animal behaviours including: a wolf,

Museum said:

boxing hares, starlings being chased by a sparrow hawk and a mole and blackbird fighting over a

'The exhibition reminds us that humans, through

worm.

their exploitation of land and animals, are the cause of some of the conflict that we see in the natural world. It is our responsibility, therefore to

From the War of Nature (#WarofNature) will run

support conservation efforts, and to consider the

from 11 April 2014 to 7 September 2014 in the

impact we have when we use natural resources.'

Museum's temporary exhibitions gallery.

The exhibition shows new taxidermy specimens

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VANISHING FOR THE VOTE PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM A five year, city-wide project is currently

The People’s History Museum is leading the

underway in Manchester called Wonder Women:

venture, which will bring together the efforts of

Radical Manchester. The project is inspired by the

the museums, galleries and cultural organisations

suffragette movement which began here in the

of Manchester, alongside many others. As part of

city, alongside the Trades Union movement,

this project, PHM is holding an exhibition,

socialism and workers’ rights and is designed to

Vanishing for the Vote, exploring the events

focus on both the historical and contemporary

leading up to the night of Sunday 2nd April 1911 –

role and representation of women in Britain

census night.

today.

Manchester Census Lodge, 1911 © John Brock Collection

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‘Beyond the reach of the census’. G.f. […]. ‘Reliable’ comic postcard, no date but undoubtedly March-April 1911. Image courtesy of Jill Liddington

The Liberal government at the time was insistent

Parliament! Other women chose to write ‘Votes

that every household had to comply with the

for Women’ boldly across their census forms.

requirements of the census. As women at that time were not even permitted to vote in elections, they were encouraged by suffragette

The exhibition takes its inspiration from the book

organisations to boycott it and so on that night,

of the same name by researcher, historian and

thousands of women either stayed away from

author Dr Jill Liddington, who is also holding a

the family home, were not listed on the census

talk and book-signing as part of the Manchester

by the head of the household or even went into

Histories Festival on Saturday 29th March. The

hiding to avoid being counted. Such was the case

talk will take place from 3pm-3:45pm and the

of Emily Wilding Davison, a militant suffragette

book signing from 4pm-4:30pm. Tickets can be

activist, who hid in a cupboard in the Houses of

booked at http://vaninshingforthevote.eventbrite.co.uk

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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

aking

her

Exchange

The cast includes Gerard Kearns as Claudio (best

directing debut is Maria Aberg,

known for his role as Ian Gallagher in

bringing

widely

Shameless), Paul Ready as Bendick (making his

considered to be one of Shakespeare’s best

Royal Exchange debut) and Ellie Piercey as

comedies, Much Ado About Nothing.

Beatrice.

Royal

what

Written in 1598, the play concentrates on the stories of two pairs of young lovers, Benedick and Beatrice (the primary characters) and Claudio and Hero.

The start of the play sees Benedick and Beatrice engaged in a ‘merry war’ of wit, as each of them declares their disdain for love and one another. This is set in contrast to our first meeting with Claudio and Hero, a couple who are clearly headover-heels in love with one another, and whose blind love is tested at the alter as they are about to wed.

The title of the play, Much Ado About Nothing, is actually read as ‘Much Ado About Noting’ , where

noting

actually

means

gossip,

eavesdropping and rumour and just as is true in real life, these are the things that damage a good

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relationship which Benedick and Beatrice then join forces to repair. It is the wise and witty banter of these two protagonists that really delight in this performance and of course, the results that their reparations have on the futures of both couples.

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PERFORMANCE TIMES Showing from 27 March until 3 May Monday – Friday evenings: 7:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday matinees: 2:30pm Saturdays: 3:30pm and 8:00pm

LORD OF THE FLIES

ringing

William

Golding’s

Groups of 10 +: £2 discount on the adult ticket

classic novel to the stage, is

price for Friday & Saturday evening, £2.50

Matthew Bourne’s fantastic

discount on all other performances. You also

dance company, NEW ADVENTURES.

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Now an established fixture on many a School’s

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lands during a war-time evacuation, marooning them on a paradisiacal island, alone, with only their wits to survive on. The story tells of their attempts

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and

their

subsequent descent into savagery in a novel that has earned its place on a many a ‘top 100’ reading list.

Bourne, who has made a name for himself as a master of choreography and theatrical dance, brings New Adventures dancers to the Lowry stage, in a captivating production that brings Lord of The flies to life through dance, the paradise island reinvented as a deserted theatre where the boys find themselves abandoned.

‘Golding’s legendary characters are imbued with raw energy, emotional intensity and breathtaking performances. Civilisation crumbles, the rulebook is forgotten and the story builds to an electrifying

LOWRY THEATRE Showing from 2nd until 5th April The 4th April show will include a free post show talk.

climax.’ (lowry.com).

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THE PERFECT MURDER

resh from starring in the West-End

McKenna who has done such a terrific adaptation

production of Spamalot, much loved

and Ian Talbot who is a fantastic director. And I

actor and entertainer Les Dennis joins

do not think we could have a more perfect,

the cast of The Perfect Murder, which is now

murderously wonderful cast!"

touring the UK. Starring alongside Les Dennis will be Claire Goose This is the first time that international bestselling crime thriller novelist, Peter James, has had his work adapted for the stage.

(who starred in the BBC hit series Waking the Dead and Casualty as well as ITV’s The Bill and most recently SKY TV’s comedy-drama Mount Pleasant); Gray O’Brien, (who recently enjoyed

Directed by Olivier Award winner Ian Talbot, The Perfect Murder tells the story of married couple, Victor and Joan Smiley, ironically named as there is little joy left in this marriage union when we meet these characters. Victor secretly loathes his wife Joan and is getting attention elsewhere. Joan is getting driven mad by Victor’s irritating ways and is bored of their relationship. Victor decides that there is only one way to get Joan out of his life forever, but then finds himself in

an award-winning three years in Coronation Street and has also starred in the TV series Titanic, Peak Practice and Casualty as well as in the West End in Sleuth); Steven Miller (who starred as Lenny Lyons for three years in Casualty and whose theatre credits include The Lord of The Rings at London’s Drury Lane and Blackwatch); and finally Simona Armstrong (who the public took to their hearts in BBC’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria).

for an unpleasant surprise.

Peter James commented on the first stage adaptation of his work: "My parents took me to the Theatre Royal in Brighton almost every week of my childhood, and I dreamed of one day having a play of my own work produced. This is now truly a dream come true, and I could not wish to be with a more stellar group of people, including my wonderful co-producer

Josh

Andrews,

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writer

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THE OPERA HOUSE Showing from 15th until 19th April Tickets: £11.90—£32.90

The Last 5 Years Showing at the Kings Arms Salford from 7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;13 April The Last 5 Years is a song-cycle musical chronicling a five year marriageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from meeting and falling in love to breaking-up. The musical was written by Jason Robert Brown and explores the relationship between a writer and his actress wife, from the point of view of each of them.

Move It! Taking place at the Dancehouse on Oxford Road on 12 April, Move It! is a danceshow featuring acts as varied as tap, jazz, bellydancing and Chinese dancing. The show features performers (groups and soloists) from the regular evening classes which take place at the Dancehouse, including the ever excellent KNT Danceworks.

Sweeney Todd The demon barber of Fleet Street is back in this performance at Z-Arts laid on by a cast made up entirely of students from Musical Youth UK. Showing from 30 April until 3rd May, the story tells of Benjamin Barker, a wronged barber sent to a penal colony in Australia and returns to London to seek vengeance on those who tore his family apart.

20th Century Boy The story of rock legend Marc Bolan is the inspiration for this new musical, featuring some of the greatest songs ever written and telling the story of Marc Bolan and T Rex. Starring Sue Jenkins, Luke Bailey and Warren Sollars, this takes stage at the Opera House from 22-26 April and is a stunning show which will have the audience on its feet and dancing.

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Apr

Academy 1, 2, 3 & CLUB

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH + UPON A BURNING BODY + POP EVIL

THE ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT + SOWETO KINCH

THERAPY? - TROUBLEGUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY + LONELY THE BRAVE / EMBLEM3

HALESTORM + DAYSHELL + THE SMOKING HEARTS

DEAF HAVANA + THE MAINE + THE PEOPLE THE POET / MENTALLICA VS MEGADETH UK / BIPOLAR SUNSHINE / STAETE OF QUO

RIVERSIDE

7 8

DEVILDRIVER

THE WILDHEARTS + HEY! HELLO! / JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO (OF CONCRETE BLONDE) / HUE & CRY

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE + THE WORD ALIVE + CYTOTA / MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA

UB40 / PENETRATION

CONNECTED TOUR FEAT. JUSTIN LO & TERENCE SIUFAY

14 15

GALLON DRUNK

AUGUSTINES

THE SUMMER SET

BRAND NEW + SAVES THE DAY

BERLIN BERLIN + PUPPET REBELLION / EMPIRE SIGNAL + SQUIFFY + THE REVERBS + THE VIBE

20 21

KVELERTAK

BRODY DALLE

THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

CLUTCH / UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS + BLACK MOTH + ADMIRAL SIR CLOUDSELEY SHOVELL

JACE EVERETT WITH BAND / PATENT PENDING + PEOPLE ON VACATION

THE SMITHS LTD—UKs NO1 SMITHS TRIBUTE + THE MOODS

JOHN BULER TRIO

BLOOD RED SHOES + SLAVES + DZ DEATHRAYS

29 30

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

BAND ON THE WALL

Apr 1

2 3

ED MOTTA

XFM FIRST FRIDAY FEAT. BIG DEAL, AMBER RUN & TRAMPOLINE

MR SCRUFF KEEP IT UNREAL

ACOUSTIC BHUNA FEAT. DBH, ROBERT JOHN AND RACE TO THE SEA

7 8

STEVE FORBERT

9 10

LUMERIANS PLUS BOOGARINS

THE SELECTER

APRIL—MUSIC

12 13 14 15

JOE DRISCOLL AND SEKOU KOUYATE

16 17

MIND ON FIRE MEETS TRU THOUGHTS

18 19

HORACE ANDY AND DUB ASANTE FEAT. MATIC HORNS

ACOUSTIC BHUNA FEAT. JAMES KELLY, THE KORA COLLECTIVE AND ADAM DUBALE

21 22

VEIN FEAT. GREG OSBY

23 24

PANIC ROOM

BRIDIE JACKSON & THE ARBOUR

CRAIG CHARLES FUNK N SOUL CLUB FEAT. LACK OF AFRO BAND LIVE

27 28 29

JOHN ABERCROMBIE AND MARC COPLAND

LISTINGS

GORILLA

Apr

KRAAK SPACE

2 3

OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TON: THIS IS STONES THROW

4 5

EPMD / OUTCROSS SHOWCASE

6 7 8 9

MARTIN HANNETT—TH EREMPTION

JUICY: PHARRELL SPECIAL

SYSTEM2 PRESENTS PARANOID LONDON LIVE

13 14 15 16 17

COVERT PRESENTS ROBERT JAMES, ALEXIS RAPHAEL

18 19

MYLO / YUKSEK / ALEX METRIC / MIGHTY MOUSE

MICRON WITH TIGER & WOODS (LIVE) AND THE REVENGE

JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN

22 23

JAMIE LENMAN

24 25 26

THE UNDERGROUND & FRIENDS: ANDRE CROM/MATT.JOE …..

EVERLAST

28 29 30

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

Apr

MATT & PHREDS

MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL

STUART MCCALLUM RESIDENCY

NIK SVARK ORGAN TRIO

CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC LUNCHTIME CONCERT

4 5

BEN MARTIN QUARTET SKUTCH MANOS

COFFEE CONCERT

NEW YORK BRASS

SOUL SESSIONS: JUDITH UDE EP LAUNCH PARTY

BLUES JAM LED BY FRANNY EUBANKS

BLIND MONK TRIO

MACIEK PYSZ TRIO

DOUBLE BILL: GARRSON STARR & P.J. PACIFICO

MANIÈRE DES BOHÉMIENS BE A CHORISTER FO RTHE DAY/CHETHAM’S FOUNDERS DAY

MANCHESKA

CHERIE BEBE’S BURLESQUE REVUE

JAZZ JAM LED BY JOHNNY HUNTER

CRAIG HANSON PROJECT

THE MANOUCHETONES

JAMIE BROWNFIELD QUARTET

FRANNY EUBANK’S THE BLUES

THE INDIGO KINGS

SOUL SESSIONS BANK HOLIDAY PARTY

NEW ORLEANS JAM LED BY THE NUGHT CREATURES

CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC LUNCHTIME CONCERT

THE SONOROUS QUARTET

STUART MCCALLUM RESIDENCY

THE ALEC ROBINSON QUARTET

SWINGOLOGY

ANTELOPE

27 28

SOUL JAM

THE BLUES DUO

SAMUEL CLEES

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

NIGHT AND DAY CAFE

Apr 1

DEXTERS / SLYDIGS / THE SONIK SEEDS / MAN & THE ECHO

2 3

NIGHT & DAY’S LOCAL SHOWCASE: LAST HORIZON / STOLEN FROM A CROW / KELLY’S HEROES

DEPARTMENT M / HARTHEIM / U.V

NIGHT & DAY’S LOCAL SHOWCASE: NEW RICH / THE DEAD BLUES / JOSH BEESON

6 7 8 9 10

RETRAK BUSK OFF

MANCUNIA PRESENTS: ALL THE KING’S MENN / SABELLA / VENDETTAS / SKELETON DISCO

13 14 15 16 17

KALOPSIA—MONTHLY PSYCHEDELIC CLUBNIGHT

LUCIUS + SPECIAL GUESTS

WITHERED HAND / MATHEW GREY & THE AWFUL TRUTH / STRANGERS CLUB: ISLE OF HER DJs, GIRLS ON FILM DJs

20 21 22 23

NOW WAVE PRESETNS: CHILDHOOD + SPECIAL GUESTS

24 25 26

RUFUS + SPECIAL GUESTS

27 28 29 30

GRIZFOLK / KIDSMOKE / CULTURES

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

Apr 1

MANIC STREET PREACHERS

2 3

PHONES 4 U ARENA

O2 APOLLO

FOUR TOPS & THE TEMPTATIONS FOREIGNER + EUROPE & FM

4 5

STATUS QUO: FRANTIC FOUR 2014 + WILKO JOHNSON BAND

BACKSTREET BOYS

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

ELBOW

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS

WITHIN TEMPTATION + DELAIN JOHNNY MATHIS

CBEEBIES LIVE! THE BIG BAND

GARY BARLOW

15 16 17

JAMES BLUNT: MOON LANDING 2014 TOUR + SHAKE SHAKE GO

18 19

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: QUIGG VS CERMENO

20 21 22 23 24 25

BETWAY PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS RICK WAKEMAN’S JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

27 28 29 30

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

Apr 1

SOUND CONTROL

RETRO BAR MANIC STREET MANIA INDIE-DISKO AFTERSHOW

PRONG

GORGOROTH

BOOGIZM APRIL THROWDOWN

LO-FI

THINKING WISHFUL: WATCHTOWER & GUESTS / REFUSE TO LOSE!

EMMA STEVENS

THE DEAD BETAS/UGLY LOVE/BAD POLYANNA/MURDERPUSS

EMILY AND THE WOODS

THE DEADXIII + IN DANTESECLIPSE W/SUPPORT

DUB SEX

INTERLUDE: OH CAPTIVE, EVILYN + KIEFER/CLUBNIGHT

TOTALLY LOST IT / DROP THE MUSTARD: KÖLSCH

7 8 9

TNS 10 YEAR BIRTHDAY PARTY/MAJEFA

LEOPARDS

HARRY SEATON EASTER TOUR 2014

LOSTALONE HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS

THINKING WISHFUL: THE KATHRYN WHEEL

COMEBACK KID

NEW REVOLUTION: ROCK, PAPER, ROCK! #34

TANGLED:DANNY HOWELLS

ILLUSION

THE UNASSISTED / ELEVATE

\\M//ETAL! #24 / THE NIGHT FROM ANOTHER PLACE

RELAPSE

20 21 22 23

NEW REVOLUTION: TOM HINGLEY + GUESTS

THINKING WISHFUL: LITTLE AVIS

2DEEP2SLEEP

REACH OUT: MOTOWN/60s/SOUL

27 28 29 30

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

Apr

SOUP KITCHEN

THE ALBERT HALL

2 3

LE YOUTH/EASTERN BLOC PRESENTS: ADRIO ZENKER

TREMENS FEAT/ JON K ALL NIGHT

CHASE & STATUS / PENDULUM

6 7

RUM N REGGAE FEAT. JOEY B & SAMRAI

8 9

PEGGY SUE

10 11

GRIEVES

PAUL THOMAS SAUNDERS

APRILMUSIC

13 14 15 16

DENA

RECORDS

SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER

19 20

PAINTED PALMS

THE EX @ SOUP KITCHEN

LAST NIGHT ON EARTH: SASHA (4 HOUR SET)

22 23 24

CHET FAKER

YOUDIG? FEAT. GENE DUDLEY & DOM SERVINI

MATTHEW AND THE ATLAS

MANCHESTER CAMERATA

28 29 30

JONWAYNE (STONES THROW)/METRODOME & SPARKZ/IN THE LOOP

LISTINGS

Apr

THE BRIDGEWATER HALL

2 3

4 5

BBC PHILHARMONIC

6 7

RUSSELL WATSON

9 10 11

SPECTACULAR CLASSICS

13 14 15

CHRISTY MOORE WITH DECLAN SINNOTT

16 17

THE PIANO GUYS

18 19

BEL10WHEAD

KENNY G

21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

THE DEAF INSTITUTE

Apr JAM SESSIONS / GOLD TEETH

MARMOZETS + SPECIAL GUESTS/ TOO MANY DJs

CANTERBURY / REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

SPOTIFRIDAY / THE LAST CARNIVAL / REVOLVER

MIKE PETERS—DECLARATION 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR/FOREPLAY/GIRLS ON FILM: CYNDI LAUPER

SIMONE FELICE / OPEN MIC

THE DEAF INSTITUTE QUIZ

JAM SESSIONS

STEPHEN O’MALLEY / TOOM ANY DJs

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

SPOTIFRIDAY / JESCA HOOP

FOREPLAY / GOO

ASGEIR / OPEN MIC

THE DEAF INSTITUTE QUIZ

JAM SESSIONS / GOLD TEETH

SLEEPY SUN / TOO MANY DJs

THE DUNWELLS / REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

SPOTIFRIDAY / UPTWON

FOREPLAY / REVOLVER

OPEN MIC / I AM THE RESURRECTION

RIXTON / THE DEAF INSTITUTE QUIZ

JAM SESSIONS / GOLD TEETH

SCOTT MATTHEWS + SPECIAL GUESTS / TOO MANY DJs

CITY IN THE COMMUNITY WITH IVAN CAMPO / REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

SPOTIFRIDAY / LUCERO + SPECIAL GUESTS / REBEL MUSIC

THE ORIELLES SINGLE LAUNCH / FOREPLAY / POP

SABINA + SPECIAL GUESTS / OPEN MIC

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE / THE DEAF INSTITUTE QUIZ

JAM SESSIONS / BEN OTTEWELL + SPECIAL GUESTS / GOLD TEETH

VANS WARPED TOUR PRESENTS THE ACOUSTIC BASEMENT TOUR / TOO MANY DJs

APRILMUSIC

LISTINGS

Apr

THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE

2 3

GAMELAN DEGUNG

AD SOLEM: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER CHAMBER CHOIR / MAN. UNI. BIG BAND (MUBB) / ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS

A CONCERT TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE & WORKS OF STEPHEN DODGSON

6 7 8 9

POEMS AND SONGS BY BERTOLT BRECHT

10 11

APRIL—MUSIC

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

BLACK BOX THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS: ROMEO & JULIET

27 28 29 30

LISTINGS LISTINGS

Apr

THE ROADHOUSE

THE VISITORS / MIRROR GORILLAS / WILSON / SWORD IN AIR

SURGE / HYDROSIS / JACKS NOT SMOOTH / JOHARI WINDOW

REMOTE CONTROL UNIVERSE/STRANGEWAYS/INDIGO EMPIRE/SQUARE ONE/RED LASER DISCO

PHANTOMZ/BLACK CASINO & THE GHOST/WE ARE AUDIO/FADE/BANK FEAT. BAILKAL: BANK

6 7 8 9

ARCANR ROOTS

THE MADDING CROWD/THE RIVER VERSUS/GARDENBACK/ASHTON TUCKER BAND

APRIL—MUSIC

12 13 14 15 16 17

TIMBER TIMBER

18 19

DJ NATURE: CUTLOOSE

MAX GRAEF

21 22

KING KHAN & THE SHRINES

23 24

MINOR ALPS

25 26

BIG SUGAR

DIE SO FLUID

28 29 30

LISTINGS

THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Apr 1

TIM HECKER (LIVE) + SPECIAL GUEST JULIANNA BARWICK

2 3

LIVE NATION PRESENTS BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE

ZOE TROPE

6 7 8 9 10

AN EVENING WITH JENNIFER SAUNDERS

ALY BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM

13 14 15

BRASY: POLISH SEA SHANTY STARS

16 17

AGNES OBEL

18 19 20 21 22 23

THE THREEPENNY OPERA

THE THREEPENNY OPERA / RNCM SESSION ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

THE THREEPENNY OPERA

RNCM DAY OF SONG: MULTIPLE EVENTS (SEE WEBSTE FOR DETAILS0

28 29

NEW MINI OPERAS

KANG WANG

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

THE CASTLE

THE RUBY LOUNGE

Apr

RED BALLOON PRESNTS: ARE WE STRANGERS NOW?

GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY + BIRD TO BEAST +THE CORNELIUS CRANE

THE OTHER ROOM PRESENTS: EXPERIMENTAL POETRY

KLAXONS

NOW WAVE PRESNTS CLOUD BOAT

TURRENITNE JONES + BLACK LIGHTS + JIM ADAMA

FLUIDITY/THE EYRES/THE GOD COMPLEX/THE DOM MAJOR BAND

MATT BERRY & THE MAYPOLES / REMAKE REMODEL

HEY!MANCHESTER PRESENTS KIRAN LEONARD

GLASSWERK: VERSE CHORUS VERSE

IN THE DARK

8 9 GAP DREAM + WILD BIRDS + FRANCIS LUNG + THE JUNGFRAUS

HEY!MANCHESTER PRESENTS THE BURNING HELL

THIS FEELING FT. THE TAPESTRY + GUESTS/CLINT BOON DJ SET

SAM DICKINSON ACOUSTIC NIGHTS TOUR

THE WOODENTOPS

THINKING WISHFUL PRESENTS TIGERSIDE

MIKE WATT & THE MISSINGMEN + SUPERFAST GIRLIE SHOW

TOM BROSSEAU/VICTOR HERRERO/SONGS FOR WALTER

15 16 17

RED KITE + GUESTS / THE WILD EYES / HAPI

SHAM BODIE

THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN

DHP PRESENTS A PLASTIC ROSE

A FACTORY NIGHT ON RECORD STORE DAY/HOWLING RHYTHM

GIZEH RECORDS PRESENTS GYMNAST

SCARY MONSTERS EASTER SUNDAY SPECIAL

HEAL THE LAST STAND/ANY HICKIE & HONOUR CANN

21 22

FIRST DRAFT SICK PUPPIES + GUESTS THE FEUD

23 24

JEZEBEL MUSIC PRESNTS I AM YOUR AUTOPILOT BOB LOG III + HOPPER PROPELLED ELECTRIC + BEES OF BURDEN

25 26

BEIRUT SESSIONS PRESENTS POSTCARDS

CROWFOOT RECORDS: MICAH BLUE SMALLDONE THINKING WISHFUL PRESNTS SUNDAY MORNING CARTOONS

SOUTH OF HEAVEN / PANTERA UK / ROCK ASYLUM

PULL UP THE ROOTS PRESENTS: GEORGIA RUTH

MICAH P HINSON + GUESTS BURIERS

JAMIE LAWSON/MATT TILLER & LITTLE RACH

27 28 29 30

RED BALLOON PRESENTS LITERATURE THIEVES SHOENE KNIFE + SMALLGANG + GOOD GRIEF

BAD LANGUAGE

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSIC

Apr 1

THE VENUE

THE RITZ ADAM ANT + NEW KILLER SHOES

UPROAR

CLUB X OVER

SOCIAL BEAT

HXC WRESTLING PRESENTS: ANOTHER DARK NIGHT

7 8 9

MATT CARDLE

UPROAR

10 11

SOCIAL BEAT

13 14 15

CUT COPY

UPROAR

GEORGE CLINTON & P-FUNK

SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR / ULTIMATE POWER

OF MICE & MEN + ISSUES + BEARTOOTH/SOCIAL BEAT

MANCHESTER RITZ REVIVAL ALL-NIGHTER

LOADED

21 22

ALKALINE TRIO

UPROAR

ANGIE STONE

WALK OFF THE EARTH + CAMERA 2 / MR SMITHS SOUL REVIVAL

27 28 29 30

LISTINGS

UPROAR

APRIL—MUSIC

CONTACT THEATRE

Apr 1

YOUNG IDENTIITY

2 3

TURN 2014

6 7

TECHNIQUE

YOUNG IDENTITY

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

10 11

YOUNG IDENTITY: ONE MIC STAND

12 13 14

TECHNIQUE

YOUNG IDENTITY / THE LARKS AT CONTACT: ESCAPE

HIT THE ODE

17 18 19 20 21 22

YOUNG IDENTITY

23 24 25

MOTHER’S RUIN

27 28

TECHNIQUE

YOUNG IDENTITY

LISTINGS

CONTACT THEATRE EXHIBITION RUNNING THROUGHOUT APRIL

QC2014: Lee Baxter & George House Trust - Gays of Manchester Thu 6 Feb to Sat 19 April, daily (not Sun) FREE A new exhibition celebrating Manchester’s LGBT community, their support to George House Trust and people living with HIV.

A look into the fun, obsessive, insane and perfect world of self-expression and character through make-up. Feat. subjects such as Debbie Harry, Lene Lovich, KISS, Christeene, Lydia Lunch, Honey Mahogany, SSION and Saul Williams.

LISTINGS

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

QC2014: Pam Van-Damned - World Warpaint Thu 6 Feb to Sat 19 April, daily (not Sun) FREE

CORNERHOUSE

IN FILM/ART CORNERHOUSE PROJECTS / PAOLA BAZZOLO 3RD APRIL-13TH MAY 2014 FREE

Apr

THE THREE MINUTE THEATRE

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9

11 12

FINDING ME BY CAROL ROBSON

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

LISTINGS

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

Apr

THE DANCEHOUSE

THE GARRICK THEATRE (ALTRINCHAM)

‘SHOWSTOPPERS’ THE EAST CHESHIRES MUSICAL COMPANY

6 7 8 9

ALBERT EINSTEIN—RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING

MOVE IT!

BONEY JAMES

ALL OUR YESTERDAYS

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

THE ART OF CORASE ACTING

THE BEST OF BROADWAY

THE ART OF CORASE ACTING

27 28

RUN FOR YOUR WIFE

LISTINGS

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

Apr

THE KING’S ARMS (SALFORD)

OPEN MIC / THE BEAU DEFEATED

STUDIO SALFORD WRITE FOR THE STAGE ADVANCED

STUDIO SALFORD WRITE FOR THE STAGE INTRO

EMBRYO 83

LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS/KINGS BAND NIGHT:SKINNY LIVING

THE LIBRARY THEATRE

6 THE LAST 5 YEARS/GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP’S BARGAIN BASEMENT

THE LAST 5 YEARS

EDINBURGH PREVIEWS/THE LAST 5 YEARS/WRITE FOR STAGE ADV.

THE LAST 5 YEARS / WRITE FO RTHE STAGE INTRO

THE LAST 5 YEARS

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID? WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?

THE WORST COMEDY NIGHT IN SALFORD

STUDIO SALFORD WRITE FOR THE STAGE ADVANCED

STUDIO SALFORD WRITE FOR THE STAGE INTRO

ME.OLD MAN.

ME.OLD MAN. / VINTAGE FAIR

20 21

A GENTLE BREEZE & OTHER SENSATIONS/ANDROID/HEADSPACE

22 23

A GENTLE BREEZE & OTHER SENSATIONS

COMEDY AT THE KINGS /CLOSE/DISTANCE

POETS CORNER

FEEDING FINGERS

27 28

MOM MON PRESENTS:-

THE WORST COMEDY NIGHT IN SALFORD

PLAYGROUND: A NEW WRITING SHOWCASE

LISTINGS

Apr

PALACE THEATRE

THE OPERA HOUSE

I’M SORRY I HAVEN’T A CLUE

SALLY MORGAN

HOT FLUSH! THE NAUGHTIEST MUSICAL IN TOWN

THE KINGS OF SWING

THE ELO EXPERIENCE

6 7 8

FROM HACKNEY TO HOLLYWOOD: THE DON BLACK SONGBOOK

11 12

THE EASTER FUNNY

ALL THAT JAZZ

THE PERFECT MURDER

GO!GO!GO!

THE PERFECT MURDER

13 14

THE SOLID SILVER 60’S SHOW

20 21 22

20TH CENTURY BOY THE MUSICAL

ONE NIGHT OF ELVIS—LEE MEMPHIS KING

MY FIRST BALLET—COPPELIA MY FIRST BALLET—COPPELIA

SEE HOW THEY RUN

LISTINGS

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

Apr

THE QUAYS THEATRE AT THE LOWRY

BALLET CENTRAL 2014 / CARL HUTCHINSON—ALL THE RAGE / LORD OF THE FLIES

LORD OF THE FLIES / SING SOMETHING SIMPLE (THE GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2)

LORD OF THE FLIES / SEANN WALSH

SEANN WALSH

JACK AND THE BEANSTALK / DANIEL O’DONNELL / SKETCHOLE / MAKING THEATRE WITHOUT WORDS

MAKING THEATRE WITHOUT WORDS / BOXE BOXE / JULIE FOWLIS

MAKING THEATRE WITHOUT WORDS

MAKING THEATRE WITHOUT WORDS / SCOOBY DOO THE MUSICAL / ROBIN INCE

MAKING THEATRE WITHOUT WORDS / SCOOBY DOO THE MUSICAL

SCOOBY DOO THE MUSICAL / RIME

SCOOBY DOO THE MUSICAL / RIME / BIN MEN / BOOTHBY GRAFFOE

HAL CRUTTENDEN

THE GRUFFALO / ICE / RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN

THE GRUFFALO / ICE / CHRIS FLYNN

THE GRUFFALO / ICE / THE GHOST HUNTER

THE GRUFFALO / ICE / LOWRY YOUNG ACTORS AUDITIONS

THE QUEEN IS DEAD

THE QUEEN IS DEAD / THE RIGHT OF SPRING AND PETRUSHKA

THE RIGHT OF SPRING AND PETRUSHKA / THE UKELELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN

MARK THOMAS / THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY

A PLEASING TERROR

A PLEASING TERROR / RAPUNZEL

RAPUNZEL / THE FROG AND THE PRINCESS / NEIL FINN

BEN HARPER / BRIAN CONLEY / TAKING CHARLIE

TAKING CHARLIE / HORRIBLE HISTORIES

HORRIBLE HISTORIES / TEECHERS

MARCH—THEATRE &STAGE

LISTINGS

Apr

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE

TALKING VAGUELY ABOUT REVOLUTION

GYM PARTY / COMIC FX

GYM PARTY

FAMILY FRIENDLY STORY TELLING

7 8

10 11

BACKSTAGE? ME? / SPECIAL FX: SING CITY CHOIR & SPECIAL GUESTS

GLASS PAINTING WITH ELISA GLASS DESIGN

13 14

CAROL ANN DUFFY AND FRIENDS

CAROL ANN DUFFY AND FRIENDS / JONNY & THE BAPTISTS

20 21 22 23 24

HUNGER FOR TRADE

HUNGER FOR TRADE / SPECIAL FX: CAVAN MORAN & LITTLE SPARROW

HUNGER FOR TRADE

HUNGER FOR TRADE / DAY OF SONG

HUNGER FOR TRADE

LISTINGS

MARCH—THEATRE &STAGE

Z-ARTS

Apr 1

BRIGHT SPARKS MEMBERSHIP

2 3

NOT NOW, BERNARD

MARATHON MANIA

BLAST OFF! - FREE HALF-TERM ACTIVITY

BLAST OFF! - FREE HALF-TERM ACTIVITY / FEW COLLECTIVE UK TOUR

HEAR ME NOW / MY ONLY DAUGHTER

APRIL—THEATRE &STAGE

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

GLASSHOUSE

24 25 26

THREE COLOURS

27 28 29 30

SWEENEY TODD

LISTINGS

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH—APRIL 2014

MANCHESTER JEWISH MUSEUM—APRIL 2014

BIG PICTURE SHOW DAILY UNTIL DECEMBER 2014 AN AWARD-WINNNING 360-DEGREE EXPERIENCE UNIQUE TO IWM NORTH.

EXHIBITION: FOUR FOUR JEW: FOOTBALL, FANS AND FAITH

WOMEN AND INDUSTRY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR UNTIL 28TH SEPTEMBER 2014

(exhibition closed for the day on 1st April)

UNTIL 21ST SEPTEMBER 2014

FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION SYRIA: HUMANITY IN CONFLICT UNTIL 14TH SEPTEMBER 2014 FROM STREET TO TRENCH: A WORLD WAR THAT SHAPED A REGION UNTIL 31ST MAY 2014

OPEN STUDIO: HOW WE LIVED IN 1914 5TH-21ST APRIL 2014

DOES YOUR RABBI KNOW YOU’RE HERE? JEWS AND ENGLISH FOOTBALL

FINDING OUR FIRST WORLD WAR: STUDENT PERFORMANCES 5TH APRIL 2014

3RD APRIL 2014, 7:30PM

ABDUL AND ALI’S FIRST WORLD WAR 5TH-21ST APRIL 2014 BUMPTY BEAR SELECTED DATES IN APRIL (see website for details) A CLOSER LOOK: FROM STREET TO TRENCH SELECTED DATES IN APRIL (see website for details) FAMILY FRIENDLY TOUR: FROM STREET TO TRENCH 7TH-10TH APRIL 2014 HOW WE DRESSED: 1914 FASHION 7TH APRIL 2014 STROLLING CHARACTERS 12TH & & 13TH APRIL 2014 HOW WE LEARNED: THE 1914 CLASSROOM 19TH-21ST APRIL 2014 OPEN STUDIO: SHAPES 26TH-27TH APRIL 2014 TIMESTACK HANDLING SESSIONS - DAILY AT 12:30

LISTINGS

FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION

THE ‘Y-WORD’: THE DEBATE CONTINUES 8TH APRIL AT THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM FREE—BOOKING ESSENTIAL TO RESERVE PLACE

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, STEVEN FRANK 27TH APRIL 2014, 2PM FREE (DONATIONS WELCOME TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM’S HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROGRAMME)

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

INTRODUCING THE MUSEUM 1ST-4TH APRIL 2014

A packed programme of football events will be held to accompany the exhibition, from a panel discussion about the 'Y-word' at the National Football Museum to talks by football writers and journalists, including Anthony Clavane, David Dee and David Conn. See full events programme.

MANCHESTER MUSEUM

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INSUSTRY

—APRIL 2014 EXHIBITIONS FRAGMENTARY ANCESTORS: FIGURINES FROM KOMA LAND, GHANA UNTIL 5TH MAY 2014 FREE

TRANSPLORATION FREE

POWER: FROM MUSCLE TO MACHINE 5TH-27TH APRIL 2014 FREE THE FLYING FORCES SHOW 5TH-27TH APRIL 2014 FREE THE RAINHILL TRIALS RAILWAY RACE GAME 5TH-27TH APRIL 2014 FREE

5TH-27TH APRIL 2014

SELECTED DATES IN APRIL (see website for details)

FREE

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

THE REVOLUTON MANCHESTER SHOW

BABY EXPLORERS

ENGINEER ERIC’S DIFFICULT DAY

ENGLISH CORNER 1ST APRIL, 13:00PM-14:30PM

5TH-27TH APRIL 2014 FREE EXPERITOTS

COLLECTION BITES: FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND AND CARBON COPY EARS 2ND APRIL 2014, 13:00PM-14:00PM

4TH APRIL 2014 CHARGES (ADVANCED BOOKING ESSENTIAL) WELLCOME IMAGE AWARDS UNTIL 7TH SEPTEMBER 2014 FREE

EASTER HOLIDAYS AT MANCHESTER MUSEUM 7TH-17TH APRIL 2014, 11AM-4PM

EVERYDAY RELICS UNTIL 29TH JUNE 2014 FREE

FROM THE WAR OF NATURE 11TH APRIL-31ST AUGUST 2014

MAGIC CARPET 25TH APRIL 2014, 10:30AM-12:30PM

COLLIDER:STEPINSIDE THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPERIMENT UNTIL 28TH SEPTEMBER 2014 CHARGES

BIG SATURDAY: PLANTS, POISONS, PLATYPUSES

MANCHESTER MILLS RUNS DAILY FREE

26TH APRIL 2014, 11AM-4PM

FREE

URBAN NATURALISTS: URBAN WILDLIFE 26TH APRIL 2014, 2PM

MEET ‘BABY’ RUNS EVERY TUE, WED & THU FREE

LISTINGS

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY

NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM

CONTINUED ...

—APRIL 2014

4D THEATRE RUNS DAILY

WEEKEND TASTER TOURS

CHARGES

EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY

MY DEN RUNS DAILY

GET YOUR HANDS ON THE CUP! DAILY

FREE

RUNS DAILY

GAME CHANGERS: 125 YEARS OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE UNTIL 27TH APRIL 2014

FREE

ENGINES AT WORK RUNS DAILY

125 YEARS OF THE NORTHERN LEAGUE UNTIL 22ND APRIL 2104

FREE

STUART ROY CLARKE: THE NORTHERN LEAGUE MORPHIS SIMULATOR RUNS DAILY CHARGES

ENGINE DEMONSTRATION RUNS DAILY FREE

THE LANCASHIRE LOOM RUNS ON WEEKDAYS (TERM-IME ONLY)

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UNTIL 30TH JUNE 2014

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

EXPERIMENT

PEOPLE’S HISTORY MUSEUM—APRIL 2014

SALFORD MUSEUM & ART GALLERY / ORDSALL

COMMUNITY GALLERIES FURIOUSLY MAD: 300 YEARS OF LEGAL INSANITY UNTIL 6TH JULY 2014

THE BIG BROWNIE BIRTHDAY IN SALFORD

VANISHING FOR THE VOTE: UNTIL 27TH APRIL 2014 THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS—150 YEARS OF THE CO-OPERATIVE UNTIL 11TH MAY 2014

UNTIL 27TH APRIL 2014 BLUESTAIRS COMMUNITY GALLERY VICTORIAN GALLERY PERMANENT EXHIBITION

MAIN GALLERY ONE UNTIL 4TH JANUARY 2015 REVOLUTION REFORMERS WORKERS VOTERS MAIN GALLERY TWO UNTIL 11TH JANUARY 2015

UNTIL 6TH JULY 2014 SALFORD ART CLUB ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2014 UNTIL 11TH MAY 2014 100 YEARS AGO: SALFORD AT WAR OPENING 15TH MARCH 2014

CITIIZENS TIME OFF? BANNERS

ORDSALL HALL

EVENTS SPANISH CIVIL WAR TOUR 3RD APRIL 2014

UNTIL 18TH MAY 2014

SNAPSHOT ON THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 7TH APRIL 2014

1ST APRIL 2014, 7PM

URBAN LEGENDS AND LANDSCAPES: THREADMILL TEXTILES

SPRING CONCERT SEASON—ORDSALL HALL

ONCE UPON A TIME—ORDSALL HALL 2ND APRIL 2014, 9:45AM

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APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

RANDOM VISUAL POEMS BY CHARLIE HOLT

GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE GALLERY OF COSTUME —APRIL 2014

ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF CLOTHING AND FASHION ACCESSORIES IN BRITAIN, CONTAINING OVER 20,000 PIECES.

CURRENT EXHIBITION: OSSIE CLARK, A BRITISH FASHION GENIUS UNTIL 29TH JUNE 2014

MUSEUM & ARCHIVES — APRIL 2014

EXPLORE WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN A BUSY VICTORIAN POLICE STATION! DISCOVER MANCHESTER’S PAST— A LABYRINTH OF ALLEYWAYS AND SLUMS THAT WERE LIT BY GAS LAMPS. A SINISTER PLACE THAT KEPT THE POLICE BUSY CAPTURING ALL MANNER OF VILLAINS AND CROOKS

FREE ADMISSION

Opening hours

10:30AM-3:30PM (LAST ADMISSION AT 3PM)

Monday-Friday 1-5pm. Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm

Gallery of Costume Platt Hall Rusholme Manchester M14 5LL

OPEN EVERY TUESDAY (AND THURSDAY DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, BASED ON MANCHESTER COUNCIL TERM DATES). GMP Museum & Archives 57a Newton Street Northern Quarter Manchester M1 1ET

Tel: 0161 245 7245

Tel: 0161 8563287/ 4500

See website for further details:

www.manchestergalleries.org/our-othervenues/platt-hall-gallery-of-costume/

www.gmpmuseum.com/

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APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

SEE WHERE CRIMINALS WERE CHARGED, FINGERPRINTED AND BOOKED AND GET TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CELLS.

ARTZU GALLERY—APRIL 2014

BASED IN SPINNINGFIELDS, ARTZU GALLERY OVERLOOKS THE LAWNS, AND IS A CALM, MODERN SPACE TO VIEW THE WORKS OF SOME OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS.

CASTLEFIELD GALLERY—APRIL 2014

UPCOMING EXHIBITION: RE-VIEW: IAIN ANDREWS

UNTIL 13TH APRIL 2014

SOME OF THE ARTISTS CURRENTLY EXHIBITING AT ARTZU:

PAINTINGS DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURAL PIECES, PLUS A LARGE SCALE MURAL IN THE GALLERY’S DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACE.

MATT WILDE MICHAEL JOHN ASHCROFT CARL MELEGARI STEPHEN FARLEY TIMUR D’VATZ Manchester Gallery Artzu Gallery, Quay House, Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3JE

Castlefield Gallery 2 Hewitt Street Manchester M15 4GB

Tel: 0161 832 8034 Email: info@castlefieldgallery.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 161 827 1717 Email: info@artzu.co.uk Opening Times Tues - Fri 11am - 6.00pm Sat 11am - 5.00pm Sun and Mon by appointment only See website for further details: www.artzu.co.uk

Gallery opening times during exhibitions: Wed-Sun, 1-6pm

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

COLLECTIONS INCLUDE PAINITNGS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND SCULPTURE.

Office hours, Tue-Fri, 10am-6 See website for further details: http://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk

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CENTRE FOR CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART

EVENT CITY—APRIL 2014

—APRIL 2014 CURRENT EXHIBITIONS: GALLERY ONE FIRST STEP: DARIUS CHANG JUI-YU UNTIL 4TH MAY 2014

ANTIQUES AND COLLECTORS FAIR APRIL 13TH APRIL 2014

THE MANCHESTER GOLF SHOW 25TH-27TH APRIL 2014

FAMILY FRIENDLY SUNDAYS LAST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH

EVENT CITY

‘On the last Sunday of each month, CFCCA will be opening the doors to our Jasmine Suite to allow families to come, create and respond to our current exhibitions. Arts materials and activities will be provided for children with free tea and coffee for parents. No booking required, just come down during normal gallery opening hours and get involved! Please note that children will need to be accompanied by an adult at all times as there are no facilitators for this event.’ (WWW.CFCCA.ORG.UK)

CENTRE FOR CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET BUILDINGS THOMAS STREET NORTHERN QUARTER MANCHESTER M4 1EU TEL: 0161 832 7271

See website for further details: www.cfcca.org.uk

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Phoenix Way Off Barton Dock Road Urmston Manchester M41 7TB

See website for further details: www.eventcity.co.uk

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

RESIDENCY: KAO JUN-HONN 11TH-14TH APRIL 2014

ISLINGTON MILL—APRIL 2014

ISLINGTON MILL HOSTS A BROAD RANGE OF EVENTS COVERING MUSIC AND THE ARTS.

MANCHESTER CENTRAL—APRIL 2014

THE CAKE & BAKE SHOW 4TH-6TH APRIL 2014

BRITISH UNIVERSITY FAIR 5TH APRIL 2014

LIFE DRAWING

BRITISH DENTAL CONFERENCE

TUESDAYS, 7PM-9PM

& EXHIBITION

£6 (£8 FOR TUTORED MASTER CLASSES)

10TH-12TH APRIL 2014

MS LIFE 2014 26TH-27TH APRIL 2014

Islington Mill James Street Salford

2014 ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING 29TH APRIL-1ST MAY 2014

M3 5HW Tel: 0161 278 6404

PROCUREX NORTH LIVE 29TH APRIL 2014

See website for further details: www.islingtonmill.com

See website for further details: www.manchestercentral.co.uk

LISTINGS

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

REGULAR CLASSES AT THE MILL

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY-EXHIBITIONS-APRIL 2014

TIME MACHINE: JOANA VASCONCELOS UNTIL 1ST JUNE 2014 TICKETS £7.50/£6 CONC. (INCLUDES GALLERY GUIDE FOR TIME MACHINE)

CHANNEL CROSSINGS: ENGLISH AND FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM AND POSTIMPRESSIONISM UNTIL 6TH DECEMBER 2014

RADICAL FIGURES: POST-WAR BRITISH FIGURATIVE PAINTING 16TH MARCH-28TH SEPTEMBER 2014 FREE

EVENTS AT THE MANCHESTER ART GALLERY FOR MARCH 2014 ARE LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL Tel: 0161 235 8888

Free entry Open Monday - Sunday 10am - 5pm, including bank holiday Mondays Late night opening on Thursday until 9pm.

See website for further details: www.manchestergalleries.org

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APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

FREE

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY-EVENTS-APRIL 2014

Apr 1

2 3

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / NATURE IN THE CITY

BABY ART CLUB

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / STUDIO SATURDAYS / BABY SATURDAY

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

GILDED

ENGLISH CORNER / GILDED

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / GILDED / ENCOUNTERS & TRANSFORMATIONS

MINI ART CLUB / GILDED

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / STUDIO SATURDAYS / FAMILY ART CLUB

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / TOUR IN BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE

DIY

DIY / GILDED

GILDED

ENGLISH CORNER / HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / GILDED

APRIL—MUSEUMS & ART

18 19

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / STUDIO SATURDAYS

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

21 22 23 24

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

25 26

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR / STUDIO SATURDAYS

HIGHLIGHTS TOUR

MINI MONDAYS

29 30

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THE WHITWORTH ART GALLERY-APRIL 2014 *Please note: The Whitworth is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century gallery in the park, extending and doubling the size of the public space at the Gallery. We will re-open in autumn 2014.

THE WHITWORTH PUB CRAWL: LIFE DRAWING 6TH APRIL 2014 BRITONS PROTECTION, 12:30PM, BOOKING ESSENTIAL

HEY! & HONEYFEET KNEES UP 27TH APRIL 2014

POETRY & A PINT 11TH & 25TH APRIL 2014 (EVERY OTHER FRIDAY) FORD MADOX BROWN, OXFORD ROAD, BOOKING ESSENTIAL

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

TODDLERTASTIC AT Z-ARTS ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT Z-ARTS 10:30-11:30/11:30-12:30/13:00-14:00 CREATIVE WORKSHOP FOR THE UNDER 5s FREE Book on the Z-arts website z-arts.org or call them on 0161 232 6089

MUSIC BABY AT THE BRIDGEWATER HALL 23RD APRIL 2014 (EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY) 11:15-12:00/12:30-13:15/13:30-14:15 FREE Book through Whitworth reception on 0161 275 7450

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MUSEUMS & ART

VENUE TBC, 2PM

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