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Step through the wardrobe and experience an icy, magic and mystical adventure.

An explosive new dance production heads to The Lowry, bringing a whole new dimension to The Who’s iconic rock album.

Don’t miss James Graham’s Olivier Award-winning, big-hearted, ‘pitch-perfect’ celebration of football when it comes to Salford.

Created by performer and choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe (aka Marikiscrycrycry), Goner is a unique live performance blending dance, horror and social exploration.

Blending storytelling, dynamic choreography and cutting-edge technology, this show can be enjoyed as an immersive live theatre show or via VR. Intrigued? We certainly are.

Join Elizabeth Day on the Salford leg of How To Fail’s first UK tour, where she’ll be joined by a very special guest.

A fresh, funny and fierce musical revival of Moira Buffini’s Olivier Award-winning fly-on-the-wall show.

A pre-show talk where you get the chance to learn bit more about the opera and the production directly from the company.

Join virtuosic circus trio the Nordic Council for a satirical take on Scandinavian nightlife in Häppy Hour.

Enjoy an afternoon of belly laughter and ridiculousness!

Take your pick from The Little Library’s carefully curated collection of classics and new releases, adding a recently read book of your own as a replacement.

Throughout 2025, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is celebrating its tenth anniversary, having first opened to the public a decade ago.

Throughout 2025, the team at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is taking a deep dive into Ruth, one of the famous 19th-century author’s most shocking texts.

Alan Hollinghurst was missed at Manchester Literature Festival back in October, but here he is to cheer up January, chatting to poet and novelist Andrew McMillan.

Verbose is one of Manchester’s longest-running spoken word events, and we’re delighted to have been invited to help celebrate its ten-year anniversary at a special evening on Monday 27 January.

Spring 2025 sees the first in what promises to be a series of events to showcase work by alumni of the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Poetry at the Dusty Miller is a now regular night with invited readers, organised by Carcanet-published Carola Luther and Judith Willson in the Coiners’ Room in the Mytholmroyd pub.

Rebecca Watts launches her “vibrant third collection” The Face in the Well, out with Manchester’s Carcanet Press and hosted by the University of Manchester Centre for New Writing’s Vona Groarke.