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The internationally renowned and award-winning Dame Evelyn Glennie will be giving a percussion masterclass at the Martin Harris Centre’s Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall next week (Monday 14 October, 2pm-4pm). The event is part of a series of centenary...

The Martin Harris Centre’s new programme for autumn/winter 2019 is giving fresh talent a platform with some renowned names in the arts. An exciting and diverse programme of events across drama, literature and music awaits every kind of audienc...

The Martin Harris Centre has hosted its annual summer musical performance with a difference, the Relaxed Performance singalong. The Relaxed Performance is masterminded with inclusivity as a priority. Staged more informally than other events, the p...

Welcome to the spring 2019 season at the Martin Harris Centre. The new season brings an exciting and varied programme for you with a wide range of events from drama, literature, music and more. We start with a range of concerts as part of the ...

On Friday 5 October the Martin Harris Centre celebrated National Poetry Day with acclaimed performance poet John Hegley and pianist Clare Elstow. John Hegley delivered two engaging and interactive performances, sharing his witty and offbeat poems ...

Welcome to the autumn 2018 season at the Martin Harris Centre. We have an exciting and diverse programme of events for autumn. We welcome back some familiar friends and also University alumni, and we are equally as excited to welcome some new and ...

The Magic of Musicals relaxed performance at the Martin Harris Centre receives high numbers of visitors of all ages. On Friday, 8 June the Martin Harris Centre hosted its fourth "relaxed performance" - a celebration of ‘The Magic of Musicals’. ...

In March 2018, two sold-out performances of Shakespeare’s Macbeth were performed for school students at the Martin Harris Centre. Children from schools across the North West were entertained by 1623 Theatre Company in an adaption called Macbeth: ...