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The University’s arts and cultural organisations have responded with great ingenuity to the unprecedented demands of the COVID-19 lockdown. The ‘new normal’ of exclusively online engagement has necessitated quick shifts towards the digital arena, ...

Dear Patron, We hope you are safe and well. In light of the ongoing and developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice, we have taken the decision to cancel all events at the Martin Harris Centre until Friday 31 July 20...

String quartet Quatuor Danel, artist in residence at The University of Manchester’s Martin Harris Centre, has featured on The Guardian’s pick of the best music to listen to at home. Music lovers are turning to the radio, the TV, their personal col...

Dear Patron In light of the developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice, we have taken the decision to cancel all events at the Martin Harris until Tuesday 30 June 2020. Box office sales (by phone and in person) were...

Read the University's latest information on Coronavirus. In light of the developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice for people to avoid non-essential contact, we have taken the decision to postpone all events at the Ma...

Dr Ian Scott, Senior Lecturer in the American Studies department at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures was recently an academic consultant on ‘The Californian Century’, an insightful BBC Radio 4 series telling the dramatic history of the stat...

Welcome to the new season of events at the Martin Harris Centre. We have an exciting and diverse programme lined up this season, with a range of events from drama, literature, music and more. The season launches with a free concert as part of the ...

Following the success of previous concerts, The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra returns on 30 November to the Whitworth Hall with a performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, edited by Barry Cooper and conducted by Robert Guy. ...

Students of Drama and Electronic Engineering lent their talents to an event at the heart of Manchester International Festival (MIF) in the latest chapter of The University of Manchester’s fruitful partnership with MIF. Shining a light on these pla...

A University of Manchester Drama alumna has been recognised for harnessing her creative talents to benefit the community at the Manchester Culture Awards. Cara Looij, who graduated in 2018, took home the Young Creative of the Year award at the eve...

A pioneering new way to learn about music has been launched for the BBC Philharmonic’s 2019/20 season. The Notes app encourages concert-goers to break convention and leave their smartphones on during performances, sending subscribers timely notifi...

The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing (CNW) is celebrating the success of the 2019 Manchester Literature Festival, which has drawn to a close after over two weeks of exciting events marking the city’s contribution to literature. Th...

More than 150 staff and students from The University of Manchester attended a very special music event on 14 October proving that percussion is for everyone. Celebrating 100 years of Deaf Education, Dame Evelyn Glennie, the pre-eminent solo percus...

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: ...