Events

Jamal Gerald is a writer and performance artist based in Leeds. Since 2014, his practice has spanned Live Art, theatre, performance, short film, and poetry, exploring spirituality, ancestry, and the intersections of Blackness and queerness. His work is conversational, unapologetic, and socially driven. He is the author of Dee Jumbie Dance: A Resurrection (2023) and has participated […]

Performing Migration Theatre has a long history of engaging stories of displacement, from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Visiting Professor Matthew Spangler will discuss recent theatre productions about refugee experiences with a focus on how certain practice-based methodologies – specifically, verbatim theatre, dance, adaptation, and co-authorship – intersect with questions of ethics and […]

In partnership with Lowry, hosted by Alasdair Swenson (SODA) Artists Sophy King and John-Paul Brown discuss their current exhibition The Guardians of Living Matter, opening at Lowry from 31 January – 29 March 2026. Their collaborative practice explores ecology, climate justice and our relationship with living and digital networks – bringing together sculpture, installation, research and […]

Be Andr (b. 1978, Norway) is a London-based artist and researcher whose practice treats code as a material and temporal condition, combining algorithmic systems with oil painting to probe the boundary between image, text, and execution. Through his System of Emergent Touch (SET), he stages painting as a site of friction where computational processes and […]

Salutation Pub (upstairs)Higher Chatham StreetManchesterM15 6ED Please register on Eventbrite if you wish to attend. A video recording of this talk will be available from 5 June. An A-Z of neurodivergent ideas Benedict Phillips is an established artist, curator, and consultant. His practice is eclectic, encompassing a broad range of methodologies, generating work as diverse as public […]

Salutation Pub (upstairs)Higher Chatham StreetManchesterM15 6ED Please register on Eventbrite if you wish to attend. A video recording of this talk will be available from 19 June. UK based artist Stephen Sutcliffe (1968, Harrogate) creates and exhibits films, collages, wall paintings and photographs from an extensive archive of material he has been amassing since childhood, together with […]

Salutation Pub (upstairs)Higher Chatham StreetManchesterM15 6ED Registration for this event will be available soon. A video recording of this talk will be available from 2 July. Placing Spaces: exploring place-based entanglements through creative technologies Since 2023, Harry has been collaborating with his daughter Poppy, young people and migrant mothers in Bristol, UK to explore significant […]

 The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 23-24 June 2026Convened by the Performance Research Group, Manchester School of Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Following on from our previous conference, Scoring Performance/Performing Scores (2023), Between Then and Now: Performing Archives is interested in exploring how the archive can be a score for future development, how it can be reactivated, […]

Deborah Pearson makes performance that often sits at the intersection of several contexts, spanning playwrighting, participatory theatre, relational performance, video art and audio installations among other mediums. Her work has been performed in over 20 countries and translated into several languages. She is founding co-director of artist curation collective Forest Fringe. She has a PhD […]

Songs for an Unwritten Sky, performance at Lowry 9/10 October 2026 / premiere About the performance Songs for an Unwritten Sky is a performance exploring the past, present, and imagined futures of Pier 8 at Salford Quays. Blending music, poetry, and acrobatics, acclaimed theatre maker Natalie Reckert creates a performance inspired by the memories, experiences, and […]

Campbell Edinborough is a writer, educator and interdisciplinary artist. He works across theatre, live art, dance and film. His diverse practice is connected by an interest in processes of guiding attention, observation and reflection - informed by his long-standing research into somatics, movement and martial arts. Campbell’s work has been supported by organisations including Arts Council England, Soho […]