17th Feb 2012 ⁄ Men labelled with learning disabilities have created a film and an exhibition related to their favourite collection items at MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester). The project, which is associated with Manchester mencap and a researcher from Manchester...
17th Feb 2012 ⁄ Shlomo, a World Record holding beat-boxer and Southbank Centre Artist in Residence, is set to perform at the Black-E, Liverpool on Saturday 17 March. Shlomo has worked for years to push the boundaries of beat-boxing as an art form and used his incredible...
7th Feb 2012 ⁄ The award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is upping sticks and coming to Knowsley. The world famous orchestra is performing a concert of hit songs from West End musicals at the new Knowsley Leisure and Cultural Park on Friday February 24, at 7.30pm...
27th Jan 2012 ⁄ Coming to FACT in Liverpool this February is Made North, a design led day conference produced by Culture North in partnership with the Design Council and establishes a forum for generating ideas and approaches to ensure the North can take advantage...
16th Jan 2012 ⁄ Delamere Forest in Cheshire is set to become the venue for a major new family arts event this May. The Forestry Commission are joining forces with Wild Rumpus, the not for profit, family arts organisation who produce the award winning Just So Festival, to create the Spellbound Forest...
12th Jan 2012 ⁄ The Dodge Brothers, cinema fans’ favourite country blues, rockabilly and skiffle playing four-piece have been announced as one of the special event headliners at this year’s Bradford International Film Festival in Partnership with Virgin Media, which runs from 19 - 29 April...
11th Jan 2012 ⁄ The Martini Lounge Burlesque and Variety Show is delighted to announce a tantalising line-up for their first Showcase of 2012, a Valentines special, on Friday 17 February. A brand new venue awaits the audience who, as a special treat, will be amongst the first people...
3rd Jan 2012 ⁄ The 150th anniversary of Debussy’s birth will be marked in Manchester with a joint festival staged by the BBC Philharmonic and The Bridgewater Hall beginning on 20 January 2012...
12th Dec 2011 ⁄ The public is invited to step into the dream-like world of Salvador Dalí at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) on 13 and 14 December 2011. Design and technology students have conceived and built ten large-scale 3D installations inspired by the work of the surrealist master...
7th Dec 2011 ⁄ Lee Memphis King presents the ultimate tribute to The King – Elvis Presley, celebrating the entire career of this musical legend, at the Manchester Palace Theatre next month. The show will take you from the 1950s rock'n'roll heyday to Elvis's return...
21st Nov 2011 ⁄ A number of high profile British Asians living and working in Manchester feature in a new exhibition to go on show this November 22 at the National Media Museum in Bradford. Twenty-one British Asians have been chosen by photojournalist Tim Smith, for “Making Britain”...
17th Nov 2011 ⁄ The University of Salford’s innovative public exhibition space at its new MediaCityUK building will present a series of video works by Korean artist Junebum Park from this weekend. Puzzle, which shows a group of people trying to solve a problem...
22nd Feb 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Birmingham design agency’s newest recruit has big plans for the company. Barques Design, based in the Jewellery Quarter, has appointed Kathryn Small as business development manager...
