Events
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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar with Rebecca Friel MBA
12:00 - 12:30 24 September 2026
Join us for our next SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar on Thursday 24th September at 12pm Speaker: Rebecca Friel from OddArts Title Is theatre really a tool for social justice? In her talk Rebecca will cover how Theatre of the Oppressed goes on to inspire her work in communities and prisons today, and how Odd Arts uses theatre to influence systems,...
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Surplus Lives Under Racial Capitalism Book Launch (HYBRID)
16:00 - 18:00 24 September 2026
Join us for the Political Economy Centre's hybrid book launch for Dr Barbora ?ernušáková's Surplus Lives Under Racial Capitalism. The book offers a powerful account of the relationship between political economy and anti-Roma racism in East Central Europe and will be of interest to anyone working on, or wanting to learn more about, racial capitalism,...
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Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling
19:00 - 20:00 25 September 2026
Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling Following consecutive 4* runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London, Chameleon celebrates its finale in Manchester. With dry wit and existential dread, our autistic heroine plunges headfirst into an identity crisis questioning whether her all-consuming relationship is worth losing herself. A 20-30 minute...
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A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke
15:00 - 17:00 27 September 2026
The KNDS Fairey Band is pleased to announce that their forthcoming concert celebrating composer Philip Sparke's 75th year will be free to attend, as part of a newly formed partnership with the University of Manchester Music Department — the first in a series of concerts the band will perform at the Cosmo Concert Hall. A Jubilee Overture: 75 Years...
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Exhibition launch event: 'grasp, grasp' by Sian Fan
18:30 - 20:15 30 September 2026
The University of Manchester and the Fear and Belonging in Minority Buddhist Communities Research Project Team invite you to a launch event for ‘grasp, grasp’ by Sian Fan, with an artist Q&A led by Chris Wright, former Executive Director of FutureEverything.
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