Multiplatform is the annual symposium for the Manchester Game Centre. We are a cross-university research group at Manchester Metropolitan University with research interests in Analogue Games, Digital Arts, Esports, Games and the Environmental Crisis, Games, History and Heritage, Games and Storytelling, and Serious Games. Multiplatform 2024 has a dual focus on analogue and digital games […]
Music critics almost universally consider Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony one of Beethoven’s greatest works. It is regarded as one of the supreme achievements in the history of music. Composed between 1822 and 1824, it was premiered at the Kärthnertortheater in Vienna on 7 May 1824. Since then, the symphony – or at least, its ground-breaking final […]
One of the deepest difficulties in war faced by soldiers and their political leaders is uncertainty: how can they know whether their putative enemies might be on the verge of attacking them? How can they know whether their war, and individual acts within the war, are justified? By procuring information about their enemy. And how […]
Join award winning vocalist Thanda Gumede and learn two songs of traditional Zulu music blended with African Gospel. This workshop at the Burgess Foundation will be followed by a perform with Thanda’s band at the opening weekend of this year’s Manchester Jazz Festival at First Street in central Manchester. Thanda Gumede is an award-winning vocalist […]
The Textile Institute The Manchester and the North West Section: Textiles and Life 4 The Manchester and the North West Section of The Textile Institute is pleased to provide students with this opportunity to present their research in a formal yet supportive environment. Textiles and Life 4 is a special one day conference presented by […]
In these intimate and connecting evenings, speakers with unique and cutting-edge views will share their ideas in 6 thought-provoking 12-minute talks. The talks range from modern sex education to musings on the intimacy of erotic encounters. An enjoyable gathering amongst sex-positive friends and humans, interested in what creatives and conscious sexuality professionals have to offer […]
Blackwell’s bookshop is delighted to be working with White Rabbit Books to bring Richard Norris to Manchester for the launch of his stunning new memoir STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING: Adventures in Music. Richard will be in conversation with Dave Haslam. This event is being held at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Doors: 6.00, starts: 6.30 […]
The Wagner Society of Manchester presents Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, a study day at the Anthony Burgess Foundation. The day will be led by our president, Derek Blyth, who has led us in study days of all the Ring dramas, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin, Parsifal and on Brünnhilde as well giving many Monday lectures over […]
Art and Anti-Racism Can art help in the fight against racism? Part of PeopleFest, 5-7 April 2024 Come and discover what artists in Latin America have been doing to challenge racism in their countries. Participate in hands-on activities in which you can think about and share ideas about how art can work in anti-racist ways. Over […]
Speak Up! Our cities are changing fast but not always with communities in mind. How do we find new ways to make their voices heard? Part of PeopleFest, 5-7 April 2024 What happens when communities start speaking up about issues in their neighbourhoods? Why are their voices sometimes silenced? How can theatre be a form of […]