MANCHESTER FILM FESTIVAL (MANIFF) | AMC Cinema | Fri 10 - Sun 12 Jul
This weekend sees the first ever Manchester Film Festival. This exciting inaugural event, to be held at the AMC Manchester Great Northern Warehouse, has ambitions to become an annual destination for up-and-coming writers, directors and producers, along with established industry professionals and film lovers. The MANIFF programme includes 21 feature-length films and 51 short documentaries as well as film-making workshops with industry professionals. An awards ceremony, ‘The Bees’, will conclude the weekend.
Manchester Film FestivalSOUL ii SOUL'S CARON WHEELER | Milton Club | Fri 10 July
Caron Wheeler is an iconic figure in the RnB scene. With soul collective Soul II Soul her career featured three successful albums and popular classics Keep On Movin' and Back To Life. Now the songstress will be gracing Deansgate club The Milton Club with her famed vocals. DJ Justin Fry will be warming up the crowd with a blend of soul hits and continuing the party afterwards.
Caron WheelerCLOCK TOWER TOURS | Manchester Clock Tower | Sat 11 July
For more than 150 years the people of Manchester have gone about their business under the watchful gaze of the Town Hall clock; from when the city was overhung with a pall of smog and grime to more recent times when the clock tower has been a symbol of this great city. Join Confidential Editor Jonathan Schofield as he unearths the phantasmagoria of immense brass wheels with clunky levers and gears clicking and whirring. On the balcony the views north, south, east and west of the city are superb.
Clock Tower ToursA SPLASH OF COLOUR | Boulton House | Until Sun 12 July
A Splash Of Colour brings together a full spectrum of colour images from all aspects of our lives. The exhibition is based on the premise that, through our vision, colour helps us understand our world; it warns us of danger, makes objects quickly recognisable and helps us to store and retrieve precious memories. The free display will also examine early cave paintings and the first colour photography in the mid 20th century.
A Splash Of Colour THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS | Art Gallery at HOME | Until 26 July
Heartbreak – love, loss and desire in the 21st Century is the theme resonant throughout this display, sympathetic to all those affected by the trials and tribulations associated with romance. The collection unites a mixture of existing and new pieces, each responding to the vulnerability of the heart. 'The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?' Jeremiah 17:9
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All ThingsTHE TALE OF MR TUMBLE | Opera House | Sat 11 July
Mr Tumble is the rockstar of children's television - ask any young'un. Manchester International Festival has invited Justin Fletcher, known to millions of kiddywinks through the CBeebies show Something Special, for a special new show for children and their families in the glorious and intimate surroundings of Manchester’s Opera House. Expect a funny, engaging and visually exciting show which will give children the chance to see Mr Tumble live and up close as he and his family share some of their fondest memories.
Mr TumbleFLEXN | Old Granada Studios | Sat 11 July | £12
Described as 'virtuosic' and 'visually arresting', FlexN will introduce talented dancers from Brooklyn-based collective The D.R.E.A.M Ring and the dance style of the same name. Manchester International Festival will give the dancers their first set of European performances, with support from Manchester-based dance talent. Expect a high-energy, high-impact display of bone-breaking, connecting and waving. You can also follow their live diary here.
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