WHAT TAMMY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING OLD AND HAVING SEX | Z-Arts Centre | Fri 6 Mar
Part performance, part chat-show, Tammy WhyNot (an American former Country and Western singer turned performance artist), is in town and she’s on a mission to ask all the difficult questions... about sex mostly.
Tammy Why Not
WITHIN THIS DUST | The Lowry | Fri 6 Mar | £12
Smallpetitklein’s critically acclaimed sell-out show, Within This Dust, is fresh from performances in New York City, Brazil and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This hauntingly beautiful programme of dance is created by award-winning choreographer Thomas Small, and is inspired by Richard Drew’s series of photographs that capture a man falling from the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks.
Within This Dust
HUNT AND DARTON ART CAFÉ | Station Approach Piccadilly | Until 25 Mar
This is a not a typical café. It isn't just arty, it's art, say performance artists Hunt and Darton (see the pineapple heads below). The duo have launched their award-winning pop-up café meets performance art installation in Manchester after visiting several locations over two years. In association with SICK! Festival and working alongside the Art Council, they promise lots of edible surprises and encourage playful participation and meaningful social encounters. Oh, and you can order a cup of tea and a roast dinner sandwich.
Hunt and Darton
CATCH ME DADDY | Cornerhouse | Until Thu 12 Mar
Daniel Wolfe’s debut is a compelling and tense emotional drama. Teenager Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) runs away from her claustrophobic home in a small Yorkshire town and seeks help from her devoted boyfriend Aaron. Laila and Aaron are soon hunted down by her brother and his aggressive group of friends who are enraged by the shame they feel she has brought on the family.
JONATHAN SCHOFIELD: THE TOUR OF UNINTERESTING OBJECTS | Castlefield | Sat 7 Mar
This tour reveals odd sculptures, mad details, washed up remnants of things inside and outside buildings. It’s different – guaranteed. Each tour will tackle a different area of the city centre and environs, and uncover massive quantities of uninteresting objects. Join Confidential Editor and Blue Badge Guide, Jonathan Schofield, for an informative, entertaining and unusual look at what Manchester has got to offer.
Jonathan Schofield Tours
PETER JAMES' DEAD SIMPLE | Opera House | Sat 7 Mar
Best-selling writer, Peter James, returns to the stage with the adaptation of his most popular book to date, Dead Simple. Directed by Olivier-Award winner Ian Talbot, with an all-star cast including Tina Hobley (Holby City), Jamie Lomas and Gray O'Brien (Coronation Street, Titanic, Peak Practice, Casualty), who will play famous Detective Roy Grace in this gripping and chilling thriller.
Dead Simple
SARAH LUCAS: TITS IN SPACE | The Whitworth | Until 19 July
One of the newly reopened Whitworth's more left field opening exhibitions, Tits In Space, sees the gallery walls covered with multiple pairs of cigarette-encrusted breast-like, planetoid orbs floating on a pitch black background (acting as loaded metaphors for the body and 'the formulaic ways in which we visualise it', of course). In front of the wallpaper collection sits a selection of sculptures by the internationally renowned British artist.
Tits In Space
