Screenlight
Throughout the following year, the 55 inch monitor will be home to an eclectic range of video art works that ...
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Family Club Membership
Families are invited to join our fantastic Family Club for just £7.50 per family per year for a range of ...
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Sale Festival: Cover All Basses
Cover All Basses is an exciting and talented covers band with a surprising twist. They are worldclass professional musicians who ...
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Sale Festival: Primary School Choir Celebration
Choirs from Primary Schools in Trafford take to the platform to perform songs of their own choice and then come ...
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Sale Festival: ABBA Revival: A Tribute
A tribute by the group noted as the best ABBA tribute last year.
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Pride & Prejudice
Join Heartbreak, the Bennet sisters, and a host of charming, young bachelors (yes, Mr Darcy will be there. No, really, ...
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In Conversation with Standard Issue
Join Standard Issue in conversation with a line-up of brilliant women, including Cherylee Houston and Sian Gibson* chatting about funnies, ...
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Call Me By Your Name (2017)
In 1980s Italy, a romance blossoms between a seventeen year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research ...
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Day in the Life of a Dancer
Join the Co-Artistic Directors of Chantry Dance Company and West End choreographers, Rae Piper and Paul Chantry, for a fascinating ...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chapterhouse Theatre Company presents Shakespeare’s best-loved romantic comedy. Let yourself be whisked away on a thrilling journey to the most ...
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Onyx Academy of Dance Summer Show 2018
Onyx Academy of Dance presents their all-time summer show 2018. The show will show all aspects of dance, drama and ...
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John Bramwell (I am Kloot)
The former I Am Kloot vocalist, songwriter and guitarist fronts a live band for these shows, uniquely including piano and ...
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Shana Keeler's School of Dance: The Journal
Shana Keeler’s School of Dance presents The Journal.
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On Behalf of the People
1945: a land fit for heroes - this time? A powerful and engaging story of a post-war Yorkshire mining family, ...
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re:cast Artist Talks
Experience newly commissioned work from the artists in our re:cast contemporary programme through our informal lunch time talks.
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ELIO PACE presents ELVIS PRESLEY
Any Elvis Presley fan will tell you that August 16th, back in 1977, was the day the ‘King of Rock ...
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Getting from A to B
Hawk Dance Theatre take family audiences on an entertaining adventure around the library in Getting from A to B, looking ...
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Mother's Ruin
Mother’s Ruin presents a hilarious night of outrageous and fiercely entertaining queer cabaret mayhem with an unprecedented line up of ...
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Tankus the Henge
Combining wild showmanship and musical dexterity their sound incorporates rock, funk, blues, ska, roots and gypsy rhythms and their songs ...
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Refract Art Club
Have fun with optical illusions! Cut out and colour a collection of optical illusions and create your own, on paper.
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War with the Newts
Adrift in the bowels of a fishing vessel, join the pioneers of the post-Brexit economic recovery where the most ordinary ...
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Minute Taker
Minute Taker is alternative singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben McGarvey. Inspired by imaginative artists such as Kate Bush, David Bowie, Tori ...
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Cabaret from the Shadows
Political, comic, sexy and strange, Cabaret From The Shadows is a kaleidoscope of dark comedy, satire and live music that ...
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The Tale of the Cockatrice
Deep in the vaults of an ancient priory a hideous creature awakens. A deadly cockatrice is born! Bold knights flee ...
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Happy Hour
The workers on Level 3 are racing against the clock to reach their quota of Smiley Faces, but are they ...
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small worlds
Five interweaving stories, five small worlds, five very different journeys. Stories about journeys, big and small, stories about taking that ...
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SLIME TIME!
The latest gloopy craze has come to Refract! This slippery slime-making session is perfect for you to indulge your big ...
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Overdrawn at Waterside
An interactive art event with established artists, illustrators and designers from Manchester. Expect pound portraits, calligraphy, local artists drawing live, ...
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
A brand new musical comedy is created from scratch at each performance of this award-winning show as audience suggestions are ...
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Make, Do and Bop
Join us for a knees up with your nippers where you can throw your hands up, let your hair down, ...
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Jeramiah Ferrari
Expect a great calypso-ska style dancing party fusing styles of reggae, rock, ska and pop to make a truly memorable ...
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Rob Kemp: The Elvis Dead
Rev up the Delta and come on a trip to a cabin in the Tennessee backwoods via Graceland, to witness: ...
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Refract:18 Closing Party feat. The Magic Numbers
Known for their unique harmonies, melodic hooks, song-writing craftsmanship and timeless sound, The Magic Numbers have become one of the ...
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MYT Productions: Parade
Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the stirring Tony Award winning Parade explores the endurance of love and ...
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ComedySportz 4 Tots
ComedySportz are bringing a show packed with silly games and songs for even younger audiences. Highly interactive, this friendly, non-competitive ...
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ComedySportz
ComedySportz is an all ages, all action, all improvised competitive comedy show where two teams battle it out for laughs ...
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Best of Buzz Comedy
Waterside's legendary monthly comedy night showcasing brand new and established talent.
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The Enormous Turnip
Living in their tiny shed squeezed in amongst the garden tools, Mr and Mrs Chickweed’s amazing prize-winning vegetables have taken ...
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Luca Rutherford's Political Party
Have you ever felt confused or overwhelmed by politics? Have you ever thought that the only way to make a ...
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Henry Blofeld: 78 Retired
The cherished golden voice of cricket has decided to celebrate by touring the country with his brand-new show, jam-packed full ...
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Kast Off Kinks
The Kast off Kinks are actual former members of the legendary band ‘The Kinks’, back together playing great music and ...
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Gulliver Returns
Gulliver Returns is a haunting new play that rips up Swift’s savage masterpiece to explore the strange places we go ...
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ComedySportz 4 Tots
ComedySportz are bringing a show packed with silly games and songs for even younger audiences. Highly interactive, this friendly, non-competitive ...
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ComedySportz
ComedySportz is an all ages, all improvised show where two teams battle it out for laughs as players create quick-witted ...
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The Drama MOB
The Drama MOB present 'The Drama MOB: A Showcase of Talent', 'The Nuttings' & 'Alice'
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Neil Oliver: The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places
Neil was born to love Great Britain. During his 20 years travelling to every corner, and whilst filming BBC2’s Coast, ...
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Dracula - Welcome to D's
Chantry Dance Company brings you a mesmerizing new ballet for 2018. A re-imagining of the classic vampire fantasy, and inspired ...
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Colin Stafford Johnson: Living A Wild Life
Irish wildlife cameraman and television presenter Colin Stafford-Johnson is one of the world’s most acclaimed and internationally awarded filmmakers. Throughout ...
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He Ain't Heavy
Performer Grania Pickard tells the story of growing up with her disabled autistic brother Sean using physical theatre, aerial circus, ...
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Best of Buzz Comedy
Waterside's legendary monthly comedy night showcasing brand new and established talent.
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The Pixies' Scarf
Inspired by the powerfully evocative tale of The Pixies’ Scarf by Alison Uttely, Soap Soup Theatre present a brand new ...
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Macbeth - Director's Cut
For the second time in its history, Volcano re-invents Shakespeare’s pacy, eloquent tragedy; this time with a new generation of ...
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The Christians
Renowned for an endless string of soulful yet socially aware hits ...Forgotten Town, Ideal World, Born Again, Harvest for the ...
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The Walrus & The Carpenter
The time has come to join the Walrus and Carpenter, with some eager Oysters, on their hunt for a gourmet ...
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Turin Brakes
After an impressive 19 years together, seven studio albums and over a million records sold worldwide, Turin Brakes are a ...
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Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
Crammed full of adventure, romance, comedy and of course one or two rather brilliant deductions, The Sign of Four is ...
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Both Sides Now: The Joni Mitchell Songbook
Of all the leading lights of the West Coast singer-songwriter movement, Joni Mitchell remains its most influential figure. Both Sides ...
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I Used to Hear Footsteps
Haunted by curiosity, a young man attempts to piece together the ghost story of his childhood home.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh! Dinosaurs
A young troll girl finds herself defending the town from a gang of destructive, deadly dinosaurs! Recruiting allies – a ...
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Robin Ince: Chaos of Delight
Robin Ince mashes up the two cultures of art and science in this celebration of the human mind from Bohemians ...
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ComedySportz 4 Tots
ComedySportz are bringing a show packed with silly games and songs for even younger audiences. Highly interactive, this friendly, non-competitive ...
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ComedySportz
ComedySportz is an all ages, all improvised show where two teams battle it out for laughs as players create quick-witted ...
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Private Parts Live
For the very first time TV stars Jamie Laing and Francis Boulle are coming to a theatre near you!
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Anthem for A Doomed Youth
From the man that brought us "Under Milk Wood" - Solo, a powerful compendium of the finest stories and poems ...
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The Black Cat
A renegade retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's twisted tale. Two performers dismember the process of adaptation by reimagining a macabre ...
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Best of Buzz Comedy
Waterside's legendary monthly comedy night showcasing brand new and established talent.
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Shackleton’s Carpenter
Shackleton's Carpenter, Harry McNish, was the only man who challenged The Boss on the ice floes of Antarctica. Shackleton's Endurance ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray, young and exceptionally beautiful, sinks deep into a frivolous lifestyle of glamorous luxury and selfish abandon, seemingly unchanged ...
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Paul Foot: Image Conscious
Greetings. I am one of the world’s comedians and I’m here to tell ye about my show. Have you ever ...
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Not: Lady Chatterley's Lover
A darkly comic, Mel Brooks style parody following the story-line of the D.H. Lawrence novel…with a few twists.
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Richard Carpenter is Close To You
In a world where rainy days and Mondays collide, one man’s solitary journey to find himself has only just begun…
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Red Hot Chilli Pipers
There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, from their formation in 2002 and a cameo ...
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The Adventures of Andy Kershaw
A one-man two hour audio-visual presentation about the life, career, adventures and experiences of Andy Kershaw, in radio and television, ...
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Andrew Lawrence: Clean
Andrew Lawrence, star of Live at The Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and UK comedy’s foremost controversialist takes a break ...
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ComedySportz 4 Tots
ComedySportz are bringing a show packed with silly games and songs for even younger audiences. Highly interactive, this friendly, non-competitive ...
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ComedySportz
ComedySportz is an all ages, all improvised show where two teams battle it out for laughs as players create quick-witted ...
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Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas
Step inside the bloomin’ brilliant world of Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas this winter at Waterside. Children of all ages will ...
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Barbara Nice Festive Special
Barbara Nice is back by popular demand with her annual festive shindig complete with raffle, tombola and mince pies. Join ...
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Hans Rey: Riding Life
Hans Rey, the former World Champion, pioneer of Freeride, Mountain Bike Hall of Famer and mountain bike adventurer, will take ...
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Leo Houlding: The Spectre Expedition: To The End of the Earth
1000 miles, 200+ kgs, 60 days, 1 incredible mountain. The story of Leo Houlding’s daring dream to reach the summit ...
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