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Visible Dance - Oct 24 (Jason Lock)
Creative Activities

Visible Dance

Mon 10:30

A weekly workshop for adults with mild to moderate disabilities

Sing & Sign - Oct 24 (Jason Lock)
Creative Activities

Sing & Sign

Mon 13:30

A sign-along choir session for adults of mixed abilities

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Creative Activities

Write Out Loud

Monthly

Poetry open floor nights, come along and read your work or just listen

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Community Events

Dance Discovery

Wed 10:30

Imaginative, creative dance and movement for the over 50s that will stimulate the mind, body and soul

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Creative Activities

Artful Playground Musical Theatre Class

Wed 16:00 or 16:45

Musical theatre classes for those who love musicals

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Creative Activities

Tae Kwon Do

Wed 18:00

Children's Tae Kwon Do session

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Creative Activities

Artful Voices

Wed 19:30

Join Artful Voices and sing great songs arranged specifically for you!

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Family

ComedySportz

Various dates

Two teams battle it out for laughs with quick-witted gags, games, sketches and songs inspired by your suggestions

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Audience With

An Intimate Evening with Peter Cox

Thu 01 Oct

Go West - We Close Our Eyes... And Other Stories. An Intimate Evening with singer, Peter Cox.

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Live Music

The North West Duke Ellington Orchestra

Fri 02 Oct

Celebrates the music of jazz legend Duke Ellington.

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Theatre & Performance

Waiting for Hamlet

Sat 03 Oct

A dazzling Shakespearean comedy imagining the Old King Hamlet arriving in the afterlife.

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Live Music

Ian Prowse & Amsterdam

Sat 03 Oct

Come and see our incendiary 6 piece band play all your favourite Pele, Amsterdam & Prowsey songs along with new classics from ‘No Names’.

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Live Music

Leveret

Sun 04 Oct

Highly acclaimed English folk trio with innovative approach to traditional music.

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Creative Activities

Script School

Mon 05 Oct - Mon 09 Nov

For writers working on short film, television and cinema projects.

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Live Music

Sam Carter Sings Nic Jones

Thu 08 Oct

A live celebration of Nic Jones’ music, performed by BBC Folk Award winner Sam Carter.

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Comedy & Spoken Word

What Wood Victoria Do?

Fri 09 Oct

How on earth have we all survived the past decade of modern living without Victoria Wood's observational wit and wisdom?

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Theatre & Performance

Of Mice and Men

Sat 10 Oct

Set against the harsh backdrop of the Great Depression, two friends with a simple dream: to own a farm and live off the land.

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Live Music

Vonda Shepard

Sat 10 Oct

Ally McBeal songstress, Vonda Shepard returns to play a set of greatest hits.

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Film

FILM: Song Sung Blue

Wed 14 Oct

Accessible Films at Waterside

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Theatre & Performance

Animal Farm

Thu 15 Oct

Orwell's barnyard masterpiece is a must-see epic, more relevant than ever!

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Theatre & Performance

The Luxurious Time: A Queer Love Story

Thu 15 Oct

A true story that recounts the author's life with his partner, as the man he loves succumbs to Alzheimer's disease.

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Theatre & Performance

Close Enough To Touch

Fri 16 Oct - Sat 17 Oct

A play about sex, heartbreak…and toilets.

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Live Music

This Flight Tonight: The Songs of Joni Mitchell

Fri 16 Oct

An intimate acoustic tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell

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Audience With

Russell Watson: An Intimate Evening With ‘The Voice’

Sat 17 Oct

Get ready for an unforgettable night with one of the world’s most captivating performers.

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Film

It's Nice Up North

Sun 18 Oct

A 20th-anniversary screening tour of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North starring his alter ego John Shuttleworth.

Creatives Brunch Club
Free
Creative Activities

Creatives Brunch Club

Tue 15 Sep '26 - Tue 19 Jan '27

Our popular Creatives Brunch Club returns as a calendar staple.

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Theatre & Performance

TURN YOUR F***ING PHONES OFF

Tue 20 Oct - Thu 22 Oct

A dark, absurd and fiercely hopeful exploration of human connection in the Information Age.

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Live Music

Andy Fairweather Low

Sat 24 Oct

The remarkable Andy Fairweather Low and the Low Riders.

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Family

Not Now, Bernard

Sun 25 Oct

A wildly funny, physical theatre adaptation of David McKee’s much-loved picture book.

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Comedy & Spoken Word

Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up Years

Sun 25 Oct

What?! Mark Thomas has been ‘standing up’ for 40 years? Impossible!! But how old does that make you…?

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Film

Frontier Sapiens Adventure Film Festival

Wed 28 Oct

Visiting Waterside for the first time ever, the UK’s largest open-air adventure film festival is heading indoors for a cosy Autumn screening.

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Creative Activities

Claymation Workshop: Boo the Halloween Ghost

Thu 29 Oct

Get ready for Halloween with stop motion magic.

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Comedy & Spoken Word

Eric & Ern

Thu 29 Oct

From the Olivier nominated duo behind the hugely celebrated critically acclaimed West End hit ERIC & LITTLE ERN.

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Family

Dayglo of the Dead Family Rave with Our Kids Social

Sat 31 Oct

Get ready for a Halloween celebration unlike any other! A neon Day of the Dead inspired family rave hosted by Our Kids Social.

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Free
Exhibitions

What Is Precious?

Mon 17 Aug - Sat 03 Oct

A new edition of Design Nation's touring exhibition.

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Free
Exhibitions

ADORN

Mon 24 Aug - Sat 03 Oct

Part of Manchester Jewellery Week, this exhibition features a collection of jewellers who create pieces of art jewellery.

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Exhibitions

Camera Obscura: Experiments in Animation

Sat 24 Oct '26 - Sat 09 Jan '27

A kaleidoscopic installation of animated shorts. This exhibition brings together works produced using traditional forms of animation in experimental ways.

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Community Events

Flow - Creative Movement for Wellbeing

Mon 05 Oct - Mon 23 Nov

Creative movement to express, release, play and feel good!