Two friends – one an actor/playwright, and the other a Black historian – are both storytellers and poets (with a Caribbean flavour!). Combined, their unique styles will stir old memories, deepen your knowledge of the Black experience in Britain, and inspire you all at once. Definitely, it will be an evening to remember. Linford Sweeney […]
Katherine Bucknell joins us at the Burgess Foundation in Manchester to talk about her illuminating new biography of Christopher Isherwood, whose writings about Berlin in the 1930s made him famous. Born in Stockport in 1904, and best known for the Berlin novels which inspired the musical Cabaret, Isherwood was one of the most prominent writers […]
Hong Kong neo-chamber ensemble Sea Island & Ferry embarks on its first UK tour, “Where Words Fail”, on 18-23 August, performing four shows in Manchester, Edinburgh and London. Sea Island & Ferry highlights the “language-free” aspect of its music and in this tour, takes its title from a quote by Hans Christian Anderson: ‘‘Where music […]
Explore the life and work of Anthony Burgess in this special gathering at the author’s archive in Manchester. Burgess was a prolific novelist, composer, journalist and playwright. He grew up above a pub in Manchester, then travelled the world as a solider and teacher before publishing his first novel at the age of 39. He […]
Explore the life and work of Anthony Burgess in this special gathering at the author’s archive in Manchester. Burgess was a prolific novelist, composer, journalist and playwright. He grew up above a pub in Manchester, then travelled the world as a solider and teacher before publishing his first novel at the age of 39. He […]
Explore the life and work of Anthony Burgess in this special gathering at the author’s archive in Manchester. Burgess was a prolific novelist, composer, journalist and playwright. He grew up above a pub in Manchester, then travelled the world as a teacher before publishing his first novel at the age of 39. He was also […]
We are pleased to be hosting the first English-language screening of A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy, a new documentary by Benoit Felici and Elisa Mantin, originally screened in French and German in November 2023. Drawing on archive footage and new interviews with major cultural figures, this stylish documentary reconsiders the 60-year history of A Clockwork […]
Bach’s cello suites are familiar to most people. Since being unearthed in 1889, by the cellist Pablo Casals, they have become a cornerstone of cello repertoire after he recorded them in the 1930s, and are approaching iconic status. Most likely written around 1717 to 1720, they are among the most profound of all classical music […]
Concert: Glitch Garden, new music for instruments and electronics Experience a concert that grows from the acoustic soundscape, gradually consumed by electronica. Featuring new compositions for instruments and electronics from the composers at the Royal Northern College of Music and beyond; presenting by RNCM musicians. Door opens at 19:30; concert starts at 20:00 This event […]
A string quartet by Anthony Burgess will be performed for the first time on 1 December. The quartet has been discovered among uncatalogued papers in the archive of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. The music is part of a large collection of manuscripts donated by the late Liana Burgess. To mark the 30th anniversary of […]