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activity World Snooker Tour Championship 
Manchester Central | 1 – 7 April 2024

Manchester Central host the world’s best snooker players in April, when the Tour Championship is staged in the city for the first time.

theatre Hedda
Contact | 2 – 6 April 2024

Experience a brand new version of Henrik Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler written by Here to There’s Artistic Director, Andrew Whittle.

cinema ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival
HOME | 5 – 25 April 2024

The ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival returns to HOME this April for its 30th anniversary edition, packed full with a spectacular line-up of cinema.

music Sophie Faith
Yes | 5 April 2024

Sophie Faith channes her most sincere emotions into every note, sharing the most challenging times through the music she creates.

exhibition Shirley Craven
The Whitworth | 6 April – 11 May 2024

Over 80 of Shirley Craven’s bold abstract textiles are displayed together for the first time in over 60 years alongside newly acquired works.

music The Hallé – Adès conducts Tippett
The Bridgewater Hall | 6 April 2024

Thomas Adès starts the second concert of his residency by reviving Barbirolli’s rarely-performed suite of Purcell’s music taken mainly from his stage works.

talk Research Cafe: Plants in Civic Futures
Contact | 10 April 2024

Plants in Civic Futures brings together academics to discuss interdisciplinary multispecies perspectives on plant lives and plant thinking.

literature Percival Everett
Manchester Central Library | 10 April 2024

‘One of the most inimitable and distinct voices in contemporary American fiction’ Percival Everett is in conversation at Central Library.

performance Rewind
HOME | 10 – 11 April 2024

Rewind is a multi-award-winning show inspired by recurring facts from human rights abuse in Latin America.

exhibition Home Run
SEESAW | 12 April – 9 May 2024

Home Run – is a group exhibition showcasing works by Manchester-based artists Jack Berry, Jasper Cheng and Beth Murray.

music Seb Lowe
o2 Ritz Manchester | 12 April 2024

Seb Lowe has a clever knack for combining perfect indie-pop with razor-sharp sights on the state of the world.

music Palehound
Yes | 14 April 2024

Fronted by Ellen Kempner, Palehound bring endlessly catchy grunge-folk with 90’s influenced indie-rock sounds to YES this April.