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18 - 28 October 2018
Number of results: 24
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Salford
Seven dancers and an audience. A room full of expectation, suggestion and infectious rhythm. What is fake? What is real? What is movement and what is medicine? Be enthralled by this beguiling, bewitching and thought-provoking dance show, one that...
Manchester
Journey through space and time in this moving performance fuelled by love, fear and Afrofuturism. Writer Keisha Thompson paints us a poignant, autobiographical picture of fatherhood, creating a compelling protagonist out of her own experiences, one...
Manchester
Marvel at the sight of seven thousand socks hanging high, as artist Christine Wilcox-Baker socks it to diabetes with an epic installation. Every year, over seven thousand lower limbs are amputated in the UK due to diabetes and this giant artwork...
Manchester
Astro-nut and Festival science communicator-in-residence, Matthew Allen, invites you to reach out and touch the stars with his multi-sensory workshop that will show that the universe really is open to everyone. Get to grips with tactile images of...
Manchester
Welcome to the world of tomorrow where fantastical start-up firm Unlimited Enhancement Technologies will help you upgrade your operating system and indulge your inner Iron Man. Test the limits of human enhancement by checking out high-tech...
Manchester
Electricity is a powerful force of nature, spectacular and thrilling. For centuries, humans battled to harness and control it. Today electricity is central to our existence. We use it without thinking about it and only notice it when it isn’t there.
Manchester
What would it feel like to step into a black hole? Prepare to be stretched, squashed and spaghettified as a spacetime singularity pops up in the 1830 Warehouse. Distortions in Spacetime is the latest sensory creation by cutting-edge audiovisual...
MANCHESTER
The atomic bombs that fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed the world and Japanese deaf artist Chisato Minamimura wants to share how they changed people. Prepare to be mesmerised as Chisato’s performance triggers visuals, sound and vibration,...
Manchester
Danger, danger: high voltage! The air will crackle, your hair will stand on end and sparks will fly in this electrifying tour of Manchester’s High Voltage Test Lab. Explore the machinery of the laboratory, find out more about the mysterious salt fog...
Manchester
Take a peek into the mirror universe. Look at any of these artworks directly and you’ll see a complete mess, but glance through the Mirror Pillar, and all will be suddenly revealed. As the mirror bends, bounces and contorts light, you’ll see the...
MANCHESTER
Ever wanted to taste colour? Or feel a smell? Or see music? This chromesthesia concert is for you. Based on the very real medical condition of sensory wires in the brain getting muddled, experience how technology can render this phenomenon in real...
Manchester
Generate a whole lot of energy at our action packed weekend. Discover environmentally friendly future fuel cells and fire them up to snap a selfie with a thermal camera. See what the future holds and explore a virtual wind farm using drones, make...
Manchester
Grab a fistful of your favourite flowers or leaves and come away with a lot more than green fingers. Colour, hue, iridescence and pigmentation are all on show in this hands-on dyeing workshop. Discover how to experiment with natural colours, create...
Salford
GameLab is back for another weekend of puzzles, problem-solving and experimental gaming. Play around with everything from virtual reality to eSport, have a go at coding drones and see first-hand how cutting-edge research in science, tech and media...
Salford
Pull back the shower curtain on an afternoon full of psychopaths. Author Jon Ronson presents this fascinating, disturbing matinee show, recounting the funny, terrifying and utterly mad events that led to the creation of his bestselling book The...
Manchester
Join The Science and Industry Museum for a specially commissioned live edition of acclaimed podcast Robin and Josie’s Book Shambles. This time, Robin Ince will be joined by guest co-host neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott and special guest,...
Salford
Time to get deep. No, deeper. Deeper even than that. So deep the blue turns to black… Join Blue Peter science guy and intrepid explorer Greg Foot as he tells the fascinating story of his underwater adventure with a group of scientists exploring one...
Chesire
Abracadabra, it’s curtains up for this combo of theatre, magic tricks and the inspiring ideas of the legendary inventor Nikola Tesla. Director Christopher Nolan conjures up the story of two magicians, whose intense rivalry leads them on a life long...
Manchester
Plastic is filling our world – and it’s something many of us want to change. In this special in conversation event, part of the BBC’s Plastics Watch initiative, Professor Mark Miodownik from University College London and BBC Radio 4’s Paddy...
Manchester
Get switched on to our super-charged adults-only evening of electrifying fun. Experiment with the weird and wonderful things you can do with electricity, like making lightbulbs work without plugging them into anything. Mess around with our miniature...
Manchester
Imagine hearing the tones, beats and rhythms of a city generated from ambient and electrical lighting, urban light design, flashing lamp posts and passing cars. Tune up your portable Noise Machine synthesizer and join the outdoor orchestra as we...
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