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FIND OUT MORENow in its fifth year, Moves is the largest exhibition platform in the UK for experimental short film and new media, with a unique focus on movement on screen. The festival explores new ways of telling stories through films, installations and screen-based works.
Various city centre venues, April 23 - 28. www.movementonscreen.org.uk
BACK TO TOPManchester celebrates St George's Day with a parade of decorated floats leaving Nicholas Varley School, Miles Platting, at 12 noon and winding its way to Piccadilly Gardens. Look out for St George's knights, damsels and Rose Queens.
Miles Platting, Ancoats and Collyhurst, April 19. www.jackstgeorge.bravehost.com
BACK TO TOPAn exhibition celebrating the rise of online Craft Mafias in the UK and showcasing the best of members' work from Manchester, Nottingham, Glasgow and Sheffield. Many Mafiosi are self-taught craft aficionados and their output ranges from cutesy to controversial. The show reveals the wealth of talent brought together through this web-based network.
Manchester Craft and Design Centre, until May 2. Free. Tel: 0161 832 4274.
BACK TO TOPEvery day since October 2006, critically acclaimed artist Ghislaine Howard has been producing a single 8 x 6 inch painting responding to a news image featured in The Guardian newspaper as it arrives through her door. Brought together for the first time on public display, the paintings question whether we are over-exposed to images of conflict, and if the way images are produced and published changes our way of looking at them.
The WaterWay, Imperial War Museum North, until June 21. Free. Tel: 0161 836 4000.
BACK TO TOPAn exhibition by photographer Richard Heeps showcasing the sights and kitsch Americana of Arizona, California and Nevada alongside comparable images from Europe and East Anglia.
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, April 18 - July 19. Free. Tel: 0161 778 0800.
BACK TO TOPUrbis hosts an exhibition of new and specially commissioned work from 16 up-and-coming New York artists. Their responses to the shifting political, economic and cultural landscape in America will be displayed in a range of media, including installation, drawing, video, painting and performance.
Urbis, April 9 - Sept 6. Free. Tel: 0161 605 8200.
BACK TO TOPThe Library Theatre stages the regional premiere of Frank McGuinness' touching drama Gates of Gold. Inspired by the true story of Hilton Edwards and Micheal Mac Liammoir, who co-founded the world-renowned Gate Theatre in Dublin in 1928, Gates of Gold is a touching and darkly humorous love story about two men who are devoted to each other as much as they are devoted to their theatre.
Library Theatre, until April 11. £9.80 - £18.10. Tel: 0161 236 7110.
BACK TO TOPAdapted from Philip Pullman's three novels into two full-length plays, Nicholas Wright's His Dark Materials blasts into town. Lyra and Will embark on a spine-tingling journey through parallel worlds teeming with flying witches, armoured bears, rebellious angels, soul-eating spectres and child-catching gobblers.
Part 1: The Lowry, April 23 - 26. £14 - £20. Part 2: The Lowry, April 24 - 26. £14 - £20. Tel: 0870 787 5793.
BACK TO TOPThe Opera House hosts Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's wickedly funny musical Little Shop of Horrors. Down-and-out florist shop assistant Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon 'Audrey II' grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore offering him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite.
Opera House, April 27 - May 2. £12.50 - £29.50. Tel: 0844 847 2295.
BACK TO TOPCelebrated Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid stars in Be Near Me - a play adapted from the Booker Prize nominated novel by Andrew O'Hagan. McDiarmid plays David Anderton, an Oxford-educated but naive Catholic priest, who is assigned to a parish in a Scottish town on the Ayrshire coast. Lonely and adrift, he befriends two troubled teenagers from the local school and is drawn into their exotic world, with disastrous results.
The Lowry, April 28 - May 2. £18 - £22. Tel: 0870 787 5793.
BACK TO TOPOne of Britain's best loved soul-pop bands, Simply Red return to their hometown to celebrate the release of their new album, Simply Red: Greatest Hits 25, with support from Russian superstar Valeriya.
M.E.N Arena, April 5. £40 & £45. Tel: 0844 847 8000.
BACK TO TOPManchester pop veterans The Hollies enjoyed phenomenal chart success in the 60s and 70s. They return home this month to perform hits from their amazing back catalogue, including Just One Look, Bus Stop and The Air That I Breathe.
The Lowry, April 5. £20 - £26. Tel: 0870 787 5793.
BACK TO TOPFollowing the release of their fifth studio album, Invaders Must Die, electronic dance rockers The Prodigy embark on a UK tour, with support from London rapper Dizzee Rascal.
M.E.N Arena, April 10. £27.89. Tel: 0844 847 8000.
BACK TO TOPChina's hottest young pianist returns to Manchester to perform one of Schubert's moving late sonatas, as well as music by Bartok, Debussy and Chopin.
The Bridgewater Hall, April 14. £15 - £30. Tel: 0161 907 9000.
BACK TO TOPAward-winning British soul and R&B singer Lemar is on a UK tour to promote his recently released fourth studio album, The Reason, with special guests JLS.
Manchester Apollo, April 17. £25. Tel: 0871 2200 260.
BACK TO TOPMetalheads rejoice! Legendary Australian hard rockers AC/DC are on a worldwide tour to promote their latest album, Black Ice. Don't miss the chance to see them live in Manchester for the first time in over eight years.
M.E.N Arena, April 21. £39.15. Tel: 0844 847 8000.
BACK TO TOPHaving just released their second collaborative album, A Woman A Man Walked By, PJ Harvey and John Parish embark on a UK and European tour that brings them to Manchester this month.
The Ritz, April 24. £20. Tel: 0871 2200 260.
BACK TO TOPChart-toppers Girls Aloud celebrate the release of their latest album, Out of Control, with four M.E.N Arena shows this spring.
M.E.N Arena, April 24, May 16, 17 & 29. £30. Tel: 0844 847 8000.
BACK TO TOPIt's been four years since the Doves' Last Broadcast, but the Wilmslow indie rockers are back with their fourth studio album, Kingdom of Rust, and a new tour.
Manchester Academy, April 26. £18. Tel: 0161 275 2930.
BACK TO TOPSalford-born tenor Russell Watson performs his trademark mixture of popular Italian arias and pop classics in two hotly anticipated homecoming shows.
The Lowry, April 27 - 28. £24.47 - £53.83. Tel: 0870 787 5793.
BACK TO TOPHis career spans three decades and encompasses 17 studio albums, but Chris de Burgh still rocks. This is a show not to be missed, by an artist who has performed nearly 3,000 concerts worldwide.
The Bridgewater Hall, April 28. £35 - £45. Tel: 0161 907 9000.
BACK TO TOPCellist Natalie Clein and pianist Kathryn Stott perform a varied programme, including music by Brahms, Chopin and Fyfe Dangerfield.
The Bridgewater Hall, April 30. £12 - £25. Tel: 0161 907 9000.
BACK TO TOPThe best men's and women's water polo teams battle it out in a weekend of world-class sporting action.
Manchester Aquatics Centre, April 25 - 26. www.britishswimming.org
BACK TO TOPA contemporary take on William Shakespeare's gripping tragedy Macbeth launches the Royal Exchange Theatre's new season. Played out against the backdrop of a war-torn state, the drama unfolds as a triumphant Macbeth discovers he is destined to become the next King of Scotland.
The Royal Exchange Theatre, until April 11. £8.50 - £29.00. Tel: 0161 833 9833.
BACK TO TOPThe international tour of West End musical We Will Rock You rolls into town. Penned by comedy writer Ben Elton, this worldwide smash hit 'rock theatrical' features more than 24 of the biggest hits of legendary rock band Queen.
Palace Theatre, March 21 - June 6. £14.50 - £40. Tel: 0844 847 2275.
BACK TO TOPAn exhibition featuring more than 100 works by various female war artists, including Anna Airy, Dame Laura Knight and Linda Kitson, capturing and interpreting key moments in history, from the First World War to the Kosovo conflict.
Imperial War Museum North, Feb 7 - April 19. Free. Tel: 0161 836 4000.
BACK TO TOPFrom unsettling domestic interiors to the disused wastelands of the city, Subversive Spaces studies the continued influence of Surrealism in contemporary art. One of the highlights is Kinderzimmer, a new commission from award-winning artist Gregor Schneider.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Feb 7 - May 4. Free. Tel: 0161 275 7450.
BACK TO TOPTen drawings by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci go on display at Manchester Art Gallery this month, as part of a touring Royal Collection exhibition celebrating the 60th birthday of the Prince of Wales.
Manchester Art Gallery, Feb 14 - May 4. Free. Tel: 0161 235 8888.
BACK TO TOPA series of newly commissioned works from experimental photographer Andrew Paul Brooks, documenting Manchester's concealed spaces.
Urbis, until May. Free. Tel: 0161 605 8200.
BACK TO TOPManchester Art Gallery hosts the first solo show in the North of England of contemporary British artist Paul Morrison. Best-known for his monochromatic landscape imagery, the internationally renowned artist reinvents the genre of landscape painting for contemporary audiences.
Manchester Art Gallery, Feb 14 - May 31. Free. Tel: 0161 235 8888.
BACK TO TOPExplore the global impact of Manchester's cotton and textile industry in this new exhibition. Featuring objects and stories of individuals and communities from the southern hemisphere, Southern Voices shows how the textile industry directly shaped their lives and the legacy it has left to all of us.
Museum of Science and Industry, Feb 13 - Aug. Free. Tel: 0161 832 2244.
BACK TO TOPThe first UK exhibition by US graphic artist Emory Douglas - the official artist of the Black Panther Party and an unsung hero of the modern civil rights movement. Black Panther shows how Douglas's visual messages helped to encourage a largely illiterate community in the late 60s to challenge the police brutality, economic inequality and social injustice it was experiencing, against a backdrop of growing civil unrest.
Urbis, until April 19, 2009. Free. Tel: 0161 605 8200.
BACK TO TOPWhitworth Art Gallery showcases luxurious, metallic wallpapers from its rare collection.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Nov 8, 2008 - Oct 2009. Free. Tel: 0161 275 7450.
BACK TO TOPThe naturally preserved body of an Iron Age man is going on display at The Manchester Museum, on loan from the British Museum. Known as Lindow Man, the mummified body was discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, in 1984. Thought to have died between AD20 and 90, he is notable for the savage way in which he was killed, which is suggestive of ritual sacrifice.
The Manchester Museum, April 19, 2008 - April 19, 2009. Free. Tel: 0161 275 2634.
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