WHAT'S ON AT THE MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE, MANCHESTER
What's On at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Martin Harris Centre is located in the heart of The University Of Manchester and is a vibrant and diverse venue making arts accessible for all. Opening in 2003, Martin Harris Centre has premiered many performances and hosted numerous famous names.
Martin Harris Centre boasts two performance spaces – The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall with a capacity of 350 and an acoustic design and stage space large enough to hold a full symphony orchestra, and The John Thaw Studio Theatre, a flexible spaces that seats around 100.
Martin Harris Centre Manchester provides stunning settings for educational activities, rehearsals, theatre productions, live music concerts, cabaret, Poetry Nights, and Evenings With…Look forward to a varied programme of events including concerts from The University Of Manchester's various musical groups and ensembles. See what’s on at Martin Harris Centre Manchester below and book tickets online.
Martin Harris Centre is located in the heart of The University Of Manchester and is a vibrant and diverse venue making arts accessible for all. Opening in 2003, Martin Harris Centre has premiered many performances and hosted numerous famous names.
Martin Harris Centre boasts two performance spaces – The Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall with a capacity of 350 and an acoustic design and stage space large enough to hold a full symphony orchestra, and The John Thaw Studio Theatre, a flexible spaces that seats around 100.
Martin Harris Centre Manchester provides stunning settings for educational activities, rehearsals, theatre productions, live music concerts, cabaret, Poetry Nights, and Evenings With…Look forward to a varied programme of events including concerts from The University Of Manchester's various musical groups and ensembles. See what’s on at Martin Harris Centre Manchester below and book tickets online.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
What's On at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Welcome Week Show: Chameleon by Jess Telling
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Friday 25 September 2026
Following consecutive 4* runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and London, Chameleon celebrates its finale in Manchester. With dry wit and existential dread, our autistic heroine plunges headfirst into an identity crisis questioning whether her all...A Jubilee Overture - 75 years of Philip Sparke
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Sunday 27 September 2026
Featuring the music of acclaimed composer Philip Sparke and the composers who inspired him, to celebrate his 75th year. Including A Road Less Travelled By ? the set work for the 2026 National Brass Band ChampionshipsA concert by the KNDS...Quatuor Danel Evening concert: Shostakovich 120 years
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Friday 2 October 2026
 Beethoven String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Opus 18 No. 4 Beethoven String Quartet No. 6 in Bb major, Opus 18 No. 6 Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Opus 73Quatuor Danel mark the 120th anniversary of Shostakovich?s birth...Deborah Frances-White
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Sunday 11 October 2026
Author, comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, Deborah Frances-White joins us for a lively and illuminating conversation about her latest book, Six Conversations We're Scared to Have, exploring how to navigate polarisation, disa...Paul Mason
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Sunday 11 October 2026
A decade after PostCapitalism, Paul Mason returns to to discuss REDS: A Global History of Communism, his provocative new book exploring one of history's most powerful and contested political ideas. In his bold and unsettling re-evaluati...Yann Martel
Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Booker Prize-winning author Yann Martel, internationally acclaimed for the modern classic Life of Pi, discusses his remarkable new novel, Son of Nobody. Inspired by Homer's Iliad, Yann reimagines the Trojan War through the eyes of an ordi...Quatuor Danel Evening concert: Philip Grange 70 years
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Friday 20 November 2026
Philip GrangeElegy for solo celloPhilip GrangeSoliloquy for solo violaPhilip GrangeThe Centre Cannot Hold for two violinsBeethovenString Quartet No. 1 in F major, Opus 18 No. 1BeethovenString Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Opus 131Quatuor Dan...University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Concert
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Friday 27 - Saturday 28 November 2026
Join the University of Manchester Chorus and MUMS Symphony Orchestra for a vibrant concert of contemporary and twentieth-century masterpieces, including Britten's Four Sea Interludes, Will Todd's Mass in Blue, Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus,...Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Simon Grange (bass voice): Philip Grange 70 years
Martin Harris Centre, Manchester
Friday 11 December 2026
Philip GrangeDe Profundis for Bass Voice & String QuartetBeethovenString Quartet No. 7 in F major, Opus 59 No. 1Â Simon Grange and Quatuor Danel reunite to perform Philip Grange?s De Profundis. Inspired by Russia?s invasion of Ukraine, thi...Quatuor Danel Beat the Rush Hour Concert with Richard Whalley (piano)
