art home Suffragette, 2015 film mcr. theatre org home digital books food drink OCT- NOV 1 02 Families Photo Credit: Paul Karalius, 2015 04 creatives 06 art 08 theatre 10 new film releases 16 film events 20 film seasons 30 live broadcasts 32 INFORMATION This is HOME: Building Tours This is HOME: Building Tours Sat 31 Oct, Sat 28 Nov 11:00 – 12:00 FREE, booking required Join us for our monthly building tour of HOME - your chance to get an exclusive look behind the scenes and meet members of our team. To help keep this and future events at HOME free we ask for a donation. families 02 contents FILM/ LABYRINTH (U) The Big Knights, 2015 Bring the Sun 25 Oct, 11:30 Dir Jim Henson/GB US 1986/101 mins fAMILY David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly Through dangers untold and hardships . unnumbered, spoilt teen Sarah accidentally transports her baby brother to the faraway realm of the Goblin King. Sarah must negotiate the riddles, traps and outlandish creatures that Bring the family to your HOME live within the labyrinth, in a race against time FILM/ THE BIG KNIGHTS (U) from home. This programme to get him back. Sun 29 Nov, 11:30 Dir Neville Astley & Mark Baker /GB 2015/70 mins includes a specially selected Labyrinth, 1986 film screening on the last In the far off land of Borovia, where dragons are fierce, witches are wicked, scientists are insane, Sunday of each month, plus the economy is bad and television is in black & family-friendly performance white, stands Castle Big: home of The Big Knights. and workshop based activities From the award-winning animators behind Peppa Pig, The Big Knights revolves around the taking place on the second exploits of brothers Sir Boris, Sir Morris and their Sunday of each month. noble pets, Sir Horace the Dog and Sir Doris the Hamster. Sign up for a free HOME Big Family Card and The Big Knights is released with the support of the get special price tickets for selected family BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery. films and theatre performances, plus exclusive offers on special events and in our Café Bar. Visit HOMEmcr.org/families for more information. BABY FRIENDLY STORYTELLING/ SILVERTONGUE: AN STORYTELLING/ THE STORY screenings ADVENTURE FOR YOUNG STORY- THAT LIVED MAKERS Sun 8 Nov . Sun 11 Oct Various 1hr slots from 11:30 Various 1hr slots from 11:30 £5 per child or This autumn we'll be starting £5 per child or £4 with Big Family Card £4 with Big Family Card A theatrical adventure for young performers an ongoing series of baby This practical storytelling session is inspired Inspired by our family Christmas show Inkheart, friendly screenings where by our family Christmas show, Inkheart. Join join storyteller Matt Wardle and discover parents, grandparents and Inkheart’s Meggie and Mo, on an exciting journey what happens when stories simply won't that will lead us behind the scenes at HOME. stay between the pages of a book! Expect carers can watch films from the Expect magic, mayhem and lots of participation magic, mystery and lots of participaton in this HOME programme in a relaxed in a theatrical experience like no other… adventure for children of all ages. Includes an interactive tour behind the scenes at HOME. environment with their baby. Recommended for children aged 5+. Recommended for children aged 5+. All children should be accompanied by For more information about the All children should be accompanied by an adult though due to capacity reasons, screenings, including details we kindly ask that no more than one an adult though due to capacity reasons, adult accompanies each child. we kindly ask that no more than one of age restrictions for babies, adult accompanies each child. families visit homemcr.org/families 033 SCREEN YOUR SHORT FILM AT HOME SHOW & TELL OCTOBER 2015 Are you a filmmaker currently based in the Sat 31 Oct, 16:00 – 18:00 North West? Made a short film? Then send it for consideration for our regular regional film Free, booking required night Filmed Up. There is no submission fee Discover what the creative scene has to and we accept short films under 20 minutes offer in and around Manchester as 10 artists, in duration, of any genre, old or new, made by members of creative digital agencies and filmmakers based in the North West region. creatives at large talk about their practice, The next screening will take place on projects or source of inspiration in 5 minutes Friday 5 Dec, 18:20. The deadline for sharp. The perfect way to get inspired on a submissions is Wed 14 Oct, 17:00. Saturday afternoon, one small bite at a time! To submit your film head up to PLAYREADING/ THE HOUSE homemcr.org/filmedup OF BERNARDA ALBA BY PLAYREADING/ THE MISANTHROPE FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA BY MOLIÈRE Fri 6 Nov, 10:45 - 12:45 Fri 2 Oct, 10:45 - 12:45 £5 (refreshments and scripts included) £5 (refreshments and scripts included) Following the death of her first husband, powerful matriarch Bernarda Alba announces First performed in 1666, The Misanthrope that the household will enter a period of eight spotlights a man who is quick to criticise years mourning. For her five daughters, the the absurdities and pretentions of others, strict confines of the house lead to mounting but remains blind to his own. As he grows tension, jealously and sexual repression. increasingly disenchanted with those around him, the entertainment mounts, even as a happy The session will be facilitated by Lucia Cox, a ending for our hero seems ever less likely. Manchester-based writer, producer and director. The session will be facilitated by Lucia Cox, a Manchester-based writer, producer and director. 404 creatives HOME Young Creatives If you’re 15 – 25 and you’re into art, film and theatre then HOME Young Creatives is for you. Every year, we’ll be putting on an amazing series of free workshops, projects and commissioning opportunities which will be led by industry professionals. Find out more and sign up to the newsletter to find out about opportunities at homemcr.org/hyc LET ME HEAR YOUR BODY TALK: A TOOLS & TRENDS ON THE HORIZON WORKSHOP WITH BRIAN LOBEL Mon 30 Nov, 18:30 – 20:30 COMING Sat 28 Nov (adults) £7 full /£6 concs SOON... 12.00 – 16.00 Join Martin Bryant, Editor of The Next Web, as he talks you through what apps, devices and SHORT SIGHTED Sun 29 Nov (young people) digital trends to look out for in the new year. 14.00 – 18.00 Sat 5 Dec GOOGLE ANALYTICS FOR BEGINNERS For the past ten years, Brian Lobel has been You’ve finished a short film; what now? Join creating work about his body - when it Wed 11 Nov, 14:00 - 17:00 us for a day event to discuss the different works, when it doesn’t work, when it’s achy, ways to getting your film seen with many of when it’s breaky, when it’s lonely and when £10 full / £8 concs the major players in short film distribution, it needs a little extra love. In this workshop, Google Analytics is one of the most effective presented by BAFTA and British Council, drawing on examples from his own arts free tools to understand how people are using in association with Shooting People. practice which straddles the worlds of live your website. But if you don't know what art, monologue and installation, participants to look for and where to find it, it can be will explore their own relationship with their difficult to get a useful insight. Katie Moffat, bodies and how this is informed by politics, Head of Digital at The Audience Agency, will culture, history and more. Through free- help you get to grips with Google Analytics writing, list-making, individual reflection and and make the most of this powerful tool. group discussion, Let Me Hear Your Body Talk aims to remove the barriers that exist between our body and making work about it. 05 GRANADA FOUNDATION GALLERIES 1 AND 2/ HOME PROJECTS/ DR.ME: CHOICE CUTS Until Sun 8 Nov Drawing upon their recent year-long project 365 Days of Collage, DR.ME (artists ART Ryan Doyle and Mark Edwards) present a series of re-purposed found images. The gallery OPENING TIMES resulting collision of meaning and revised Main Gallery intent is often humourous, always startling Granada Foundation Galleries and frequently sinister, as jumbled limbs Mon closed, except for Bank Holidays clash with vivid patterns, and landscapes Tue – Sat: 12:00 – 20:00 Mon – Thu: 11:00 – 23:00 are pierced by unlikely architecture. Fri – Sat: 11:00 – 00:00 Sun: 12:00 – 18:00 Sun: 11:00 – 22:30 Free entry Free Entry GRANADA FOUNDATION GALLERY 1/ HOME PROJECTS/ MAIN GALLERY/ JOANA MAIN GALLERY/ SAFE ELLE BROTHERHOOD: MANMADE VS. NATURE MADE HADJITHOMAS & KHALIL JOREIGE: Sat 14 Nov – Sun 3 Jan 2016 I MUST FIRST APOLOGISE… (Preview Fri 13 Nov, 18:00 – 21:00) Fri 13 Nov – Sun 10 Jan Until Sun 1 Nov Imagine becoming allergic to everything you Imaginative and experimental, Elle enjoy… This major new group exhibition Brotherhood’s photography is shot using Beirut-based artists and filmmakers, Joana takes Todd Haynes’ influential understated a mix of traditional 35mm film and a Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, explore the masterpiece, Safe (1995), as a starting point for digital camera to create fantastical scenes history of online scamming and spam through a series of new commissions in moving image, comprised of the people, nature and objects film, sculpture, photography and installation in sculpture, print, writing and performance she encounters.