Mr Monkey's Manchester Events & Exhibitions

Current events and exhibitions

Mr Monkey sees Chinese New Year 2012 - Wishing Tree at the CAC
Mr Monkey visits an installation inspired by the wishing trees of Lam Tsuen and makes a lantern and a wish. (1 page)

This exhibition runs until 28th January 2012.

Mr Monkey sees Night and Day at Piccadilly station
Mr Monkey sees a collection of photos of Mancunian music venues past and present. (1 page)

Jim Cartwright's Two opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre on 17th January, running until 25th February 2012, with a companion exhibition Last Orders in the Royal Exchange Mezzanine.
Exemplar opened at Manchester Photographic on 5th January.
On The Wire: Re-silicone by Lucy Fergus opened at the MCDC on 10th January, running until 3rd March.

Future events and exhibitions

• Once Upon A Wartime opens at IWM North on 11 February and runs until 2nd September.

Past events and exhibitions

2011

• You Can't Take It With You, Royal Exchange Theatre, December (1 page)
• Layered, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, December (1 page)
• Beautiful Thing, Royal Exchange Theatre, November (1 page)
• First Love, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, November (1 page)
• GOOD, Royal Exchange Theatre, October (1 page)
• Primitive Streak, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, October (1 page)
• Life in the UK/Balance of Probabilities, Castlefield Gallery, October (1 page)
• Institution for the Future, CAC (1 page)
• I ♥ MCR Metal City, Manchester Photographic, September (1 page)
• Edward II, Royal Exchange Theatre, September (1 page)
• Northerners, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, September (1 page)
• Anarcadia, Castlefield Gallery, August (1 page)
• Everything Must Go, CAC, August (1 page)
• AAA - Shaun Ryder and Friends, Manchester Photographic, August (1 page)
• And Scent of Pine and the Woodthrush Singing..., Castlefield Gallery, July (1 page)
• Structure, CAC, July (1 page)
• As You Like It, Royal Exchange Theatre, July (1 page)
• Sense of Place at the Royal Exchange Mezzanine, July (1 page)
• War Correspondent, Imperial War Museum North, June (1 page)
• Powder Monkey, Royal Exchange Studio, June (1 page)
• Intrinsic, CAC, May (1 page)
• The Walking Dead, MCDC, May (1 page)
• Wood For The Trees, MCDC, May (1 page)
• Civil Diplomacy, CAC, May (1 page)
• A View From The Bridge, Royal Exchange Theatre, May (1 page)
• Being Dotty, Royal Exchange Mezzanine Gallery, May. (1 page)
• Ethos, Manchester Photographic Gallery, May (1 page)
• On Measuring Uncertainty, Castlefield Gallery, May (1 page)
• 5 @ 50, Royal Exchange Theatre, April (1 page)
• Forecast for Sunny Skies, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, April (1 page)
• Born After 1924, Castlefield Gallery, March (1 page)
• osa/MERZEN, CUBE, March (1 page)
• Something in the Pipeline, CUBE, March (1 page)
• I'm Electric, You're Electric, MCDC, March (1 page)
• Human Error, CAC, March (1 page)
• Private Lives, Royal Exchange Theatre, February (1 page)
• A Beautiful Moment, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, February (1 page)

2010

• Past Present Perfect, MCDC, December (1 page)
• Greg Hersov snapshots, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, December (1 page)
• Zack, Royal Exchange Theatre, December (1 page)
• Sweeney Todd - His Life, Times and Execution!, The Lowry Studio, November (1 page)
• The Bacchae, Royal Exchange Theatre, November. (1 page)
• David Gledhill and Corin Sworn, Castlefield Gallery, November (1 page)
• Stephen Berkeley-White Dance Photography, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, November (1 page)
• The Lady From The Sea, Royal Exchange Theatre, October (1 page)
• Faces of the North and Eyjafjallajökull, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, October (1 page)
• Empire's Borders II : Western Enterprise, Chinese Arts Centre, October (1 page)
• Recorders, Manchester Art Gallery, October (1 page)
• China : Journey to the East, Manchester Museum, September (7 pages)
• Borderlines, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, September (1 page)
• Doctor Faustus, Royal Exchange Theatre, September (1 page)
• Summer House: Home and Away, Castlefield Gallery, August (1 page)
• Infinite Strokes: Chinese Ink Painting, CAC, August (1 page)
• All Aboard, Imperial War Museum North, August (1 page)
• Threadbare, MCDC, July (1 page)
• A World Observed, City Art Gallery, July (1 page)
• Ed Swinden, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, June (1 page)
• A Horse walks into a Bar, Castlefield Gallery, June (1 page)
• Liberation and its relative values, CAC, June (7 pages)
• Lanwei, CAC, April (4 pages)
• Reality TV, Royal Exchange Mezzanine, February (1 page)
• Goodnight party, Urbis, February (1 page)
• SPUN, MCDC, February (1 page)
• Negotiable Values, CAC, January (5 pages)
• Urbis Has Left the Building, Urbis, February (1 page)
• Making an Exhibition of Ourselves, Royal Exchange, January (1 page)

2009

• Blithe Spirit, Royal Exchange, December (1 page)
• Distinction, MCDC, December (1 page)
• The Entertainer, Royal Exchange, November (1 page)
• Ghosts of Winter Hill, Urbis, November (10 pages)
• A Warning to the Curious, Bury Met, October (1 page)
• Home Grown, Urbis, October (10 pages)
• One Degree of Separation, CAC, October (6 pages)
• Wood, MCDC, August (6 pages)
• Best of Manchester, Urbis, July (11 pages)
• Birdhead, CAC, July (5 pages)
• Videogame Nation, Urbis, June (8 pages)
• Head Full of Magic, MCDC, June (1 page)
• Memento, CAC, April (7 pages)
• State of the Art : New York, Urbis, April (12 pages)
• UK Craft Mafias, MCDC, January (7 pages)
• Horror Vacui, MCDC, January (5 pages)
• Seeing Beyond, CAC, January (6 pages)

2008

• Black Panther, Urbis, October/November (13 pages)
• Feast, MCDC, October (8 pages)
• Interval II, CAC, October (4 pages)
• Best of Manchester, Urbis, August (10 pages)
• What Are You Looking At?, CAC, June (6 pages)
• Urban Gardening, Urbis, April (10 pages)
• Beth Essex, MCDC, April (4 pages)
• Matthew Williamson : 10 years in fashion , Urbis, April (10 pages)
• Contemporaneous, CAC, March (6 pages)
• How Manga Took Over the World, Urbis, March (10 pages)
• Yofi, MCDC, January (5 pages)
• Death by a Thousand Cuts, CAC, January (7 pages)

2007

• Catapult 07, Urbis, November (12 pages)
• D&AD awards exhibition, Urbis, November (8 pages)
• Silver, MCDC, October (6 pages)
• Boutique, CAC, October (6 pages)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles, Illyria Theatre Company, Lyme Park, September (6 pages)
• Paper, MCDC, July (9 pages)
• Haçienda 25 FAC 491, Urbis, July (12 pages)
• Best of Manchester, Urbis, July (9 pages)
• The Pivotal Decade, CAC, April (8 pages)
• Chain, CAC, April (6 pages)
• A Coastal Archive, MCDC, April (5 pages)
• Raw, MCDC, January (7 pages)
• Arrivals and Departures, Urbis, January (12 pages)
• Collective Identity, CAC, January (6 pages)

2006

• Every Cloud, Urbis, December (1 page)
• Celebration of Talent, Urbis, November (9 pages)
• China Show, Urbis, November (9 pages)
• Creature Show, MCDC, October (11 pages)
• 0161 Manchester, Urbis, July (9 pages)
• Happy Birthday Miffy, Manchester Art Gallery, July (5 pages)
• Little Black Dress, Urbis, April (9 pages)
• British Art Show 6, Manchester, January (16 pages)

2005

• Rock Icons, Urbis, September (11 pages)
• Hoegaarden Urban Oasis, Manchester, August (7 pages)
• Crouch Mog, Manchester Academy 3, July (5 pages)
• Punk, Urbis, May (10 pages)
• SuperCity, Urbis, January (12 pages)

2004

• Manchester 24, Urbis, November (12 pages)
• Cow Parade, July - September (147 pages)
• Ill Communication II, Urbis, July (9 pages)
• DTroit, Urbis, May (6 pages)
• New Year, Chinatown Manchester, January (7 pages)

2002

• Dead on Deansgate, Waterstones Deansgate, October (8 pages)

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