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Want to be first in line, front of the crowd and discover brand new art, dance, theatre, music and more? Experience the art of tomorrow with a Factory International Membership.

📢 Calling all musicians - we’re offering financial support of up to £1,000 for anyone based in Greater Manchester who’s creating something brilliant in music, whether as professional or amateur musicians, DJs, producers and promoters, even label owners and managers. Full details for how to apply are in the link below. Applications are open until 12 February 2024 - get yours in today!

This winter, don't miss our magical new stage adaptation of Oliver Jeffers' Lost and Found. Join us for epic journey to the South Pole as a boy helps a lost penguin find his way home. This heart-warming tale is the perfect festive adventure for little'uns and grown ups too. Lost and Found is open now and runs until 6 January 2024 at Aviva Studios, Manchester. Tickets available now at factoryinternational.org

📣 Calling all emerging artists! Join the first Factory International Fellowship at our new home and be part of a historic and cultural milestone. The Factory International Fellowship is a unique opportunity for six artists based in the North of England to scale up their ambition by gaining insight into how we make work at Aviva Studios. It’s the first time we’ll open the doors to our world-class building for artists to have exclusive access to our commissions and internal teams. Explore your practice in our new building with new commissions and international artists making work at scale. Apply today!

Kalabanté Productions roll into town with their dynamic, high-energy celebration of Guinean culture. Symbolising the strength, agility and joy of contemporary African youth culture, this is a show that puts powerful storytelling at the heart of the circus.

Kalabanté Productions roll into town with their dynamic, high-energy celebration of Guinean culture. Symbolising the strength, agility and joy of contemporary African youth culture, this is a show that puts powerful storytelling at the heart of the circus.

It’s time to Free Your Mind in a new live show inspired by The Matrix. Take a thrilling journey through the film’s most iconic scenes, brought to life by stunning hip-hop dance and extraordinary fashion, music and visual effects. Free Your Mind runs until 5 Nov, at Aviva Studios, Manchester. Tickets can be booked at factoryinternational.org, including Aviva £10 tickets for those on limited incomes.

Sydney trio DMA's land in Manchester as part of their UK tour following the success of their highest-charting, fourth studio album - A pandemic creation, How Many Dreams? Joined by Liverpool's riotous post-punk four-piece STONE. The Australian band will be at Aviva Studios on 15 December. Tickets on sale now.

Coming to Aviva studios this December - for one night only, the soulful hip hop trailblazers Children of Zeus play a hometown show with very special guest Ghetts. Also joined by Loose Ends, Akemi Fox, KinKai, Gyalex, [ K S R] and more, for a celebration of hip hop from the past, present and future. Come and celebrate an unstoppable wave of talent headed up by the Manchester duo. Tickets now on sale!