Wed 17, 24, 31 Jul, 2 – 4pm Free, drop in Join Streetwise Opera and learn protest songs written in collaboration for the anniversary of Peterloo. You don’t need to have any experience of singing to get involved.
Thu 19 Sep, 10.30 – 12pm Free, drop in Join the project team and audio describer, Anne Hornsby to explore the exhibition.
Thu 23 May, Thu 6 & 20 Jun, Thu 4 & 18 Jul, Thu 1 & 15 Aug, 1-2pm Free, drop in. A conversation with gallery staff about ideas explored in the exhibition. Get together in the exhibition to discuss the key themes of Solidarity, Democracy, Mass movement, Crowd control, The right to appear, Crowd … Continued
Thu 11 Jul, 1pm – 4pm Pay what you can – £3 / £5 / £8 Join us for relaxed screenings of the Peterloo Film every month from June – August. The Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in British democracy which also played a significant role in the founding of The Guardian newspaper. Written and … Continued
Thu 15 Aug, 1pm – 4pm Pay what you can – £3 / £5 / £8 Join us for relaxed screenings of the Peterloo Film every month from June – August. The Peterloo Massacre was a defining moment in British democracy which also played a significant role in the founding of The Guardian newspaper. Written … Continued
Fri 31 May 2019 – Thu 19 Sep 2019 Exhibitions are open Wednesdays to Fridays 1-5pm, and the first Saturday of the month 10am-4pm. 200 years ago in St Peter’s Field a crowd calling for electoral reform was attacked by the Manchester & Salford Yeomanry, an event that has become known as Peterloo. This exhibition … Continued
Fri 16 7 Aug, 7 – 11pm Tickets: £15 / Booking required. Calling all people! Come and get involved in Art Battle Manchester: Peterloo Special, where you can watch painters, illustrators, tattooists and street artists go head-to-head in what has been described as the city’s most energetic art event. With only minutes to create a masterpiece – YOU will decide … Continued
Sat 17 Aug, 2pm Free, booking required. *Please note this event is now sold out. There is an active waiting list, but please note that subscribing to the list is not a guarantee of entry to the event.* David Olusoga OBE is a historian, broadcaster and film-maker who also became Professor of Public History at … Continued
Sat 22 Jun, 12pm Free, no booking required. Soapbox will transform Parliament Square in Oldham to create a Speakers Corner. The line up will feature poets, writers, musicians and groups from Oldham Youth Council, Oldham Theatre Workshop and Mahdlo who have been working with writers from Manchester’s Young Identity to explore the themes of Protest, … Continued
Wed 17 Jul, 7pm Free, booking required Death to Lloyd the traitor is an illustrated talk by the authors of Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre, a ‘verbatim’ graphic novel drawn entirely from the words of those who were there (www.peterloo.org). Find out about the little-known role both the Manchester clergy and the ‘Stockport fray’ played … Continued
