Future Flares Festival 2026
Future Flares Festival returns in 2026 with more innovative and impactful performances, presentations, discussions and workshops. Bringing some of the most important new voices in contemporary European performance making together in Manchester, Future Flares encourages creative discourse about just how the art-form is responding to our changing world.
New performance, for here and now
21 – 23 January 2026
Future Flares Festival returns in 2026 with more innovative and impactful performances, presentations, discussions and workshops. Bringing some of the most important new voices in contemporary European performance making together in Manchester, Future Flares encourages creative discourse about just how the art-form is responding to our changing world.
The performances are open to all. Please see the individual event pages for ticketing and booking details.
Testament Tuesday 20 January 2026, 5:30pm Bunker Talk #159 – pre-festival event
| Event Type | Show | Date & Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | |||
| Performance | The Affective Dramaturgy of Voice, Patrick Campbell Free no booking required | Wed 21 Jan 2pm | Free |
| Workshop | Quarantine – a creative workshop introduction | Wed 21 Jan 3:00-5:30pm | Free |
| Performance | What Am I Doing This For? Will Dickie | Wed 21 Jan 6:00-7:00pm | Free |
| Performance | The Ego, Anemone Valcke and Verona Verbakel | Wed 21 Jan 7.30-8.35pm | £7/£4 |
| Thursday | |||
| Workshop | Movements, Sounds, Words, Feelings & Meanings workshop | Thu 22 Jan 10am—1:00pm | Free |
| Performance | Failure (Terror at Night), Brigitte Jurack Free no booking required | Thu 22 Jan 12—2pm | Free |
| Performance | The Visibility of Possibility, Peader Kirk | Thu 22 Jan 6pm—6.35pm | Free |
| Promenade Performance | Burning, Cross Pollination | Thu 22 Jan 7pm—7.15pm | Free |
| Performance | Imperceptible, Jérémie Cyr-Cooke | Thu 22 Jan 7.30pm—9:00pm | £7/£4 |
| Friday | |||
| Performance | An Image is an Act Not a Thing, Jenny Baines and Brigid McLeer Free no booking required | Fri 23 Jan 12pm—2pm | Free |
| Performance | Exit Music Remixed, Pinchbeck and Smith | Fri 23 Jan 12:30—1:00pm | Free |
| Performance | Exit Music, Pinchbeck and Smith | Fri 23 Jan 1:30—2:00pm | Free |
| Workshop | WilL Dickie workshop and performance sharing | Fri 23 Jan 2:00—2:30pm | Free |
