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Mantis Manchester MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) Festival of Electroacoustic Music

Some highlights from MANTIS Festival Spring 2026, from performances to a few behind-the-scenes moments. A great few days...
11/03/2026

Some highlights from MANTIS Festival Spring 2026, from performances to a few behind-the-scenes moments. A great few days of music, experimentation, and collaboration. Thank you so much to Miquel Bernat and all our postgraduate students for the wonderful performances!

Set up and rehearsals are well under way for this weekend’s festival at Martin Harris Centre! Thanks to all the NOVARS P...
01/11/2025

Set up and rehearsals are well under way for this weekend’s festival at Martin Harris Centre! Thanks to all the NOVARS PG students for their help setting up 🙏

Concert schedule:
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✱ Saturday 1 November, 18:00–19:00 – Northern Lights Project⁣
✱ Saturday 1 November, 19:30–21:00⁣
✱ Sunday 2 November, 14:00–15:30

Free entry – first come, first served.

Programme can be found at http://mantisfestival.com

MANTIS Fall 2025 is happening today! Visit the video game installation "My Favourite T-shirt" and play for the environme...
01/11/2025

MANTIS Fall 2025 is happening today! Visit the video game installation "My Favourite T-shirt" and play for the environment! This game is a collaboration between the music and fashion departments at the University of Manchester. A project funded by UKRI IAA commercialisation award.

MANTIS Festival is this weekend 💫Join us in the John Thaw Studio at the Martin Harris Centre, for a weekend of electroac...
28/10/2025

MANTIS Festival is this weekend 💫

Join us in the John Thaw Studio at the Martin Harris Centre, for a weekend of electroacoustic music on our 44-speaker surround sound system.

The programme and event details are now up online at http://mantisfestival.com

Free entry - first come, first served

MANTIS Festival | 1–2 november 2025Join us in the John Thaw Studio at the Martin Harris Centre for a weekend of new and ...
08/10/2025

MANTIS Festival | 1–2 november 2025

Join us in the John Thaw Studio at the Martin Harris Centre for a weekend of new and experimental music on our 44-speaker surround sound system.⁣
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Saturday opens with the Northern Lights Project, featuring music by Pierre Boulez, Camden Reeves, and Sungji Hong, performed by Darragh Morgan and Sarah Watts. The weekend also includes concerts with works by NOVARS composers and guests.⁣
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Concert schedule:
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✱ Saturday 1 November, 18:00–19:00 – Northern Lights Project⁣
✱ Saturday 1 November, 19:30–21:00⁣
✱ Sunday 2 November, 14:00–15:30
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Free entry – first come, first served.

And with that MANTIS March 2025 comes to an end.Thank you everybody who attended, and made the festival so special, incl...
03/03/2025

And with that MANTIS March 2025 comes to an end.

Thank you everybody who attended, and made the festival so special, including our postgraduate community, for performing their works, and rigging the system, as well as Kelly Jayne Jones who held a fantastic guided meditation as well as a stunning live performance.

Stay tuned for more photos over the two days, and we will see you in October!

(📸 by Wenxin Zhou)

A mesmerising performance from our guest artist Kelly Jayne Jones last night 🌔There’s one final concert today at 2pm, fe...
02/03/2025

A mesmerising performance from our guest artist Kelly Jayne Jones last night 🌔

There’s one final concert today at 2pm, featuring our Novars composers!

Tickets are free and on a first come first served basis - so come down early to grab a seat

MANTIS Festival starts tomorrow - and the setup is well underway! We have three concerts this weekend: Sat 6pm / Sat 7.3...
28/02/2025

MANTIS Festival starts tomorrow - and the setup is well underway!

We have three concerts this weekend: Sat 6pm / Sat 7.30pm / Sun 2pm

ft. a live performance from our special guest Kelly Jayne Jones, alongside works from our NOVARS composers ✨

Concerts are free and are first come first served, so make sure to come down early to make sure you get a seat!

📷 by Alexander Maschke (2019)

Mantis Festival is just around the corner, and we have an exciting line up of Novars composers, as well as our special g...
20/02/2025

Mantis Festival is just around the corner, and we have an exciting line up of Novars composers, as well as our special guest Kelly Jayne Jones!

To find the full programme, please visit https://mantis25.cargo.site

We hope to see you there!

We are delighted to announce Mantis Festival March!1st-2nd March 2025.The festival of electroacoustic music returns with...
05/02/2025

We are delighted to announce Mantis Festival March!

1st-2nd March 2025.

The festival of electroacoustic music returns with new works by composer at Novars Research Centre, and featuring special guest Kelly Jayne Jones!

All events are un-ticketed, meaning seats are offered on a first come first serve basis.

The 20 Years of MANTIS Festival has come to an end.We were overwhelmed by the support and attendance over this past week...
30/10/2024

The 20 Years of MANTIS Festival has come to an end.

We were overwhelmed by the support and attendance over this past weekend. It was great to see (and hear!) so many of the MANTIS alumni over the course of the event, and each composer demonstrated an incredibly high calibre of work.

A huge thank you is in order to those of you who submitted, presented, and made the festival what it was. There was a humbling amount of support and enthusiasm throughout the entire weekend, and an extra thank you to those postgraduates and alumni that stuck around to assist with the setup and de-rigging over the course of the event - we couldn't have done it without you!

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