Manchester HOME, the new cultural centre in Manchester’s First Street development will open to the public on 21 May 2015.

Manchester HOME merges the Cornerhouse and Library Theatre Company. It will include a 500-seat theatre; a 150-seat flexible studio space;  gallery space; five cinema screens; digital production and broadcast facilities; a café bar and restaurants. It will also incorporate one of the existing viaduct arches along Whitworth Street West.

HOME is located on the First Street North site, just off Whitworth Street West and a ten minute walk from Oxford Road Station. The 20 acre site will also include a 208-bedroom, 11-storey, four-star hotel which will be operated by Melia Hotels as an ‘Innside’ branded property – the first in the UK. The hotel will include a wellness suite, restaurant, bar and conference facilities.

Details: www.homemcr.org