Haphazard 2026

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Presented by Word of Warning + Z-arts

Playful, quirky, engaging, and sometimes plain daft: Haphazard is for kids and their adults, adults and their adults — anyone looking for a different day out!

A free Live Art takeover of Z-arts on Saturday 11 July from 1pm to 4pm. Turn up at any time, come and go as you please… and expect the unexpected!

Artists

Claire Leith & Lucy Fegan · Hyde N Seek · In Between Time · Lesya Tyminska · Liv Loupe · Lizzy Margereson · Miranda Prag · Scrapheap Collective · Tilekxin artist collective, Shynara Nygmetova & Zixuan Hong   Participating artists subject to change.

Entry

FREE: there’s no need to book… just turn up!

Times: Saturday 11 July 2026, from 1pm to 4pm (turn up at any time).
NB artists take breaks on an ad hoc basis; you may not get a chance to see everything.

Location: Z-arts, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester M15 5ZA.

Access

Age Advisory: suitable for all ages (parent/guardian/carer discretion).

Content Warnings: some works involve interaction and/or participation; specific warnings listed here about a month before.

Features: nine Live Art, contemporary performance, and participatory works with varied content.
NB multiple spaces are in use on the ground & first floors, and works are varied in format — some roaming, some seated, some standing, some spoken word, some visual, some participatory.

Queries: please contact Z-arts via 0161 226 1912 or boxoffice@z-arts.org

About

Haphazard is our frequent foray into ‘all ages’ Live Art, with intriguing images and offbeat oddities dotted around and about Hulme’s historic Z-arts building.

This ninth edition will present nine works — Haphazard has previously seen ping pong balls & squeaky toys; a singing fish & a sax-playing bear; paintball golf & human quoits; a giant periscope, a lonely wookie, a golden toilet, clown-dancing, and a tiny bee-shaped world…

Get a feel for it by looking at image galleries from 2025, 2024, 2023, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013 — and programmes from 2025, 2024, 2023, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013.

Credits

Haphazard 2026 produced by hÅb with Z-arts; supported using public funding by Arts Council England, and by Manchester City Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Image: Puppetfingers (appeared in Haphazard 2025)

Websites

haphazardmcr.org

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