Things to do in March 2025

Your curated guide to March's arts and culture across the North West

I’m enjoying the anger and determination for change at the centre of some of the exhibitions opening in the North West this month - from Jan Williams of The Caravan Gallery’s photographs of female disability activists being exhibited at DaDaFest International 40 in Liverpool to The Whitworth’s survey of women’s art and activism from 1970 to 1990. What these shows have in common is the fierceness you feel after seeing the works - galvanised to make a contribution to whatever injustice of many that most rings a chord.

Interestingly, there was only one male journalist (that I spotted, anyway) in the group touring Women in Revolt! this week. I was dying to ask what he thought - whether it had spoken to him as deeply as it had to me, or if he hadn’t been fully aware of women’s suffering. Yet I too learned about new (to me) injustices. While I knew about the ongoing inequalities in healthcare for Black women, I had not heard of Depo-Provera, a contraceptive injection lasting three to six months that was given to a disproportionate number of Black women at levels that put their health at risk.

Black women will not be intimidated, 1980-81, © See Red Women’s Workshop

While white woman marched in favour of free contraception, their Black sisters were calling to “ban the jab”. Yet another reminder, of the value of listening to others’ lived experience - and making no assumptions - given that all of our situations are unique.

You’ll find more details of both those exhibitions below, as well as those opening and closing this month, something to see, something to read, and something to be awed by.

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