Art at Manchester International Festival
For the past few weeks, Manchester’s streets have been filling up with posters advertising the...
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Tag: Manchester International Festival
Manchester Jewish Museum reopens after a decade of planning (and two years closure)
The Jewish people have more history than most. They have been kicked out of country after country, and murdered by politicians seeking a scapegoat or by monarchs seeking to escape debt. Opportunities to settle must seem quite...
Read MoreReview: The Global Playground, Theatre-Rites, Manchester International Festival, Great Northern
If Manchester International Festival (MIF) has any raison d’être, this has to be it. Without MIF’s commission, this fine piece of work would not exist. It reminds me of another commissioned piece I saw at Manchester’s Royal...
Read MoreOnline Theatre Review: Dream, The Audience of The Future Consortium
Last night I dreamt I went to watch live theatre again. But it was just a Dream. And by Dream, I mean an online interactive live theatre experience where actors don motion capture suits and move and speak into an empty space....
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Manchester artists respond to Riz Ahmed’s The Long Goodbye for MIF and Fuse
Riz Ahmed’s critically acclaimed album, The Long Goodbye Livestream Edition, takes a close-up look at the break-up of a toxic relationship with the country you call home. It blends storytelling, music, archive footage and...
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