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Review: Cotton Panic! at Manchester International Festival
Upper Campfield Market in Manchester’s Castlefield is a great space.
Read the full story..Review: What If Women Ruled The World? Manchester International Festival
I’m struggling to put my thoughts about Israeli artist Yael Bartana’s ground-breaking film and performance project What If Women Ruled the World? into coherent sentences.
Read the full story..Review: Fatherland, Royal Exchange, Manchester International Festival
In school, I was taught that the most convincing arguments address their own pitfalls before someone else raises them.
Read the full story..What is the City but the People? Manchester International Festival 2017
Google maps does not recognise Mayfield. According to the internet, the abandoned railway depot near Piccadilly station doesn’t exist.
Read the full story..Review: Bjork at Castlefield Arena, Manchester
Bjork’s first European gig since the release of her latest album, Vulnicara, is a curious affair.
Read the full story..Review: Tree Of Codes, Manchester International Festival
Tree Of Codes is one of those ‘wild card’ yet brilliantly successful shows that Manchester International Festival has made a bit of a specialty of miraculously pulling off over the years.
Read the full story..Review: The Skriker, Manchester International Festival
Maxine Peake’s artistic reunion with director Sarah Frankcom after The Masque Of Anarchy and Hamlet has, predictably, proved to be one of the hottest tickets at this year’s Manchester International Festival, although it’s worth noting that it continues at the Royal Exchange for a couple of weeks beyond the end of the Festival if you’re searching for tickets.
Read the full story..Review: wonder.land, Manchester International Festival
Manchester International Festival’s USP has always been the creation of original, new work – premières which then carry the brand around the world, at least in theory. This bold attitude has led to some remarkable triumphs over the years and some unique events for Manchester.
Read the full story..Between a Dream and a Whisper
I’m coining a new verb. To be ‘Goldfrapped’ means to have been on a magical journey of mind, body and soul.
Read the full story..The Old Woman
Now this is what makes the Manchester International Festival cool. Let a visionary director loose on an obviously wild and crazy, but absolutely dazzling, idea, with defiantly large-scale production values and determined support.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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