Looking forward – and looking back…
The first Manchester International Festival was held in 2007, taking over the city with an adventurous programme of original, new work. However, the first MIF production, a trailblazer event designed...
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The Skriker rehearsals
See behind-the-scenes of The Skriker with our gallery from rehearsals, featuring Maxine Peake and her fellow cast members. Photography by Jonathan Keenan.
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Seven days to go – and seven reasons to get excited…
We’re just one week – one week!– from the opening of MIF15, and all systems are very much set to go. If you’ve recently visited central Manchester, you’ll doubtless have seen our posters, banners and...
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An exclusive look at the dancers from Tree of Codes with new music by Jamie xx.Featuring Marie-Agnès Gillot of the Paris Opera Ballet and Travis Clausen-Knight of Company Wayne McGregor.Directed by...
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A peek down the rabbit hole
MIF15 officially starts on Thursday – but last night, three days ahead of the Festival’s official launch, saw the first preview performance of wonder.land, a brand new musical inspired by Lewis...
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Festival Square – a sneak preview today
Festival Square begins its MIF-long takeover of Albert Square on Friday 2 July. But if you’re in central Manchester today (Tuesday 30 June), you can get a sneak preview – Festival Square is having a...
View ArticleThe Skriker trailer
'Nobody loves me and the sun's going to kill me', Maxine Peake reads an extract from The Skriker, by Caryl Churchil in an animation by Alice Dunseath.
View ArticleWe're back – Day 1 of MIF15
Starting today, join us for 18 extraordinary days of world premieres and special events. There are plenty of tickets still available, including £12 tickets for Greater Manchester residents on a lower...
View ArticleThe first Tree of Codes reviews are in
Tree of Codes has it's official world premiere last night and the first reviews have come in. See below for some highlights. We've also got some performance highlights with audience reactions in our...
View ArticleThe first MIF15 reviews
The first weekend of MIF15 has come to a close, and we've rounded up some of the best quotes from the first reviews for Tree of Codes, wonder.land, The Skriker, Adam Buxton & Friends and The...
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To celebrate the return of Manchester International Festival (MIF) this summer, Bruntwood and Manchester International Festival have collaborated on ManchesterInFlux, a digital visualisation project...
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MIF15 Competition, who's your favourite feline?
Who’s your favourite feline? To celebrate MIF15's wonder.land, our fabulous new musical, we’ve got a wonder.land bag up for grabs to give away. Just as in Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat plays a...
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Mr Tumble takes MIF15 by storm
Families have been packing the Opera House all weekend for the opening performances ofThe Tale of Mr Tumble, a fabulous, family-friendly show starring Justin Fletcher and Ronni Ancona. 'A nose-honking...
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Richter/Pärt - ‘A match made in heaven’
The last few days have seen huge crowds descend on the Whitworth to hear the music of Arvo Pärt married to the art of Gerhard Richter in a show that the Observer described in their five-star review as...
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The Mancorialist at MIF
Since 2012, the Mancorialist has been documenting the street life of Greater Manchester in loving detail. Created in response to the insider elitism of the Sartorialist, an influential New York fashion...
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FlexN Manchester 'poetry in motion’
This week, Old Granada Studios hosts FlexN Manchester, an exhilarating new collaboration between dancers from Brooklyn and New York. Here are a selection of reviews from across the web:‘Splitting at...
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The Tale of Mr Tumble Colouring Competion
Congratulations to the four winners of our colouring competition – they won the chance to meet Mr Tumble himself!The Tale of Mr Tumble continues at Manchester Opera House until 19 July.
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Performance Capture
Gallery: A selection of images from Ed Atkins' Performance CapturePerformance Capture continues at Manchester Art Gallery until 19 July.
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Making a song and dance: MIF Creative at MIF15
For each Festival, MIF invites leading artists from home and abroad to create ambitious new work in partnership with local people under the banner of MIF Creative. Over the past four festivals, MIF...
View ArticleFestival Square Photography Competition
Come Sunday night, Festival Square will be closing its doors for the last time until 2017. The Mancorialist has been photographing the action on the Square throughout MIF15 - but we'd also love to see...
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