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#MIF19 Essentials mcrintfestival Book tickets / Plan your visit / Venue page 4 mifestival directory / Complete mifestival Festival calendar page 32 page 40 Book tickets at mif.co.uk manchesterintfest page 50 YOKO ONO WORLD PREMIERE Yoko Ono invites the people of to Cathedral Gardens gather together in Cathedral Gardens and send Thur 4 July, 6pm a message of peace to the world. Join thousands of diverse voices and a people’s orchestra of bells Admission free from home and abroad as the city rings and sings out for peace – and welcomes the world to Manchester. Watch live online mif.co.uk/live Yoko Ono has been among the world’s most #BELLSFORPEACE renowned and respected artists for more than 50 years. This new commission is the first major Get involved work she has created for the city of Manchester. Visit mif.co.uk/ getinvolved or email [email protected]

Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival. Supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of My Festival. BELLS FOR

Photo: Matthew Placek © Yoko Ono PEACE4 5 TREE WORLD PREMIERE Created by Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s electrifying new Upper Campfield blend of drama, music and dance follows one man’s Market Hall journey into the heart and soul of contemporary South Thur 4 – Sat 13 July Africa – with the audience at the centre of the action. Previews Sat 29 June – Wed 3 July It’s just 12 hours from London to his parents’ homeland, but to Kaleo (Alfred Enoch), South Africa CAP Tue 9 & Wed 10 is another world. A family tragedy finally forces him July, 8pm to visit for the first time – and as he takes his journey of healing, Kaleo must confront hidden histories and For full schedule, see p50 right the wrongs of the past. But first he must face the present: a shattered family, fighting to hold on to Tickets what they believe is theirs, in a nation haunted by the £35 ghosts of its own turbulent past. £30 previews, concs £10 Directed by Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of residents on a lower wage London’s Young Vic, with music inspired by Elba’s album Mi Mandela, Tree is an exhilarating show This is a standing event about identity, family and belonging, seen through the eyes of one man on the toughest journey of his life. Recommended 14+ Under-18s must be Jon Bausor Set & Costume Designer accompanied by an adult Gregory Maqoma Choreographer Jon Clark Lighting Designer Paul Arditti Sound Designer #TreeMIF Duncan McLean Video Designer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante Music Supervisor & Composer A Manchester International Festival, Pippa Ailion CDG Casting Director Young Vic and Green Door Pictures co-production. In association with Eleanor Lloyd Productions, Bob Benton for Anthology Theatre and Eilene Davidson.

6 7 JAN ELLE MONÁE Plus special guests Janelle Monáe makes her MIF debut with an Bowl exclusive show on the opening night of the Festival. Thur 4 July, 7pm (doors open 6pm) A singular and spectacular live performer, Monáe received massive acclaim in 2018 for Tickets Dirty Computer, which reached the top ten on both £35 sides of the Atlantic and was named NPR’s Album of £30 concs the Year. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, £10 Greater Manchester producer, actress (Moonlight, Hidden Figures) residents on a lower wage and activist is playing just three UK dates in 2019 – and we’re thrilled she’s joining us for this one-off Under-14s must be open-air show. accompanied by an adult No under-5s

#JanelleMonae

Produced by Manchester International Festival.

Photo: JUCO 8 9 Leo Warner Director 59 Productions and Rambert Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Co-Director & Choreographer Lolita Chakrabarti Adaptor 59 Productions Concept & Design Rambert Dance

WORLD PREMIERE / A PRE-FACTORY EVENT Zenobia, a city of joy. Beersheba, a celestial city of Mayfield gold. Isadora, a city of promise, seduction and desire. Fri 5 July – Sun 14 July INVIS City by unseen city, the young explorer conjures from Previews Tue 2 – the ether a vast and spectacular empire – all for the Thur 4 July benefit of its emperor, his master, who may never get to see it for himself… CAP Wed 10 July, 8pm & Sun 14 July, 2.30pm Leo Warner, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Lolita Chakrabarti, BSL Thur 11 July, 8pm 59 Productions and Rambert bring to life a series of fantastical places in this world-premiere production. For full schedule, see p50 IBLE Centred on the edgy relationship between Kublai Khan, the volatile head of a vast empire, and explorer Tickets Marco Polo, who must transcend a language barrier £35 to describe it for him, this spellbinding mix of £30 previews, concs theatre, choreography, music, architectural design £10 Greater Manchester and projection mapping imagines a succession of residents on a lower wage alternative worlds – and reimagines what is possible in live performance. #InvisibleCities

Created for Mayfield, Manchester’s iconic former Produced by Manchester International Festival, 59 Productions, railway depot, Invisible Cities distils both the essence Rambert and Karl Sydow. of MIF and the ambition that will define , Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Brisbane the Festival’s future home. Festival, Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Dustin O’Halloran & Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie of SMG Live, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed A Winged Victory for the Sullen Composers Cultural Centre (JACC) and Jenny Melville Set Designer Karl Sydow. Laura Hopkins Costume Designer Fabiana Piccioli Lighting Designer Gareth Fry Sound Designer Nicol ScottVideo Designer Sam Jones CDG Casting Director

Photo: Jason Bell 10 CITIES 11 SCHOOL OF INTEGRATION PARLIAMENT OF GHOSTS TANIA IBRAHIM BRUGUERA MAHAMA

WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Why is integration always the responsibility of the This major installation reflects on the half-forgotten The Whitworth immigrant? Inverting the status quo, Tania Bruguera’s Fri 5 – Sat 20 July history of Ibrahim Mahama’s home country: Ghana, Fri 5 – Sun 21 July powerful, provocative and inspiring new work draws 10am–5pm daily, except whose journey from British colony to independent 10am–5pm daily, except Manchester nearer to those who’ve made this city 11am–5pm Mon nation was completed barely 60 years ago. 10am–9pm Thur their home, inviting us to discover and embrace the diversity in our midst. Admission free The heart of Parliament of Ghosts is a haunting Audio+ tours Tue 9 & Some events will assemblage of lost objects, rescued and repurposed Tue 16 July, 2pm Local people originally from countries around the require tickets – to form a vast parliamentary chamber in the heart CAP tour Tue 16 July, 2pm world will give free classes on a curriculum that see mif.co.uk/integration of the Whitworth. Abandoned train seats and faded includes languages, culture, ethics, politics, railway sleepers, scrapped school furniture and Exhibition continues after economics and many other forms of knowledge. #TaniaBruguera documents from governmental archives: Mahama MIF19 until 29 September These are not only instructional lessons, but lends powerful new context to this residue from a something more personal and vivid. Every teacher Get involved nation in transition. Also encompassing painting, Admission free will pass on his or her own experiences to anyone Visit mif.co.uk/ sculpture, photography and film,Parliament of Ghosts interested in developing new skills – resulting in a getinvolved or email beautifully evokes the histories and memories of #IbrahimMahama new kind of shared learning experience. [email protected] a country and its people asserting their independence. Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival Open and free to all, School of Integration fosters Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and the Whitworth, The University cohesion and builds bridges of cultural understanding, and Manchester Art Gallery. of Manchester. encouraging us to eliminate the idea of strangeness Photo: from 100 hours reading of Hannah Arendt’s and cherish a plurality of voices. ‘The Origins of Totalitarianism’, courtesy of Estudio Bruguera and the Hannah Arendt International Institute for Artivism Photo: White Cube George Darrell 12 13 ABIDA PARVEEN ALPHABUS with Nahid Siddiqui FlexN & Young Identity WORLD PREMIERE An exclusive collaboration between the world’s How much are you willing to sacrifice? Unit 5, Great greatest spiritual singer and a legend of South Asian Fri 5 July, 7.30pm What have you got to lose? Northern classical dance, together for one night only at MIF19. Fri 5 July, 7pm Tickets Reggie ‘Regg Roc’ Gray, the New York dancer- Sat 6 July, 7pm & 9pm ‘Music should rise from the heart and go straight £18–£55 choreographer behind FlexN Manchester (MIF15), Sun 7 July, 3pm & 7pm to the soul,’ says Abida Parveen. When this iconic £13–£50 concs joins spoken-word powerhouse Young Identity Sufi singer takes to the microphone, that’s exactly £10 Greater Manchester and dancers from New York and Manchester for a Tickets the journey it takes – as anyone who witnessed her residents on a lower wage thrilling, intense exploration of power and weakness, £10 transcendent show at MIF13 will remember. triumph and tragedy, anti-heroes and fallen angels. #AbidaParveen #Alphabus For this rare UK date, Parveen will be joined by Alphabus draws its story from global myths, faiths dazzling kathak dancer Nahid Siddiqui for a one-off Produced by Manchester and traditions, but it’s rooted in the here and now. Commissioned and International Festival. produced by Manchester performance together. Don’t miss this inspirational In association with The Lowry. A seamless synergy of transatlantic street dance International Festival. evening of sacred music and dance, a message of and vital poetry from some of Britain’s most exciting peace, love and harmony from two of the greatest voices, it’s both deeply personal and wholly universal devotional artists alive today. – a dynamic and ambitious new show that captures the collaborative essence of MIF. Curated by Rafi Peer Reggie ‘Regg Roc’ Gray Director Isaiah Hill, Billie Meredith, Jardel Rodrigues, Scarlett RoseWriters Photos: courtesy of the artists Nicole May Dramaturg Photo: Sodium 14 15 Weird, wonderful and forever wild at heart – the iconic HOME David Lynch is taking over HOME for the duration of MIF19. Featuring art, film, music and more, this Art: My Head Is special season of events is a unique opportunity Disconnected (Gallery) to immerse yourself in the world of the pioneering Sat 6 July – Sun 21 July American artist, musician and director of such works Noon–8pm Mon–Sat as Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks. Noon–6pm Sun

Every corner of HOME will be inhabited by a Lynchian BSL-led tour spirit for the Festival’s 18 extraordinary days. Sat 20 July, 3pm In the gallery, My Head Is Disconnected is the first major UK exhibition of Lynch’s paintings, drawings Exhibition continues after and sculpture. In the theatre, Lynch collaborator MIF19 until 29 September Chrysta Bell presents a series of one-off live shows from Lynch-inspired musicians. In the cinema, there’ll Admission free be screenings of Lynch’s classic movies and rare short films, along with those of the directors who Music (Theatre 1) influenced him. And look out for other special events Fri 12 – Sun 14 July we’ll be announcing nearer the time: conversations, Line-ups to be announced masterclasses and much more. See mif.co.uk/lynch

Don’t miss this chance to take a trip into the mind Film season (Cinema) of one of contemporary culture’s most radical and Schedule to be announced visionary figures. See mif.co.uk/lynch

Curated by Sarah Perks & Omar Kholeif #DavidLynch with Mary Anne Hobbs & Jason Wood Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and HOME, Manchester, in association with the David Lynch Foundation UK.

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16 HOME 17 RAFAEL LOZANO- HEMMER WORLD PREMIERE / A PRE-FACTORY EVENT At once a daring artwork and a sensory performance, Science and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s breathtaking immersive Industry Museum installation scours the atmosphere for the voices Sat 6 – Sun 21 July of our past. Inspired by computing pioneer Charles 10am–5pm daily, except Babbage’s 180-year-old proposal that the air is a 10am–9pm Thur ‘vast library’ holding every word ever spoken, REL Tue 9 & Sun 14 July, Atmospheric Memory asks: was Babbage right? Can 10.30am–12.30pm we rewind the movement of the air to recreate long- lost voices? And if so, whose would we want to hear? For details of the live events programme, Harnessing both state-of-the-art technology and see mif.co.uk/memory classic phantasmagorical effects, Lozano-Hemmer’s ‘Atmospheric Machines’ mine the air for turbulence Tickets caused by speech, then transform it into something £8 we can see, hear and even touch: trails of vapour, £5 concs ripples on water, epic 360-degree projections. £1 under-18s These new artworks are presented alongside rare Free school groups pieces from the Science Museum Group’s collections. Age 8+ Staged in an extraordinary custom-built structure Under-16s must be next to the museum’s 1830 Warehouse, Atmospheric accompanied by an adult Memory explores the beautiful tumult of the air we breathe – and ultimately celebrates the transience #AtmosphericMemory of the sounds that fleetingly live within it. Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Science and Industry Museum, FutureEverything and ELEKTRA/Arsenal, Montreal. Produced by Manchester International Festival and curated with FutureEverything and Science and Industry Museum.

Supported by Wellcome.

Accompanied by an education programme supported by Photo: Miguel Legault/Antimodular The Granada Foundation. 18 19 INTERDEP ENDENCE

A DRUNK PANDEMIC

Created by Chim↑Pom Interdependence is our ideas programme, bringing The Whitworth together audiences, artists and guest speakers to talk Sat 6 July Curated by Contact Young Curators about themes and questions inspired by MIF19. Three 10am–1pm & 2–5pm Saturday summits focus on three global challenges, WORLD PREMIERE exploring bridges from ideas to real-world change. Albert Hall In addition, look out for special daily conversations and Sat 13 July Fancy a pint? A secret location a programme of artists’ talks throughout the Festival. 10am–noon & 1–4pm Fri 5 – Sun 21 July The Manchester cholera epidemic of the 1830s is the Sat 6 July: Utopia Now! HOME unlikely inspiration for the first major UK project by For full programme Utopian visions are often dismissed as fantasies – Sat 20 July one of the world’s most playful and provocative art and ticket information, so are we dreaming too big or too small? Join us for 10am–1pm & 2–5pm collectives. Here at the invitation of Contact Young see mif.co.uk/chimpom everyday inspiration on how to change the world. Curators, five emerging local artists brought together All sessions BSL, CAP by MIF and Contact, Tokyo’s Chim↑Pom are building Age 18+ Sat 13 July: Future Myths a temporary brewery in a secret city-centre location. Are the religions and myths that once lent life Tickets #ChimPom meaning now relics? We explore the power of memory, £8 Cholera swept through Manchester almost 200 language and imagination to shape who we are. Commissioned and produced by years ago. Thousands of people were buried in Manchester International Festival #Interdependence cholera pits around modern-day Victoria Station and and Contact. Sat 20 July: Life Hacked Angel Meadow – and thousands more only survived Technology is changing our minds, bodies and Commissioned and produced by Manchester International because they drank beer instead of water. Tour the environment, creating unprecedented potential and Festival in partnership with secret brewery, try the beer, check out the special risk. Meet the radicals navigating our new reality. New Constellations (6 July) and gal-dem (13 July). In association events – and expect the unexpected… with the Whitworth and HOME. Photo: Leslie Kee © Chim↑Pom For a full programme, see mif.co.uk/interdependence. 20 21 WORLD PREMIERE On 16 August 1819, more than 60,000 people flooded into St Peter’s Field from all over Manchester. They came in peace, united in their passion for the right to vote. But as the speeches began, armed troops on horseback charged into the crowd, killing 15 and injuring more than 600. The Peterloo Massacre was a pivotal moment in British history, a landmark on our road to democracy. And now, THE MIF is marking its 200th anniversary with an extraordinary day of performance, poetry and music.

ANU ANVILAN ELEGY FOR PETERLOO ANU, one of Europe’s most daring theatre companies, is taking to the streets for a day-long series Sun 7 July, daytime of immersive performances, all completely free. See mif.co.uk/anu for Inspired by the lives and stories of those who died times and locations at Peterloo, the company is collaborating with people from all over Greater Manchester to explore what Admission free Peterloo meant then and what it means today – reflecting on the events of 1819 while forging a vital Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival. new connection with our 21st-century city.

The Emily Howard Sun 7 July, 6pm Michael Symmons Roberts BBC Philharmonic Tickets £10 The evening sees the world premiere of a major new piece of music by composer Emily Howard, #Anvil one of our most original musical voices, and writer Commissioned by Manchester Michael Symmons Roberts, winner of the Costa International Festival, the BBC Poetry Award. Both an elegy to the fallen and a Philharmonic and BBC Radio 3. celebration of our city, the work will be performed at Produced by Manchester International Festival and The Bridgewater Hall by the BBC Philharmonic and a the BBC Philharmonic. huge massed chorus featuring the BBC Singers and three Hallé choirs – with all tickets priced at just £10. Supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of My Festival. Ben Gernon Conductor Christopher Purves Baritone Kate Royal Soprano

Photo: Manuel Streit 22 23 Studio ORKA The Hallé Saint Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury TUESDAY Wed 10 – Sun 21 July LENINGRAD BSL Sat 20 July, 7pm & WORLD PREMIERE Sun 21 July, 3pm For full schedule, see p50 ‘I baptise you as Tuesday, he said, because A rare opportunity to get close to the genesis of a The Bridgewater Hall I found you on a Tuesday – from now on, major new artwork, and to experience a towering Thur 11 July, 7.30pm Tickets the most beautiful day of the week.’ landmark in modern music: Shostakovich’s £15 ‘Leningrad’ Symphony. Tickets £10 under-16s, concs, Tuesday’s an old man now, nearer the end than the £13–£34 Greater Manchester beginning. As he looks back on his life, which began Sir Mark Elder, the Hallé’s Music Director, and £8–£29 concs residents on a lower wage when he was abandoned in a church by his mother, Johan Simons, the acclaimed Dutch theatre director, £10 Greater Manchester we travel with him through time – into his memories, are creating a new work for The Factory (see page 49) residents on a lower wage Age 8+ his dreams and the moments that shaped the inspired by two great artists and their experiences Under-16s must be person he became. living on a knife edge in the Soviet Union: composer #Leningrad accompanied by an adult Dmitri Shostakovich and writer Vasily Grossman, Beautifully staged in a Grade I listed Victorian church, author of the epic Life and Fate. Produced by Manchester Get involved International Festival and the Hallé. Tuesday is a magical and moving show about the Visit mif.co.uk/ people, places and experiences that make our Tonight, Elder and Simons will be discussing this getinvolved or email journey through life unique. new work before a performance of Shostakovich’s [email protected] monumental Symphony No.7, ‘Leningrad’. Written for more than 100 musicians and first performed in the #StudioOrka midst of the siege of the composer’s home city during Commissioned by Manchester the Second World War, its creation was a triumph International Festival, hetpaleis, of the human spirit. Elder and the Hallé’s 2013 live Antwerp and Theater Antigone, recording won universal acclaim – and the piece Kortrijk. Supported by The Flemish Authorities, the City of Ghent and will once more come alive in the concert hall. Tax Shelter Belgium. Produced by Manchester International Festival Sir Mark Elder Conductor and Studio ORKA. Illustrations: Leonard Cools Image: Deutsche Fotothek 24 25 UTOPOLIS MANCHESTER (Haug / Kaegi / Wetzel)

WORLD PREMIERE Join your fellow citizens for an extraordinary Multiple locations, journey through Manchester. Manchester city centre Wed 10 – Sat 13 July Utopolis Manchester is a visionary site-specific 6–10.30pm (approx) work that uses intricate tapestries of sound and voices to transform our view of the city. Gathering Tickets in dozens of small groups at multiple locations, £20 we’ll head out to explore the people and places that £15 concs shape Manchester’s daily life – and discover the £10 Greater Manchester many ways in which citizens build communities, residents on a lower wage society and democracy. Recommended 12+ As our assembly reaches critical mass, a question Under-16s must be emerges. Can a group of disparate individuals accompanied by an adult come together to forge a utopian state? And how large can this system grow before it falls apart? Parts of the event take place outdoors and Created by Rimini Protokoll and inspired by involve travel on foot or by Thomas More’s Utopia, Utopolis Manchester other means. For access asks whether another society might exist, queries, call 0161 817 4547 if only for a utopian moment… or email [email protected]

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Commissioned by Manchester International Festival and Schauspiel Köln. Produced by Manchester International Festival.

Photo: Lee Baxter 26 27 THE FOUNTAINHEAD Based on the book by Ayn Rand UK PREMIERE / A PRE-FACTORY EVENT ‘You’re likely to find yourself sky high, The Lowry breathless and hypnotised’ – The New York Times Wed 10 & Thur 11 July, 6.30pm Ivo van Hove brings his Internationaal Theater Sat 13 July, 2pm Amsterdam ensemble to The Lowry to perform his most controversial work. The Fountainhead is a Tickets gripping adaptation of Ayn Rand’s uncompromising £18–£35 20th-century classic, a major inspiration for £13–£30 concs libertarian politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. £10 Greater Manchester residents on a lower wage The Fountainhead is a portrait of Howard Roark, a brilliant young architect who rejects easy routes The Fountainhead is to commercial success in favour of innovation and presented in Dutch independence. It’s ‘a war of ideas’, in Van Hove’s with English surtitles words, encompassing art and architecture, and contains scenes commerce and capitalism. But it’s also a passionate of an adult nature hymn to individualism – and a dark, violent love story. IVO Presented as a pre-Factory event, The Fountainhead 4hr 15min incl interval receives its UK premiere at MIF19. #Fountainhead VAN RE:CREATING EUROPE What is Europe? Is it a continent or a culture, The Lowry a bygone dream or a thriving reality – or all of Fri 12 July, 8pm the above? BSL, CAP

In a year when a deeply divided Britain is set to leave Tickets the EU, Re:Creating Europe explores the continent £18–£35 through the speeches and texts that have shaped, £13–£30 concs traced and defined its history. Created by De Balie £10 Greater Manchester HOVE residents on a lower wage Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and ITA, directed by Ivo van Hove and performed by the ITA ensemble alongside some very special Ivo van Hove, one of the world’s Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA), guest performers, Re:Creating Europe uses the 90min approx greatest theatre directors (Network, these shows offer an exciting glimpse words of artists, thinkers and political leaders – from #RecreatingEurope All About Eve), makes his MIF debut with of the kind of work Van Hove will be Shakespeare to Goethe, Churchill to Obama – to Produced by Manchester a major UK premiere and a specially premiering at The Factory, MIF’s future evoke the very notion of Europe, forcing us to reflect International Festival, De Balie and conceived project. Performed by home (page 49). on what it is, what it was and what it could become. Internationaal Theater Amsterdam.

Photos: Jan Versweyveld 28 29 TRAJAL HARRELL WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Troubled but tough, unloved but unbowed, The Dancehouse Maggie the Cat is the captivating focus of Thur 11 July – Sun 14 July Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Now, acclaimed American choreographer Trajal Harrell For full schedule, see p50 places Maggie centre stage in his magnetic new dance work, a dazzling and provocative fusion of Tickets high art and pop culture that premieres at MIF19. £20 £15 concs Set to a soundtrack ranging from electro and pop £10 Greater Manchester to classical music, Maggie the Cat addresses power, residents on a lower wage gender, rejection and inclusion through the prism of one of modern theatre’s most celebrated characters. #TrajalHarrell Influenced by everything from ancient Greek theatre to the Harlem voguing underground, it’s challenging, Produced by Manchester International Festival. tragic, entertaining – and ultimately joyous. Maggie the Cat forms one part of a trilogy, Porca Miseria, commissioned Part one of a trilogy inspired by women who had by Manchester International to navigate treacherous waters to gain or retain Festival, Schauspielhaus Zürich, their power, Maggie the Cat is a brilliant new work ONASSIS STEGI, Kampnagel (Hamburg), Holland Festival, from one of contemporary dance’s most inspired the Barbican and Dance Umbrella, and inspiring artists. NYU Skirball, Berliner Festspiele and The Arts Centre at NYU Abu Dhabi. Trajal Harrell Direction, Choreography, Costume Design & Sound Design Erik Flatmo & Trajal Harrell Set Design Stéfane Perraud Lighting Design Katinka Deecke Dramaturgy

Photo: Orpheas Emirzas THE CAT

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Co-created by Maxine Peake and Sarah Frankcom

WORLD PREMIERE Survivor. Muse. Creator. Destroyer. The Stoller Hall Fri 12 – Sun 21 July From her 1967 debut with The Velvet Underground Previews Wed 10 & to her premature death just two decades later, Thur 11 July Nico was one of pop culture’s most enigmatic figures. Now, Maxine Peake (performer) and Sarah Frankcom BSL Tue 16 July, 7.30pm (director) are conjuring this visionary artist up from AD Wed 17 July, 6pm the shadows with a stirring theatrical immersion into her sound, her identity and the world in which she For full schedule, see p50 fought to be heard. Tickets The Nico Project is inspired by her stark, bleak and £35 beautiful 1968 album The Marble Index. Ignored on £30 previews, concs its original release, the album is now rightly regarded £10 Greater Manchester as one of the defining masterpieces of 1960s residents on a lower wage counterculture. With text by award-winning playwright EV Crowe and music by acclaimed composer #NicoProject Anna Clyne, The Nico Project brings us closer to the ghosts that haunted Nico and the devastating Commissioned by Manchester International Festival and the past that shaped her, and celebrates the potency Royal Court Theatre. Produced by of female creativity in a field dominated by men. Manchester International Festival.

The Marble Index Anna Clyne Music Words & music by Christa Paeffgen EV Crowe Text © 1968 Warner-Tamerlane Imogen Knight Movement Publishing Corp (BMI), all rights Lizzie Clachan Design reserved. Used with kind permission Paule Constable Lighting Design from Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. Helen Atkinson Sound Design With musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music

THE NICO Photo: Jon Shard

32 PROJECT 33 Conceived & Curated by Adam Thirlwell Co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist Designed by & Cookies Directed by John Collins

Featuring Patrick Chamoiseau, Sayaka Murata, Adania Shibli, Sjón, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, STÜÐ Dubravka Ugrešić, Alejandro Zambra 7 writers 7 stories 7 languages WORLD PREMIERE Seven leading writers from seven countries tell us 1 seven new stories – in seven different languages. Fri 12 – Sun 14 July 7.30pm IÖ In an intimate, unique laboratory, we listen to them read: alone or together, in their original language or Tickets in live translation. And as we do so, their stories and £25 languages fragment and fuse, leaving us to follow £20 concs the narratives wherever they might lead us. This is £10 Greater Manchester Studio Créole, a compelling exploration of meaning residents on a lower wage and language in our tangled global world. May contain Who gets to tell which stories? Language today strong language is fluid, mobile,creolised : constantly remade and remodelled by collisions between distant mother #StudioCreole tongues. And literature, in this era, is a process of high-speed translation and identity swaps. Commissioned by Manchester International Festival and ĊRÉ Studio Créole stages how and why this happens Carriageworks. Produced by through seven stories, written exclusively for MIF19 Manchester International Festival. and read live by their authors. Simultaneously writing, theatre and art, an anthology as a group show, Studio Créole is a living, breathing, multilingual collection that exists only in the moment of its happening.

Photos (L-R): Patrick Chamoiseau by Hannah Assouline; Sayaka Murata; Adania Shibli by Hartwig Klappert; Sjón by Jóhann Páll; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o; Dubravka Ugrešić by Shevuan Williams; Alejandro Zambra by Alexandra Edwards 34 ŌLE 35 WORLD PREMIERE An exploration of life, loss and a single question: Royal Exchange Theatre Where does true inspiration come from? Mon 15 – Sat 20 July Previews Thur 11 – Composer Philip Glass and performer-director Sat 13 July Phelim McDermott (Improbable) have worked together on acclaimed opera productions in London, REL Thur 18 July, 2.30pm New York and beyond, and Tao of Glass is their most CAP Thur 18 July, 7.30pm personal collaboration yet. Inspired by a dream, this BSL Fri 19 July, 7.30pm world premiere marries ten meditations on life, death AD Sat 20 July, 2.30pm and Taoist wisdom with ten brand new pieces of music from Glass, presented by McDermott with For full schedule, see p50 GLASS an ensemble of musicians and puppeteers. May contain Part-concert, part-performance, Tao of Glass strong language is a storytelling tapestry, soundtracked by Glass’s mesmerising music and shot through Tickets with Improbable’s trademark theatricality. £15–£41 £13–£33 previews Philip Glass Composer £8–£36 concs Phelim McDermottWriter, Performer & Co-Director £10 Greater Manchester Kirsty Housley Co-Director Fly Davis Designer residents on a lower wage Colin Grenfell Lighting Designer Giles Thomas Sound Designer #TaoOfGlass Ragnar Freidank Documentary Maker & Collaborator Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Improbable, Perth Festival, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen and Carolina Performing Arts – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Produced by Manchester International Festival, Improbable and the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Photo: Christian Sturm 36 37 CLAIRE THANK CUNNINGHAM WORLD PREMIERE ‘There are impersonators or tribute artists of every Ukrainian Cultural Centre colour, sex, size, culture, age… What am I missing?’ Wed 17 – Sat 20 July Patty Carroll, Living the Life!: The World of Elvis Tribute Artists 7.30pm

Down at the end of Lonely Street – or Smedley Lane, Tickets as they call it in North Manchester – choreographer £20 YOU Claire Cunningham and her ensemble of leading £15 concs disabled performers invite you to join them for £10 Greater Manchester a drink at a Cheetham Hill social club as they residents on a lower wage pull back the curtain on the glittering world of the Elvis tribute artist. #TYVM

Fresh from a crash course in Elvis-ing and intimate Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, National conversations with a range of tribute artists, Theatre of Scotland and Perth Thank You Very Much takes to the floor in witty Festival in association with tanzhaus nrw and Dance Umbrella. Produced and revealing fashion. The company pull on their by Manchester International Festival rhinestone-studded jumpsuits to ask: are we caught and National Theatre of Scotland. in a trap? Who have we been trying to be all our lives? Has it ever been our choice? And is anyone ever truly incomparable?

Claire Cunningham Concept & Choreography Dan Watson Associate Director Bethany Wells Designer Christopher Copland Lighting Designer Matthias Herrmann Sound Designer & Composer Shanti Freed Costume Designer VERY Luke Pell Dramaturg

Photo: Anna Cervinkova MUCH38 39 WORLD PREMIERE Skepta invites you to enter another world in this A secret location series of intimate and immersive experiences. Wed 17 – Fri 19 July, 7pm Held in a secret location, DYSTOPIA987 is a waking dream that presents Skepta’s singular vision of the Tickets future: deep, dark, radical and riveting. £35 £30 concs Featuring a live set from Skepta, guest appearances £10 Greater Manchester from hand-picked performers and DJs, a wealth residents on a lower wage of new technology and a cast inhabiting a hidden netherworld, DYSTOPIA987 is a journey into eternity Age 16+ – a future riven with uncertainty and fear but rich in Under-18s must be wonder and possibility. accompanied by an adult

Since emerging as a producer and MC in 2004, #DYSTOPIA987 Skepta has become one of the most significant British artists in music today. The Mercury Prize winner and Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival. BRIT nominee has built a diverse audience through The project is funded within the recordings and live performances, and his enduring Audience of the Future programme by UK Research and Innovation influence is felt throughout contemporary culture. through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. SK

Photo: Olivia Rose EPTA40 41 QUEENS OF THE ELECTRONIC UNDERGROUND IN RESIDENCE

Curated by Mary Anne Hobbs Major new work – made at MIF19

Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 6 Music) brings O2 Ritz We’ve invited two major artists to join us in residence, together five of the most exciting electronic artists Sat 20 July, 8pm–2am presenting or creating new work that looks ahead to on the planet for an evening of pioneering sound (doors 7pm) future Festivals and the opening of The Factory. and breathtaking visuals. Don’t miss this immersive journey into the future of electronic music, Tickets Laurie Anderson featuring exclusive sets from: £22 £17 concs Fifty years after man first landed on the Moon, The Studio, Jlin The firebrand musician-producer, fresh from £10 Greater Manchester Laurie Anderson will be flying us all there with Royal Exchange Theatre working with Wayne McGregor on Autobiography residents on a lower wage an expanded virtual reality work she’s currently Thur 11 – Sat 20 July Holly Herndon Mining the edges of electronic and developing with the artist Hsin-Chien Huang. avant-garde pop – and back with a new show for MIF19 Age 18+ To the Moon features both a VR experience and For times & ticket details, Aïsha Devi ft. MFO The radical alchemist teams up an immersive installation – and is an exciting see mif.co.uk/laurie with the Berlin-based visual artist #ElectronicQueens opportunity to explore Anderson’s ideas and the #LaurieAnderson Klara Lewis The Swedish musician-composer type of work she’ll be premiering at The Factory. brings her ‘theatre for the ear’ to the city Produced by Manchester Commissioned and produced by International Festival. Manchester International Festival. Katie Gately LA-based musician, sound designer and architect of beautiful abstract pop Kemang Wa Lehulere Mary Anne Hobbs DJ set The brilliant young South African artist Kemang mif.co.uk/kemang Wa Lehulere will be joining us for a Festival-long #KemangWaLehulere A new game commission by Paloma Dawkins inspired residency at Manchester Central Library, exploring by the music of Queens of the Electronic Underground the city and its libraries as he begins researching Commissioned and produced by will be released on Thur 4 July at mif.co.uk/game and creating a future Festival commission. During Manchester International Festival. Photos (L-R): Jlin by Mahdumita Nandi; In association with Library Live. Holly Herndon by Bennet Perez; Aïsha Devi by MIF19, learn more about his work at our website. Emile Barret; Klara Lewis by Hampus Högberg; Photos (L-R): Laurie Anderson by Tarnish Vision; Katie Gately by Jasmine Safaeian Kemang Wa Lehulere by Adam McConnachie 42 43 ANIMALS OF MANCHESTER (INCLUDING HUMANZ)

Imagine a city where animals of all kinds, The Whitworth & including human beings, live together as equals. Whitworth Park Animals of Manchester (including HUMANZ) pictures what Sat 20 & Sun 21 July life might be like if dogs, hogs, cats, bats and other 10am–5pm creatures lived alongside us not just as our pets but as our peers – our companions. Admission free

On the Festival’s final weekend, trace a trail through #AnimalsOfMCR the Whitworth’s galleries and Whitworth Park and take part in some absorbing animal encounters. Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival There’ll be a university where dogs do the teaching, with support from the Whitworth, an edible Arndale Centre for squirrels and birds, The . a film studio run by beetles, an interspecies family centre with rescued hedgehogs, a conference of animals led by a cow, a living memorial for extinct species, and a Life Art Library honouring animals as artists and performers.

We’re inviting animals of all ages and species to explore this fascinating cultural experiment – including humanz…

Sibylle Peters Lead Artist & Curator Lois Keidan Curator A project by Theatre of Research & Live Art Development Agency With Katherine Araniello, Angela Bartram, Ansuman Biswas, Rebecca Chesney, Marcus Coates, Katharina Duve, Andy Field, Krõõt Juurak & Alex Bailey, London Fieldworks, Martin O’Brien, random people, Benji Reid, Barbara Roberts, Joshua Sofaer, Tim Spooner

Illustration: Rob Bailey 44 45 This summer, we’re again transforming Supper Clubs in the Square Albert Square into Festival Square, with Paul Heathcote & friends the home of the Festival in the heart of Six acclaimed chefs will be cooking the city. Great food and drink, free live exclusive menus in the intimate music and DJs, MIF tickets and more – Glass House. MIF17’s Supper Clubs every day and night during MIF19. sold out fast – book early at mif.co.uk.

A great new look Sun 7 July Sebastian Mazzola & Sussie Nicolas Henninger (Office for Crafted Villarico of Cooking in Motion, Barcelona Architecture) and Paloma Gormley Mon 8 July Mark Birchall of the double- (Practice Architecture) are teaming Michelin-starred Moor Hall in Aughton up to give Festival Square an exciting Fri 12 July Chantelle Nicholson of the new look, with contributions from acclaimed Tredwells in London Standard Practice and students from Sun 14 July Lisa Goodwin-Allen of the Manchester School of Art, Manchester Michelin-starred Northcote in Langho Metropolitan University. Mon 15 July Michael Wignall, renowned chef of the Angel at Hetton MIF19 tickets & information Fri 19 July Steven Smith of the award- Head to the Square to find out what’s winning Freemasons at Wiswell going on from our Festival volunteers – and buy tickets for all MIF19 shows. Price: £65, including an aperitif and four courses; wine flights also available Food & drink A stellar array of chefs and eateries Explore the city will be cooking up a storm. Along with Festival Square will be the meeting British classics from Paul Heathcote, point for a series of walking tours, there’ll be newcomers Firebird Hope, opening new perspectives on the pizzas and salads from Honest Crust, city and MIF19. Check mif.co.uk for restaurant food on the go from Gary details in May. Usher’s Kala, Indian favourites from Manjit’s Kitchen, ice cream from BBC – live in Festival Square Ginger’s Comfort Emporium – plus The BBC will be broadcasting from cocktails, wines, soft drinks and craft Festival Square during MIF19. Check beers from JW Lees. mif.co.uk for listings nearer the time.

Live music, cabaret & DJs Special events We’re opening up Festival Square to the There’ll be much more going on – city for MIF19, centred on a major new from one-off performances to a daily free stage hosting a packed programme display of new artwork co-created of live acts, DJs and performances – by Underworld’s Karl Hyde and the open to everyone, every day and Manchester Street Poem team, night. From funk to punk, gospel to highlighting the voices of marginalised electronica, reggae to R&B, we’ll have communities across the city. free shows from a genre-spanning array of emerging and established artists, Festival Square is open from noon DJs and performers. For the line-ups, till late, every day from Fri 5 July to check mif.co.uk in the run-up to MIF19. Sun 21 July. Admission is always free.

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46 FESTIVAL SQUARE 47 GET INVOLVED THE FACTORY Where the art of the future will be made

Thousands of people across Greater Connect with MIF’s creative community Manchester is building a world-class creative ways, inviting individuals Manchester take part in every Festival We present a year-round calendar of cultural space in the heart of the city: and communities to meet, exchange – performing in shows, volunteering, creative, cultural and social activity a new home for MIF, where we’ll ideas and take part in remarkable new attending workshops, participating in through My Festival, our creative stage one of the most ambitious projects. And we’ll be offering training creative activities and even hosting community – and it’s free and open to all. and adventurous year-round creative in many of the skills required for a their own micro-festivals at home. programmes in Europe. career in the arts, helping to build new Why not join them at MIF19? Curate a festival in your own home generations of technicians, producers Festival in My House invites local Inspired by both MIF’s success and our and other creative talent. Take part in an MIF19 show residents to host their own micro-festival city’s unmatched history of innovation, Would you like to be part of an MIF19 at home. We’ve helped people present The Factory will present new work by The Factory will be driven by the same world premiere? We’re inviting people everything from slam poetry to classical the world’s most exciting artists when ambition that defines MIF – and several from Greater Manchester to play key music in their homes – and we’re looking it opens in 2021. MIF19 commissions show the kind of roles in major shows including Yoko for people who would like to follow suit. work it will premiere. We’re presenting Ono’s BELLS FOR PEACE (page 4), Designed by Rem Koolhaas’s OMA and Atmospheric Memory (page 18), The Tania Bruguera’s School of Integration Develop your creative talent at MIF backed by both Fountainhead (page 28) and Invisible (page 12), Studio ORKA’s Tuesday In the run-up to MIF19, we’ll be offering and HM Government, The Factory will Cities (page 10) as pre-Factory events, (page 24) and Rimini Protokoll’s creative practitioners, students, be capable of presenting everything offering a preview of the sort of work Utopolis Manchester (page 26). schoolchildren and members of the from multimedia performances to we plan to stage in this extraordinary public a range of talent development epic installations, allowing artists new space. And there’s also a chance Volunteer for MIF19 opportunities, including opportunities to create works of unprecedented to see the early stages of work that Are you passionate about the arts, the for up-and-coming Manchester artists to ambition and scale. will premiere at The Factory, with a Festival and our city? If so, why not join grow their digital talents and networks. residency by Laurie Anderson (page 43) our diverse and welcoming community Our programme will be international – and a special presentation by the of volunteers this summer? Learn more For more, visit mif.co.uk/getinvolved or but The Factory will also be deeply, Hallé and Johan Simons (page 25). and apply online no later than 25 April. email [email protected] proudly local. We’ll be working with the people of Manchester in countless Discover more at mif.co.uk/thefactory Supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Jerwood Arts.

48 Photo: Jon Super Image: OMA 49 MIF19 Calendar & Index * Preview + Accessible performance

Event Page Thur 4 Fri 5 Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thur 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thur 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Sun 21 BELLS FOR PEACE 4 6pm Cathedral Gardens Tree1 4pm 4pm 4pm 6 8pm 8pm 8pm+ 8pm+ 8pm 8pm Upper Campfield Market Hall & 8pm & 8pm & 8pm Janelle Monáe 8 7pm Invisible Cities2 2.30pm 10 8pm* 8pm 8pm 8pm+ 8pm+ 8pm 2.30pm+ Mayfield & 8pm School of Integration 10am– 10am– 10am– 11am– 10am– 12 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 11am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Manchester Art Gallery 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm Parliament of Ghosts 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 13 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– The Whitworth 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm+ 5pm 9pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm+ 5pm 9pm 5pm 5pm 5pm Abida Parveen with Nahid Siddiqui 14 7.30pm The Lowry Alphabus 7pm 3pm 15 7pm Unit 5, & 9pm & 7pm David Lynch at HOME Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– 16 Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– HOME 8pm 6pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 6pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm+ 6pm Atmospheric Memory 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 18 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– 10am– Science and Industry Museum 5pm 5pm 5pm 5pm+ 5pm 9pm 5pm 5pm 5pm+ 5pm 5pm 5pm 9pm 5pm 5pm 5pm A Drunk Pandemic 20 Details to be announced at mif.co.uk/chimpom Details to be announced at mif.co.uk/chimpom A secret location Interdependence 10am+ + + 21 10am 10am The Whitworth, Albert Hall & HOME & 2pm+ & 1pm+ & 2pm+ The Anvil All day 22 City centre & The Bridgewater Hall & 6pm Tuesday 3pm 3pm 24 7pm 7pm 3pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 3pm+ Saint Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury & 7pm & 7pm+ Leningrad 25 7.30pm The Bridgewater Hall Utopolis Manchester 26 6pm 6pm 6pm 6pm Multiple locations, Manchester city centre The Fountainhead 28 6.30pm 6.30pm 2pm The Lowry Re:Creating Europe 28 8pm+ The Lowry Maggie the Cat 7.30pm 7.30pm 30 7.30pm 6pm The Dancehouse & 10pm & 10pm The Nico Project 3pm & 6pm+ 6pm 3pm & 32 7.30pm* 7.30pm* 7.30pm 7.30pm+ 7.30pm 3pm The Stoller Hall 7.30pm & 9pm & 9pm 7.30pm Studio Créole 34 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Manchester Academy 1 Tao of Glass 2.30pm* 2.30pm+ 2.30pm+ 36 7.30pm* 7.30pm* 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm+ Royal Exchange Theatre 7.30pm* 7.30pm+ 7.30pm Thank You Very Much 38 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Ukrainian Cultural Centre DYSTOPIA987 40 7pm 7pm 7pm A secret location Queens of the Electronic Underground 42 8pm O2 Ritz In Residence: Laurie Anderson 43 Details to be announced at mif.co.uk/inresidence The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre Animals of Manchester (including HUMANZ) 44 10am– 10am– The Whitworth & Whitworth Park 5pm 5pm Festival Square Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– 46 Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Noon– Albert Square late late late late late late late late late late late late late late late late 5pm 50 1 Also previews before MIF19 on Sat 29 June, Tue 2 July & Wed 3 July at 8pm 51 2 Also previews before MIF19 on Tue 2 July & Wed 3 July at 8pm ESSENTIALS

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Getting here Book tickets Age guidelines Ticket reselling By air: There are direct flights to Online: mif.co.uk Please see individual event pages for Any tickets bought to be resold at any from more By phone: +44 (0)333 320 2890 (open details of age guidance (if applicable). price will be cancelled immediately. than 210 destinations, with the 10am–5pm Mon–Fri; calls charged at Anyone found purchasing tickets for city centre easily accessible by national rate) Receiving or collecting tickets the purposes of resale will be refused rail (15mins), Metrolink or taxi. In person from Fri 5 July: Festival E-tickets will be emailed at the time tickets and entry for all MIF19 events. manchesterairport.co.uk Square (Albert Square), M2 5DB of booking. Paper tickets will be posted All events will have security checks, and By train: There are regular direct trains no later than ten days in advance. you may be asked to provide proof of between London and Manchester every All bookings are subject to a Tickets purchased within ten days of purchase from an authorised vendor. 20 minutes, and frequent services per-transaction fee. You will not any event must be collected on the from many other major UK cities. be charged a per-ticket fee when day from the venue. If you haven’t £10 Greater Manchester resident nationalrail.co.uk booking online at mif.co.uk, by phone received your tickets before the event lower-waged tickets By coach: National Express and on 0333 320 2890, or in person at or if you’ve lost your tickets, please MIF runs a low-cost ticket scheme Megabus run coaches between Festival Square (from Fri 5 July). contact the vendor. designed to make the Festival Manchester and many major UK cities. However, fees may apply when booking accessible to more local people. nationalexpress.com, uk.megabus.com directly from MIF venues or other Refunds & exchanges Ten per cent of all MIF tickets are authorised vendors. Some events If you book through MIF and would like available at £10 to Greater Manchester Getting around may be subject to per-customer to exchange your tickets for a different residents on a lower wage – anything By public transport: Manchester ticket limits. performance of the same event, we around or below an annual full-time is well served by buses (including will try to do so where possible for a salary of £16,000, which roughly the free bus service around the city Tickets for several events may also fee of £2 per ticket. If you’re unable equates to the UK Living Wage. centre), frequent Metrolink trams and be booked directly from the venues: to attend an event due to extenuating Eligible customers may buy a maximum trains. You can plan your journey online. circumstances, email [email protected] of two £10 tickets per event, which tfgm.com Abida Parveen, The Fountainhead, and we will deal with refund requests must be collected from the venue. By bike: There are cycle lanes on Re:Creating Europe on a case-by-case basis. many local roads. tfgm.com/cycling thelowry.com, 0843 208 6000 £10 Greater Manchester resident By car: Use NCP’s online ‘Find a Tickets booked from venues or other lower-waged tickets are sold on a car park’ tool to pre-book your The Anvil (concert), Leningrad agents are strictly non-refundable. first-come, first-served, honesty basis. Festival parking at selected car bridgewater-hall.co.uk, 0161 907 9000 Please read their terms and conditions If you can afford to pay full price, please parks using the code FESTIVAL19. before purchase. We recommend leave these tickets for those who can’t. ncp.co.uk Tao of Glass that you do not buy tickets from royalexchange.co.uk, 0161 833 9833 unauthorised agents. If you are in Terms & conditions Where to stay any doubt as to whether an agent All ticket bookings are subject to terms Visit our website to find out about Concessions is authorised or not, please contact and conditions that are agreed to at Principal Manchester, MIF19’s Official MIF offers discounts to seniors [email protected]. point of sale. mif.co.uk/terms Hotel Provider. mif.co.uk/yourvisit (60+), children (under-16s), full-time students, jobseekers and disabled All information was correct when this brochure went to press in March 2019. MIF reserves the right to change details Tourist information people. Discounted tickets are in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Printed in Greater Manchester on FSC-certified stock using vegetable inks. visitmanchester.com subject to availability. MIF is a registered charity no.1113902. Registered office: Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester M3 2JA.

52 53 Access Venues

MIF aims to be a truly open and Accessible performances and tours Festival Square (p46) O2 Ritz accessible Festival. Guided by our We present accessible performances Albert Square, M2 5DB West, M1 5NQ dedicated Access Coordinator, we and stage accessible gallery tours Queens of the Electronic Underground make every effort to meet everybody’s wherever possible, and this brochure Albert Hall (p42) access needs at all our venues, and contains details of all such accessible 27 Peter Street, M2 5QJ we want your visit to MIF to be as shows and tours that we were able to Interdependence (p21) Royal Exchange Theatre comfortable and enjoyable as possible. confirm by 1 March 2019. St Ann’s Square, M2 7DH The Bridgewater Hall In Residence: Laurie Anderson (p43), This page gives a quick introduction to Because many of our world-premiere Lower , M2 3WS Tao of Glass (p36) accessibility at our venues. You can sign events were still in the planning stages The Anvil (p22), Leningrad (p25) up to our free Access mailing list, where when we went to press, we weren’t able Saint Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury we give updates on venue access and to confirm all accessible performances Castlefield Bowl 380 Bolton Road, Salford M27 8UX accessible performances. To join, select for this brochure. However, as our Duke Street/Liverpool Road, M3 4JR Tuesday (p24) your access requirements under ‘Other plans develop, we’ll announce more Janelle Monáe (p8) Preferences’ in your online MIF account. accessible performances at mif.co.uk Science and Industry Museum and through our Access mailing list. We Cathedral Gardens Liverpool Road, M3 4FP If you have any specific access aim to ensure that no one misses out Corporation Street, M4 3BG Atmospheric Memory (p18) questions or requests, please get on tickets while waiting for accessible BELLS FOR PEACE (p4) in touch by email to [email protected] performances to be confirmed. The Stoller Hall or on our dedicated access number, The Dancehouse Chetham’s School of Music, 0161 817 4547. We stage four types of 10 Oxford Road, M1 5QA Hunts Bank, M3 1DA accessible performance: Maggie the Cat (p30) The Nico Project (p32) Booking accessible tickets You can book access tickets online AD (audio description) HOME Ukrainian Cultural Centre from each event page on mif.co.uk A live descriptive commentary 2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street, 31 Smedley Lane, M8 8XB (for full details, see mif.co.uk/access- for blind and visually impaired M15 4FN Thank You Very Much (p38) tickets), by calling 0161 817 4547, or audience members. David Lynch at HOME (p16), by emailing [email protected]. You can Interdependence (p21) Unit 5, Great Northern Warehouse only book access tickets for The Anvil BSL (British Sign Language 235 , M3 4EN (concert), Leningrad, Abida Parveen, interpretation) The Lowry Alphabus (p15) The Fountainhead, Re:Creating Europe A BSL interpreter will relay the Pier 8, The Quays, Salford M50 3AZ and Tao of Glass directly from the spoken words for deaf and hard- Abida Parveen (p14), The Fountainhead Upper Campfield Market Hall venues. For their details, see page 52. of-hearing audience members. (p28), Re:Creating Europe (p28) Campfield Avenue Arcade, M3 4FN Tree (p6) We offer discounts on our tickets to CAP (captioned) Manchester Academy 1 disabled people and are happy to Captioning displays dialogue, Oxford Road, M13 9PR The Whitworth provide free personal assistant tickets song and sound effects as visible Studio Créole (p34) The University of Manchester, to anyone who requires them. Just let text for deaf and hard-of-hearing Oxford Road, M15 6ER us know when you book. audience members. Manchester Art Gallery Animals of Manchester (including HUMANZ) Mosley Street, M2 3JL (p44), Interdependence (p21), MIF19 brochure REL (relaxed) School of Integration (p12) Parliament of Ghosts (p13) This brochure is available as a For anyone who may benefit from downloadable PDF from mif.co.uk. a more relaxed performance Mayfield If you’d like a large-print version, environment or may be anxious Baring Street, M1 2PZ please email [email protected]. about attending a performance. Invisible Cities (p10)

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