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From 5pm 6pm 7.30pm & 10pm 8pm 8pm Ticket & welcome pack collection WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE The Principal , Oxford Street, Manchester M60 7HA RIMINI PROTOKOLL TRAJAL HARRELL A PRE-FACTORY EVENT CREATED BY UTOPOLIS MAGGIE THE CAT 59 PRODUCTIONS IDRIS ELBA & MANCHESTER The Dancehouse, 10 Oxford & RAMBERT KWAME KWEI-ARMAH 6.30pm Multiple locations, Road, Manchester M1 5QA INVISIBLE CITIES TREE Pre-show drinks Tickets £20 (concs available) Approx 50mins Mayfield, Baring Street, Upper Campfield Market Hall, Pier Eight at The Lowry, The Quays, Salford M50 3AZ Tickets £20 (concs available) Manchester M1 2PZ Campfield Avenue Arcade, Approx 4hrs 30mins Troubled but tough, unloved but Tickets £35 (concs available) Manchester M3 4FN Join us for drinks and canapés, hosted with The Lowry, unbowed, Maggie the Cat is the Running time TBC Tickets £35 (concs available) before tonight’s performance of Re:Creating Europe. A visionary site-specific work that uses intricate tapestries of captivating focus of Tennessee Running time TBC Zenobia, a city of joy. Beersheba, sound and voices to transform Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Standing performance a celestial city of gold. Isadora, our view of the city. Inspired by Now, acclaimed choreographer Trajal Harrell places Maggie a city of promise, seduction and An electrifying new blend of Thomas More’s Utopia, Utopolis 8pm centre stage in this provocative desire. City by unseen city, the drama, music and dance follows Manchester asks whether young explorer conjures from one man’s journey into the heart IVO VAN HOVE another society might exist, fusion of high art and pop culture, premiering at MIF19. the ether a vast and spectacular and soul of contemporary South RE:CREATING EUROPE if only for a utopian moment. empire – all for the benefit of its Africa – with the audience at the Set to a soundtrack ranging The Lowry (Lyric Theatre), The Quays, Salford M50 3AZ emperor, his master, who may centre of the action. from electro and pop to Tickets from £18 (concs available) / Approx 90mins never get to see it for himself… classical music, Maggie the Directed by Kwei-Armah Created by De Balie and Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, and Cat addresses power, gender, Leo Warner, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with music inspired by Elba’s directed by Ivo van Hove (Network, All About Eve), Re:Creating rejection and inclusion. It’s and Lolita Chakrabarti bring album Mi Mandela, Tree is an Europe uses the words of artists, thinkers and political leaders challenging, tragic, entertaining to life a series of fantastical exhilarating show about identity, – from Shakespeare to Goethe, Churchill and Obama – to – and ultimately joyous. places in this world-premiere family and belonging, seen evoke the very notion of Europe. What is it? Is it a continent or a production. through the eyes of one young culture, a bygone dream or thriving reality – or all of the above? man on the toughest journey of his life.

From 10pm FESTIVAL SQUARE Festival Square (Albert Square), Manchester M2 5DB Admission free Join us for drinks and a chat at the of the Festival in the heart of the city, with free live music and DJs until late. Sat 13 July – daytime Also today at MIF19

10am–noon 1–4pm 10am–5pm 3pm INTERDEPENDENCE: INTERDEPENDENCE: WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE FUTURE MYTHS Morning session FUTURE MYTHS Afternoon session A PRE-FACTORY EVENT CO-CREATED BY Albert Hall, 27 Peter Street, Manchester M2 5QJ / Tickets £8 Albert Hall, 27 Peter Street, Manchester M2 5QJ / Tickets £8 RAFAEL MAXINE PEAKE & LOZANO-HEMMER SARAH FRANKCOM Interdependence is our ideas programme, bringing together Interdependence is our ideas programme, bringing together audiences, artists and guest speakers to talk about themes and audiences, artists and guest speakers to talk about themes and ATMOSPHERIC THE NICO PROJECT questions inspired by MIF19. questions inspired by MIF19. MEMORY The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, Manchester M3 1DA What are the new stories we need in disunited times and who We live in an information age but no longer know who to trust, Science and Industry should tell them? Join Adam Thirlwell, John Collins, Hans Ulrich and we increasingly feel that our lives are inconsequential. What Tickets £35 (concs available) Museum, Liverpool Road, Approx 70mins Obrist and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (Studio Créole), artist Hardeep are the new stories we need and who should tell them? MIF19 is Manchester M3 4FP Pandhal (creator of the Interdependence artist commission), excited to be partnering with gal-dem, the pioneering new media Tickets £8 (concs available) From her debut with The Velvet Alex Evans (author of The Myth Gap and founder of the Collective publication run by women and non-binary people of colour, on Approx 60mins (please arrive Underground to her premature Psychology Project) and others to explore the power of memory, this afternoon session featuring speakers including Liv Little, 30mins before entry time) death two decades later, language and imagination to shape who we are. gal-dem founder, and Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, writer and editor. Nico was one of pop culture’s At once a daring artwork and a most enigmatic figures. Now, sensory performance, Rafael Maxine Peake (performer) and 11–11.45am 2.30pm Lozano-Hemmer’s breathtaking Sarah Frankcom (director) immersive installation scours are conjuring Nico up from CURATED TOUR PREVIEW the atmosphere for the voices of the shadows with a theatrical IBRAHIM MAHAMA PHILIP GLASS & PHELIM McDERMOTT our past. Atmospheric Memory immersion into her sound, her explores the beautiful tumult identity and the world in which PARLIAMENT OF GHOSTS TAO OF GLASS of the air we breathe – and she fought to be heard. celebrates the transience of the Limited tickets – The Whitworth, , Oxford Road, Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, Manchester M2 7DH sounds that live within it. Manchester M15 6ER Tickets from £13 (concs available) advance booking essential Admission free / Tour approx 45mins Approx 1hr 45mins Noon–8pm 3pm This major installation at the Whitworth reflects on the half- An exploration of life, loss and a single question: Where does DAVID LYNCH forgotten history of artist Ibrahim Mahama’s home country: true inspiration come from? Created by composer Philip Glass WORLD PREMIERE Ghana, whose journey from British colony to independent and performer-director Phelim McDermott (Improbable), AT HOME STUDIO ORKA nation was completed barely 60 years ago. Kwong Lee (MIF) and Tao of Glass is a storytelling tapestry, soundtracked by Glass’s HOME, 2 Place, First Dominique Heyse-Moore (The Whitworth) lead a special tour of mesmerising music and shot through with Improbable’s Street, Manchester M15 4FN TUESDAY the installation. trademark theatricality. Admission free Saint Augustine’s Church, 380 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, David Lynch is taking over HOME Salford M27 8UX for MIF19 – and My Head Is 12.30–2pm 10am–5pm Disconnected is the first major See Saturday evening for details. LUNCH WITH MANCHESTER ARTISTS WORLD PREMIERE UK exhibition of his paintings, drawings and sculpture. The Glass House, Festival Square (Albert Square), TANIA BRUGUERA 4pm Manchester M2 5DB SCHOOL OF INTEGRATION TIMES TBC CREATED BY Admission free , Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL WORLD PREMIERE IDRIS ELBA & Meet some of the best emerging and independent artists Admission free (some events will require tickets) KWAME KWEI-ARMAH from Manchester at this informal lunch in Festival Square. CHIM↑POM Why is integration always the responsibility of the immigrant? TREE Inverting the status quo, Tania Bruguera’s powerful and A DRUNK provocative new work draws Manchester nearer to those who’ve PANDEMIC Upper Campfield Market Hall, made this city their home, inviting us to discover and embrace Campfield Avenue Arcade, the diversity in our midst. A secret city-centre location Manchester M3 4FN See Sunday for details. See Friday for details. Sat 13 July – evening Also tonight at MIF19

5.30–7.30pm 7.30pm 6pm 7.30pm LIGHT BITES WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE The Principal Manchester, Oxford Street, Manchester M60 7HA STUDIO CRÉOLE RIMINI PROTOKOLL CO-CREATED BY Enjoy an informal dinner courtesy of The Principal Manchester, 1, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PR UTOPOLIS MAXINE PEAKE & our host hotel partner. Tickets £25 (concs available) SARAH FRANKCOM Approx 1hr 45mins MANCHESTER Multiple locations, THE NICO PROJECT Seven leading writers from seven countries tell us seven new Manchester city centre stories – in seven different languages. In an intimate laboratory, The Stoller Hall, Hunts Bank, TIMES TBC Manchester M3 1DA PREVIEW we listen to them read: alone or together, in their original See Friday for details. language or in live translation. And as we do so, their stories and See Saturday daytime IN RESIDENCE: LAURIE ANDERSON languages fragment and fuse, leaving us to follow the narratives for details. wherever they might lead us. 7pm Limited tickets – The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, WORLD PREMIERE advance booking essential Manchester M2 7DH Conceived and curated by Adam Thirlwell, co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and featuring Patrick Chamoiseau, Sayaka Murata, STUDIO ORKA Fifty years after man first landed on the moon, Laurie Anderson Adania Shibli, Sjón, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Dubravka Ugrešić and will be flying us all there with an expanded virtual reality work Alejandro Zambra, Studio Créole is a compelling exploration of TUESDAY 8pm she’s currently developing with the artist Hsin-Chien Huang. meaning and language in our tangled global world. Saint Augustine’s Church, WORLD PREMIERE More details to be announced. 380 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, A PRE-FACTORY EVENT Limited tickets – advance booking essential Salford M27 8UX 10pm–late Tickets £15 (concs available) 59 PRODUCTIONS ARTS WEEKEND PARTY Approx 1hr 40mins & RAMBERT Tuesday is an old man now, INVISIBLE CITIES Join us for drinks and dancing, hosted by Selfridges & Co, nearer the end than the Exchange Square Central, Manchester M3 1BD beginning. As he looks back Mayfield, Baring Street, Manchester M1 2PZ Selfridges’ basement car park will once again be transformed on his life, which began when he was abandoned in a church into the atmospheric underground venue for the MIF19 See Friday for details. Arts Weekend Party, welcoming a wide array of artists by his mother, we travel with and representatives from national and international arts him through time – into his organisations. Getting under way after the evening’s memories, his dreams and performances have ended and running into the small hours of the moments that shaped the Sunday morning, this exclusive party will feature a selection person he became. of food and drinks provided by Selfridges, plus DJs, pop-up performances and a wealth of other surprises. 7.30pm A little more about Selfridges PREVIEW Since the story began in 1909, Selfridges’ stores have always been more than just shops. They are public spaces – places to PHILIP GLASS & explore culture and to discover new, thought-provoking ideas. PHELIM McDERMOTT Places where everyone is welcome and within which culture and commerce collide – making our world brighter. TAO OF GLASS Royal Exchange Theatre, Visit Selfridges Manchester Exchange Square to discover art, St Ann’s Square, fashion, beauty and restaurants across four floors at the centre of Manchester M2 7DH the city. Get festival-ready with an appointment through Selfridges Personal Shopping for the best styling advice and outstanding See Saturday daytime service. Discover more at selfridges.com – call Personal Shopping for details. to hear more about our services on 0161 838 0707. Sun 14 July Also today at MIF19

10.30am–12.30pm 10am–5pm 2.30pm Noon–late every day CHAIRMAN’S BRUNCH IBRAHIM MAHAMA WORLD PREMIERE FESTIVAL SQUARE Tom Bloxham MBE, Chair of MIF, and Jo Bloxham host a light PARLIAMENT A PRE-FACTORY EVENT brunch on the terrace at their city-centre apartment. OF GHOSTS 59 PRODUCTIONS Albert Square, Manchester M2 5DB The Whitworth, The University & RAMBERT This summer, we’re once more transforming Albert Square into of Manchester, Oxford Road, INVISIBLE CITIES Festival Square, the home of the Festival in the heart of the city. 1.30pm Manchester M15 6ER Great food and drink, free live music and DJs, special events and Mayfield, Baring Street, more – every day and night during MIF19. SITE VISIT See Saturday daytime Manchester M1 2PZ Manchester is building a world-class cultural space in the for details. Nicolas Henninger (Office for Crafted Architecture) and Paloma See Friday for details. heart of the city: a new home for MIF, where we’ll stage one Gormley (Practice Architecture) are giving the Square a new look, of the most ambitious and adventurous year-round creative with contributions from Standard Practice and students from programmes in Europe. Join us on a tour of the site of what will 10am–5pm 3pm Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. soon become The Factory. WORLD PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE We’re opening up Festival Square to the city for MIF19, centred on TANIA BRUGUERA STUDIO ORKA a major free stage that will be hosting a packed programme of live Followed by: acts, DJs and performances every day and night. A full schedule SCHOOL OF TUESDAY will be available in June. The BBC will be joining us in Festival 2.30pm Square to host a series of live broadcasts. THE FACTORY: ELLEN VAN LOON INTEGRATION Saint Augustine’s Church, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley 380 Bolton Road, Pendlebury, There’ll be great food and drink in the Square: from British 1830 Warehouse, Science and Industry Museum, Street, Manchester M2 3JL Salford M27 8UX classics to pizzas and salads, Indian favourites to ice cream, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP See Saturday evening cocktails to craft beers. You can eat and drink at ground level or See Saturday daytime on the two roof terraces of our Glass Houses, with great views Ellen van Loon from OMA, architects of The Factory, gives an for details. for details. exclusive presentation about the design of this world-class across the Square. cultural space. TIMES TBC Festival Square is also the place to join one of our MIF19 walking tours; to see new artwork co-created daily by Underworld’s Karl Noon–6pm WORLD PREMIERE Hyde and the Manchester Street Poem team, highlighting the A short walk from The Factory site: DAVID LYNCH CHIM↑POM voices of marginalised communities across the city; and to buy 10am–5pm tickets for MIF19 shows. We hope you can join us here during the AT HOME A DRUNK weekend. WORLD PREMIERE / A PRE-FACTORY EVENT PANDEMIC RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street, Manchester M15 4FN A secret city-centre location. ATMOSPHERIC MEMORY See Saturday daytime The Manchester cholera Science and Industry Museum, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP for details. epidemic of the 1830s is the inspiration for the first major See Saturday daytime for details. Note that there are relaxed UK project by one of the world’s performances from 10.30am to 12.30pm. most playful and provocative art collectives. Here at the invitation of Contact Young Curators, five emerging local TIMES TBC artists brought together by IN RESIDENCE: LAURIE ANDERSON MIF and Contact, Tokyo’s Chim↑Pom are building a The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre, St Ann’s Square, temporary brewery in a secret Manchester M2 7DH city-centre location. Tour the See Saturday daytime for details. secret brewery, try the beer, check out the special events – and expect the unexpected… Calendar Events Fri 12 July Sat 13 July Sun 14 July

Ticket & welcome pack collection, The Principal Manchester From 5pm

Pre-show drinks, Pier Eight at The Lowry From 6.30pm

Re:Creating Europe (captioned & signed performance), The Lowry 8pm

Utopolis Manchester, Manchester city centre 6pm 6pm

Tao of Glass (previews), Royal Exchange Theatre 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm

The Nico Project, The Stoller Hall 7.30pm 3pm & 7.30pm

Invisible Cities, Mayfield 8pm 2.30pm & 8pm

Tree, Upper Campfield Market Hall 8pm 4pm & 8pm

Interdependence: Future Myths (morning session), Albert Hall 10am–noon

Parliament of Ghosts (curated tour), The Whitworth 11–11.45am

Lunch with Manchester artists, The Glasshouse at Festival Square 12.30–2pm

Interdependence: Future Myths (afternoon session), Albert Hall 1–4pm

Light bites, The Principal Manchester 5.30–7.30pm

Arts Weekend Party, Selfridges & Co. 10pm–late

Tuesday, Saint Augustine’s Church 3pm & 7pm 3pm

Atmospheric Memory (relaxed performances), Science and Industry Museum 10.30am, 11.30am & 12.30pm Chairman’s Brunch 10.30am

The Factory site visit 1.30pm

The Factory: Ellen van Loon, 1830 Warehouse at Science and Industry Museum 2.30pm

Invisible Cities (captioned performance), Mayfield 2.30pm Calendar Daily events Fri 12 July Sat 13 July Sun 14 July

School of Integration, Manchester Art Gallery 10am–5pm 10am–5pm 10am–5pm

Atmospheric Memory, Science and Industry Museum 10am–5pm 10am–5pm 1.30–5pm

Parliament of Ghosts, The Whitworth 10am–5pm 10am–5pm 10am–5pm

David Lynch at HOME, HOME Noon–8pm Noon–8pm Noon–6pm

Studio Créole, Manchester Academy 1 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Maggie the Cat, The Dancehouse 7.30pm & 10pm 7.30pm & 10pm 6pm

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Air There are direct flights to from more than Manchester city centre is very compact. Most MIF19 venues are Manchester has several sources of free Wi-Fi. 210 destinations, with the city centre easily accessible by rail within a 20-minute walk of Festival Square. Unless stated, transport (15mins), Metrolink or taxi (£20-£25). is not provided during Arts Weekend. Guests should organise their ‘_FreebeeMcr’ is the on-street network – it’s free for the first 30 manchesterairport.co.uk own transport. minutes, then £3 for the rest of the day. Train ‘_BusybeeMcr’ is the network in many of our public buildings. There are regular direct trains between London and Manchester Taxis Black cabs and Uber operate throughout Manchester. every 20 minutes, and frequent services from many other major ‘MetrolinkWiFi’ is the network on the Metrolink tram system and is UK cities. free and unlimited after registration. Mantax Cars: +44 (0)161 230 3333 nationalrail.co.uk Arrow Cars (airport pick-ups): +44 (0)161 667 6999

Road Buses and trams Manchester is within easy reach of the M1 and M6 motorways. To plan your journey using public transport, please see Transport for Use NCP’s online ‘Find a car park’ tool to pre-book your Festival Greater Manchester’s website. parking at selected car parks using the code ‘FESTIVAL19’. my.tfgm.com ncp.co.uk

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