Manchester International Festival 18 Extraordinary Days 29 June – 16 July 2017 16 – June 29 1 Manchester International Festival 18 Extraordinary Days 29 June – 16 July 2017 04 Introduction 06 Partners & supporters 08 MIF17 shows & events 60 Festival Square 66 Get involved 68 Commissioning & producing partners 69 MIF17 team 70 Join & support us 80 Venue information 82 Plan your visit 83 Booking information 85 Accessibility 86 MIF17 calendar & index Manchester International Festival (MIF) invites the Follow us #mif17 world’s greatest artists to create brand new work mcrintfestival especially for us. We present this work every two MIFestival years all over the city, from theatres and galleries to hidden venues and public spaces. Many shows are mifestival free, and we aim to make our work accessible to all. ManchesterIntFest Made in Manchester, our shows have travelled to mif.co.uk/live more than 20 countries around the world. To find Watch live or experience out more and see our work online, visit mif.co.uk. MIF events online Cover by Peter Saville and Paul Hetherington. Design by Cathryn Ellis. For my first Festival as Artistic Director, I’ve followed the bold MIF formula of inviting around 30 of the world’s most extraordinary artists to come to Manchester and try things they’ve never tried before. We don’t set any rules about the themes they should address, nor about the venues where they should present their work. We simply invite them to come and amaze us – and from this invitation, a picture of the world emerges. Working in everything from classical music to digital technology, our artists come from cities as diverse as Berlin, Cairo, Karachi and New York. But we’ll also be celebrating Manchester: through local icons, from Friedrich Engels to New Order, and through events inspired by the city itself. We want everyone to feel part of MIF, whether by coming to an event (many are free), experiencing MIF online, visiting Festival Square or joining My Festival, our new creative community. I’d like to thank our generous partners and supporters, led by Manchester City Council and Arts Council England. My thanks also go to Matthias von Hartz, Mary Anne Hobbs, Michael Morris, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Peter Saville, MIF’s five visionary Artistic Advisors; and to the incredible MIF team, who work so hard to bring you these 18 extraordinary days. Artists help us to see new possibilities, and we need them now more than ever. We may be living through challenging times, but the Festival is also a moment to remember how much in our world is truly wonderful. I look forward to seeing you at MIF17 this summer. 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What Is the City but the People? Created by the People of Manchester. Directed by Richard Gregory. In association with Islington Mill. From an idea by Jeremy Deller. World premiere This year’s Festival opens with an invitation – come to Date Thur 29 June Piccadilly Gardens and join friends, neighbours and 6.30pm total strangers for this self-portrait of the city. Venue Piccadilly Gardens As the working day ends on Thursday 29 June, MIF17 Book premium tickets for starts. All eyes will be on the people of Manchester as £5 in advance or turn up they become the opening event of the Festival. for free on the day Raised high above the pavements, a unique selection MIF17 Tour Identity & the Fabric of individuals from across Manchester will walk along of the City a runway stretching more than 100 metres through See page 64 for schedule Piccadilly Gardens. mif.co.uk With live music from assisted by an 0843 208 1840 Graham Massey whatisthecity.com unexpected mix of local musicians, What Is the City but #whatisthecity the People? will capture and celebrate Manchester as Watch live online never before. mif.co.uk/live Simon Banham Designer | Graham Massey Musical Director | Sonia Hughes Writer | Gavin Parry Photographer | Hawkins\Brown Architects Get involved If you’re interested in walking the runway for What Is the City but the People?, please email [email protected] or follow MIF on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram to find out about our special open days for the project. Photo: Piccadilly Gardens, Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival. Supported by Manchester, UK Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence and My Festival Circle. © Webb Aviation 8 9 New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes.. Orchestrated & conducted by Joe Duddell World premiere New Order take over Stage 1 of Manchester’s iconic Dates Thur 29 June, Sat 1, Thur 6, Old Granada Studios for this special series of intimate Thur 13 & Sat 15 July shows, created in collaboration with two close 8pm associates: visual artist Liam Gillick, who has previously Venue Stage 1 presented solo exhibitions at venues such as Tate Britain Old Granada Studios and MoMA in New York; and composer-arranger Tickets Joe Duddell, a fellow son of Manchester and a frequent £45 £12 for Greater Manchester collaborator with the band. residents on a lower wage For New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes.., the group will mif.co.uk be deconstructing, rethinking and rebuilding a wealth 0843 208 1840 of material from throughout their career: familiar and #neworder obscure, old and new. To perform it live, they’ll be joined by a 12-strong synthesiser ensemble from the Royal Northern College of Music, with Joe Duddell providing the orchestrations. Inspired by this reinvention of the band’s catalogue, Liam Gillick will be transforming the historic Stage 1 into an immersive environment, creating a stage set that reacts dynamically to the music. MIF17 – so it goes… Curated by Dave Haslam & Mark Beasley Photo: New Order at Old Granada Studios, Manchester, UK Commissioned by Manchester International Festival and Wiener Festwochen. February 2017 Produced by Manchester International Festival. © Donald Christie 10 11 True Faith Curated by Matthew Higgs and Jon Savage Johan Kugelberg Archivist World premiere | Free Bringing together work by some of the world’s most Dates Fri 30 June – Sun 16 July notable artists, True Faith explores the ongoing Daily 10am–5pm, significance and legacy ofNew Order and Joy Division except Thur 10am–9pm through the wealth of visual art their music has inspired. Exhibition continues after MIF17 until Sun 3 September Curated by Matthew Higgs and Jon Savage with Venue archivist Johan Kugelberg, True Faith is centred on four Manchester Art Gallery decades’ worth of extraordinary contemporary works Free from artists such as Julian Schnabel, Jeremy Deller, mif.co.uk Liam Gillick, Mark Leckey and Slater Bradley, all directly #truefaith inspired by the two groups. Also featuring Peter Saville’s seminal cover designs, plus performance films, music videos and posters from the likes of John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Lawrence Weiner, Jonathan Demme, Robert Longo and Kathryn Bigelow, True Faith provides a unique perspective on these two most iconic and influential Manchester bands. Image: Slater B. Bradley Factory Icon, 2000/2017 Courtesy Slater Bradley Studio, Berlin and Blum & Poe, Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo and Manchester Art Gallery. © Slater B. Bradley 12 13 What if Women Ruled the World? Created by Yael Bartana World premiere This timely and electrifying