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Festival wins at Tourism Awards
28 May 2010
Manchester International Festival won two trophies at the Manchester Tourism Awards yesterday.
The MIF team picked up the Tourism Event of the Year Award and the Sustainable Tourism Award at the Hilton Deansgate last night.
Festival Director Alex Poots said, “We’re very pleased to accept these awards for the...
End of the Road premieres in New York
23 April 2010
First premiered to international acclaim at Manchester International Festival 2009, St. Ann’s Warehouse (New York) presents the American Premiere of Young@Heart in END OF THE ROAD by No Theater, the third part of the Chorus’ musical theater “road” trilogy.
St. Ann’s Warehouse, New...
QUEEN & COUNTRY: A Project by Steve McQueen
17 April 2010
First unveiled at the inaugural Festival in 2007 and created by Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen, Queen and Country takes the form of a large cabinet containing a series of facsimile postage sheets bearing portraits of soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict in Iraq between 2003 and 2009. The presentation...
Rufus Wainwright’s opera staged in London
15 April 2010
Following its hugely successful premiere at the 2009 Festival, acclaimed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright’s debut opera, Prima Donna, made its London premiere in April at Sadler’s Wells.
For these London performances, there was a new production directed by acclaimed British director Tim Albery, whose...
Something in the Air on tour
22 February 2010
Following a critically acclaimed run at the Manchester International Festival in July 2009 Oily Cart and aerial theatre company Ockham’s Razor will be reviving Something in the Air in April and May 2010. Something in the Air is an interactive aerial show specifically created for young people with complex...