Something in the Air
Mon 22 June – Wed 15 July
‘Truly participatory….watch Oily Cart with wonder and admiration’
Lyn Gardner, Guardian – 4* review
‘A remarkable production’ Sunday Herald
‘If only all children were lucky enough to be able to participate in such...
The Difference Engine…a steampunk adventure
Premiered on Sat 11 & Sun 12 July / Manchester Town Hall
(part of The Great Indoors).
Walk the Plank and Thingumajig Theatre’s madcap adventure The Difference Engine premiered at Manchester’s Town Hall as part of The Great Indoors and is set to return to Manchester in...
Amadou & Mariam and The Beating Wing Orchestra
Tue 7 & Wed 8 July / Pavilion Theatre
‘a proper collaboration for MIF that has been worked on since the end of last year, and it shows. Warm, happy and vibrant’
**** Metro
‘joyful music made with love and excitement – a real Mali-Manchester soul stew’
**** Manchester...
Procession
Sun 5 July / Deansgate, City Centre
‘Vintage Deller and, somehow, pure Manchester’
Charlotte Higgins – The Guardian
Watch a clip of Jeremy Deller’s Procession on Sun 5 July.
Click here to view images from this event.
On the opening weekend of MIF 2009, thousands...
Trainee Producers
The success of the Festival – as a commissioning and producing festival – is built upon its ability to gather together a team of talented producers who can work with international artists, nurture their creative collaborations and support risk-taking and experimentation.
As...
International Talent Campus
From 14 – 19 July 2009, MIF hosted the first International Talent Campus, a 5-day programme designed to assist emerging to mid-career Producers from Manchester and the North West to expand their international contacts and knowledge.
The campus was a collaboration with the British...