MIF11 Brochure by Factory International

Eighteen extraordinary days 30 June — 17 July 2011

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Welcome to the third Manchester International Festival

We’re delighted to present more than 20 world premieres and special events created by leading artists from around the world, some of which have been more than three years in the making. The Festival continues to support artists and creative thinkers to invent the cultural future, as well as explore different ways of presenting great works from the past. Alongside artists new to MIF, it’s a privilege to welcome back key figures from previous Festivals, all of whom have ambitious approaches to creating new work. We remain committed to our MIF Creative programme which invites major artists to work with local communities and we have enhanced our home on Albert Square to make it an even more welcoming place during the Festival.

My sincere thanks go to our partners and funders opposite. Their vital support and commitment make MIF possible and helps keep more than a third of the Festival free for audiences. The remarkable cooperation we receive from local, national and international commissioning partners allows our artists to realise their work and to tour it around the world, taking Manchester and MIF with them. I am very grateful to these extraordinary artists and to my talented MIF colleagues and volunteers who work tirelessly to bring the Festival to life. And I’m sincerely thankful to you our valued audience, who have helped put MIF at the heart of the British cultural map over the last five years. Alex Poots – Festival Director

Cover: Image from DNA Animation by Drew Berry included in the Björk Biophilia App Suite and Festival performance Photo Alex Poots © Antony Crook

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Corporate Members Addleshaw Goddard LLP Arup Ask property Developments Bluemantle Brother UK Ltd

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Iftikhar Gillan Rachel Haugh Keith Johnston Jack Livingstone Noel McKee Richard Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan

Raj Ruia Howard Sharrock Chris Sheffield Stephen Sorrell

MIF Pioneers Bobby Arora Keith Arrowsmith Chris Bird David Brewin Paul Carroll Scott Fletcher

Contents Björk - Biophilia Alina Ibragimova, The Quay Brothers Doctor Dee – Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic ´ The Crash of The Elysium / Punchdrunk Victoria Wood – That Day We Sang 11 Rooms – Group Show Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle 1395 Days without Red & Projections Amadou & Mariam – Eclipse Sacred Sites Music Boxes Sinéad O’Connor John Gerrard – Infinite Freedom Exercise WU LYF Lavinia Greenlaw – Audio Obscura Rickie Lee Jones Johnny Vegas Wagner’s Die Walküre Mark Andre True Faith Paul Heaton – The 8th Vertical Farm Festival Square Festival Pavilion Festival Café Pavilion Theatre MIF Creative How We Work Co-Commissioners Volunteering Festival Team & Acknowledgements Visit Manchester How to Book Venue Information & Maps Festival Calendar

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Björk Biophilia Venue Campfield Market Hall Campfield Avenue Arcade Manchester M3 4FH

MIF is delighted to welcome Björk to Manchester for the world premiere of her Biophilia live show.

Dates Thu 30 June 20:30 Sun 3 July 16:00 Thu 7 July 20:30 Sun 10 July 16:00 Wed 13 July 20:30 Sat 16 July 20:30 Björk will be on stage at 16:00 and 20:30

Björk will be at MIF for a three-week residency; six intimate shows in the striking space of Campfield Market Hall for audiences of 1800, her first Uk dates in over three years.

Tickets £45

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration 90mins Please note This event is standing

Where do music, nature and technology meet? Björk introduces Biophilia, her most ambitious and exciting work to date. A multimedia project encompassing music, apps, internet, installations and live shows, Biophilia celebrates how sound works in nature, exploring the infinite expanse of the universe, from planetary systems to atomic structure. Björk will be performing Biophilia tracks and music from her genre-defying back catalogue with a small group of unique musical collaborators, including an award-winning Icelandic female choir. The show will feature a range of specially conceived and crafted instruments, among them a bespoke pipe organ that accepts digital information and a 30 foot pendulum that harnesses the earth’s gravitational pull to create musical patterns. In a special collaboration with MIF, the Biophilia show will travel to major cities around the world following the Manchester premiere. MIF will be working with young people in Manchester to explore the ideas behind Björk’s Bilophilia. For more details visit www.mif.co.uk

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival and Björk.

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Image ÂŠ Inez van Lambsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin shot for AnOther Magazine

Alina Ibragimova The Quay Brothers Bach, Berio, Biber & Bartók, Béla Venue Chetham’s School and Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB

MIF invites audiences to experience a programme of virtuosic chamber music, given a very special staging in the last remaining medieval quarter of Manchester.

Dates Fri 1 July Sat 2 July Sun 3 July Tue 5 July Wed 6 July Thu 7 July Sat 9 July Sun 10 July Tue 12 July Wed 13 July Fri 15 July Sat 16 July Sun 17 July

Within the atmospheric spaces of Chetham’s School of Music, violinist Alina Ibragimova will perform a programme of musically connected works given a beguiling new visual context by legendary filmmakers and stage designers the Quay Brothers. The performance will lead audiences of just 100 around the building and will feature a newly commissioned stop-motion animated film as a counterpoint to Bartók’s masterpiece, Solo Violin Sonata.

www.chethams.com

21:30 15:00 & 21:30 15:00 21:30 15:00 & 21:30 21:30 15:00 & 21:30 15:00 21:30 15:00 & 21:30 21:30 15:00 & 21:30 15:00

Tickets £25

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration 80mins Please note This event is partly standing and promenade

Alina Ibragimova returns to MIF after her extraordinary performances of Bach in the Zaha Hadid Architects space of 2009. Like the Bach/ Hadid event, Bach, Berio, Biber & Bartók, Béla is part of MIF’s ongoing interest in finding new ways to present great works of the past. Berio Sequenza VIII Bach Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 Biber Pasacaglia from the Mystery Sonatas Bartók Sonata for Solo violin Sz. 117, BB 124 Alina Ibragimova Violin The Quay Brothers Directors

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Barbican (London) and CREATE. Produced by Manchester International Festival and Chetham’s Foundation.

Image ÂŠ The Quay Brothers

Doctor Dee Damon Albarn & Rufus Norris Venue Palace Theatre Oxford Street Manchester M1 6FT

www.manchesterpalace.org.uk

Dates Fri 1 July Sat 2 July Sun 3July Tue 5 July Wed 6 July Thu 7July Fri 8 July Sat 9 July

20:00 20:00 16:00 20:00 20:00 20:00 20:00 20:00

Tickets £16, £25, £38, £45

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Doctor Dee is a new work composed by Damon Albarn and directed by Rufus Norris. In the age before science and magic parted company, Doctor John Dee was the ultimate Renaissance Man: astrologer, alchemist, mathematician and spy, he coined the term ‘British Empire’ and equipped the Elizabethan Court with the knowledge to make it manifest. The inspiration for both Marlowe’s Faust and Shakespeare’s Prospero, Dee studied the Heavens, he spoke with Archangels, and he paid a bitter personal price. Doctor Dee explores ritual and symbolism in this country, past and present, using John Dee – one of England’s greatest but largely forgotten men – as catalyst. Rufus Norris is a theatre and opera director whose West End and Broadway shows include Cabaret, Don Giovanni, Festen, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Vernon God Little. Damon Albarn is a musician whose bands and projects include Blur, Gorillaz, The Good the Bad and the Queen and Monkey: Journey to the West for MIF07. Rufus Norris Co-Creator, Director Damon Albarn Co-Creator, Composer, Performer André de Ridder Conductor, Orchestration Consultant Stephen Higgins Musical Supervisor Paul Atkinson Designer 59 Productions Video & Projection Designers Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly, Movement Directors Paule Constable Lighting Designer Paul Arditti Sound Designer

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, London 2012 Festival and ENO. Produced by Manchester International Festival and ENO. With thanks to the BBC Philharmonic for their support and collaboration.

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Image ÂŠ Will Bankhead

The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi´c Robert Wilson, Marina Abramovi´c, Antony, Willem Dafoe Venue The Lowry Pier 8, Salford Quays Salford M50 3AZ www.thelowry.com

Dates Sat 9 July Mon 11 July Wed 13 July Thu 14 July Fri 15 July Sat 16 July

19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30

Tickets £15, £25, £35, £39.50

No bkg fee delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off any price, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration 2.5hrs approx Access Audio described performance Thu 14 July

Four years in the making, The Life and Death of Marina Abramović began with a conversation between Abramović and visionary director Robert Wilson. She asked him to direct her death and he agreed – but only if he could do so while she was alive. The result is a startling new piece for the stage that brings together the worlds of theatre, art and music to thrilling effect. Directed by Wilson, arguably the most influential theatre director of the last 40 years, Life and Death… features original and traditional music, including songs written and performed by the incomparable Antony (Antony & The Johnsons). It stars Abramović, legendary screen and stage actor Willem Dafoe, plus an international cast of actors and performance artists, several returning from Marina Abramović Presents in MIF 09. Capacity crowds experienced Abramović’s now-legendary long durational group show at the 2009 Festival, while her residency at the Museum of Modern Art in New York saw 750,000 visitors pass through for an audience with this pioneer of performance art. The Life and Death of Marina Abramović promises to be a once-in-a-generation cultural event.

Age Recommended 14yrs+

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival and Teatro Real Madrid with Theater Basel, Art Basel, Holland Festival and Salford City Council. Produced by Manchester International Festival, Teatro Real Madrid and The Lowry. With thanks to Gerard Mortier for his collaboration and support.

Image © Antony Crook

Performers Marina Abramović Ivan Civic Amanda Coogan Willem Dafoe Andrew Gilchrist Antony Elke Luyten Christopher Nell Kira O’Reilly Antony Rizzi Carlos Soto Svetlana Spajić Svetlana Spajić Group (Minja Nikolić, Zorana Bantić and Dragana Tomić)

Creative Team Robert Wilson Concept, Director, Designer Marina Abramovi´c Co-creator Antony Composer & music curator William Basinski Composer & music curator Jacques Reynaud Costume Designer Ann-Christin Rommen Associate Director Wolfgang Wiens Dramaturg AJ Weissbard Lighting Designer Nick Sager Sound Designer

The Crash of The Elysium A Punchdrunk show for children aged 6-12 Venue MediaCityUK Salford Quays Dates Fri 1 – Sun 17 July Every day except Mondays Tue – Fri First entry 16:00 Last entry 20:50 Sat & Sun First entry 11:00 Last entry 20:40 Tickets Tue – Thu £17.50 Fri – Sun £20 No bkg fee delivery / transaction fee applies

On sale from 4 May Advance booking strongly recommended as capacity is strictly limited

From Punchdrunk, the creators of MIF’s 2009 smash hit It Felt Like A Kiss, comes their first show specially made for children. MIF and the BBC invite you to Salford Quays for an unforgettable theatrical event Tickets go on sale on 4 May. See www.mif.co.uk for details. Created by Felix Barrett and Tom MacRae Written by Tom MacRae Based on an original idea by Steven Moffatt Directed by Felix Barrett Designed by Livi Vaughan with Beatrice Minns Lighting Design by Paul Normandale Sound Design by Stephen Dobbie

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration 60mins

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, BBC, London 2012 Festival and Salford City Council. Produced by Manchester International Festival, Punchdrunk and BBC Wales. Funded by the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor.

Image ÂŠ Tim Sinclair

Victoria Wood That Day We Sang A Manchester Love Story - with singing Venue Opera House Quay Street Manchester M3 3HP

www.manchesteroperahouse.org.uk

Dates Wed 6 July Fri 8 July Sat 9 July Tue 12 July Wed 13 July Thu 14 July Fri 15 July Sat 16 July Sun 17 July

19:30 19:30 14:30 & 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 14:30 & 19:30 14:30

Tickets £16, £23.50, £29.50, £36 No bkg fee delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off any price, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Price includes ATG £1 restoration levy Box Office www.mif.co.uk Ticketmaster 0844 847 2484 Duration 2hrs 20mins inc interval Access Audio described performance Sat 9 July 14:30 BSL interpreted performance Sat 16 July 14:30

Victoria Wood is one of our most distinctive and well loved comedic voices. MIF is thrilled to welcome her to the Festival to write and direct this new production, inspired by one of Manchester’s most iconic music events. It’s the summer of 1969 and Tubby, an overweight insurance man, and Enid, a buttoned up secretary, are back on the stage of the Free Trade Hall forty years after they first stood there as children, singing their hearts out with the Hallé orchestra. It’s the anniversary of the Manchester School Children’s Choir recording of Nymphs and Shepherds. But Tubby and Enid don’t sing any more they’re just doing a little interview for local television. And they’re not children with everything ahead of them, they’re two middle aged people who’ve let a lot of chances slip by. Two stories unfold: the children of 1929 are eagerly gearing up for their big day and in 1969, Tubby and Enid, now fiftyish, are trying to reconnect with who they were then, and who they could be now. The action switches between the Manchester of Tubby’s boyhood, and the Golden Eggs and Berni Inns of Manchester ‘69, as the memory of that day he sang propels Tubby to make one last stab at happiness. Together with a leading cast, That Day We Sang will feature a new Manchester Children’s Choir, formed especially by MIF Creative, for this major new production. Victoria Wood Writer & Director Lez Brotherston Designer Nigel Lilley Music Director Mark Henderson Lighting Designer Anna Flannagan Choir Master

Commissioned by MIF Creative. Produced by Manchester International Festival. With support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. With thanks to the Hallé Youth Orchestra.

Image ÂŠ Alex Tefler

11 Rooms Group Show Venue Manchester Art Gallery Mosley Street Manchester M2 3JL

www.manchestergalleries.org

Dates Sat 9 July 14:00 - 17:00 Sun 10 – Sun 17 July 10:00 - 17:00 Closed Mon 11 July Admission Free - no ticket required Please note, due to the nature of this event a queuing system may be in place when you arrive at the venue Access Audio described session Thu 14 July, 10:30 - 13:00 Please meet at the information point situated in the atrium Age Open to all ages, parental guidance may be required for some rooms

FREE

Artists include: John Baldessari Allora and Calzadilla Cao Fei Simon Fujiwara Laura Lima Roman Ondák Lucy Raven Tino Sehgal Santiago Sierra Over the last two Festivals, with the iconoclastic Il Tempo del Postino and the epic Marina Abramovi´c Presents, MIF has established a reputation for commissioning some of the most exciting live art events to be experienced anywhere. 11 Rooms builds on that work, attracting the attention and energy of the international art world to Manchester for the duration of the Festival. Curators Klaus Biesenbach (MoMA PS1 and MoMA, New York) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery, London) bring together 11 of the most interesting artists creating durational encounters to make new work for MIF. Each will explore the ephemeral aspects of art, focusing on an idea or situation that both establishes and erases itself in the same instance, shaping an unmediated experience for the audience in a series of specially-created spaces at Manchester Art Gallery.

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Manchester Art Gallery and the International Arts Festival RUHRTRIENNALE 2012-2014. Produced by Manchester International Festival and Manchester Art Gallery. With thanks to Heiner Goebbels for his collaboration and support.

Images ÂŠ John Baldessari

Snoop Dogg Doggystyle Venue 02 Apollo Stockport Road Manchester M12 6AP www.o2apollomanchester.co.uk

Dates Fri 15 July 19:00 Doors 20:00 Support 21:00 Snoop Dogg Tickets ÂŁ33.50

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Ticketmaster 0844 477 7677

Snoop Doggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut album Doggystyle is a record that, for many, defines a genre and a decade. This very special show is a unique multimedia experience that brings together the original featured artists to play Doggystyle in its entirety. Released in 1993, Doggystyle went straight to number one on the Billboard chart and became the fastest-selling debut album of all time. This event reproduces the entire album with live appearances from original featured guests, Daz Dillinger, kurupt, RBX, Lady Rage, Joe Cool and Warren G.

Produced by Manchester International Festival.

Šejla Kameri´c & Anri Sala 1395 Days without Red Projections: Works from The Artangel Collection Venue Whitworth Art Gallery The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M15 6ER

www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth

Dates Sat 2 – Sun 17 July Mon – Sat 10:00 - 23:00 Sun 12:00 - 17:00 Screening times for Šejla Kameri´c & Anri Sala 1395 Days without Red Mon – Sat from 10:00 on the hour, every hour, last show 21:00 Sun from 12:00 on the hour, every hour, last show 16:00 Tony Oursler’s The Influence Machine projections nightly in Whitworth Park Sat 2 – Sat 16 July 22:30 - 23:30 (except Sundays) Admission Free - no ticket required Please Note The exhibition (excluding Oursler) continues after the Festival Mon 18 July – Sun 4 Sept Mon – Sat 10:00 - 17:00 Sun 12:00 - 16:00

FREE

A woman makes her way through an empty city. At every crossing she stops. Should she wait or should she run? Should she wait for others or take the risk on her own? The city is Sarajevo, and the route the woman takes became known as Sniper Alley during the siege of the city endured by its citizens for 1395 days between 1992 and 1996. The woman, played by Spanish actress Maribel Verdu, is reliving the experience of the trauma of the siege. It is her individual journey in the collective memory of the city. This compelling 60 minute film is the first cinematic collaboration by two acclaimed artists from the Balkans, Šejla Kameri´c and Anri Sala, with music from Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique arranged and conducted by Ari Benjamin Meyers. Running alongside the world premiere of 1395 Days without Red is Projections: Works from The Artangel Collection. Featuring groundbreaking film and video installations from two decades of Artangel commissions, Projections includes High Wire, Catherine Yass’s multiscreen installation of a vertiginous walk in the sky; The Nightwatch by Francis Alÿs, which tracks the nocturnal wanderings of a fox through a gallery at night, and Atom Egoyan’s Steenbeckett, based on the moving monologue from Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape. Outside, Tony Oursler’s The Influence Machine, a spectral son-et-lumière with videos projected onto trees and smoke, haunts Whitworth Park after dark.

1395 Days without Red commissioned by Artangel with Manchester International Festival, Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester), Fundació Museu D’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), enabled by Han Nefkens, H+F patronage, Festival d’Automne (Paris), Arts Council England, European Cultural Foundation, Film Fund Sarajevo, Marian Goodman Gallery (New York), Hauser & Wirth (London & Zurich). Co-produced by Artangel and SCCA/pro.ba. Projections produced by Artangel, Whitworth Art Gallery & Manchester International Festival. The Artangel Collection is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

Image © Milomir Kova˘cevi´c

Amadou & Mariam Eclipse Venue New Century Hall The Co-operative Group HQ Corporation Street Manchester M60 4ES

Malian musical superstars Amadou & Mariam return to Manchester for five totally unique performances; their first concerts staged entirely in the dark.

Dates Thu 14 July 19:30 Fri 15 July 19:30 & 22:00 Sat 16 July 19:30 & 22:00

Married for more than 25 years, Amadou and Mariam met in the orchestra of The Institute for the Young Blind in Bamako. Since then, their magical fusion of pop, blues and Malian music has won them fans and stellar collaborators around the world.

Tickets £27.50

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Eclipse will tell the story of Amadou & Mariam’s life and work together, featuring songs from across their career including the premiere of tracks from their forthcoming album.

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198

New Century Hall will be entirely blacked out for this unforgettable sensory experience.

Duration 90mins

If you cannot see, your sense of sound becomes richer. You appreciate the qualities of sound. That’s one reason I wanted to have a series of concerts in the darkness. I wanted the audiences to try to hear the music just as Mariam and I hear it. Amadou Bagayoko

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival, Amadou & Mariam, All Other Music and Because Music.

ÂŠ Patricia Bailer

Sacred Sites Candi Staton, Mor karbasi, Anuradha Paudwal, Dya Singh & Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali Venues Manchester Reform Synagogue Mor Karbasi Shree Radha krishna Mandir Anuradha Paudwal Gurdwara Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji Dya Singh Manchester Central Mosque Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali New Testament Church of God Candi Staton Full venue details on page 78 - 81 All audiences are expected to observe the customs of each sacred site. For this and further access details see www.mif.co.uk Dates Wed 6 July 19:30 Mor Karbasi Thu 7 July 19:30 Mor Karbasi 19:30 Dya Singh 19:30 Anuradha Paudwal 19:30 Candi Staton Fri 8 July 19:30 Dya Singh 19:30 Anuradha Paudwal 19:30 Candi Staton

Sacred Sites brings together five of the foremost international performers of sacred song and recital for a week of extraordinary events in Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish and Sikh sites of worship across the city. Performances by Candi Staton (Gospel), Mor Karbasi (Sephardic Jewish Hymns), Dya Singh (Shabads of Sikhism), Anuradha Paudwal (Bhajans of Hinduism) and Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali (koran recital and Sufi poetry) will each celebrate the sound and transformational effect of the voice when raised in worship. Developed by MIF Creative in close collaboration with faith communities across Manchester, Sacred Sites invites those of any faith or none to experience the sublime power of the human voice in a series of special performances. Sacred Sites will be accompanied by a series on BBC Radio 3, Mon 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fri 15 July at 23:00, presented by Lopa kothari. Featuring interviews with the singers and musicians, and conversations with audiences and congregations, this series will uncover more about the power of the human voice in each of these religious communities.

Sat 9 July 16:00 Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali 19:30 Dya Singh 19:30 Anuradha Paudwal 19:30 Candi Staton 20:30 Mor Karbasi Sun 10 July 16:00 Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali Admission Free - advance booking required Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198

FREE

Commissioned by MIF Creative. Produced by Manchester International Festival, Faith Network for Manchester and Asian Music Circuit. With support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Music Boxes A melodic adventure for children aged 6 months-7 years Venue The Piazza MediaCityUk Salford Quays Dates Sat 2 – Sun 17 July Every day except Mondays Tue – Fri (sessions last 2hrs) 10:00 - 12:00 12:45 - 14:45 Sat & Sun (sessions last 2hrs 15mins) 09:45 - 12:00 12:45 - 15:00 15:45 - 18:00

Following the huge success of MIF’s previous work for children, the action moves to Salford Quays this year with Music Boxes, a musical playground specially designed for children aged 6 months to 7 years. A mini city of shipping containers will be springing up at MediaCityUk, the new home of BBC Children’s. Some containers will be miniature performance spaces, some will be specially adapted recording and animation studios, while others will be kitted out as interactive installations allowing the very young to explore a fantasy world of sound and music.

Admission Free Tickets available from 1 June Advance booking strongly recommended as capacity is strictly limited

From jamming with fantastical new musical instruments, to opera for the under-twos; from making your own pop video to learning how to play the ukulele, Music Boxes will be 14 days of musical magic. What’s more, it’s all free!

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198

Participating Artists BBC Philharmonic CBeebies Cornershop and Rude Inne Goris with Dominique Pauwels and Ruimtevaarders Oily Cart Nik Ramage Jake Rodrigues Scottish Opera JoNny* and Stephen Stockbridge TPO Company ZingZillas

Age 6 months – 7 years For further information please visit www.mif.co.uk

FREE

Curated by Rachel Clare for Crying Out Loud. Installation concept and design by BDP.

Commissioned by MIF Creative, BBC, Salford City Council and Abu Dhabi Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival and CBeebies. With support from AGMA (Association of Greater Manchester Authorities).

Illustration ÂŠ Rude

Sinéad O’Connor Venue Pavilion Theatre Albert Square Manchester M2 5PE www.mif.co.uk

Dates Fri 1 July 21:00 Sat 2 July 21:00 Sun 3 July 21:00 Sinéad O’Connor will be on stage at 21:00 Tickets £19.50

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Concs £10 off, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled)

Sinéad O’Connor has been making music, rejecting stereotypes and defying expectations for more than a quarter of a century. These three shows will feature the world premiere of new material from her forthcoming record Home. The album The Lion And The Cobra announced an uncompromising talent, and her devastatingly direct version of Nothing Compares 2 U made her an international star. As famous for her public statements as for her musical achievements, it’s O’Connor’s voice that endures: raw, spirituallycharged, both ancient and of-the-moment, it is a unique instrument and a sound to be treasured. These intimate shows will be the perfect place to hear it.

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198

Produced by Manchester International Festival.

John Gerrard Infinite Freedom Exercise Venue Lincoln Square Brazennose Street Manchester M2 5LN Dates Tue 5 – Sun 17 July 24hrs Admission Free - no ticket required

FREE

Sited outdoors in the city centre, John Gerrard’s new piece Inﬁnite Freedom Exercise (near Abadan, Iran) is an infinitely evolving hyper realistic virtual world, played out 24 hours a day. On the screen is a single figure, dressed in generic army fatigues, moving continuously through a series of exercises against the backdrop of a Persian landscape. Using 3D motion scanning, the exercises are captured from movement created in collaboration with award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor. The result is a compelling and unsettling reflection on modernity, portraiture and history.

Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and Thomas Dane Gallery with the support of Outset Contemporary Art Fund and Culture Ireland. 32

Sketch for Infinite Freedom Exercise ÂŠ John Gerrard

WU LYF The Tunnel: Great Bridgewater Street Venue The Tunnel Great Bridgewater Street Manchester Date Sat 16 July 19:00 Doors 20:00 Support 21:00 WU LYF Tickets £13.50

No bkg fee delivery / transaction fee applies

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198

MIF presents the city’s own WU LYF for this unique show, the band’s first Manchester date of 2011 and their only UK festival appearance this year. For one night only WU LYF will be stopping traffic with their distinct sound of heavy pop. The Tunnel on Great Bridgewater Street will be closed to everyone except 2,000 ticket-holders. Buy now for one of the gigs of the year; 2011 belongs to WU LYF.

WU LYF is nothing; four dumb kids, looking for a place to call home, I don’t feel at home here, outside my house is my home, y’all getting screen glare tans and forgetting about the soil outside, the dirt, we’re heading for a place to play heavy, where your mother holds you with the love of the world...

Produced by Manchester International Festival.

Subject to licence

Image ÂŠ J Flanders

Lavinia Greenlaw Audio Obscura Venue Piccadilly Station near Platform 3 M60 7RA Dates Sat 2 – Sun 17 July 11:00 - 19:00 every day Except: Sat 2 July from 14:00 Sun 17 July until 17:30 Admission Free - no ticket required Duration 30mins approx Age Contains some strong language Not recommended for under 14s Please note A valid credit or bank card will be required as a deposit

FREE

Located in Manchester’s Piccadilly Station, a place where everyday dramas are constantly acted out, Audio Obscura is an aural version of the camera obscura: a framed and heightened reflection of the passing world. In Audio Obscura, you will enter into the crowd to take part in an exploration of the overheard. What did she mean? Did he really say that? Does she realise what she is saying? You might wish you hadn’t listened or you might want to know more. You will look for stories and you might even find them. Lavinia Greenlaw is a prize-winning poet and novelist who also writes radio drama and libretti. Recent books include a memoir, The Importance of Music to Girls, and her fourth poetry collection, The Casual Perfect, which will be published by Faber in September 2011. Lavinia Greenlaw Text and direction Tim Barker Sound design Harry Escott Underscore

Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and Artangel. Artangel gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Emmanuel Roman.

Image by Julian Abrams, ÂŠ Artangel

Rickie Lee Jones Venue The Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS

www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

Date Sun 10 July 20:15 Rickie Lee Jones will be on stage at 20:15 Tickets £15, £22.50, £27.50, £32.50

No bkg fee delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off any price, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk The Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000

Rickie Lee Jones, one of popular music’s most compelling storytellers, comes to MIF for a UK exclusive show at the Bridgewater Hall. For this very special evening Rickie Lee Jones will be performing her critically-acclaimed album Pirates in its entirety, exactly 20 years since its 1981 release, plus songs from across her career. With the release of her eponymous debut album in 1979 and the massive hit single Chuck E.’s In Love, Jones became an instant pop icon, dubbed ‘The Duchess of Coolsville’ by Time magazine. Her second album – the heartbreaking Pirates – followed, earning five star reviews across the board. Her 30-year career covers a dozen studio albums, records that see her versatile voice shift between jazz, blues, soul, country and rock with ease. Often surprising, frequently underrated, always worth watching – Rickie Lee Jones is a true rock’n’roll original.

Produced by Manchester International Festival.

Image ÂŠ Dave Barnum

Johnny Vegas Venue Pavilion Theatre Albert Square Manchester M2 5PE www.mif.co.uk

Dates Mon 11 July Wed 13 July Thu 14 July Fri 15 July Sat 16 July Sun 17 July

21:30 21:30 21:30 18:00 & 21:30 13:30 & 20:30 15:00

Tickets £25

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Johnny Vegas returns to MIF with a new theatre show in the Festival’s own performance space, the Pavilion Theatre. He seems reluctant to discuss the concept behind his latest theatrical endeavour – “I’m reluctant to discuss the concept” (Johnny Vegas) – but expectations are high following the success of his darkly original show Interiors, the feel bad hit of MIF 07. Johnny’s versatility as a writer/performer means that stand up’s loss is theatre’s gain, and makes for a very exciting addition to the MIF 11 line-up. Get your tickets now. Visit www.mif.co.uk for more details.

Concs £10 off, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Access BSL interpreted performance Wed 13 July Age Not recommended for under 12s

Produced by Manchester International Festival and Woolyback Productions.

Image ÂŠ Richard Ansett

Wagner’s Die Walküre The Madness of an Extraordinary Plan Sir Mark Elder, the Hallé, Gerard McBurney, Neil Bartlett Venue The Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS

www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

Thu 14 July 19:30 Preview The Madness & Die Walküre Act 3 2.5hrs inc 20mins interval Tickets are free and available by ballot from www.mif.co.uk Fri 15 July 19:30 Part 1 The Madness & Die Walküre Act 1 2.5hrs inc 20mins interval Sat 16 July 15:30 Part 2 Die Walküre Acts 2 & 3 4hrs 10mins inc 75mins interval £15, £25, £35, £42, £49

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

15% discount if you book for Fri & Sat. Tickets must be the same price and booked in one transaction to qualify. Concs £10 off any price, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk The Bridgewater Hall 0161 907 9000 Please Note Die Walküre is performed in German with English surtitles

FREE Thu 14 July

Richard Wagner reinvented the musical language of opera and created one of its greatest works with Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle). Sir Mark Elder leads the Hallé and a superb cast of singers in a two-night concert performance of Die Walküre. Continuing the Festival’s project of commissioning new contexts for existing work, The Madness of an Extraordinary Plan is a brand new dramatic prologue to The Ring Cycle. Written by Gerard McBurney, directed by Neil Bartlett and featuring three actors plus the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder, The Madness will be an illuminating experience for Wagner aficionados and newcomers alike. The Friday and Saturday performances are now almost sold out and MIF is delighted to announce a special free preview: on Thursday 14 July audiences will be able to see The Madness followed by Act 3 of Die Walküre, featuring Ride of the Valkyries, perhaps best known from the soundtrack of Apocalypse Now Now. This free event aims to welcome audiences who are new to Wagner to experience some of the most exciting music ever written, in arguably the best orchestral acoustic in the country. Die Walküre Siegmund Stig Andersen Sieglinde Petra Maria Schnitzer Hunding Clive Bayley Wotan Egils Silins Brünnhilde Susan Bullock Fricka Susan Bickley Gerhilde Miranda keys Ortlinde Yvonne Howard Waltraute Sarah Castle Schwertleite Linda Finnie Helmwige katherine Broderick Siegrune Alison kettlewell Grimgerde Ceri Williams Rossweisse Leah-Marian Jones

Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival, the Hallé and The Bridgewater Hall. 42

Mark Andre Venue Martin Harris Centre for Music & Drama Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Date Sun 10 July 15:00 - 16:30 Part 1 17:15 - 18:15 Part 2 Tickets £17.50

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198

Manchester International Festival is delighted to welcome Mark Andre to the Festival for the first ever Uk performances of his work. Often referencing spiritual or metaphysical themes, Andre’s music is complex and thoughtprovoking, bringing together harmonious and discordant sounds to create something new and vital. A protégé of Helmut Lachenmann, Andre is the recipient of numerous awards for his deeply engaged and moving work. The music of this remarkable composer is presented in two parts. Part 1 sees the screening of two films by Pierre Reimer made to accompany two large-scale orchestral compositions by Mark Andre: the world premiere of hij and the Uk premiere of modell, plus a live piano performance of Andre’s iv1 by Yukiko Sugawara. Part 2 features a selection of Andre’s chamber works performed by the leading exponents of Andre’s work, L’Instant Donné. Asche (2004) for five instruments Durch (2004-05) for clarinet, piano and percussion iv 3 (2008) for solo clarinet Zum Staub (2005) for seven instruments Mark Andre Composer Pierre Reimer Filmmaker Yukiko Sugawara Piano (Part 1) L’Instant Donné Ensemble (Part 2)

Produced by Manchester International Festival in association with Festival d’Automne à Paris. MIF would like to thank Josephine Markovits and Sir Brian McMaster.

Image ÂŠ Manu Theobald

True Faith A celebration of Manchester-made talent Venue Pavilion Theatre Albert Square Manchester M2 5PE

True Faith celebrates the work of Manchester’s established and emerging talent. The showcase is comprised of two strands: Close Up interviews and Live gigs.

Dates Mon 4 – Wed 13 July

Hosted by Dave Haslam, Close Up is a short series of exclusive onstage interviews with Manchester icons Bernard Sumner (Joy Division/New Order), music writer and broadcaster Paul Morley and former Magazine/Bad Seeds bass player and soundtrack composer Barry Adamson.

www.mif.co.uk

Tickets £5

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration Close Up 1hr 30mins Live 2hrs

The Live strand features a handpicked selection of Manchester’s finest new bands, who will perform original material and one-off covers with some very special guests. Live has been curated by Everything Everything (5 July) and Dave Haslam (6 & 12 July). Close Up featuring Bernard Sumner Mon 4 July 19:00 Live Egyptian Hip Hop, XXXY, Plank! Tue 5 July 19:30 Live LoneLady, Silverclub, Air Cav Wed 6 July 19:30 Close Up featuring Paul Morley Mon 11 July 19:00 Live D/R/U/G/S, Young British Artists, Golden Glow Tue 12 July 19:30 Close Up featuring Barry Adamson Wed 13 July 19:00

After-parties Everyone is welcome at the True Faith afterparties in the Festival Pavilion. DJs such as Terry Hall, Ewan Pearson and Dialog (Murkage) will be playing from 21.30/22:00 until late and admission is free (see page 54 for details).

Produced by Manchester International Festival.

Image ÂŠ Anton Corbijn

Paul Heaton The 8th Venue Pavilion Theatre Albert Square Manchester M2 5PE www.mif.co.uk

Dates Thu 7 July 20:00 Fri 8 July 20:00 Sat 9 July 20:00 The performance starts at 20:00 Tickets £19.50

NO BkG FEE delivery / transaction fee applies

Concs £10 off, ltd avail (senior citizen, child under 16, full-time student, jobseeker, disabled) Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration 90mins + 15mins interval Access BSL interpreted performance Thu 7 July Age Contains some strong language Not recommended for under 12s

Paul Heaton (The Beautiful South, The Housemartins) has written one of the longest pop songs ever, The 8th, to be premiered at MIF 11. It’s a song in eight chapters, a look at the seven deadly sins through a series of scenes taking place in a single neighbourhood, a poor neighbourhood, one where a new, thoroughly modern, sin – The 8th – is able to insinuate itself into every person’s life... Given a theatrical narrative by award-winning playwright Che Walker (Royal Court and Young Vic) and directed by Paines Plough’s joint artistic director George Perrin, The 8th will feature a cast of performers from across musical genres who will join Heaton in the Pavilion Theatre for three very special shows. Paul Heaton Lyrics Paul Heaton, David Rotheray, Jonny Lexus Music Che Walker Book George Perrin Direction Rebelgonebad Art and Visuals Performed by The 8th Orchestra: Paul Heaton Jonny Lexus Pete Marshall Jonny Wright Christian Madden and more See www.mif.co.uk for details of all performers.

Victim of an overdose or recipient of bullet Just the harvest of the finger or the wrist It’s the needle or the trigger, the 8th could push or pull it As long as folk believe that he exists.

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Vertical Farm Dickson Despommier Venue Festival Square Albert Square Manchester M2 5PE Date Sun 17 July 12:30 Admission Free - ticket required Box Office www.mif.co.uk Quaytickets 0161 876 2198 Duration 75mins

FREE

With rising global populations putting ever more pressure on farm land, the race is on to find new ways of feeding the world. Solutions to this issue include vertical farms; a revolutionary new idea to create high rise farms within the urban environment. As part of our long-term commitment to exploring urgent stories of our time, MIF plans an ambitious project to create the Uk’s first multi-storey vertical farm, located in a disused tower block right here in Manchester.

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Join us and Dickson Despommier, leading scientist and pioneer of the vertical farm movement, for the launch of this ambitious three-year project and to hear how, working with local people, MIF plans to use cutting edge techniques to experiment with new ways of feeding the city.

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Festival Square Festival Square is the beating heart of MIF. Directly in front of Manchester’s town hall on Albert Square, and open every day from noon until late, the Festival Square houses:

Festival Pavilion You’ll find some of the best DJs every evening in the Pavilion (see page 54 for details) plus impromptu performances from Festival artists, quiz nights and outdoor entertainment from brass bands to kora players. Special city walks will also start from here, see www.mif.co.uk for details. Festival Café The Festival Café is the place to come for tasty and locally sourced food and drink presented by the Festival’s catering partner, Heathcotes Outside. See page 55 for details

Pavilion Theatre The Festival Square has its own performance space, the Pavilion Theatre, which has a packed programme of music, conversation, comedy and special events. See page 56 for details Glass House Our new space, the Glass House, will also be available for private and corporate hire with catering by Heathcotes Outside. For more information please email clodagh.buckley@mif.co.uk

Festival Box Office Open Thu 30 June – Sun 17 July from 12:00 every day. MIF’s broadcast partner, the BBC, will be live on the Festival Square throughout the 18 days. See www.bbc.co.uk/manchester during the Festival for details of BBC coverage. Look out for Festival Square’s hidden treasure, a short animation by bright new talent Hyoung-Min Choi.

Festival Pavilion Admission Free Fri 1 – Sat 16 July 12:00 - late Sun 17 July 12:00 - 17:00 The iconic Festival Pavilion, designed by architects Stephenson Bell, is the space to relax with friends and soak up the atmosphere over a glass of wine or Festival cocktail. Come and listen to great DJs or catch free outdoor entertainment during the day. Look out for further events at www.mif.co.uk

DJs in the Festival Pavilion Mon – Sat 21:30 - late Sun 16:00 - late Admission Free (except 16 July) Fri 1 Sat 2 Sun 3 Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16

Contort Yourself v Naive Melody Mixed Up feat Dave Haslam 16:00 - 20:00 Kingspinna (aka Dom, Blood &Fire) 22:00 - 24:00 Tempo feat Dave Law & Dean Jay Across the Tracks with special guest Terry Hall (the Specials) Everything Everything DJ set Freitags feat Craig Campbell Disco Outcasts with resident DJs Micron feat DJ Ewan Pearson Dialog (Murkage) plus Paul Jenks (Cutloose) 16:00 - 20:00 Disco Mums 22:00 - 24:00 Andrea Trout Pull Yourself Together with resident DJs Contort Yourself feat Moshi Moshi DJs Jonny Shire (Oui Dig) v Gumbo Yaya Out of the Gloom v Development DJs Up the Racket with resident DJs Yellow feat Dave Haslam with special guest Dave Lee (aka Joey Negro)* *See www.mif.co.uk for ticket details

Spam and Beans World Famous Quiz Tue 5 & Tue 12 July 18:30 - 19:45 Spam and Beans have been entertaining people for nearly three years with their almost legendary “World Famous” quiz show! Join them for a special MIF edition of the quiz in the Pavilion. Entry Free

Festival Café Festival Café is the place to come for delicious snacks presented by the Festival’s catering partner, Heathcotes Outside. Come for lunch, supper or a late night nibble after a show. The menu will include delicious Goosnargh chicken sandwiches, Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese baguettes and a tasty range of sharing platters, along with a changing daily special. All locally sourced; prices from £3.50 - £13.00. Once again, MIF and Heathcotes Outside will be working to reduce the Festivals’ environmental impact. In 2009, MIF saved around 2.4 tonnes of food and packaging waste from landfill and our aim is to improve on this in 2011. Please look out for more info on site along with specially labeled bins.

Pavilion Theatre Sinead O’Connor Fri 1, Sat 2 & Sun 3 July 21:00 See page 30 for details Paul Heaton’s The 8th Thu 7, Fri 8 & Sat 9 July 20:00 See page 48 for details Candi Staton Sun 10 July 20:00 (Standing) Johnny Vegas Mon 11 July 21:30 Wed 13 July 21:30 Thu 14 July 21:30 Fri 15 July 18:00 & 21:30 Sat 16 July 13:30 & 20:30 Sun 17 July 15:00 See page 40 for details

The Festival’s own performance space returns for MIF 11 with an expanded programme that includes a very special appearance by Candi Staton. In addition to performing her gospel music as part of the Sacred Sites series (see page 26), Candi will be sharing her signature southern soul with audiences at our Pavilion Theatre. This will be an unmissable evening filled with stories of hope and heartbreak, all brought to life by her raw and powerful performance. Tickets for all Pavilion Theatre shows can be booked in advance at www.mif.co.uk and 0161 876 2198 or in person at the Festival Square Box Office from Thu 30 June.

True Faith curated by Dave Haslam See page 46 for details Bernard Sumner Mon 4 July 19:00 Egyptian Hip Hop, XXXY, Plank! Tue 5 July 19:30 LoneLady, Silverclub, Air Cav Wed 6 July 19:30 Paul Morley Mon 11 July 19:00 D/R/U/G/S, Young British Artists, Golden Glow Tue 12 July 19:30 Barry Adamson Wed 13 July 19:00

New for 2011, the Festival’s national media partner the Guardian presents Days in the Life: scenes from the Manchester Guardian First published on 5 May 1821, the Guardian has witnessed events that have shaped not only Manchester but the entire globe: from the founding of 19th-century trade unions to the 1996 IRA bomb, from the Suez Crisis to the birth of Manchester’s music scene. A new podcast series, specially commissioned by the Guardian for the Manchester International Festival, transforms scenes from the Guardian’s newsroom archive into cuttingedge audio art. Archive voices, eyewitness reportage and new music bring different editions to life from across the paper’s 190-year history. Days in the Life will be available during the Festival from www.guardian.co.uk/manchesterfestival 56

Bernard Sumner

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MIF Creative Launched in 2009, MIF Creative commissions leading international artists and thinkers to make new work in collaboration with local people of all ages and backgrounds. Projects like Jeremy Deller’s Procession (pictured) and Oily Cart’s Something In the Air demonstrated the possibilities and transformational effects for all involved. This year’s MIF Creative programme sees an ambitious collaboration with local communities to create the UK’s first multi-storey Vertical Farm (page 50); talented school children from North Manchester getting a taste of

life on stage in Victoria Wood’s That Day We Sang (page 16); brand new partnerships with local faith groups to present the best of devotional singing and recital (Sacred Sites, page 26); and a Greater Manchester-wide focus on brilliant new sound art for the very young (Music Boxes, page 28). From school children to faith groups via nursery teachers, environmentalists, architects and food producers, MIF Creative aims to offer opportunities to inspire, excite and support local people to get involved in their Festival. For more information, see www.mif.co.uk/mif-creative MIF Creative is supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

MIF Creative 2011: Artists Anna Flannagan / Anuradha Paudwal / BBC Philharmonic / Candi Staton / Cbeebies / Cornershop and Rude Design / Dickson Despommier / Dya Singh / Inne Goris with Dominique Pauwels and Ruimtevaarders / Jake Rodrigues / JoNny* and Stephen Stockbridge / Mor Karbasi / Nik Ramage / Oily Cart / Qari Syed Sadaqat Ali / Scottish Opera / TPO Company / Victoria Wood / Zingzillas MIF Creative 2011: Partners Abraham Guest High School, Wigan / Association of Greater Manchester Authorities / BBC Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s / BBC Radio 3 / Bowker Vale Primary School, Manchester / Castle Hill Primary School, Bolton / Crab Lane Community Primary School, Manchester / Creative Concern / Crossacres Primary School, Manchester / Delamere Special School, Trafford / Faith Network for Manchester / Fir Tree Primary School, Stockport / Fire Station Day Nursery, Tameside / Gurdwara Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji / Hindu Religious Society / Lamberhead Green Community Primary School, Wigan / Manchester Central Mosque / Manchester Enterprise Academy / Manchester Reform Synagogue / Millwood Primary Special School, Bury / Music Leader North West / New Testament Church of God, Brooks Bar / North Reddish Infants School, Stockport / Oldham Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Festival / Pike Fold Primary School, Manchester / Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Manchester / Shree Radha Krishna Mandir / Springside School, Rochdale / Springwood Primary School, Salford / The Cooperative Academy of Manchester / Tithe Barn Primary School, Stockport / Westfield Community School, Wigan / Westwood Primary School, Oldham 59

How We Work Manchester International Festival is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first festival of original, new work and special events and takes place biennially in venues across the city and throughout Greater Manchester. We are an artist-led festival, presenting work from around the world and across the spectrum of arts and culture. MIF is committed to developing a sustainable festival, one which benefits the local economy, is engaging for local communities and which tries to minimize its environmental impact. We work hard to secure a mixture of income; combining public, commercial and private income with ticket sales and co-commissioning money to help ensure that we are here for the long-term. Approximately one third of the programme is free, allowing audiences to engage with the Festival whatever their means. Our creative learning programme, MIF Creative, commissions artists and projects that put local people at the heart of our work; it is made with the same ambitions and values as the rest of the Festival. Our volunteer programme brings more than 300 enthusiastic, hard-working individuals into the Festival organisation.

We are constantly trying to reduce our environmental impact, ensuring our offices are resource efficient and working with partner venues and suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of MIF events. We have introduced composting at the Festival CafĂŠ on Albert Square to reduce how much waste we send to landfill, and have been awarded both the British Standard in Sustainable Event Management and a Greener Festival Award for our efforts in these areas. We also support artists making work which engages with environmental issues. We are taking small but genuine steps forward; we know we have lots of room to improve. If you would like more information or to suggest how we could improve sustainability at the next Festival, we would love to hear from you. Contact us at sustainability@mif.co.uk

Co-Commissioners Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re grateful for the support of our co-commissioning partners:

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Volunteering Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the time of my life and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll gladly do it again. 2009 MIF Volunteer MIF is grateful to our dedicated and talented volunteers. They provide invaluable support in a variety of roles such as front of house, office administration, technical assistance and welcoming audiences to our Festival city. The contribution of our volunteers helps to make the Festival a success. For more information on the Volunteer Programme, please visit www.mif.co.uk/work-with-us/volunteering

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How to Book Book online www.mif.co.uk or call 0161 876 2198 Booking is now open!

As many events have limited capacity, please book early to avoid disappointment. Quaytickets is the Festival’s official box office partner and sells tickets for all Festival events (subject to availability), operating a basket function so you can buy tickets for more than one event in a single transaction. Box Office: 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk For in person bookings for all Festival events (subject to availability): The Festival Box Office Albert Square M2 5PE Open Thu 30 June Sun 17 July from 12:00 Tickets for some events can also be purchased from the relevant venues or agents: The Bridgewater Hall Wagner – Die Walküre; Rickie Lee Jones Box Office 0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk The Lowry The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi´c Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.thelowry.com O2 Apollo Snoop Dogg Box Office 0844 477 7677 www.o2apollomanchester.co.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk Opera House Victoria Wood – That Day We Sang Box Office 0844 847 2484 www.manchesteroperahouse.org.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk Palace Theatre Doctor Dee Box Office 0844 847 2275 www.manchesterpalace.org.uk www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Booking Fees There are no per ticket booking fees on any Festival tickets; the ticket price is the same from all official ticket agents and venues. The transaction charge (per booking, not per ticket) will vary between agents and venues. Concessions The Festival offers discounts to seniors (60+), children (under 16s), full-time students, job seekers and disabled. These are strictly limited and subject to availability. Unreserved/General Admission tickets Björk, Alina Ibragimova/The Quay Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Sacred Sites, Amadou & Mariam, Paul Heaton, Sinéad O’Connor, WU LYF, True Faith, Music Boxes, Vertical Farm. If you have booked tickets in advance for any of the above events, they are unreserved (aka general admission) tickets and will not be dispatched until two weeks prior to the event. This helps minimise the likelihood of tickets being lost or touted. If you have not received your tickets one week before the event, please contact the ticket vendor. Reserved/Numbered tickets Doctor Dee, The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi´c, The Crash of the Elysium, That Day We Sang, Rickie Lee Jones, Johnny Vegas, Die Walküre, Mark Andre. If you have booked tickets in advance for any of the above events and have not received them two weeks before the event, please contact the vendor. If you book within three days of the event you will have to collect your tickets from the Festival Box Office desk at the venue, which will be clearly marked in the foyer or entrance.

Lost Tickets If you have lost your tickets, we can issue duplicate tickets for a reserved seating event from an hour before the performance at the venue. Please call the vendor to request duplicates.

BSL Interpreted Performances Paul Heaton – The 8th Thu 7 July 20:00

Please note: General Admission or Unreserved Tickets cannot be reprinted.

Victoria Wood – That Day We Sang Sat 16 July 14:30

Refunds and Exchanges Tickets are sold as non-refundable. The Festival does take into consideration extenuating circumstances; please email boxoffice@mif.co.uk as we look at each case individually. Tickets bought directly from venues or other agents are strictly non-refundable. We are happy to facilitate exchanges made via Quaytickets. Please see Ticketing Policies at www.mif.co.uk/ visitor-information for full details.

For detailed access information and if you would like to book a wheelchair space, please contact the following venues directly:

Access Information This brochure is available as a downloadable PDF from the Festival website. Large print format brochures are available on request from info@mif.co.uk Audio Described Performances Victoria Wood – That Day We Sang Sat 9 July 14:30 11 Rooms – Group Show Thu 14 July 10:30 - 13:00 The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi´c Thu 14 July 19:30

Johnny Vegas Wed 13 July 21:30

The Bridgewater Hall Wagner – Die Walküre; Rickie Lee Jones 0161 907 9000 box@bridgewater-hall.co.uk The Lowry The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi c´ 0161 876 2198 info@thelowry.com Opera House Victoria Wood – That Day We Sang 0161 245 6605 manchesterboxoffice@theambassadors.com Palace Theatre Doctor Dee 0161 245 6605 manchesterboxoffice@theambassadors.com For all other venues, call Quaytickets on 0161 876 2198 All Festival venues on Albert Square are fully wheelchair accessible.

Please note: all information correct at time of going to press. However, the Festival reserves the right to change the performance in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Manchester International Festival is a registered charity no. 1113902. Our registered office is 81 king Street, Manchester M2 4AH. This brochure is printed on FSC accredited stock using vegetable-based ink.

Venue Information 02 Apollo 14 Stockport Road Manchester M12 6AP Box Office 0844 477 7677 www.o2apollomanchester.co.uk The Bridgewater Hall 8 Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS Box Office 0161 907 9000 www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk Campfield Market Hall 6 Campfield Avenue Arcade Manchester M3 4FH Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk Chetham’s School and Library 12 Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.chethams.com Festival Pavilion / Pavilion Theatre 1 Albert Square Manchester M2 5PE Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk Gurdwara Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji 13 12 Sherborne Street Manchester M3 1FE Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk www.gsghks.org.uk Lincoln Square 2 Brazennose Street Manchester M2 5LN Info 0161 238 7300 www.mif.co.uk Manchester Art Gallery 4 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3JL Info 0161 235 8888 www.manchestergalleries.org Manchester Reform Synagogue 3 Jackson’s Row Manchester M2 5NH Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk http://jacksonsrow.org

New Century Hall 11 The Co-operative Group HQ Corporation Street Manchester M60 4ES Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk Opera House 5 Quay Street Machester M3 3HP Box Office 0844 847 2484 www.manchesteroperahouse.org.uk Palace Theatre 9 Oxford Street Manchester M1 6FT Box Office 0844 847 2275 www.manchesterpalace.org.uk Piccadilly Station 10 Manchester M60 7RA Info 0161 238 7300 www.mif.co.uk The Tunnel 7 Great Bridgewater Street/ Watson Street Manchester Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk

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Key Metrolink & Stops NCP Car Park Information Centre Taxi Rank Maps ÂŠ Marketing Manchester

Venue Information Manchester Central Mosque 15 20 Upper Park Road Manchester M14 5RU Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk www.manchestermosque.org New Testament Church of God 16 20 Upper Chorlton Road Manchester M16 7RN Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk www.ntcg.org.uk/church/Manchester.stm Shree Radha Krishna Mandir 17 Gandhi Hall Brunswick Road Manchester M20 4QB Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk www.radhakrishnamandir.co.uk To Manchester City Centre

Hulme

Moss Side Moss Side

Rusholme

Withington

Martin Harris Centre for Music & Drama 18 Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall University of Manchester Oxford Road M13 9PL Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/ martinharriscentre/index.php

To Manchester City Centre

Whitworth Art Gallery 19 The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M15 6ER Info 0161 275 7450 www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

MediaCityUK 20 Salford Quays Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk

Key Metrolink & Stops Information Centre

To Manchester City Centre

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The Piazza, MediaCityUK 21 Salford Quays Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.mif.co.uk The Lowry 22 Pier 8, Salford Quays Manchester M50 3AZ Info & Box Office 0161 876 2198 www.thelowry.com

Festival Calendar 30 June - 17 July 2011

Event Björk - Biophilia Campfield Market Hall

Crash of The Elysium MediaCityUK, Salford Quays

Doctor Dee - Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris Palace Theatre

Alina Ibragimova / The Quay Brothers Chetham’s School and Library

Sinéad O’Connor Pavilion Theatre

True Faith Pavilion Theatre

Victoria Wood - That Day We Sang Opera House

Paul Heaton - The 8th Pavilion Theatre

Life & Death of Marina Abramovi´c The Lowry

Mark Andre Martin Harris Centre

Rickie Lee Jones The Bridgewater Hall

Candi Staton Pavilion Theatre

Johnny Vegas Pavilion Theatre

Amadou & Mariam - Eclipse New Century Hall

Snoop Dogg O2 Apollo

WU LYF The Tunnel, Great Bridgewater Street

Wagner’s Die Walküre The Bridgewater Hall

Music Boxes The Piazza, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays

1395 Days without Red & Projections Whitworth Art Gallery

Tony Oursler’s The Influence Machine Whitworth Park

Lavinia Greenlaw - Audio Obscura Piccadilly Station

John Gerrard Lincoln Square, Brazennose Street

Sacred Sites Various venues

11 Rooms - Group Show Manchester Art Gallery

Vertical Farm Albert Square

Festival Square/Pavilion Albert Square

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