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cover image: Inspired by Shere Hite’s do it instruction originated in 1996 ‘Embrace an important friend in a full-length hug for 31 minutes…’ Enacted by Zara Khalique and Emma Horridge, January 2013 Visual concept by Peter Saville and Grant Windridge © Steve Forrest do it 20 13 A group art show See page 12 for more details
Welcome to the fourth Manchester International Festival
the arts are for all of us. They fire our imaginations and offer us invaluable insights into the world in which we live. Music, film, theatre, the visual arts, comedy and dance can touch anyone and everyone. During difficult times, it’s vital that the arts continue to encourage us to ask questions, seek answers and engage with the society that surrounds us. With this in mind, MIF has commissioned leading artists from across the cultural spectrum to create more than 20 world premières and special events for this summer. Almost everything in our programme is a UK exclusive, and many of our shows will go on to travel the world after making their debuts here in Manchester. Sincere thanks go to MIF’s sponsors and partners. Without them, we would be unable to stage many of our shows, and the Festival would be much less accessible: with a number of £12 tickets to every MIF performance and a range of free events, we have tried to make this Festival of world premières as affordable as possible. I would also like to thank our incredible MIF team, the members of the local community who have taken part in our MIF Creative programme, and the hundreds of dedicated volunteers, without whom none of this would be possible. MIF only appears for 18 days every two years. We hope you can make time to join us this July.
Alex Poots CEO & Artistic Director
image: Alex Poots © Antony Crook
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Massive Attack v Adam Curtis The Machine The epic battle between Garry Kasparov and super-computer Deep Blue Abida Parveen The Old Woman Robert Wilson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe do it 20 13 A group art show MACBETH Directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh MACBETH Big screen relay The xx In residence Manchester Camerata, Martha Argerich Gábor Takács-Nagy Michelangelo Sonnets Peter Sellars, Eric Owens, Cameron Carpenter The Masque of Anarchy Maxine Peake Are We Powerless? Evan Davis The Rite of Spring Romeo Castellucci, Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna Dan Graham / Tino Sehgal Mette Ingvartsen / Mårten Spångberg Eszter Salamon / Mayfield Depot Neneh Cherry and RocketNumberNine John Tavener BBC Philharmonic Goldfrapp RNCM String Orchestra Mogwai Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait River of Fundament A discussion with Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler The Biospheric Project Urban farm, laboratory, research centre Once Upon a Story Inne Goris Jamal Edwards and SB.TV presents Coal on Cotton Nikhil Chopra Delphic Despacio James Murphy, David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele MONEY Rob da Bank Festival Square DJs at Festival Square In Conversation Who we are MIF13 commissioners Plan your visit to Manchester International Festival Venue information and map Booking information MIF13 calendar 3
Massive Attack v Adam Curtis Created by Robert Del Naja and Adam Curtis in collaboration with Felix Barrett, Es Devlin and United Visual Artists
‘A collective hallucination.’ robert del naja ‘A musical entertainment about the power of illusion and the illusion of power.’ adam curtis
connecting the dark, intense music and visual work of Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack with the thought-provoking vision of filmmaker Adam Curtis in an atmospheric space never before opened to the public, this haunted, captivating production promises to completely redefine the very idea of ‘the gig’.
dates Thu 4 July Fri 5 July Sat 6 July Sun 7 July Wed 10 July Thu 11 July Fri 12 July Sat 13 July Doors open
9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 8pm
Ever since the 1991 release of their classic debut Blue Lines, Massive Attack has been one of the best and most consistently adventurous acts in the UK. Robert Del Naja’s painting and graphic design work have represented the band’s music from their roots as a sound system, and his LED installation work with United Visual Artists has been the core of the band’s live shows since 2003. These will be Massive Attack’s first shows since 2010 and their only UK shows of 2013.
venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF
Through films such as The Century Of The Self and The Power of Nightmares, Adam Curtis has cemented his position as Britain’s most imaginative documentary filmmaker. He was one of the creators of the widely acclaimed It Felt Like a Kiss (MIF09).
Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students and jobseekers
Felix Barrett is the Artistic Director of pioneering immersive theatre company Punchdrunk. Along with his work with Adam Curtis on It Felt Like a Kiss, he directed The Crash of the Elysium (MIF11). Es Devlin’s stage designs have been commissioned by everyone from the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Opera House and the London 2012 Olympics to Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Kanye West. United Visual Artists create work at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance and digital installation. UVA have created four world and festival tours for Massive Attack and their designs for live performance have led to commissions for venues such as Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall and the V&A.
Sensible footwear must be worn for this event ticket prices £36
£12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 duration 90 mins approx age 16+ 16 and 17 year-olds must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Ruhrtriennale International Festival of the Arts and Park Avenue Armory. Produced by Manchester International Festival.
Venue provided by BRBR
In partnership with the BBC. Supported by MIF Commissioning Circle.
#MIFMAVAC
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The Machine written by
Matt Charman
directed by
Josie Rourke
in 1997, garry kasparov, the world’s greatest chess player, arrived in New York City for the biggest match of his life. His opponent wasn’t a fellow Grandmaster but a faceless super-computer: Deep Blue, built by tech giant IBM. The match was IBM’s bid to raise its profile and its stock price. An international celebrity and the undisputed master of his art, Kasparov came to America for freedom and glory. What he didn’t expect to confront was the lifelong dedication of another man, Deep Blue’s wunderkind inventor Dr Feng-Hsiung Hsu. Both geniuses, they staked their reputations on the tournament. What followed was one of the most compelling stories of its time. Directed by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, award-winning playwright Matt Charman’s dramatisation of modern history is a story of mind against matter, man against machine.
writer
Matt Charman director
dates Wed 10 July 7.30pm preview Thu 11 July 7.30pm preview Fri 12 July 7.30pm Sat 13 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sun 14 July 2.30pm Tue 16 July 7.30pm Wed 1 7 July 7.30pm Thu 18 July 7.30pm Fri 19 July 7.30pm Sat 20 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sun 21 July 2.30pm & 7.30pm venue Campfield Market Hall Campfield Avenue Arcade Manchester M3 4FH ticket prices £35, £25 Previews £18 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers
Lucy Osborne
£12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis
lighting
Transaction fee applies
Josie Rourke designer
Mark Henderson sound
Ian Dickinson casting
book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013
Alastair Coomer CDG
duration 120 minutes approx
For cast details, visit mif.co.uk
#MIFMachine
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival, Donmar Warehouse and Park Avenue Armory.
image © AKA
Supported by MIF Commissioning Circle. 6
Abida Parveen
Appearing with her musicians
ask anyone in south asia to name the greatest spiritual singer alive today, and it won’t be long before the name of Abida Parveen enters the conversation. Parveen sends listeners into raptures in a way matched only by the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who Parveen has described as her ‘spiritual brother’. This is her first UK performance since 2001. Born in Pakistan, Parveen specialises in ghazals and kafis, two distinct forms of Sufi poetry that date back centuries. Perhaps surprisingly, she also recently served as one of the judges on Sur Kshetra (Music Battlefield), the hugely popular Indo-Pakistani TV talent contest. But whether performing for Sufi devotees at religious shrines or grading acts on prime-time, Parveen’s approach remains the same: ‘Music should rise from the heart and go straight to the soul.’ Parveen rarely visits the West, in part because audiences in Pakistan and India are so hungry to see and hear her perform. This concert offers a rare opportunity to see one of the greats of modern devotional music, in her only UK performance.
date Sat 6 July
8pm
venue The Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS bridgewater-hall.co.uk ticket prices £75, £60, £45, £35, £25, £15 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013
‘She is an incredible Sufi singer with a gorgeous voice. It’s interesting to hear those poems sung by a woman. Female energy is different somehow, not better, just different… more pure emotion, and more open somehow.’
0844 907 9000 (The Bridgewater Hall) A per ticket booking fee applies to tickets booked via The Bridgewater Hall
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#MIFAbida
In memory of Faizaan Peerzada.
image Abida Parveen © Catherine de Clippel Courtesy of Accords Croisés
Produced by Manchester International Festival.
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Robert Wilson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe
The Old Woman
pioneering theatre director Robert Wilson (The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, MIF11) returns to Manchester with his brand new theatrical production, The Old Woman. Developed with and starring legendary dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, and co-starring world-renowned actor Willem Dafoe, The Old Woman is an adaptation of the work of the same name by Russian author Daniil Kharms. Born in St Petersburg in 1905, Kharms suffered through Stalinist rule for much of his life. Eventually he was arrested, imprisoned and killed by Soviet soldiers in the Gulags aged just 36. The shortness of Kharms’ life parallels the brevity of his absurdist writings, some of which stretch to little more than a paragraph. One exception is The Old Woman, an obscure, brilliant and slyly political novella written in the 1930s. Carrying echoes of Beckett and Ionesco in its deadpan narrative, which follows the story of a struggling writer who cannot find peace with himself, The Old Woman is perhaps the finest work by one of the great avant-garde Russian authors. An old lady is standing in the courtyard and holding a wall clock in her hands. I walk past the old woman, stop and ask her, ‘What time is it?’
dates Thu 4 July 7.30pm Fri 5 July 7.30pm Sat 6 July 7.30pm Sun 7 July 2.30pm venue Palace Theatre Oxford Street Manchester M1 6FT manchesterpalace.org.uk ticket prices £45, £39, £33, £28, £23, £18 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies
‘You look,’ the old woman says to me. I look and see that the clock has no hands.
Price includes ATG £1 restoration levy
‘There are no hands,’ I say. The old woman looks at the face of the clock and says to me, ‘It’s a quarter to three.’ the old woman, daniil kharms
book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 0844 871 3019 (Palace Theatre) A per ticket booking fee applies to tickets booked via the Palace Theatre #MIFOldWoman
designer and director
Robert Wilson performer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performer
Willem Dafoe A Baryshnikov Productions, Change Performing Arts and The Watermill Center project. Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival, Spoleto Festival dei 2Mondi, Théâtre de la Ville-Paris/Festival d’Automne à Paris and deSingel, Antwerp. 10
images: left Mikhail Baryshnikov and Robert Wilson © Lucie Jansch right, top to bottom Mikhail Baryshnikov © Annie Leibovitz Willem Dafoe © Mark Abrahams Robert Wilson © Hsu Ping
do it 20 13
A group art show
following the acclaim of Il Tempo del Postino (MIF07) and 11 Rooms (MIF11), MIF presents do it 20 13, another groundbreaking exhibition that turns the notion of viewing into an active and performative encounter between artist and visitor. do it 20 13 consists of a growing series of written artists’ instructions, each of which is interpreted anew every time it is enacted. These instructions range from the active and the absurd to the profound and the philosophical, some to be accomplished at the gallery and others to be taken away and carried out at home. Conceived and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier, do it began life in 1993. This 20th-anniversary show premières a significant number of new instructions and brings together artists from the first do it experiments with subsequent generations of artists who have been commissioned to reinterpret earlier directions.
dates Fri 5 July 2pm – 6pm Sat 6 –Sun 21 July 10am–6pm Open to 9pm every Thursday venue Manchester Art Gallery Mosley Street Manchester M2 3JL manchestergalleries.org admission
FREE No ticket required #MIFdoit
do it 20 13 will be divided into four rooms. The Active Room, presented by the artist Richard Wentworth, will contain a series of instructions aimed at the public from artists including Etel Adnan, Ai Weiwei, Yto Barrada, Theaster Gates, Helen Marten, Casey Reas, Peter Saville and Ryan Trecartin. The Homage Room will feature living artists’ interpretations of instructions originally created by artists who are no longer with us: for example Sarah Lucas reacting to Franz West, Tracey Emin responding to the instruction of Louise Bourgeois and Christodoulos Panayiotou’s homage to Joan Brossa. The Archive Room will contain ephemera and documentation from participants in the last 20 years of the project including Leon Golub, Shere Hite, Mike Kelley and Cedric Price. And finally, the Film Room will screen a large number of do it video works, including pieces from Gilbert & George, Yoko Ono and Nancy Spero.
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and Manchester Art Gallery. Developed in collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. ICI gratefully acknowledges the support of the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Project Perpetual and ICI’s International Forum and Board of Trustees.
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image Fischli & Weiss Moon Over Takasaki, 1998 © Courtesy the artists
Kenneth Branagh
MACBETH directed by
Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh
for mif13, kenneth branagh returns to the stage as Macbeth, his first Shakespeare performance in more than a decade. Directed by Rob Ashford and Branagh, this tragic tale of ambition and treachery will unfold within the walls of an intimate deconsecrated Manchester church. Kenneth Branagh has long been lauded as one of the great Shakespearean interpreters. His skills as a writer, director and actor have garnered international acclaim across the disciplines of stage, film and television, and he has been nominated in five different categories for an Academy Award. He last performed Shakespeare when he played Richard III at the Sheffield Crucible in 2002. Recent stage performances as Edmund at the National Theatre and Ivanov for the Donmar Warehouse played to great acclaim. In 2011, he completed a sell-out run of the hit comedy The Painkiller at the Lyric Theatre in his native Belfast. Rob Ashford has directed and choreographed productions on both sides of the Atlantic, from collaborations with the Donmar Warehouse and National Theatre to major Broadway productions. Ashford has a string of nominations and awards to his name including an Olivier Award for Anna Christie, and nominations for A Streetcar Named Desire and Parade (Donmar Warehouse) and a Tony Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie and nominations for productions including Evita and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He also won an Emmy Award for his choreography at the 81st Academy Awards.
dates Fri 5 – Sat 20 July At time of writing, tickets for this event are sold out. For up to date information follow MIF on Twitter @MIFestival and Facebook at mcrintfestival venue Details of the meeting point will be sent to ticket holders ticket prices £65 Concessions £10 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013
directors
Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh
#MIFMacbeth
designer
Christopher Oram lighting
Neil Austin casting
Anne McNulty CDG
For cast details, visit mif.co.uk
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image Kenneth Branagh © Blake Gardner and Hemisphere
MACBETH Big screen relay
kenneth branagh’s long-awaited return to the work of William Shakespeare at this year’s Festival sold out in record time (see the preceding spread for details). However, if you weren’t fortunate enough to get tickets to Macbeth, don’t worry: MIF is delighted to offer another chance to see the production via this one-off live relay on a big screen in central Manchester. Held in the open air, the relay will take place come rain or shine, so please make sure you dress to suit the weather. Picnics and drinks are welcome, as are blankets and cushions (there are no seats at the venue), but glass is strictly prohibited. Finally, as with the show itself, booking ahead is highly recommended: tickets are sure to go fast.
date Sat 20 July 8.30pm venue NCP Bridgewater Hall Car Park Little Peter Street Manchester M15 4PS ticket prices £8 Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 #MIFMacbeth
Produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image Kenneth Branagh © Blake Gardner and Hemisphere
The xx
In residence
the xx’s debut album, xx, won the Mercury Music Prize. Coexist, the follow-up, topped the UK charts and reached the top ten in more than 20 countries around the world. Now one of the biggest alternative acts in the world, the enigmatic London trio is spending much of this year headlining major festivals and huge open-air venues. In Manchester, though, they’ll be playing in a much more intimate environment — exclusively in residence at MIF.
dates Sat 6 – Thu 18 July
For the duration of the Festival, Jamie xx, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim will be taking over a secret space in the centre of town. Across 18 performances in a specially designed, 60-capacity room, the group will be presenting their music in uniquely atmospheric surroundings, redefining their music and their relationship with their audience in the process.
venue Details of the meeting point will be sent to ticket holders
At time of writing, tickets for this event are sold out. For up to date information follow MIF on Twitter @MIFestival and Facebook at mcrintfestival
Sensible footwear must be worn for this event ticket prices £35 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 duration 60 mins approx #MIFThexx
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image The xx © Alexandra Waespi
Martha Argerich
Manchester Camerata Gábor Takács-Nagy
‘One can only marvel at the depth of expression, spontaneity, sense of discovery and playfulness she brings.’ gramophone in a career spanning more than 50 years, world-renowned Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich has won legions of admirers for her uniquely expressive and spirited performances and her fresh, imaginative recordings. Argerich only rarely visits the UK, which is why MIF is thrilled to welcome her to the city in collaboration with Manchester Camerata for this unmissable concert. Over the years, Argerich has established a number of close working relationships with musicians around the world. One such kinship is with Gábor Takács-Nagy, Music Director of Manchester Camerata, with whom Argerich has performed regularly to brilliant effect. This artistic affinity has inspired tonight’s concert, which features three vital contemporary works that showcase the keyboard in very different ways. Argerich will join Takács-Nagy and Manchester Camerata in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1, a longtime audience favourite celebrating its 80th birthday this year. Either side of this vibrant work, Manchester Camerata will perform Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, a brooding masterpiece from 1937; and Arvo Pärt’s rich, powerful Lamentate, for which the orchestra will be joined by pianist David Kadouch, a rising star from the new generation. Manchester Camerata music director/conductor
Gábor Takács-Nagy piano (shostakovich)
Martha Argerich piano (pÄrt)
BartÓk Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1
date Fri 12 July
7.30pm
venue The Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS bridgewater-hall.co.uk ticket prices £36, £30, £26, £20 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 0844 907 9000 (The Bridgewater Hall) A per ticket booking fee applies to tickets booked via The Bridgewater Hall #MIFArgerich
Pärt Lamentate
David Kadouch trumpet (shostakovich)
David Guerrier
Produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image Martha Argerich © Adriano Heitman
Peter Sellars
Michelangelo Sonnets Eric Owens, Cameron Carpenter
mif is delighted to welcome American visionary Peter Sellars for his Festival directorial debut with a new staged piece in a long-lost Manchester venue: the Albert Hall, a gorgeous Wesleyan chapel that will be opening to the public for the first time in more than 40 years. Shostakovich’s haunting Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti is based on Michelangelo’s sonnets and accompanying drawings of bodies in the throes of overwhelming spiritual struggle. Says Sellars: ‘The drawings and the sonnets, in their relentless quest for forgiveness and release, achieve a kind of hard-won, exhausted but resplendent transcendence.’ The Suite will be answered by one of JS Bach’s most dramatic Cantatas, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (BWV 56). Sellars will be working with two American originals. Bass-baritone Eric Owens, one of the newest stars of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, has created a unique place in contemporary music, giving towering performances of physical and metaphysical stature, profound musicality and sheer humanity. Organist Cameron Carpenter has quickly garnered a worldwide reputation for his daring imagination, bold programming, fearless technical brilliance and ferocious, exhilarating recitals that rethink the instrument, the repertoire, the audience and the art form. director
Peter Sellars bass-baritone
Eric Owens
Shostakovich Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti JS Bach Cantata BWV 56, ‘Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen’
organ
Cameron Carpenter costume designer
dates Thu 4 July Fri 5 July Sun 7 July
9pm 9pm 9pm
venue Albert Hall Peter Street Manchester M2 5QJ ticket prices £35 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 duration 105 mins approx Pop-up bar open at Albert Hall alberthallmanchester.com Venue subject to licence #MIFSonnets
Gabriel Berry lighting designer
James F Ingalls
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival, in association with Old Stories: New Lives.
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image Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Rebellious Slave, for the tomb of Pope Julius II, Louvre (Museum), Paris, France © Archive Timothy McCarthy/Art Resource, NY
Maxine Peake
The Masque of Anarchy directed by
Sarah Frankcom
on 16 august 1819, riven by poverty and disaffected at the lack of assistance offered by the state, 60,000 Mancunians gathered at St Peter’s Field to campaign for parliamentary reform. People came in peaceful protest: men, women and children, carrying picnics and wearing their Sunday best — but that didn’t deter local magistrates from sending an armed cavalry to disperse the crowds and arrest the speakers, killing 15 protestors and injuring hundreds more. A touchstone event in British history, the Peterloo Massacre and the outrage it spurred ultimately helped to bring about the formation of the trade union movement and the reform of parliamentary democracy. On hearing of the massacre, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned The Masque of Anarchy, an indelibly powerful 91-verse epic widely regarded as the greatest political poem in British history. For MIF, actress Maxine Peake (Shameless, Silk) and director Sarah Frankcom (Artistic Director, Royal Exchange Theatre) will deliver a haunting, provocative new interpretation of this landmark work, as relevant to post-riot, mid-recession Britain as it was when it was first written. The Masque of Anarchy will be staged in the atmospheric Albert Hall, mere steps from the site of the massacre itself.
performer
Maxine Peake director
Sarah Frankcom
dates Fri 12 July Sat 13 July Sun 14 July
9.45pm 9.45pm & 11pm 9.45pm
venue Albert Hall Peter Street Manchester M2 5QJ tickets £12 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 duration 40 mins approx Pop-up bar open at Albert Hall alberthallmanchester.com Venue subject to licence #MIFMasque
lighting designer
Chris Davey music and sound
Peter Rice and Alex Baranowski
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival and the Royal Exchange Theatre.
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image Maxine Peake, shot in the Albert Hall, January 2013 © Jonty Wilde
Evan Davis
Are We Powerless?
Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many, they are few the masque of anarchy, percy bysshe shelley
date Sat 6 July
3pm
venue Albert Hall Peter Street Manchester M2 5QJ admission
FREE the closing lines of shelley’s rallying cry to the protestors of St Peter’s Field seem as relevant today as they were in 1819. But almost two centuries on, the ‘few’ belong to a new global financial elite, and the ‘many’ are struggling to define the nature of their dissent. Can protest have an impact on the world’s financial powers? Are we simply victims of the financial crisis? Or, given the benefits that the global economy has delivered for so many of us, are we too complicit in the system to equate ourselves with the valiant protestors of Peterloo? Five years on from the crash, what demands should today’s ‘many’ be making? Do we have the power to bring about change?
Ticket required Available from 1 June Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 Pop-up bar open at Albert Hall alberthallmanchester.com Venue subject to licence
Economist and broadcaster Evan Davis chairs a panel of leading thinkers in their fields for a discussion of these issues, incorporating a question-and-answer session with the audience.
#MIFPowerless
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
image Evan Davis © BBC Today Programme
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The Rite of Spring Romeo Castellucci, Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna
‘What did you love most in Russia?’ ‘The violent Russian spring that seemed to begin in an hour and was like the whole Earth cracking.’ igor stravinsky commissioned by russian impresario Diaghilev, with revolutionary choreography by Nijinsky, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring premièred in Paris in 1913. The performance sparked a riot in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, ushered in a new kind of popular art and music, and ultimately became one of the defining moments of 20th-century culture. One hundred years after its cataclysmic debut, this radical work will receive a dramatic reworking for MIF13. Teodor Currentzis, Artistic Director of Perm Opera, and his virtuoso orchestra MusicAeterna, who hail from Diaghilev’s home town, have teamed up with the renowned theatre director Romeo Castellucci to create a vital new Rite that will be presented in Manchester and Perm to celebrate the work’s centenary. Castellucci’s staging remakes what is conventionally a dance piece into an extraordinary theatre and art installation, creating choreography from falling bone powder. In a show without actors or dancers, the 100-piece orchestra will become part of the staging, which will take place in the dramatic, soaring industrial spaces of Manchester’s Mayfield Depot. The Rite of Spring will open with a sound prelude created by Scott Gibbons, comprised entirely from sounds at a molecular scale. ‘The bone powder is the main character on the stage. It looks as if the dancers dissolved in the air, turning into a cloud of dust, powder… the dance of dust particles the endless dance of the Universe.’ romeo castellucci
staged by
conductor
Teodor Currentzis
performed by
sound score
venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF The Rite of Spring is one of a number of events at Mayfield Depot; see page 35 for details This is a standing event Sensible footwear must be worn for this event ticket prices £28 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Scott Gibbons
MusicAeterna is supported by Prognoz Venue provided by BRBR #MIFRite
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Ruhrtriennale International Festival of the Arts. Produced by Manchester International Festival and Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre. 28
3pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 9pm 7pm
book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013
Romeo Castellucci MusicAeterna
dates Sun 14 July Mon 15 July Tue 16 July Wed 17 July Thu 18 July Fri 19 July
image © Delaney Allen
Dan Graham
Past Future Split Attention
past future split attention is a simple yet psychologically complex live work. Playing on the intersubjective relations between two people, the piece creates what Graham calls ‘a figure-eight feedback-feedahead loop of past/future’. Dan Graham is one of his generation’s most influential artists. His work has encompassed writing, photography, architecture, choreography and video.
Sat 13 July 5pm followed by talk by Dan Graham at 6pm Sun 14 July 2pm Mon 15 July 6pm Tue 16 July 6pm Wed 17 July 6pm
FREE venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF Sensible footwear must be worn for this event Venue provided by BRBR duration 20 mins approx #MIFDanGraham
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Tino Sehgal This variation
this radical and immersive work plunges visitors into a pulsating sensory landscape, by turns enigmatic and recognisable. Taking advantage of the visitor’s own dilating pupils, This variation constantly shifts perception, processing and transforming before eye and ear. Tino Sehgal is one of contemporary art’s true pioneers, expanding the exhibition format into sensual and personal realms. His work featured in MIF11’s 11 Rooms and MIF07’s Il Tempo del Postino.
Fri 12 July 4pm–8pm Sat 13 July 4pm–8pm Sun 14 July 1pm –6pm Mon 15 July 4pm–9pm Tue 16 July 4pm–9pm Wed 1 7 July 4pm–9pm Thu 18 July 4pm–9pm Fri 19 July 4pm–9pm Sat 20 July 4pm–9pm Drop in
FREE venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF Sensible footwear must be worn for this event Venue provided by BRBR #MIFTinoSehgal
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Mette Ingvartsen Evaporated Landscapes
evaporated landscapes is an artificial world in which landscapes are constructed from light, sound, bubbles and foam. In Mette Ingvartsen’s work, choreography is removed from its normal context and becomes the relationship between these ephemeral elements as they magically float and dissolve into space.
Mon 15 July Tue 16 July
8pm 5pm and 8pm
FREE
Mette Ingvartsen is a Danish choreographer and dancer whose recent works focus on questions of perception and sensation.
venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF
concept
Sensible footwear must be worn for this event
Mette Ingvartsen lighting
Minna Tiikkainen sound design
Gerald Kurdian
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Venue provided by BRBR duration 30 mins approx #MIFMette
Mårten Spångberg Epic
a bold choreographic mise-en-scène for nine dancers, Epic explores the nature and artifice of format, materiality and attention. On this abstract landscape are superimposed alien existences and objects that in turn reveal transient phenomena. Based in Stockholm, Mårten Spångberg is an artist, choreographer and theoretician who has also worked in the fields of education, publishing and writing.
Thu 18 July Fri 19 July Sat 20 July
4pm 8pm 2pm
FREE venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF Sensible footwear must be worn for this event Venue provided by BRBR #MIFMarten
image © Mårten Spångberg
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Eszter Salamon Dance for Nothing
john cage’s influential, experimental Lecture on Nothing forms the rhythmic template for Eszter Salamon’s choreography in Dance for Nothing. Salamon’s movements are juxtaposed against Cage’s words, but as a parallel action: according to Salamon, ‘The dance should be autonomous and never become an illustration or a commentary on the text.’ Eszter Salamon is a Berlin-based choreographer, dancer and performer whose work has been presented widely in Europe and Asia.
Thu 18 July Fri 19 July
10pm 6pm
FREE venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF Sensible footwear must be worn for this event
concept and dance
Eszter Salamon music
John Cage
Venue provided by BRBR duration 45 mins approx Followed by discussion #MIFEszter
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Mayfield Depot
Rediscovered and revived for MIF
built as a railway station more than a century ago. Mayfield Depot has been deserted since 1986. Now, for MIF13, this atmospheric space just a stone’s throw from Piccadilly station is being transformed from a ghostly relic into a temporary venue for new cultural works. Massive Attack v Adam Curtis created by Robert Del Naja and Adam Curtis (p4) Romeo Castellucci and Teodor Currentzis The Rite of Spring (p28) Dan Graham Past Future Split Attention (p30) Tino Sehgal This variation (p31) Mette Ingvartsen Evaporated Landscapes (p32) Mårten Spångberg Epic (p33) Eszter Salamon Dance for Nothing (p34)
Programmed by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Alex Poots, Asad Raza and Tino Sehgal. Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
venue Mayfield Depot Fairfield Street Manchester M1 2QF Sensible footwear must be worn for all events in Mayfield Depot #MIFMayfieldDepot
Venue provided by BRBR image Mayfield Depot © Jan Chlebik
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Neneh Cherry and
RocketNumberNine
one of music’s great maverick talents, singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry has spent her career out on a musical limb. From her beginnings with post-punk troublemakers Rip Rig & Panic via transatlantic chart success in the late 1980s and on to her recent work with free jazz noisemakers The Thing on last year’s explosive album The Cherry Thing, she’s surprised and thrilled audiences at every turn. Cherry’s latest project is a potentially electrifying collaboration with Londonbased brothers Ben Page (keyboards/electronics) and Tom Page (drums/ percussion), better known as RocketNumberNine. Tonight, for the first time, the trio will play their new album in its entirety. The evening will marry Cherry’s distinctive vocals and irrepressible stage presence to the duo’s shapeshifting grooves and atmospherics. As always with Cherry, expect the unexpected and you won’t be disappointed.
dates Fri 5 July Sat 6 July Sun 7 July Doors open
8.30pm 8.30pm 8.30pm 8pm
venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB This is a standing event ticket prices £25 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 neneh cherry in conversation with dave haslam Sun 7 July 12.30pm Pavilion Theatre £6 See page 63 for more details #MIFCherry
Produced by Manchester International Festival.
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images: right Neneh Cherry © Fredrik Skogkvist left RocketNumberNine © Jason Moon
John Tavener An evening of new and rarely performed work with the BBC Philharmonic and special guest Abida Parveen
inspired by the great religious traditions, John Tavener’s music is celebrated for its enduring beauty and deeply spiritual outlook. His music has made a profound emotional connection with audiences around the world and has brought him commercial and critical acclaim at levels that are rarely enjoyed by living composers. The evening will include three world premières. The Love Duet from The Play of Krishna, performed by John Mark Ainsley and Elin Manahan Thomas, has been described by the composer as ‘the most ecstatic music that I have ever written’. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is Tavener’s recent exploration into the work of Tolstoy, performed by cellist Steven Isserlis with bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu. Through MIF Creative, Tavener will also be working directly with the faiths that have influenced him; If Ye Love Me is a new piece for the MIF Sacred Sounds Women’s Choir, formed from faith communities across Greater Manchester working together to explore the beauty and power of voices raised in praise. The choir will also perform Tavener’s Mahamatar, set to Werner Herzog’s film Pilgrimage, alongside special guest Abida Parveen. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra MIF Sacred Sounds Women’s Choir conductor
Tecwyn Evans
Tavener ‘Love Duet’ from The Play of Krishna Mahamatar If Ye Love Me The Death of Ivan Ilyich
cello
Steven Isserlis tenor
John Mark Ainsley
date Sun 7 July 7.30pm venue The Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS bridgewater-hall.co.uk ticket prices £42, £36, £32, £26, £20 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 0844 907 9000 (The Bridgewater Hall) A per ticket booking fee applies to tickets booked via The Bridgewater Hall duration 110 mins approx
bass-baritone
Jonathan Lemalu
#MIFTavener
soprano
Elin Manahan Thomas choir director
Beth Allen special guest
Abida Parveen
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image John Tavener © Simone Canetty-Clarke
Goldfrapp Performing live with the RNCM String Orchestra
mif is proud to present two very special evenings with Goldfrapp. The duo release their long-awaited sixth studio album late this summer and these exclusive shows offer a unique opportunity for fans to hear the new album live for the very first time. At these never-to-be-repeated performances, Goldfrapp will be accompanied by the Royal Northern College of Music’s string orchestra over two nights at Manchester’s Albert Hall, giving fans their first glimpse at what’s to come next for one of Britain’s most innovative artists. Formed in 1999, Goldfrapp have captivated fans and critics alike with a string of inventive multi-platinum releases that explore the furthest reaches of synthpop, folk and electronica. The duo’s instinctive grasp of what makes the perfect pop song has been brought to life in hits such as Strict Machine, Ooh La La and A&E. Along the way Goldfrapp have also earned a reputation for their spectacular and compelling live shows, making these MIF performances unmissable.
dates Wed 1 7 July Thu 18 July Doors open
9pm 9pm 8pm
venue Albert Hall Peter Street Manchester M2 5QJ ticket prices £30 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 Pop-up bar open at Albert Hall alberthallmanchester.com Venue subject to licence #MIFGoldfrapp
Produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image Goldfrapp © Annemarieke van Drimmelen
Mogwai
Performing live to Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait A film directed by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno Produced by Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Anna Lena Vaney and Victorien Vaney
one of the most beguiling portrayals of an individual in recent cinematic history, Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait is a football film like no other. Using 17 cameras, the film tracks the legendary French midfielder Zinédine Zidane throughout a 2005 Spanish league match at Madrid’s imposing Bernabéu Stadium — on and off the ball, in the thick of the action and on its periphery. The result, from directors Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, is a dramatic, hypnotic and deeply beautiful depiction of one of the world’s finest footballers performing on one of the sport’s grandest stages. The film’s soundtrack was composed by Mogwai — and for the first time, exclusively for MIF13 in this football-frenzied city, the band will be performing it live alongside the movie. The Glasgow quintet have built a deserved reputation for the fearsome intensity of their live performances, and these shows at the atmospheric Albert Hall offer a unique chance to see them in action.
dates Fri 19 July Sat 20 July
8pm 8pm
venue Albert Hall Peter Street Manchester M2 5QJ tickets £30 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 Pop-up bar open at Albert Hall alberthallmanchester.com Venue subject to licence duration 90 mins approx #MIFMogwai
Film courtesy of Anna Lena films / Palomar Pictures. Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
images: right Anna Lena films / Palomar Pictures / Love Streams Agnès b. / Arte Cinema left Mogwai © Steve Gullick
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River of Fundament
A discussion with Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler
since 2007, american artist Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler have been developing a diverse series of multi-disciplinary, site-specific projects loosely based on Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel Ancient Evenings. The first of them was The Guardian of the Veil, a startling performance that premièred in Manchester as part of live group show Il Tempo del Postino (MIF07). For River of Fundament, Barney and Bepler are collaborating to produce a sevenpart film project that will continue to draw upon the thematic undercurrents of Mailer’s novel. Set in pre-Christian Egypt, Ancient Evenings elaborately chronicles the seven stages of the soul’s departure from the deceased body as it passes from death to rebirth in accordance with Egyptian mythology. River of Fundament will combine the traditions of narrative cinema with elements of live performance, sculpture and opera. This event will give Manchester audiences an exclusive preview of excerpts of River of Fundament, along with a chance to hear Barney and Bepler discuss both the project and their collaborative process. MIF is working with the artists to present River of Fundament at opera houses and theatres internationally from 2014 onwards.
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dates Sat 13 July Sun 14 July
12.30pm 12.30pm
venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB ticket prices £10 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students and jobseekers Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 #MIFRiver
image © Hugo Glendinning
The Biospheric Project Urban farm, laboratory, research centre
with rising food prices, climate change and growing urban populations, how can we continue to put food on our tables? This summer, MIF and The Biospheric Foundation will be investigating some possible answers. For The Biospheric Project, we’re transforming a derelict mill on the banks of the River Irwell into a thriving agricultural space. Part farm, part laboratory and part research centre, this disused industrial site will be filled with innovative sustainable food systems, from agroforestry to aquaponics. A programme of related events, including special activities for schools and families, will bring the research to life, exploring how these experiments into food, technology and design can help forge a new way of urban living. The Biospheric Project has grown out of work conducted for MIF11’s Vertical Farm and The Biospheric Foundation’s own research, supported by partners including Manchester Metropolitan University and Queen’s University, Belfast. The project will help to put Greater Manchester at the forefront of this vital area of international research and activity, and will continue to flourish beyond 2013.
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dates Fri 5 –Sun 21 July venue Irwell House East Philip Street Salford M3 7LE admission
FREE Booking is essential Full details of how to arrange a visit, or how to book tickets for events at The Biospheric Project will be available from Wed 1 May at mif.co.uk/biosphericproject #MIFBiospheric
images The Biospheric Project © Robert Martin
Inne Goris
Once Upon a Story For children, young people and families
mif13’s events for young people and families come courtesy of charismatic Belgian theatre director Inne Goris, whose work crosses the boundaries of theatre, dance, performance and visual art. The programme’s arresting music is by Dominique Pauwels. For Once Upon a Story, Inne will create within Manchester Town Hall a treasure trove of stories of and about childhood, where anything is possible and audiences find themselves at the heart of the action. There are four shows under Inne’s umbrella, each aimed at different age groups: ZigZag ZigZag (ages 9+, world première) — A beautiful story about adventurous friendship, unfortunate circumstances and the pain of letting go. Inspired by David Grossman’s much-loved story The ZigZag Kid, ZigZag ZigZag will première in schools around the city during MIF, along with special performances for families at weekends. Once Upon a Time (ages 4+, UK première) — A sparkling, wordless performance using material from classic fairytales, taking the whole family on an adventure into the dark heart of the story… and out again! Daydream (ages 3+) — Another chance to experience this beautiful musical installation commissioned for MIF11’s Music Boxes. Daydream drives the imagination for you to create your own story, dream or fantasy. Long Grass (ages 15+, UK première) — A challenging and thought-provoking full-length performance for younger and older adults, inspired by the dreams and memories of child soldiers. These performances will be accompanied by workshops and talks for schools. director
scenography and lighting
dramaturg
Inne Goris
Lef Spincemaille
Jan Staes
curator
(Long Grass)
Rachel Clare for Crying Out Loud
(Once Upon a Time)
music
film
Dominique Pauwels
Kurt d’Haeseleer
design
(Long Grass & Daydream)
(Long Grass)
Ruimtevaarders
Eavesdropper
text
(ZigZag ZigZag & Daydream)
(Once Upon a Time)
Peter Verhelst
design and lighting
costumes
(Long Grass)
Catherine Claeyé and Johan Vandenborn
Lieve Meeussen
(Once Upon a Time)
(ZigZag ZigZag, Long Grass & Once Upon a Time)
dates Fri 12 July Long Grass
Sat 13 and Sun 14 July ZigZag ZigZag 1pm, 4pm Once Upon a Time 11am, 2pm Daydream 10am –7pm* Long Grass 2.30, 5 & 7pm Tue 16 – Thu 18 July Daydream 10am–5pm* Fri 19 July Daydream 10am–7pm* Long Grass 5pm, 7pm Sat 20 and Sun 21 July ZigZag ZigZag 1pm, 4pm Once Upon a Time 11am, 2pm Daydream 10am –7pm* Long Grass 2.30, 5 & 7pm *
Entry to Daydream is on a drop in basis
tickets ZigZag ZigZag £5 Once Upon a Time £5 Daydream FREE Long Grass 15 –17 years £5 18+ years £12 duration ZigZag ZigZag 60 mins approx Once Upon a Time 60 mins approx Daydream 15 mins approx Long Grass 60 mins approx venue Manchester Town Hall Albert Square Manchester M2 5DB book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 #MIFOnceUpon
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5pm, 7pm
image © Koen Broos
Jamal Edwards and SB.TV presents Smokey Barbers, History of Grime: Rebels with a Cause and Jokes from the Hood
from modest beginnings, Jamal Edwards’ pioneering multimedia company SB.TV has quickly grown into one of the biggest success stories in British youth culture. In just a few years, it’s garnered more than 150 million YouTube views — and it’s getting bigger by the day. Now, for MIF13, Edwards is taking three shows to the stage, showcasing the best urban talents in the UK exclusively at MIF. Smokey Barbers has already been a big hit on YouTube. Now the show moves from screen to stage, as Jazzie Zonzolo (TJ in Anuvahood), David Vujanic (aka Bricka Bricka), Humza Arshad (Diary of a Badman), and Afolabi Dasaolu (aka A Dot) welcome familiar faces to the salon for gossip, live music and frank discussion… History of Grime: Rebels with a Cause undresses one of the most exciting musical cultures in Britain. Through his personal story, hard-hitting grime artist Justin Clarke (aka Ghetts) will take the audience inside the music that’s taken the country by storm. Hosted by Kojo from Choice FM, Jokes from the Hood will bring the best in British urban comedy to Albert Square. Five up-and-coming comics will deliver a fast, edgy and hilarious show that’s guaranteed to raise the roof. In addition to the live shows, don’t forget to check online during the Festival for more exclusive MIF broadcasts and video content from Edwards and SB.TV.
dates Smokey Barbers (ages 16+) Mon 8 July 8.30pm Tue 9 July 8.30pm Wed 10 July 8.30pm History of Grime: Rebels with a Cause (age 16+) Thu 11 July 8.30pm Jokes from the Hood (ages 16+) Mon 15 July 8.30pm Tue 16 July 8.30pm Wed 1 7 July 8.30pm Doors open
8pm
venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB ticket prices £12 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, and jobseekers Transaction fee applies
Jazzie Zonzolo
Kojo
Justin Clarke
book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 jamal edwards in conversation with dave haslam Wed 10 July 12.30pm Pavilion Theatre £6 See page 63 for more details #MIFJamaledwards #MIFSmokeybarbers #MIFHistoryofgrime #MIFJokesfromthehood
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival and SB.TV.
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image: right Jamal Edwards © Dominic Marley left Jazzie Zonzolo © Inky Photography @rherheexo Kojo © Emul8-Us Justin Clarke © Beth Selman
Nikhil Chopra Coal on Cotton
the indian artist Nikhil Chopra has been widely acclaimed for his performances that use a repertoire of characters to unravel the complexities of colonial India and Britain, along with his own family history. For Coal on Cotton, Chopra is turning his focus to two materials that made Manchester supremely wealthy in the 19th century, and that continue to hold workers in modern slavery beyond Europe and North America. Held over 65 continuous hours in the shell of the yet-to-be-completed Landscape Gallery at the Whitworth Art Gallery, which will open 24 hours a day for the show’s duration, Coal on Cotton will span centuries and continents. The performance will ask its audience to witness and reflect on connections between the lives of our forebears and ourselves, and on the actions that drive power and possession. In a gallery space engulfed by cotton, Chopra’s work will make connections between Mumbai and Manchester, cities sewn together through Britain’s imperial might. Nikhil Chopra was born in 1974 in Calcutta, studied art at Ohio State University and now lives in Goa. His work Yog Raj Chitrakar: Memory Drawing VIII was part of Marina Abramović Presents… at MIF09.
dates Fri 5 July Sat 6 July Sun 7 July
From sunrise at 4.48am 24 hours Until sunset at 9.37pm
The gallery will be open continuously throughout the show venue Whitworth Art Gallery University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M15 6ER manchester.ac.uk/whitworth Sensible footwear must be worn for this event admission
FREE No ticket required #MIFChopra
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival and Whitworth Art Gallery.
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image Inside Out, 2012 live performance © Photography: Shivani Gupta Costumes: Sabine Pfisterer
Delphic
Our Worldly Collections
for their debut album Acolyte, high-flying Manchester trio Delphic married the sounds of the present with key influences from the past and were rewarded with ecstatic reviews and top-10 sales. But rather than deliver more of the same, the band transformed themselves for this year’s follow-up Collections, pushing their sound far beyond its origins to terrific effect. Now, exclusively for MIF, Delphic will be taking Collections around the world and back without ever leaving Festival Square. At this ambitious event, the trio will be completely reworking Collections with the help of musicians from across the globe, radically rearranging the entire album with everything from bhangra beats to hip hop rhythms, Japanese soul to the distinctive chimes of the Javanese gamelan. Taking place in the intimate Pavilion Theatre, these globetrotting gigs should be one of the hottest tickets of the year.
dates Thu 18 July 8.30pm Fri 19 July 8.30pm Sat 20 July 8.30pm Doors open 8pm venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB ticket prices £20 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 #MIFDelphic
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image Delphic © Cameron Alexander
James Murphy, David Dewaele and Stephen Dewaele proudly present
Despacio
a custom disco sound system commissioned by MIF and designed by James Murphy and team. David, Stephen & James to DJ together in a unique venue, playing vinyl for four consecutive nights. A meeting of minds, music and perfect sound.
dates Wed 17 July Thu 18 July Fri 19 July Sat 20 July
10pm until late 10pm until late 10pm until late 10pm until late
venue New Century Hall The Co-operative Group Corporation Street Manchester M60 4ES ticket prices £15 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, and jobseekers £12 Greater Manchester residents Limited availability for those on lower incomes, available on a firstcome, first-served, honesty basis Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 age 18+ #MIFDespacio
Commissioned by Manchester International Festival. Produced by Manchester International Festival and The Warehouse Project.
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image © Fergadelic
MONEY
Perform their debut album in recent years, few new bands have staked their claim to bigger and better things in such an arresting a fashion as M O N E Y. Selling out shows before they’d even released a single, the Manchester quartet has drawn devoted fans to strange, beautiful and passionate gigs around the city over the last year or so, culminating with a now-legendary series of all-night parties at an abandoned factory in the shadows of Strangeways. A Mancunian secret until now, M O N E Y look set to break far beyond the city’s borders in 2013, but MIF is thrilled to be presenting them on home territory this summer. The group has recently signed to influential label Bella Union and will soon be releasing their much-anticipated debut album, which you can hear in full at this exclusive gig. M O N E Y will be playing much bigger venues before the year’s out — catch them at the intimate Pavilion Theatre before the world catches on.
dates Fri 12 July Sat 13 July Doors open
8.30pm 8.30pm 8pm
venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB ticket prices £12 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, under 16s and jobseekers Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 #MIFMoney
Produced by Manchester International Festival.
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image M O N E Y © Julien Bourgeois
Rob da Bank
A musical history in sound and pictures if anyone can define a decade in 26 songs, it’s Rob da Bank, whose mischievous eclecticism has made him one of Britain’s best-loved DJs. So that’s what MIF has asked him to do… Over four nights, Rob will be bringing us the A–Z of Manchester — starting with the 80s, through different decades, covering the whole alphabet. Featuring visuals mixed live from the curated collection of legendary local photographer Kevin Cummins, this intimate party would go down a treat everywhere from Alphabet Street to Xanadu — but you’ll only find it at MIF. Since finding fame with his Sunday Best club, Rob da Bank has spun his leftfield musical appetites into a huge array of enterprises. Alongside his weekly BBC Radio 1 show, Rob runs the annual Bestival fest, and has released acts as diverse as the Dub Pistols and David Lynch on his Sunday Best label. Born in Manchester, Kevin Cummins has been photographing musicians since the 70s. Arguably Britain’s leading rock photographer, he’s also worked at venues as diverse as the Royal National Theatre and Maine Road.
dates Sat 6 July 11pm 1980s Sat 13 July 11pm 1990s Thu 18 July 11pm 2000s Fri 19 July 11pm 2010 & beyond venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB ticket prices £12 (ages 18+) Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, and jobseekers Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 #MIFRobdaBank
Commissioned and produced by Manchester International Festival.
image Rob da Bank © Julian Winslow
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Festival Square The heart of MIF
Situated in Albert Square, directly in front of Manchester Town Hall, Festival Square is a place to relax, socialise, watch, enjoy and plan your Festival experience. Eat Enjoy the best, locally-sourced produce from MIF13’s catering partner, Heathcotes Outside. Delicacies range from home-made pork pies and deli platters to daily specials from the griddle, which each weekend will be created by a specially-invited local chef. For MIF13, Richard Johnson of British Street Food has hand-picked 12 award-winning UK street traders to grace Festival Square with their wares, including tasty Whitby seafood from Greedy Bassetts, ice-cream for grown-ups from Ginger’s Comfort Emporium and authentic Asian street food from Hungry Gecko.
festival square and box office Open every day during the Festival from midday until late Neneh Cherry and RocketNumberNine Fri 5 – Sun 7 July See page 36 Drunk at Vogue Fri 5 July See page 62 Rob da Bank Sat 6 – Fri 19 July See page 59
Drink Sample locally-brewed Thwaites cask ales and the special MIF Festival Ale from Festival Square’s three bars.
Neneh Cherry In Conversation Sun 7 July See page 63
Relax Gather round the picnic tables or lounge in deckchairs to soak up the Festival Square atmosphere and catch free outdoor sounds, from brass bands to world music.
Jamal Edwards and SB.TV presents Mon 8 – Wed 17 July See page 50
Enjoy The Pavilion Theatre at Festival Square will play host to a range of gigs, discussions and comedy nights, and there’ll be free DJ sets in the Festival Pavilion. Book The MIF13 Box Office is open every day from midday until late for you to buy tickets for MIF events and find out more about what’s going on. Visit Festival Square (Albert Square), Manchester M2 5DB.
Jamal Edwards In Conversation Wed 10 July See page 63 MONEY Fri 12 and Sat 13 July See page 58 Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler River of Fundament Sat 13 and Sun 14 July See page 44 Delphic Thu 18 –Sat 20 July See page 54 Yellow Sat 20 July See page 62
image © Karen Richardson
Free DJs Every night See page 62 #MIFestivalSquare mif.co.uk/festivalsquare
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DJs at Festival Square Every night throughout MIF13, some of the best UK DJs will be playing in the Festival Pavilion, including Will Tramp, Justine Alderman, Disco Mums, Gregling, Dialog, Dave Haslam, and Andrea Trout — all for free.
venue Festival Pavilion Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB
In the Pavilion Theatre, the Festival starts with Drunk at Vogue who present The House of Popular Disco. Expect a choice selection of vintage and future club classics, mixing Mancunian cheek with Manhattan chic, plus the Drunk at Vogue Community Gospel Choir and surprise guests.
DJs Every night FREE
We celebrate the penultimate night of the Festival with Yellow, Dave Haslam’s legendary DJ night, featuring special guests Il Bosco (Red Laser Records; aka Woody) and MC Kwasi (Friends & Family/Hoya Hoya).
venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB Drunk at Vogue Fri 5 July 11pm –2.30am Yellow Sat 20 July 11pm–2.30am ticket prices £10 Concessions £5 off Limited availability for registered disabled, senior citizens, students, and jobseekers Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013 age 18+
For up to date information on DJs at Festival Square visit mif.co.uk and follow us on Twitter @MIFestival and Facebook at mcrintfestival #MIFestivalSquare
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In Conversation Dave Haslam Manchester-based DJ and author Dave Haslam returns to the Festival to present a series of interviews with a selection of the artists performing at MIF13 in our intimate lunchtime In Conversation series. Renowned for his revealing Close Up events that have featured Alastair Campbell, Jonathan Franzen, Jeremy Deller, Bernard Sumner, Jarvis Cocker and Nile Rodgers, for MIF13 Dave will interview Neneh Cherry, Jamal Edwards and others to be confirmed.
venue Pavilion Theatre Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB Neneh Cherry Sun 7 July 12.30pm Jamal Edwards Wed 10 July 12.30pm ticket prices £6 Transaction fee applies book tickets mif.co.uk 0844 375 2013
For up to date information on our In Conversation series visit mif.co.uk and follow us on Twitter @MIFestival and Facebook at mcrintfestival #MIFestivalSquare
images Neneh Cherry © Fredrik Skogkvist Jamal Edwards © Dominic Marley
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Who we are Manchester International Festival (MIF) launched in 2007 as an artist-led, commissioning festival presenting original, new work and special events from across the spectrum of performing arts, visual arts and popular culture, every two years.
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MIF Creative commissions national and international artists to develop new work in collaboration with local communities. Artists have included Jeremy Deller, Björk, Victoria Wood, Amadou and Mariam, Oily Cart, Dya Singh and Candi Staton, creating extraordinary experiences for everyone from faith groups to school children to local musicians.
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presented 20 new commissions welcomed 231,598 attendees recruited 383 volunteers held engagement sessions with 4,004 participants raised £2.4 million in sponsorship and £2.28 million in co-commissioning funds achieved an economic impact of £37.6 million recycled or composted 79% of waste produced by Festival Square and sold 65% of tickets to people from Greater Manchester and the North West, with 35% sold to people from the rest of the UK and abroad
MIF on tour Many of our commissions, having had their world première in Manchester, then go on to tour the world. These have included Monkey: Journey to the West, The Life and Death of Marina Abramović, 11 Rooms and Prima Donna.
Support MIF As a registered charity, MIF receives around 40% of its funding from public sector partners. The remaining 60% comes from co-commissioning, ticket sales, sponsorship and charitable donations. You or your company can support MIF in several ways: by donating; by becoming a Pioneer; or through corporate sponsorship. With your help, we can ensure that MIF continues to be a unique, ambitious and world-class event.
mif.co.uk/supportMIF13
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Festival team & acknowledgements Alex Poots CEO and Artistic Director Christine Cort Managing Director Jim Forrester Executive Director Tracy Longdin PA to Alex Poots and Jim Forrester Gemma Saunders Assistant to Christine Cort Paul Clay Executive Producer Jo Paton Executive Producer Christine Gettins Senior Producer Tracey Low Senior Producer Kate Mackonochie Producer Katie Vine Touring Producer David Lawrence Producer * Henrietta Duckworth Producer * Bryony Bond Producer ** Natasha Howes Producer ** Sally Townend Assistant Producer Amy Clewes Assistant Producer Anna Moutrey Assistant Producer * Jack Thompson Technical Director Helen Gorton Technical Coordinator * Jim Gee Festival Square Coordinator * Lindy Fretwell Production Coordinator, Festival Square* Sheni Ravji-Smith Head of Artist Liaison* Rachel Down Artist Liaison Coordinator Kelda Savage Head of Protocol Nadja Coyne Press and PR Director Julia Gregg Press Officer 64
Vanda Hagan Head of Finance David Fox Administration and IT Manager Stephanie Clarke London Office Administrator Fiona Cariss Volunteer Coordinator Matt Hatt Volunteer Coordinator Assistant Patrick French Administration Assistant Hannah Bayfield Administration Assistant Jennifer Cleary Creative Learning Director Sarah Hiscock Creative Learning Coordinator Kerenza McClarnan Producer * Kate Houlton Assistant Producer Rachel Green Development Director Christina Georgiou Development Account Manager Jane Reynolds Development Account Manager Clare O’Mahoney Development Coordinator Cathy Gallagher Marketing Director * Janina Mundy Marketing Manager Robert Martin Digital Marketing Manager Faye Christiansen Marketing Officer Sean Gregory Ticketing Manager ** Brendan Walsh Marketing Assistant (Internship) Alison Gunn Marketing Assistant (Internship)
artistic advisors Michael Morris Hans Ulrich Obrist Peter Saville
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Tom Bloxham MBE Cllr Rosa Battle Jeremy Deller Steve Downes Joyce Hytner OBE Sir Brian McMaster CBE Chris Oglesby Richard Paver Nancy Rothwell Peter Salmon Andrew Stokes Kully Thiarai Fran Toms (Board Observer) Anna Hassan (Board Observer)
special thanks
Sir Richard Leese Sir Howard Bernstein Pat Bartoli Vicky Rosin MCC Support Teams Sara Tomkins Sir John Zochonis David Levy
MIF13 commissioners Many of the world premières and events at MIF13 would not be possible without the valuable input and support of our commissioning partners.
Artistic direction: Heiner Goebbels
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‘I’ve had the time of my life and I’ll gladly do it again.’ MIF VOLUNTEERS AT THEIR THANK YOU PARTY
Manchester International Festival Volunteers Sponsored by PZ Cussons
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 mif.co.uk/work-with-us/volunteering
At PZ Cussons, we are excited about sponsoring Manchester International Festival’s Volunteer Programme for the third time. We have seen how it has benefited many people of all ages and walks of life and we know that the Festival would not be the success it is without the extraordinary individuals that volunteer their time with energy and enthusiasm to a range of roles and activities. We pride ourselves on injecting a little magic into everyday life through innovative and imaginative products. We believe that Manchester International Festival represents the same spirit – bringing a touch of the extraordinary to our city through unique and innovative works of art. We are therefore proud of our partnership with MIF and look forward to sharing in the fun and delights that we hope you enjoy.
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“The way that Bruntwood cares about the culture of this city sits firmly in the tradition of the family companies and entrepreneurs who originally created Manchester’s spirit and individualism.” Peter Saville Creative Director, Manchester
Over our 36-year history as one of Manchester’s largest property companies, Bruntwood has always played an active part in the city and its community. We are family owned and run, and have a strong belief that what is good for the cities we operate in is good for our customers and good for our business. That’s why we are committed to pledging 10% of our annual profits to supporting the arts and other charitable and environmental activities. For more information visit: bruntwood.co.uk/makingadifference
Triptych of Piccadilly, Manchester by Neil Dimelow, part of the Home Exhibition displayed at Bruntwood’s Riverside building, Salford
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It’s great to have world-class, innovative neighbours and that’s why BBC North is supporting Manchester International Festival. From our home on Salford Quays, we are proud to be part of the rich mix of exciting projects and initiatives that will bring this city to life. Supporting creativity The BBC is committed to helping creative industries across the North of England flourish and prosper. Working in partnership with companies and talent from the region we want to make audiences’ experience of the BBC really memorable. Gripping dramas are being made right across the North including In The Flesh, Last Tango in Halifax, The Syndicate and The Village, and we are uncovering yet more comedy talent in the region with new series like Hebburn and Citizen Khan. BBC Children’s continue to delight children and parents alike with programmes from Old Jack’s Boat to dramas such as the successful Wolfblood. Radio has also found a new home at MediaCityUK. As well as the awardwinning BBC Radio 5 Live with its mix of breaking news and sports coverage, stars from BBC R6 Music including Mark Radcliffe, Stuart Maconie, Marc Riley, Craig Charles and Mary Anne Hobbs play wonderful music from state-of-theart studios on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal. Whether it’s music, drama, performance or art, Manchester International Festival inspires us all to greater creative heights. We wish everyone involved a successful, highly acclaimed 2013 season. www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnorth @BBCNorth
Images from top: Citizen Khan, Wolfblood, Last Tango in Halifax, Mary Anne Hobbs, In the Flesh, BBC Radio 5 Live, Hebburn
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by metrolink
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Getting to Manchester by train
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The Transport Direct website offers detailed information on public transport and car journeys, including directions, cost, expected duration and carbon emissions. transportdirect.info Metroshuttles are free buses linking the main rail stations, car parks, shopping areas and businesses in Manchester city centre. Metroshuttle buses run from Piccadilly, Salford Central, Victoria, Oxford Road and Deansgate rail stations. There are three circular routes in the city centre; details and schedules are online at tfgm.com
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MIF13 venue information On these pages you’ll find a list of all MIF13 venues, their contact details and their locations. For access information please contact each venue directly using the details below. If no phone number is given it is a special Festival venue, therefore please contact the MIF Box Office on the number below. Tickets for all events can be booked via the MIF ticketing agency, Quaytickets, at the MIF Box Office. Tickets for some events can be bought directly from the venues listed below. See the individual event pages for details. MIF Box Office 0844 375 2013 mif.co.uk 1 festival pavilion/pavilion theatre Festival Square
7 new century hall The Co-operative Group
2 manchester town hall Albert Square
8 campfield market hall Campfield Avenue Arcade
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Manchester M2 5DB Info 0161 234 5000 manchester.gov.uk/townhall the bridgewater hall Lower Mosley Street Manchester M2 3WS Box office 0844 907 9000 bridgewater-hall.co.uk 3
4 manchester art gallery Mosley Street
Manchester M2 3JL Info 0161 235 8888 manchestergalleries.org
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Manchester M2 5QJ alberthallmanchester.com Venue subject to licence 6 palace theatre Oxford Street
Manchester M1 6FT Box office 0844 871 3019 manchesterpalace.org.uk
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Salford M3 7LE biosphericfoundation.com 10 mayfield depot Fairfield Street
Manchester M1 2QF mif.co.uk 11 ncp bridgewater hall car park Little Peter Street
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Booking information Online at mif.co.uk Call 0844 375 2013 Quaytickets is the Festival’s official box office partner and tickets for all Festival events are now on sale by phone or online (subject to availability). See individual event pages for details of how to book in advance.
Sending, collecting and reprinting tickets
Access information
Tickets for general admission (unreserved) events will be posted out two weeks before the performance.
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Tickets for events with reserved seating will be posted out in advance.
In person From Thu 4 July bookings for all Festival events (subject to availability) can be made in person at:
Tickets purchased within three days of the event can be collected from the venue box office.
Festival Box Office Festival Square (Albert Square) Manchester M2 5DB
For events with restricted capacities tickets will be available to collect from a designated point, one hour before the performance. When collecting tickets you will be asked to provide your booking confirmation and the card you paid with. If the card holder will not be present, you should make MIF aware beforehand by emailing ticketing@mif.co.uk
Tickets for the events shown below can also be booked directly from the relevant venue: John Tavener Martha Argerich Abida Parveen The Bridgewater Hall 0844 907 9000 bridgewater-hall.co.uk
The Old Woman Palace Theatre 0844 871 3019 manchesterpalace.org.uk
Booking and transaction fees A transaction fee applies to all bookings. The Festival Box Office does not charge a per ticket booking fee, but booking fees will apply to tickets booked directly via the Palace Theatre and The Bridgewater Hall.
Concessions The Festival offers discounts to seniors (60+), children (under 16s), full-time students, job seekers and registered disabled. These are limited and subject to availability.
£12 Greater Manchester residents A number of tickets for every performance are offered exclusively for Greater Manchester residents at just £12. These tickets are intended to make the Festival more accessible to those on lower incomes. Half of the tickets will be available by phone only on 0844 375 2013 and will be available on a first-come, first-served, honesty basis. We are also working with networks in Greater Manchester to identify communities and groups who qualify for this scheme.
If you have not received your tickets before the event or they are lost, contact the ticket agent directly.
Refunds and exchanges All tickets for Manchester International Festival events are sold through our box office partner Quaytickets and other external ticket agents. Please take care to read the agent’s terms and conditions when purchasing tickets. Tickets booked directly from venues or other agents are strictly non-refundable. If available, Quaytickets will facilitate exchanges between MIF events. Should you be unable to attend an event due to extenuating circumstances, please email ticketing@mif.co.uk; we will deal with refund/ exchange requests on a case by case basis.
Ticket reselling At MIF, we believe that all customers should be given equal opportunity to purchase tickets at face value. We aim to stop the practice of reselling and therefore any tickets bought to be resold — at face value or a higher price — will be cancelled with immediate effect. This includes tickets sold through Ebay, Viagogo and other ticket reselling websites, so you risk spending money on invalid tickets if you purchase tickets from these sites. Anyone found to be purchasing tickets for reselling will be refused purchase of tickets for any further MIF13 events. In addition, all of our events will have security checks, where you will be asked to provide proof of purchase.
Published by Manchester International Festival, March 2013. All information is correct at time of going to press. MIF reserves the right to change performance details in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Brochure design by Hemisphere. Brochure printed in Greater Manchester on FSC certified stock using vegetable inks. MIF is a registered charity no. 1113902. Registered office: Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester M3 2JA.
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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 and bsl interpreted performances
There will be a number of MIF audio-described and BSL-interpreted performances. Please visit mif.co.uk/access for more details.
venue access
For detailed access information for The Bridgewater Hall call 0844 907 9000, for the Palace Theatre call 0844 871 7677, and for all other venues contact MIF Box Office on 0844 375 2013 or email ticketing@mif.co.uk. If you would like to book a wheelchair space, please contact the relevant venue box office directly.
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