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Voice MagPosts Tagged: festivals2017
  • Review ​10,000 Gestures by Boris Charmatz review
    18 July 2017

    ​10,000 Gestures by Boris Charmatz review

    by Fay Beesley Local Reporter

    10,000 Gestures takes something that seems utterly random and turns it into a truly beautiful dance piece.

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  • Review ​Ceremony by Phil Collins review
    18 July 2017

    ​Ceremony by Phil Collins review

    by Fay Beesley Local Reporter

    On a sunny Manchester evening, over 200 people gathered into the Bridgewater Hall car park to celebrate the ending of 18 amazing days of the Manchester International Festival 2017.

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  • Blog Get Gold with Mozfest 2017
    18 July 2017

    Get Gold with Mozfest 2017

    by Emrys Green Voice Team

    The world's biggest festival about the open web is approaching. It's in October - but that will come very soon. There are lots of ways to get involved. And you can use it to achieve your Arts Award at any Level.

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  • Review ​Lost Memories Dot Net review
    17 July 2017

    ​Lost Memories Dot Net review

    by Fay Beesley Local Reporter

    Lost Memories Dot Net takes us back to the early 2000s to show us how far the internet has come.

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  • Review Fatherland by Scott Graham, Karl Hyde and Simon Stephens review
    10 July 2017

    Fatherland by Scott Graham, Karl Hyde and Simon Stephens review

    by Matthew Harrison-Lord Local Reporter

    The opening scene sets the premise for the entire work. Three middle age Londoners collating stories regarding fatherhood by returning to their hometowns to collect text and use it verbatim: "we are devising a show."

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  • Review Last and First Men by Jóhann Jóhannsson review
    10 July 2017

    Last and First Men by Jóhann Jóhannsson review

    by Bhavesh Jadva Voice Team

    One of the higher profiles on the MIF17 bill, expectations were suitably high for Oscar nominee, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score by the BBC Philharmonic.

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  • Review Available Light review
    8 July 2017

    Available Light review

    by Commissioned Article

    I was excited to see Available Light at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, as part of the Manchester International Festival (MIF) 2017. On paper this should be great. But was it?

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  • Review What if Women Ruled the World? review
    8 July 2017

    What if Women Ruled the World? review

    by Bill Duffy Local Reporter

    A film experiment? A performative debate? A play? What if Women Ruled the World? is all of these.

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  • Review Returning to Reims dir. Thomas Ostermeier review
    8 July 2017

    Returning to Reims dir. Thomas Ostermeier review

    by Fay Beesley Local Reporter

    A play that attests "maybe Rupert Murdoch isn't evil" wouldn't usually be my cup of tea. But how wrong I was.

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  • Review ​Sampha supported by PAULi review
    7 July 2017

    ​Sampha supported by PAULi review

    by Bhavesh Jadva Voice Team

    Electronic R'n'B dark horse, Sampha, was preceded by his own drummer, PAULi in a packed Albert Hall in the middle of Manchester and the middle of the festival.

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  • Review Hookworms supported by Carla dal Forno review
    5 July 2017

    Hookworms supported by Carla dal Forno review

    by Bill Duffy Local Reporter

    Carla dal Forno opened for Hookworms in the Pavilion Theatre with her own hypnotic minimalist take on personal songwriting. Only Hookworms themselves kicked things off properly.

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  • Review Talk: Music for a Busy City with Philip Venables, Anna Meredith, Matthew Herbert and Huang Ruo
    5 July 2017

    Talk: Music for a Busy City with Philip Venables, Anna Meredith, Matthew Herbert and Huang Ruo

    by Bill Duffy Local Reporter

    How privileged we are to have these composers give us their music and enrich our everyday life. This was the opening sentiment of this talk with four of the six composers of site-specific music for the project Music for a Busy City set across the city centre.

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  • Review Sangam 2017 with Harshdeep Kaur review
    4 July 2017

    Sangam 2017 with Harshdeep Kaur review

    by Bhavesh Jadva Voice Team

    Kaur was supposed to be one half of this mega set of three hours from the first Indian artist to perform at MIF, but when forced to carry the whole thing alone, she still blew the roof off.

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  • Review Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Dr. Jason Hickel
    2 July 2017

    Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Dr. Jason Hickel

    by Bhavesh Jadva Voice Team

    The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Dr. Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.

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  • Review Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Lubaina Himid
    2 July 2017

    Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Lubaina Himid

    by Bhavesh Jadva Voice Team

    The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.

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  • Review ​Party Skills for the End of the World review
    1 July 2017

    ​Party Skills for the End of the World review

    by Matthew Harrison-Lord Local Reporter

    What does creating a gas mask out of a water bottle, sewing an orange skin back onto an orange, and making a spear head out of a spoon have in common?

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  • Review ​What is the City but the People? review
    1 July 2017

    ​What is the City but the People? review

    by Matthew Harrison-Lord Local Reporter

    This was the provocative opening event of the Manchester International Festival 2017.

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  • How-to Guide How to review a talk
    28 June 2017

    How to review a talk

    by Ellen Orange Contributor

    Talks, Q&As, roundtable discussions. Reviewing can be tough at the best of times but how do you review a talk?

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