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18 July 2017
10,000 Gestures by Boris Charmatz review
10,000 Gestures takes something that seems utterly random and turns it into a truly beautiful dance piece.
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18 July 2017
Ceremony by Phil Collins review
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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18 July 2017
Get Gold with Mozfest 2017
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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17 July 2017
Lost Memories Dot Net review
Lost Memories Dot Net takes us back to the early 2000s to show us how far the internet has come.
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10 July 2017
Fatherland by Scott Graham, Karl Hyde and Simon Stephens review
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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10 July 2017
Last and First Men by Jóhann Jóhannsson review
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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8 July 2017
Available Light review
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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8 July 2017
What if Women Ruled the World? review
A film experiment? A performative debate? A play? What if Women Ruled the World? is all of these.
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8 July 2017
Returning to Reims dir. Thomas Ostermeier review
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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7 July 2017
Sampha supported by PAULi review
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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5 July 2017
Hookworms supported by Carla dal Forno review
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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5 July 2017
Talk: Music for a Busy City with Philip Venables, Anna Meredith, Matthew Herbert and Huang Ruo
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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4 July 2017
Sangam 2017 with Harshdeep Kaur review
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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2 July 2017
Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Dr. Jason Hickel
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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2 July 2017
Interdependence: We Need to Talk About Power with Lubaina Himid
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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1 July 2017
Party Skills for the End of the World review
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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1 July 2017
What is the City but the People? review
This was the provocative opening event of the Manchester International Festival 2017.
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28 June 2017
How to review a talk
Talks, Q&As, roundtable discussions. Reviewing can be tough at the best of times but how do you review a talk?