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Alun Richards grasps for animal metaphors to describe the saxophonist’s primal sound
Jonathan Payne goes to see the wrong band - and gets a welcome surprise
Joan Davies gives full marks to this inventive and challenging subversion of dance
Week 28: in which Sleuth is shown Manchester's oldest bee tattoo (sort of)
Clare Conlon enjoys powerful stuff from this emerging talent
Manchester International Festival draws to a close in Tony Wilson Place this weekend
Heavy metal gig, theatre performance, history lesson? Vicky Smith on a show trying to be...
Joan Davies looks forward to seeing more productions like Ostermeier’s compelling world premiere when The...
We're totally f*cked, but there’s potential for resistance, writes Alun Richards
Lucy Tomlinson thinks this immersive and emotionally-charged kids show should be one for the adults...
L’Oréal Blackett adores the singer-songwriter’s soul and synths
Lucy Tomlinson enters the war room for this slightly awkward sci-fi performance project
This is an gripping new work, when you can hear it all - Sarah-Clare Conlon
This is an astonishing piece with probably the mostly perfectly synchronous dancers I’ve ever seen...
Lucy Tomlinson on a cleverly staged but overloaded study of fatherhood
Vicky Smith wouldn’t mind Mary-Ellen’s subversive feast as her Last Supper
Matthew Frost is gripped by Raymond Yiu's song cycle exploring the famous author's little-heard musical...
Manchester's drag queens come out in full-frontal force in Festival Square
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FilterMIF 2017 - Dark Matter: Colin Stetson, Reviewed
Alun Richards grasps for animal metaphors to describe the saxophonist’s primal sound
MIF 2017 - Portico Quartet, Reviewed
Jonathan Payne goes to see the wrong band - and gets a welcome surprise
MIF 2017 - 10,000 Gestures, Reviewed
Joan Davies gives full marks to this inventive and challenging subversion of dance
Sleuth - Get Neville, techno tears and MIF's most MIF thing ever
Week 28: in which Sleuth is shown Manchester's oldest bee tattoo (sort of)
MIF 2017 - Dark Matter: Kojey Radical, Reviewed
Clare Conlon enjoys powerful stuff from this emerging talent
First Street readies for Friedrich Engels' HOMEcoming party
Manchester International Festival draws to a close in Tony Wilson Place this weekend
MIF 2017 - Cotton Panic, reviewed
Heavy metal gig, theatre performance, history lesson? Vicky Smith on a show trying to be...
MIF 2017 - Returning to Reims, Reviewed
Joan Davies looks forward to seeing more productions like Ostermeier’s compelling world premiere when The...
MIF 2017 - Interdependence: We need to talk about technology
We're totally f*cked, but there’s potential for resistance, writes Alun Richards
MIF 2017 - Welcoming Party, Reviewed
Lucy Tomlinson thinks this immersive and emotionally-charged kids show should be one for the adults...
MIF 2017 - Sampha, Reviewed
L’Oréal Blackett adores the singer-songwriter’s soul and synths
MIF 2017 - What if Women Ruled the World? Reviewed
Lucy Tomlinson enters the war room for this slightly awkward sci-fi performance project
MIF 2017 - Last and First Men, Reviewed
This is an gripping new work, when you can hear it all - Sarah-Clare Conlon
MIF 2017 - Available Light, Reviewed
This is an astonishing piece with probably the mostly perfectly synchronous dancers I’ve ever seen...
MIF 2017 - Fatherland, Reviewed
Lucy Tomlinson on a cleverly staged but overloaded study of fatherhood
MIF 2017 - Dinner Party at the End of the World, reviewed
Vicky Smith wouldn’t mind Mary-Ellen’s subversive feast as her Last Supper
MIF 2017 - The World Was Once All Miracle, Reviewed
Matthew Frost is gripped by Raymond Yiu's song cycle exploring the famous author's little-heard musical...
Video - Drunk at Vogue, MIF Opening Party, Reviewed
Manchester's drag queens come out in full-frontal force in Festival Square