MANCHESTER Confidential's coverage of Manchester International Festival (MIF) was extensive.
Below you'll find links to some of the best, most insightful reviews, written on the Festival and its shows, complete with some silliness in Sleuth.
As a magazine for Manchester we love MIF and immerse ourselves totally in the celebration.
MIF is one of the city's most distinctive festivals placing us in the cultural sun - and this year in the real sun too.
Read on and see what we've enjoyed. And what we haven't.