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Directed by Reggie 'Regg Roc' Gray

Bells for Peace

Yoko Ono

Dream

Pippa Hill

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti

Maggie the Cat

Trajal Harrell

Re:Creating Europe

Tao of Glass

Philip Glass and Phelim McDermott

The Anvil: An Elegy for Peterloo

The Fountainhead

Based on the book by Ayn Rand

The Nico Project

E V Crowe

Tree

Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah

A Dancer Dances: taking part in ‘Sea Change’

24 June 2021

A reviewer switches from observer to participant and reports on the development of Sea Change—the opening ceremony of the 2021 Manchester International Festival.

World première for MIF

13 June 2021

A stage version of Notes on Grief, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s reflection on family, love and loss, will première at Manchester International Festival.

More big hits for MIF

3 June 2021

Rema, Damon Albarn, Midas The Jagaban, Billy Nomates, a Laurent Garnier documentary screening and a tribute to Nina Simone join the Manchester International Festival line-up.

Home from HOME for Sheena

16 May 2021

Manchester International Festival has appointed four new board members and a venue director.

MIF returns to Manchester with a snapshot of the past year

28 April 2021

Manchester International Festival 2021 will feature indoor, outdoor and online performances from artists including Akram Khan, Boris Charmatz, Cillian Murphy, Deborah Warner and Lemn Sissay.

Nick Cave to join cast of RSC Dream

4 March 2021

Musician, writer, film composer and actor Nick Cave is to join the cast of Dream, a live online Royal Shakespeare Company production based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

City festival warms up for summer

13 December 2020

Manchester International Festival plans to return July 1–18, but meantime launches new commissions, an international showcase and other collaborations.

Manchester Festival's online 'one-off'

1 November 2020

Riz Ahmed will give a one-off livestream performance of The Long Goodbye on December 19.

Amal heads towards Manchester

13 October 2020

Manchester International Festival’s first event for next year is The Walk, the culmination of an extraordinary journey from Gaziantep in Turkey to Manchester.

Factory workers of the future

28 September 2020

Manchester International Festival has created a skills and training programme set to benefit up to 10,000 unemployed young people.

MIF strengthens artistic team

7 September 2020

Manchester International Festival has three new additions to its artistic advisory team.

Make a Manchester theatre date with MIF

18 August 2020

Manchester International Festival is offering Thursday afternoon 'dates' for fellow creatives.

Riz Ahmed show for Manchester's MIF

16 February 2020

Manchester International Festival presents a world première of a live music show from musician, storyteller, actor and activist Riz Ahmed.

New York opportunity for trio

12 January 2020

Manchester International Festival and Arts Council England will be supporting English artists in New York.

£50m festival bonus for Manchester

10 November 2019

This year’s Manchester International Festival delivered an economic impact of £50m.

Rambert wins Venice prize for new MIF show

2 July 2019

Rambert has won the Fedora – Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet for Invisible Cities, to première as part of this year's Manchester International Festival this month.