HOME, Manchester’s soon-to-open international centre for contemporary visual arts, theatre and film, has announced the full programme of its opening season.
Following a performance by Hofesh Shechter and Friends in April, a celebratory opening weekend starting on May 21 will set the tone for the year to come.
Highlights include three HOME theatre productions, including the world première of The Funfair, a new adaptation by Simon Stephens of Ödön von Horváth’s modern European classic Kasimir and Karoline, directed by Walter Meierjohann, which sets the break-up of a youthful romance against the dizzying backdrop of the funfair; The Oresteia, directed by Blanche McIntyre—a radically stripped back version of Aeschylus’ masterpiece; and HOME’s Christmas production Inkheart, the UK première of a new stage adaptation of the bestselling novel by Cornelia Funke, directed by Meierjohann.
There will also be a co-commission with Manchester International Festival, details of which will be announced in spring, and some highly-acclaimed visiting productions, including Kathryn Hunter in Kafka's Monkey and Kneehigh Theatre's Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and Other Love Songs).