So Manchester International Festival line-up was announced today – and wowza is it good! Björk will be gracing the city with her presence for three weeks for the world premiere of her Biophilia live show. There will be six shows taking place at Campfield Market Hall with audiences of 1,800. Expect homemade instruments, choirs, unusual use of technology and no doubt a fantastic light show to give a weird, wonderful and atmospheric ambience.
The lovely Damon Albarn will be showcasing his new project Doctor Dee, which is directed by Rufus Norris. According to the MIF site “Doctor Dee explores ritual and symbolism in this country, past and present, using John Dee – one of England’s greatest but largely forgotten men – as a catalyst.” Not sure what to expect here... opera? Accessible? Fun? Who knows... but will no doubt be more than interesting.
Snoop Daaawg is also hitting the Capital of the North to perform his debut album Doggystyle in its entirety. With special guests due to be Warren G, Daz Dillinger, RBX and Joe Cool, expect all the wannabe ghetto kids to come out of their wannabe slums (i.e. Chorlton) and pretend to be all gangster for the night. Now pull your pants up young boys.
No doubt tickets are going to be sold before I’ve had time to pick up the phone when they go on sale at 10am tomorrow. GUTTED that it’s a week until pay day and I won’t be able to buy tickets for all of the shows I want to go to (which is all of them).
Johnny Vegas, Sinead O’Connor and Victoria Wood are just some of the other acts confirmed for this year’s event. See the MIF website for full details.
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