Manchester International Festival, Manchester, Thursday 2nd to Sunday 19th July 2009
Manchester International Festival is a festival of original, new work and special events that takes place every two years in Manchester. The 2009 Festival will run from Thursday 2 until Sunday 19 July 2009.
The festival includes a range of performing arts, music, visual arts, popular culture, theatre, dance as well as food and family events.
The Manchester International Festival is not taking place until July 2009 but it is a major event in the city and is possibly the major event of the summer period. Indeed, with so many different events planned, this has to be one of Manchester’s most important and high profile festivals of 2009. According to the event website:-
The 2007 Festival featured 25 world premieres and 3 international co-productions, generating 105 different activities in 25 different venues….the programme for 2009 …… is likely to be on a similar scale.
With around 5 months to go before the festival starts only a few of the events planned for the festival have been announced. These include:-
- Opera production of Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna, on 10, 12, 14, 17 & 19 July, at the Palace Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FT
- Manchester Art Gallery will be home to chamber music from Johann Sebastian Bach in a visual and sonic environment created by Zaha Hadid Architects. Concerts will take place on various dates from 3rd to 18th July at Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL
- The Royal Exchange Theatre is host to Everybody Loves A Winner by writer-director Neil Bartlett, from 1st – 18th July 2009. The Royal Exchange Theatre is located in St Anns Square, Manchester, M2 7DH.
More details about the festival are emerging all the time.
For full and up to date details of festival events, please visit the event website, www.mif.co.uk.
