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Necessary Labor to Present A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE DIALOGUE... in July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2025

Necessary Labor will present A Statement Concerning the Dialogue Surrounding the Open Letter to the Theatre Community Regarding the Current Situation, a new play that combines theater and political education. Learn more!

Manchester International Festival 2025 to Open with New Works Across the City
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 3, 2025

Manchester International Festival 2025 officially gets underway at 6pm today as a herd of life-sized puppet animals stampede through the streets of Manchester to launch the festival, travelling north to flee climate disaster. Learn how to attend!

DARKFIELD Will Bring Three Shows in Greater Manchester This September
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2025

DARKFIELD has announced their first shows in Greater Manchester for seven years. In an exciting collaboration between three iconic venues across the region - Lowry, Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, and HOME Manchester.

Programme Revealed For 2025 Manchester International Festival
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2025

Factory International has announced the 2025 edition of Manchester International Festival (MIF) from Thursday 3 July to Sunday 20 July 2025, the first under new Creative Director Low Kee Hong.

DaDa Marks 40 Years Of Cutting-Edge Disability Arts Action
by Stephi Wild - Oct 3, 2024

Liverpool-based pioneering disability and Deaf arts-led organisation DaDa is celebrating its 40th anniversary. 

Lucy Davies Will Step Down as Executive Director of the Young Vic
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2024

The Young Vic Theatre has announced that Executive Director Lucy Davies will leave the organisation in December 2024 to take up the position of Chief Executive of Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival. 

Student Blog: Studying Abroad in Scotland as a Theater Major
by Student Blogger: Megan Frigerio - Jul 22, 2024

Traveling to new places with exciting opportunities and experiences has always been a joy of mine. Being able to do it now with JMU through their Semester in Scotland study abroad program with a few of my theatre peers has been nothing but a blast. Here are some things I've learned and seen on my journey so far.

World Premiere Of Interactive Symphony to be Presented In Manchester This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 3, 2024

Experience the world premiere of an interactive symphony in Manchester, blending traditional orchestral music with cutting-edge technology for an immersive audience experience.

Audiences Create City-Wide Symphony Across Manchester
by Stephi Wild - May 3, 2024

City of Floating Sounds will bring together Huang Ruo with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for a unique concert that invites audiences to connect with their surroundings and each other in new ways.

Manchester's Aviva Studios Officially Opens
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 18, 2023

Manchester’s landmark new cultural venue, Aviva Studios, the permanent home of Factory International, officially opens today (18 October 2023) with the world premiere of Free Your Mind, a large-scale immersive performance based on The Matrix.

EDINBURGH 2023: Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 21, 2023

BWW caught up with Mervyn Stutter to chat about bringing Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe to Edinburgh this August.

Winners Announced For Critics Awards For Theatre In Scotland
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jun 11, 2023

Winners Announced For Critics Awards For Theatre In Scotland

Interview: 'A Show This Funny Has No Business Being As Moving As It Is!' Robert Hastie on Musicals, James Bond and Directing OPERATION MINCEMEAT
by Kat Mokrynski - Apr 13, 2023

BroadwayWorld UK spoke with Robert Hastie about what it's been like to be involved with Operation Mincemeat, how he became a director, and what it's like to direct both Shakespeare and musicals!

The Everyman's Sunday Songbook Series Celebrates 20 Years
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2023

The Everyman Sunday Songbook team gathered at The Metropole to celebrate their 20th year and announce a cracking line-up for 2023.  

Manchester International Festival Announces 2023 Performance Highlights
by Stephi Wild - Mar 14, 2023

Factory International has announced the 2023 edition of Manchester International Festival (MIF) from 29 June to 16 July. Working with partners regionally and across the globe, the wide-ranging programme of original new work by an array of international artists will take place in venues and spaces around the city and at Factory International's much-anticipated new home, which opens its doors for the first time for the Festival, in advance of its official opening in October. 

Tin Drum To Present Groundbreaking Mixed Reality Concert Event With Legendary Composer And Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto In Summer 2023
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2023

Tin Drum––the world's premier mixed reality content production studio––has announced its latest collaboration, KAGAMI. Created with award-winning musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, the mixed reality concert event will debut this June at The Shed in New York and during the Manchester International Festival in the United Kingdom. In 2024, the KAGAMI tour will continue with presentations including the Sydney Opera House and Big Ears Festival.

Danny Boyle's Dance 'THE MATRIX' set for Manchester's £186m Factory Arts Venue
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2022

Director Danny Boyle is to stage a live version of The Matrix, according to the opening plans, announced today, for Factory International, Manchester's new landmark cultural space which will welcome its first visitors in June 2023.

Mabou Mines Presents A Three-Day 50th Anniversary Celebration Of Work
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2022

Mabou Mines presents a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Work, reaching back into the company's brimming five-decade history of innovative theater as a launchpad into the next 50 years.