If you’re going to launch the biggest cultural building in Britain since Tate Modern, one that has cost somewhere in the region of £240m, then what better way to do it than with a dance adaptation of The Matrix, a cult series of movies that gained many of their main effects through groundbreaking CGI? The ambition is breathtaking.
But somehow that feels right for Aviva Studios, the new arts development that was once called Factory International until an insurance company stumped up a lot of extra cash to help it put its dreams into action. The clumsy name may just be worth it if the organisation, under artistic director John McGrath, can keep its sense of artistic daring.
