The full programme of events for this year's Manchester International Festival has been revealed including a three-day residency from singer-songwriter Janelle Monáe and a world premiere art project from former Manchester United player Juan Mata.
People will also be able to step inside Manchester's £210m arts centre, Factory International, as it hosts some of the festival's events ahead of its official opening in October. A major exhibition of Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama’s inflatable sculptures will form a centrepiece of the festival, with the major exhibition 'You, Me and the Balloons' taking over the vast warehouse space.
The world-famous biennial arts festival, with a wide-ranging programme of original new work by artists from around the world, will be back in the city between June 29 and July 16. Rooted across Manchester, there will be theatre, arts, dance and music in both indoor and outdoor locations, including a city-wide treasure hunt for collectable coins, a celebration of our connection to water on the banks of the River Medlock, and adaptation of a lost dystopian masterpiece in the depths of the John Rylands library by Maxine Peake.
