While some of the best visual and performance art from around the world has arrived in Manchester, thanks to the Manchester International Festival, heads might well be turned by an innovation in its Festival Square space.
Today the festival opened up Festival Square at Aviva Studio, home of Factory International, which is hosting the festival - complete with its own self service bar. A bank of three beer taps sits beside the square’s stage area, with festival goers able to grab themselves a drink rather than wait to be served at the bar.
Customers can choose the number of pints - from Amstel, Birra Morretti and Manchester Union - and then pay with their card (£6.20 for a Manchester Union Pale Ale). A plastic glass is then put in the chamber, where the pint is filled.
