Mar 9, 2019
Highlights of the launch event for the Manchester International Festival 2019, held in Manchester on 7 March 2019.
Introduced by MIF artistic director John McGrath, this episode also features announcements from festival participants including Phelim McDermott of Improbable Theatre, Kwame Kwei-Armah of Young Vic Theatre, actors Maxine Peake and Juliet Stevenson, Leo Warner of 59 Productions, writer Lolita Chakrabarti, choreographer Claire Cunningham, Mary Anne Hobbs of BBC 6 Music and grime artist Skepta.
Other artists appearing at the festival include Philip Glass, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson and David Lynch.
Image from MIF launch:
Michael Symmons Roberts, Emily Howard, John McGrath, Maxine Peake,
Grainne Flynn, Wesley Thistlewaite, Adam Ali, Kirsty Housley,
Claire Cunningham, Leo Warner, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Isaiah Hull, Young
identity poet, Reggie Gray, Animals of Manchester child-curators,
Sibylle Peters, Karl Hyde, Lois Keidan, Adam Thirlwell, Danny
Collins, Adania Shibli, Juliet Stevenson, Lolita Chakrabarti,
Benoit Swan Pouffer, Christine Cort, Mark Ball