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Notebooks - Los Cuadernos de Julia (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
More and more people are visiting Manchester these days, and admittedly there are more and more reasons to do so. FutureEverything (festival-formerly-known-as-Futuresonic), Manchester International Festival and Manchester Literature Festival , Queer Up North , you name it. This is not to mention the beloved Manchester United and the growing MediaCityUK...
The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... show I've encountered, in this case in It Felt Like a Kiss , Punchdrunk's piece for the Manchester international festival this year) I have the feeling that it is quite easy for the coinage of this type of theatre to get somewhat debased. What, on initial encounters, felt like an exciting, experimental trend can start to feel predictable and hackneyed. So when the actors from...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Carlos Acosta is back on form. As one of ballet's biggest stars, his name is enough to fill theatres, but his recent solo ventures have been a very mixed bag. In this latest programme, originally created for the Manchester International Festival, he shines in strong repertory, particularly a rare performance of Jerome Robbins's lovely A Suite of Dances.
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A NEW piece by Joe Duddell, the man who wrote the scores for Elbow’s celebrated collaboration with the Hallé in this year’s Manchester International Festival, is just one of the highspots in the Royal Northern College Of Music’s New Music North West festival, which begins on November 23.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
This summer, Vini Reilly appeared at his home city's Manchester International Festival to unveil Paean to Tony Wilson, a suite of mainly instrumental pieces dedicated to the founder of Factory Records, who died in 2007. Wilson enjoyed a high profile as broadcaster, news reader and music impresario and gained yet more notoriety when he was affectionately sent up by Steve Coogan...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
FACT : Born from a series of pieces that Durutti founder Vini Reilly composed for Wilson to listen to while ill in hospital, before his death in 2007, Paean to Wilson was officially commissioned by the Manchester International Festival of Music for their 2009 festivities. Reilly reveals more in the liner notes to the release, as seen here: “A Paean to Wilson is part of a...
Manchester Evening News Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Peter Salmon, the man heading the BBC's 'great move north', has just been appointed to the board of the Manchester International Festival...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The have revealed details of their tribute album to Tony Wilson.Entitled 'A Paean To Wilson', the 2-disc album comes after the band showcased their tribute at the Manchester International Festival earlier this year."'A Paean To Wilson' is part of a body of work which I started around the time that my friend, Tony Wilson died." Guitarist Vini Reilly said. "Towards the end of his...
Cerysmatic Factory (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The new album by The Durutti Column is now on limited internet presale for 15.00 GBP (inc Worldwide p+p) via Kooky Records . A Paean To Wilson is the album Vini Reilly wrote for his friend Tony Wilson which has been played live at the Manchester International Festival in July and most recently at the Beyond The Loop concert series in London in October.
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Following Peter Hook's recent media blitz, it's hard to look at Manchester as forward thinking. Do new acts stand a chance? Or shall we just keep on banging on about the bloody Hacienda? Peter Hook, as you might have heard, has written a book about the Hacienda . You might recognise the story from the film 24 Hour Party People ; at least two exhibitions at Manchester's Urbis; or any...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
LAST year, actor Bob Hoskins enthusiastically proclaimed that the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards was “the guv’nor” – the best awards ceremony he’d ever been to!Today we’re announcing the nominations for this year’s awards, ranging from blockbuster musicals to the brand new, low-budget productions at the 24:7 Theatre Festival; and from the innovative international co-productions...
