Manchester international festival 2019

Ibrahim Mahama: Parliament of Ghosts; David Lynch: My Head Is Disconnected – review
The Ghanaian artist resurrects the detritus of his nation’s post-colonial struggles
Tim Adams
28, Jul, 2019 @8:00 AM

The Nico Project; The Fountainhead – review
Maxine Peake is a woman possessed in The Nico Project, while Ivo van Hove adapts Ayn Rand’s controversial novel
Claire Armitstead
21, Jul, 2019 @7:00 AM

Maggie the Cat review - wit and passion abound
Trajal Harrell’s thrilling take on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stands apart at the Manchester international festival
Sarah Crompton
21, Jul, 2019 @6:59 AM

The week in classical: Tao of Glass review - an extraordinary exploration of creativity
Royal Exchange, Manchester
Philip Glass makes a surprise appearance at Phelim McDermott’s astonishing tribute show
Philip Glass makes a surprise appearance at Phelim McDermott’s astonishing tribute show
Stephen Pritchard
20, Jul, 2019 @11:00 AM

Skepta: Dystopia987 review – flat energy in nightclub of the future
Craft beer replaces ecstasy at this meeting of immersive theatre and rave, which lacks the abandon of a regular gig by the MC
Daniel Dylan Wray
19, Jul, 2019 @6:00 PM

Thank You Very Much review – disabled dancers strut Elvis moves
The King’s unique physicality is the source for Claire Cunningham’s compelling and illuminating show
Anna Winter
18, Jul, 2019 @12:01 PM

'People think I'm very odd': how Ibrahim Mahama brought Ghana's past to Manchester
From second-hand train seats to old school cupboards, the artist has transported discarded objects from his west African homeland to create a ‘parliament of ghosts’
Stuart Jeffries
16, Jul, 2019 @5:00 AM

Trajal Harrell: Maggie the Cat review – Tennessee Williams sashays away
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with voguing sounds interesting, but Trajal Harrell’s parade of dancers modelling soft-furnishings to free jazz is more vague than vogue
Sanjoy Roy
15, Jul, 2019 @10:23 AM

Re:Creating Europe review – voices from history echo through Brexit
From Henry V’s speech to Jona Lewie’s Stop the Cavalry, this illuminating production explores the ‘flawed family’ of Europe
Mark Fisher
14, Jul, 2019 @12:27 PM

The Nico Project review – Maxine Peake digs deep into a nightmare
With fascinating – and frustrating – results, the actor plays a woman seemingly possessed by the ghost of the late Velvet Underground singer
Mark Fisher
14, Jul, 2019 @11:33 AM

The week in theatre: Tree; Invisible Cities; Peter Gynt – review
Tree is less exciting than the row about its authorship
Susannah Clapp
14, Jul, 2019 @7:00 AM

The Fountainhead review – Ivo van Hove hypnotises with Ayn Rand's nonsense
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam present a constantly inventive, four-hour staging of the overheated 1943 polemic
Michael Billington
11, Jul, 2019 @9:29 AM
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