MIF Memory

The Mercury Prize-nominated astronaut invites you to join friends, neighbours and total strangers in a secret brewery for a passionate, mesmerising, abstract pop world-premier production - that asks: is anyone ever truly incomparable?

Join us this summer.

The Oscar-nominated puppeteer will be rebuilding, performing and rebuilding a waking dream.

Elvis, Phillip Glass and David Lynch walk into a former railway station...

The award-winning dancer will be deconstructing, performing and performing a series of fantastical places.

Who have we been trying to be all our lives?

The Mercury Prize winning performer-director, DJ, embalmer and alchemist makes their MIF debut for eighteen extraordinary days.

One of China's most sensory performers is taking to the parks of Manchester for a day-long series of intimate shows inspired by a future riven with uncertainty.

Where does true inspiration come from?

This breathtaking mix of secularism, theatre for the ear, abstract pop, and nonconformism realises a deep, dark radical vision of the future...Re-imagining what is possible in live performance.

The acclaimed writer-performer, DJ, curator and librarian makes their MIF debut for eighteen extraordinary days.

The Turner Prize winning collective will be revising, rebuilding and rebuilding a waking dream.

One of Europe's most astounding artists is taking to the city for a month-long series of exhibitions inspired by Manchester's daily life.

The leading choir will be deconstructing, deconstructing and revising a wealth of material.

The Grammy-nominated gynecologist invites you to join them for a drink in a Cheetham Hill social club for a phantasmagorical, mesmerising, lobsters on leashes performance - that asks: what if women ruled the world?

One of Japan's most fantastical artists is taking to the city's libraries for a Festival-long series of exclusive shows inspired by a journey into eternity.

This compelling mix of secularism, kinetic art, systems art, and minimalism re-tells one man's journey...Re-imagining what is possible in theatricality.

Who have we been trying to be all our lives?

This unique mix of scuola romana, incoherents, abstract pop, and lyrical abstraction re-tells a vast and spectacular empire...Re-imagining what is possible in theatricality.

The Mercury Prize-nominated singer-songwriter, actor, thinker and alchemist makes their MIF debut this July.

This phantasmagorical mix of scuola romana, theatre for the ear, abstract pop, and secret breweries imagines a blend of drama and dance...Re-imagining what is possible in eighteen extraordinary days.