Manchester international festival 2013
Martin Scorsese may direct film of Kenneth Branagh's Macbeth
Branagh reveals in radio interview that Scorsese will be invited to ‘do what he will’ with Shakespeare villainy based on acclaimed Manchester production
Tony Hall plans to promise a sharp increase in the BBC's arts coverage
BBC pledges more money, a new brand 'BBC Arts at...' and the relaunch of digital service The Space
Kenneth Branagh to make stage debut in New York as Macbeth
After a string of sold-out performances at the Manchester international festival, Branagh will bring Macbeth to New York
The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable; The Machine; The Masque of Anarchy – review
Punchdrunk's latest is, as ever, a make-believe delight, but its masked audiences have wised up big time, writes Susannah Clapp
The Northerner
Manchester International Festival's children's shows: a teenager's viewKenneth Branagh answered your questions – as it happened
The Machine/The Masque of Anarchy – review
The Northerner
Smokey's Barbers - Manchester International Festival reviewThis young comedy troupe found fame on YouTube and now attempt to translate their online appeal into a live show for the Manchester International Festival - with mixed results
Do It in Manchester: where visitors take orders from artists – in pictures
From blocking CCTV cameras to squeezing lemons on a bike seat and humming tunes for access, visitors are submitting to the whims of artists from all over the world for Do It, part of Manchester International Festival 2013
Do It: the art of instructions
At Do It, visitors obey instructions left by artists from Ai Weiwei to Louise Bourgeois. Adrian Searle wrestles with a zip-up poncho and recreates his bedroom floor – but will he smile at a stranger?
The Northerner
Manchester international festival: an urban farm feeding a deprived areaCan 70 fruit trees, 100,000 worms and an old bath tub start a food revolution? The Biospheric Project – based in a derelict mill – aims to transform the eating habits of local residents
Anarchy in Peterloo: Shelley's poem unmasked
In 1819, the Manchester Yeomanry drew their sabres and charged a crowd of demonstrators. As Maxine Peake prepares to perform Shelley's angry poem about the outrage, John Mullan deciphers its verses for modern readers
Abida Parveen: 'I'm not a man or a woman, I'm a vehicle for passion'
The Northerner
Nikhil Chopra's three-day industrial revolution
Live opera from Glyndebourne
Michelangelo Sonnets; Hippolyte et Aricie – reviewA disused Wesleyan hall proves the perfect venue for Peter Sellars's atmospheric staging of Michelangelo Sonnets, writes Fiona Maddocks
Massive Attack v Adam Curtis – review
Adam Curtis's worrying films are even more so projected on to enormous screens and accompanied by a barrage of sound, writes Tim Adams
Do It 20 13 – review
Hans-Ulrich Obrist's 'never-ending' show of conceptual art inspires fresh fun and ingenuity around the festival, writes Tim Adams
Kenneth Branagh's Macbeth at times evokes golden memories of Olivier in the role, writes Michael Billington
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