Sgt Pepper strutted, Boris Charmatz gave us a buttock-scratching beauty and three men became Lady Macbeth – our critic picks the best dance of the year
July 2017
Manchester international festival theatre roundup – emotion socks you in the face
Boris Charmatz’s 10,000 Gestures: pushing forward, one step at a time
Cotton Panic! review – a story of solidarity that deserves better
10,000 Gestures review – a thrilling blizzard of movement
BambinO, plus Albert Herring; Turandot review – opera for real beginners
Cotton Panic! review – Jane Horrocks sings out for solidarity in tribute to Manchester mills
What If Women Ruled the World? review – Kubrick meets covfefe as catastrophe strikes
The Welcoming Party review – immersive show charts fear and hope in Fortress Britain
True Faith; New Order + Liam Gillick: So It Goes review – Factory legacy holds sway
Available Light review – a masterclass in movement
ToGather: Susan Hefuna review – all the world's a cage
Party Skills for the End of the World review – short on fear, long on balloons
Blind date
Blind date: ‘We met on a catwalk in front of a few thousand people’
Arcade Fire review – disco grooves and midlife crises incite rapture
Fatherland review – three dads and a ladder give a voice to angry Britain
Michael Billington
The World Was Once All Miracle review – Anthony Burgess's musical powers
What do you think would change if women ruled the world?
What if women ruled the world?
True Faith review – the exhilarating art and afterlife of Joy Division and New Order
About 44 results for Manchester international festival 2017
