Snoop Dogg, Dafoe & More Will Perform at Manchester International Festival 6/30-7/17

Manchester International Festival is the world's first festival of original, new work and special events, and takes place biennially in Manchester, UK. The Festival launched in 2007 as an artist-led, commissioning festival presenting new works from across the spectrum of performing arts, visual arts and popular culture including group show Il Tempo del Postino, featuring artists including Matthew Barney and Olafur Eliasson and Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's Monkey: Journey to the West.

This year, among the announced performers are hip hop pioneer Snoop Dogg, Bjork, and Sinead O'Connor. Among the announced stage works is The Life & Death of Marina Abramovi?, which is set to star Willem Defoe. 

A full listing of the events is as follows: 

Björk - Biophilia
Three week Manchester residency; the world premiere of her Biophilia live show

Alina Ibragimova / The Quay Brothers - Bach, Berio, Biber and Bartók, Béla
Promenade staging of chamber music in the last medieval quarter of Manchester

Rufus Norris, Damon Albarn - Doctor Dee
New work inspired by Renaissance alchemist, scientist and spy, Doctor John Dee

The Life & Death of Marina Abramovi?
Robert Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Antony & Abramovi? in a startling new piece for the stage

Punchdrunk - The Crash of the Elysium
Immersive theatre company's first show for children

Victoria Wood - That Day We Sang
Britain's best-loved comedic voice creates a Manchester love story - with singing

11 Rooms @ MAG FREE
Group show featuring stellar international cast of artists making durational work

Snoop Dog - Doggystyle
Hip hop pioneer presents the first UK performance of his genre-defining debut

1395 Days without Red + Projections FREE
New film by Anri Sala & Sejla Kameric, plus Artangel retrospective

Amadou & Mariam - Eclipse
Blind Malian superstars stage first concert entirely in the dark

Sacred Sites FREE
Faith groups across Manchester invite leading singers to perform in local sites of worship

Music Boxes FREE
A melodic adventure for children aged 6 months - 7 years

Sinead O'Connor
Three intimate shows premiering new material and revisiting old favourites

John Gerrard - Infinite Freedom Exercise (near Abadan, Iran) FREE
An evolving virtual world, running 24 hours a day on an LED wall on Lincoln Square

WU LYF
Manchester's own WU LYF play their only UK Festival date this summer

Lavinia Greenlaw - Audio Obscura FREE
Located on Piccadilly Station, a framed and heightened reflection of the passing world

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates and more
30 years since its release, Jones plays her album Pirates plus a career-spanning set

Johnny Vegas - new show
New theatre piece from the inimitable Mr Vegas. Watch this space for details.

Die Walküre + The Madness of an Extraordinary Plan: Hallé/Elder/Bartlett/McBurney
Concert performance of Die Walkure with supporting prologue. Plus FREE preview

Mark Andre
First UK performances of work by this remarkable French composer

True Faith
A celebration of Manchester-made talent; live bands and in-conversations in MIF's Pavilion Theatre

Paul Heaton - The 8th
Epic pop song all about the deadly sins - including a brand new one, The 8th

Vertical Farm FREE
Dickson Despommier, originator of the vertical farm concept, kicks off a long term project for MIF

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