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Poetry at Night | Griot Gabriel
The multi-talented Griot Gabriel performs an original poem reflecting on the climate crisis and our role in the planet’s destruction.
dearest Mother Nature is inspired by the themes of Figures in Extinction – an award-winning dance trilogy by choreographer Crystal Pite and director Simon McBurney.
Read and watch more: Poetry at Night | Griot Gabriel
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The Architecture of Aviva Studios
What was the intention behind the design of Aviva Studios?
In celebration of our first anniversary, we spoke with Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) architect Ellen van Loon on her vision for this extraordinary building.
An ultra-flexible performance space. A place for the next generation of creatives in Manchester to make their own.
Series
In the Studio
Artists and collectives show us the space where their ideas come to life.
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Dream Space
What does art have the power or potential to do, when we allow ourselves to dream? We explore this in our new podcast, hosted by Gemma Cairney.
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Factory Talks
A series of talks where the brightest minds in art, culture, and innovation come together to share their insights and creative journeys.
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Factory Sessions
Discover live performances from the best in the business and Manchester’s next gen of musicians.
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Art of Technology
Get to know the artists who are pushing the boundaries of what's possible and redefining the future of art.
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Editor in Residence
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Read
New Writers
New Writers brings you flash fiction, poetry and prose from emerging writers based in the North of England.
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An Introduction to...
Get to know our diverse alumni of artists and their work.
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Games
I CAN'T FOLLOW YOU ANYMORE
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Art
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Experiments
Immersive Tech In Performance
In 2019, we began a major piece of research and development exploring how audiences of the future will experience live performance. Fifteen specialist organisations, including MIF brought together their expertise in theatre and performance, the music industry, video production, gaming and the research sector to explore what it means to perform live using technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
To celebrate the completion of this research many of the findings have been published at Findings In The Future, a collection of panel discussions and technical documents that share insights into the making of DYSTOPIA987, Dream and more.
Adapting Story, Character & Performance for XR
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Performance, Puppetry and XR Stages
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Cross Sector R&D
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Physical and Virtual Counterparts: Blending Real and Virtual Worlds
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Behind the Scenes
Building Worlds
Building Worlds takes you behind the scenes of our productions to meet the teams and people that create a show.
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Free Your Mind, the official opening production for Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International © Tristram Kenton, October 2023
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