Running from 28 June 28 to 15 July, the Manchester International Festival is billed as the "world's first international festival of original, new work". Featuring over twenty-five specially commissioned productions, performances and projects the Festival incorporates a diverse range of shows from music to theatre, created and performed by artists from around the world.
Jack Thompson's new role oversees the technical production element of the festival's theatre shows. These include Monkey: Journey To The West, an opera featuring 36 Chinese acrobats and 40 musicians conceived and directed by Chen Shi-Zheng with music by Damon Albarn, visuals and animations by Jamie Hewlett, lighting by Nick Richings and sound by Clem Rawling.
Thompson will be working alongside the festival's director Alex Poots, with Dave Lawrence looking after the technical management of the rock-and-roll events.
(Jim Evans)
