Factory
Factory is a ground breaking new arts and cultural venue at the centre of St. John’s. The new home of Manchester International Festival (MIF), Factory will offer audiences the opportunity to enjoy the broadest range of art forms and cultural experiences – including dance, theatre, music, opera, visual arts, spoken word, popular culture and innovative contemporary work incorporating multiple media and technologies.
Factory will be a venue where television, theatre, visual art and music come together. Made up of two principal elements, the space can be re-arranged in countless ways to accommodate an immersive concert, an indoor festival or even a performance that travels through the space together with its audience.
Culture at Factory
Factory will be the cultural anchor of St. John’s and of Manchester; it will house the city’s next generation of arts, creativity and contemporary cultural experiences. Artists from across the world will be invited to create new work in the building’s extraordinary spaces and it will completely transform Manchester’s cultural output and standing.
Factory is undoubtedly the most exciting and ambitious new cultural space in the country, with an exceptional, international programme of work. Factory will see the world’s most brilliant artists and organisations make unforgettable, joyful and exceptional art and deliver a cultural vision for the city.