Open date finally announced for Factory – an exceptional new arts and culture centre for Manchester

Written by I Love MCR
Last updated 7 years ago
Art & Design, Cinema, Culture, Exhibitions, Music, Theatre

Manchester City Council has granted planning permission for Factory, an exceptional new arts and culture centre for Manchester.

Due to open 2020 and operated by Manchester International Festival, Factory will create a year-round programme of work running the building.

Factory will give 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.

Artists from across the world will be invited to create new work in the building’s extraordinary spaces.

The building is designed by Rem Koolhaas’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), their first major public building in the UK. Factory will form part of the new St. John’s neighbourhood, which is being developed by Allied London, in partnership with Manchester City Council, on the site of the former Granada TV Studios.

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