Winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2019 International Award, Kimber Lee’s play looks to be the pièce de résistance for another brilliant season at the Royal Exchange and a hot ticket at MIF23.

Expect dance, theatre and song in this musical world premiere performance of Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta’s cult 1977 novel.

Watch a ground-breaking mixed reality concert created by legendary composer and musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and world-leading production studio and technology developer, Tin Drum.

We Cut Through Dust is a unique experience in which you’ll be guided through the city streets via phone calls and offered a dystopian version of what the future holds by the people who’ve been left to live in it.

Take part in a joyful gathering on the banks of the River Medlock, celebrating togetherness and the gift of water, while drawing on ancient practices and river rituals from South Asian culture.

Manchester Museum and SEEN magazine are celebrating the contribution of the South Asian diaspora on music and culture as a whole in this one-day event located in the Museum’s brand new South Asia Gallery.

Celebrate the connections between vastly different worlds with Tino Sehgal’s new choreographed piece, premiering at the National Football Museum and the Whitworth this summer.

Join Ryan Gander’s The Find, a citywide treasure hunt for the artist’s tiny collectible artworks and decision-making tools in the form of coins.

Yayoi Kusama’s You, Me and the Balloons celebrates three decades of Kusama’s spectacular inflatable artworks, which are brought together for the first time in this major exhibition.

Balmy Army’s requests are simple – they want better access to mental health support and they want it now. Their exhibition at HOME is an expression of this desire in multiple ways, with a strong focus on the community, dialogue and with lots of energy to inspire change.

The band’s back together. Regular MIF collaborators Maxine Peake, Sarah Frankcom and Imogen Knight unveil a brand-new production – a chilling adaptation of a lost dystopian masterpiece turned cult classic.

Manchester Camerata and Robert Ames are teaming up to premier a new work for string ensemble from Manchester’s very own AFRODEUTSCHE.

A true master of their craft, the legendary trans performer, Justin Vivian Bond brings one special night of cabaret greatness to MIF23.

The sudden disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the real-life experience of dementia are woven together in this meditative performance from Rimini Protokoll.

Anna Meredith presents an orchestral version of her Mercury Prize-shortlisted album FIBS in collaboration with young musicians from the RNCM.

Audiences of all ages are invited to enjoy a one-of-a-kind opera featuring Manchester Collective, Lemn Sissay and 180 schoolchildren as every bird and beast under the sun.

John Grant brings his baritone and Richard Hawley his band together in celebration of legendary country star Patsy Cline.

The Comet is Coming and Daisy Dickinson present Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam – a unique collision of the band’s cosmic sounds and Dickinson’s transcendent visuals, specially commissioned for the Festival.

Fusing photography with choreography and theatre, don’t miss this live photography show, created by the award-winning British photographer Benji Reid.

Marking the closing weekend of Manchester International Festival 2023, Manchester’s own Sam Malik curates a night of British South Asian talent at Factory International.

You’ll find the beating heart of Manchester International Festival 2023 in an all new location this year, with Festival Square popping up on the banks of the River Irwell.

Business can sometimes be a dirty world in the art circles but this exhibition clearly illustrates that it can sustainable and communities can be cared for as a result. The show is bursting with ideas for ethical businesses and innovative ways of supporting the people in and around them.