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MIF19: Tao of Glass at The Royal Exchange Theatre

Johnny James, Managing Editor

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Tao of Glass at The Royal Exchange Theatre

Royal Exchange Theatre, City Centre
11-20 July 2019

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MIF19 Tao of Glass at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester International Festival
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Part-concert, part-performance, Tao of Glass takes 10 brand new pieces of music by Philip Glass and marries them to ten meditations on life, death and Taoist wisdom. Expect to be mesmerised as performer-director Phelim McDermott leads an ensemble of musicians and puppeteers in a dream-inspired performance that seeks the answer to the question: Where does true inspiration come from?

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