Danny Boyle to Direct Stage Musical Version of ‘The Matrix’
thewrap.comBusiness Manchester reports. “I’m delighted to be part of Factory International as a starting point for a kind of identity that this extraordinary new building is going to have.
It’s a space that gives you an enormous amount of potential. It’s wildly ambitious in terms of its scale. In my lifetime, to see a new space like this open is hugely empowering, and I hope the new generation of artists feel that power,” Boyle said.
Devlin praised the team from the Manchester International Festival (MIF), who is heading Factory International’s programming, for their previous “innovative and urgent works” by Steve McQueen, Björk, Akram Khan, and Yoko Ono. “It’s a profound privilege to be invited to take part in its inception.
Like a new musical instrument, a new building needs to be ‘tuned in,’ and it’s immensely energizing to be present when it starts to sing,” he said.Boyle, whose films include Oscar Best Picture winner “Slumdog Millionaire,” most recently brought “Pistol,” a limited series about iconic punk band the Sex Pistols, to FX earlier this year.
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