The Mancunian Way: Factory opening
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKeep up to date with all the big stories from across Greater Manchester in the daily Mancunian Way newsletter. You can receive the newsletter direct to your inbox every weekday by signing up right here. Here's the Mancunian Way for today: Hello "Alan Erasmus saw a sign somewhere saying 'factory closing' and he thought we'd call it the Factory, and have a Factory opening." That was Tony Wilson's version of how the Factory Club in Hulme - and the record label that followed soon after - got its name.
This week to coincide with the launch of Manchester International Festival, we got our first glimpse of the city's latest factory - the huge new Factory International arts centre on the site of the old Granada Studios.
But whereas Erasmus and Wilson made do with the back room of a Caribbean social club frequented by bus drivers, Factory International is one of the largest and most anticipated new cultural venues in Europe, cost £210m to build and is sponsored by an insurance company.
In today's newsletter we'll take a first look inside the Factory, hear what's coming up during the Manchester International Festival and delve a bit more into that controversial sponsorship deal.
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