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The Matrix.The show, titled Free Your Mind, will debut in October next year at Manchester arts venue, Factory International. The production is licensed by Warner Bros.

Something quite extraordinary is taking shape in Manchester and is about to be unveiled at the huge new Aviva Studios venue. For hit 1990s movie The Matrix is being transformed into real life with a new world premiere show that opens this month.

Aviva Studios, Manchester’s landmark new cultural venue and home of Factory International, officially opens its doors on Wednesday, October 18 with ‘Free Your Mind’, a large-scale and immersive show based on the classic sci-fi film The Matrix.

“The Matrix” would be like if it incorporated hip-hop choreography? Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle apparently did and is bringing that vision — titled “Free Your Mind” — to a Manchester arts venue, the new Factory International, in 2023.The Warner Bros. Theater Ventures-licensed project is described as a “large-scale immersive performance” that will debut next October, Variety reported on Thursday.

David Benedict There is an opera of “The Crucible.” Written by Robert Ward, it won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize. But this is not the opera… or is it? Lyndsey Turner’s grandiloquent National Theatre production of Arthur Miller’s imperishable 1953 classic is so overloaded with singing from the opening period-style choral folk song to a final major-key angelic chorus — not to mention a permanently portentous soundscape — that you could be forgiven for mistaking it for the opera. While some 69-year-old plays need dramaturgical assistance to be successfully revived, this is not one of them. Turner’s decision to “assist” the play is also there in her equally operatic visual response. In 2016, she and designer Es Devlin transformed the naturalism of Brian Friel’s masterpiece “Faith Healer” at the 250-seat Donmar Warehouse by encasing the three-sided stage with a curtain of pouring rain lit so that the water gleamed like a cage of hard, white light. It was a fitting metaphor for Friel’s fictional village. Now reused for “The Crucible” in the 1,029-seat Olivier amphitheater, opening and closing the play and punctuating the scene changes, it seems less metaphorical, more an over-displayed effect.

K.J. Yossman Danny Boyle is set to direct a dance adaptation of 1999 sci-fi blockbuster “The Matrix.” Titled “Free Your Mind,” the Warner Bros. Theater Ventures-licensed project is set to debut next October at Factory International, a new arts venue in Manchester, U.K. The production, described as a “large-scale immersive performance,” will serve as the venue’s inaugural show. “Combining the hip-hop choreography of hundreds of dancers with the latest immersive design, ‘Free Your Mind’ will take audiences on a thrilling journey through ‘The Matrix’ and into a new realm of possibilities,” reads the logline.

Refresh for updates Jesse Tyler Ferguson won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Take Me Out.

EXCLUSIVE: In this Deadline exclusive, Es Devlin, whose magnificent set for director Sam Mendes’ The Lehman Trilogy is nominated for a Tony Award, presents a series of sketches and photographs that provide insight into the development of what would become one of the Broadway season’s most stunning experiences. From Mendes’ simple handwritten list of guiding principles to early sketches and subsequent photos, the gallery offers insight into a singular vision.

Refresh for updates Tony Awards nominations kicked off with set design and costumes, and direction and choreography.

Chanel hosted yet another star-studded event in Miami!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDespite opening in London’s West End first, and having been written by Italian playwright Stefano Massini, “The Lehman Trilogy” is ultimately a New York saga.“It’s an American story,” says set designer Es Devlin, who has created a slowly rotating masterpiece: an 800-square-foot glass box that sits at the center of the stage, for the tale of the demise of the Lehman brothers, which bows Oct. 14 at the Nederland Theatre.

Victoria Beckham is known for dressing up in her designer dresses and high heels, but we're quickly becoming just as obsessed with her off-duty style.The star visited the Superblue art experience in Miami on Thursday with husband David and children Harper and Romeo - rocking her leggings, long-sleeved top and favourite cap for the day out.MORE: Victoria Beckham's latest hair transformationPosing for a selfie in the mirror at one of the exhibits, created by artist Es Devlin, Victoria looked gorgeous, adding a number of stacking rings to her look.

Brit Award trophies will come with a secondary award for the winners to share. The annual music award show takes place on 11 May, with Dua Lipa, Celeste and Arlo Parks leading the pack with three nominations each.

Fraser T Smith has shared a new single featuring Dave, taken from his new album ‘12 Questions’ under the banner Future Utopia.‘Children Of The Internet’, which also features a guest appearance from leading artist and stage designer Es Devlin, is the first material Dave has been involved in since 2019. You can listen to the track below.Speaking about the single, Fraser said: “Dave always comes with the best song titles.

The 64th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express on Tuesday unveiled its lineup of Screen Talks and events that will be available for free via YouTube and the fest's social channels, including sessions withLetitia Wright and Riz Ahmed. Among filmmakers, this year's virtual event will feature the likes of Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, musician and performer David Byrne and artist Es Devlin discussing their careers.

Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter The London Film Festival’s Screen Talks and events program will include speakers Riz Ahmed, Letitia Wright, Michel Franco, Miranda July, Tsai Ming-liang, Christian Petzold, David Byrne and artist Es Devlin, who will each talk about their most recent work.