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Alan Rickman on his new role as narrator of Salman Rushdie's novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet.

Manchester International Festival kicks off with the spectacular Monkey. Read our review

Alan Yentob speaks exclusively with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett about Monkey: Journey To The West

Cast your vote for who should join The Gossip, The Horrors and New Young Pony Club at Salford Quays.

Lou Reed talks to Terry Christian about performing his visionary album Berlin in Manchester

No Festival is complete without a tent. Enter the chill out zone of Manchester's big event

Electronic music pioneer William Orbit swaps synths for strings in his magnum opus for MIF

Ahead of a new performance of The Pianist, British Director Neil Bartlett talks music and memoirs.

Lance Corporal Benjamin Hyde's father talks about the Queen and Country exhibition.

Imperial War Museum artist Steve McQueen honours British soldiers who died in Iraq.

Manchester artist Michael Mayhew goes in search of the vanished.

The full terms and conditions for the Unknown Pleasures Supporting Acts Competition.

How some of Mark E Smith's song titles for The Fall have inspired a book of new writing

Visit the official Manchester International Festival site (external link)

Previews, reviews and interviews from the first Manchester International Festival.

Manchester International Festival's Unknown Pleasures needs you. Find out how to get on the bill!

A host of superstar DJs and some spangly, interactive visuals... the MIF goes clubbing!

Director Greg Hall on why Manchester was so important to telling the story of his film, Kapital.