{"id":135576,"date":"2022-09-29T23:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/danny-boyle-to-direct-stage-musical-version-of-the-matrix\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T23:29:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:59:25","slug":"danny-boyle-to-direct-stage-musical-version-of-the-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/danny-boyle-to-direct-stage-musical-version-of-the-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Boyle to Direct Stage Musical Version Of ‘The Matrix\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Get ready for \u201cThe Matrix\u201dThe Musical. Danny Boyle will direct this stage musical that adapts the sci-fi film franchise to a stage. It will be performed at Factory International, Manchester, England.<\/p>\n

\u201cFree Your Mind\u201dIt is described as \u201ca large-scale immersive performance based on \u2018The Matrix\u2019 films\u2026 [a] dramatic retelling through dance, music and visual effects\u2026 Using spectacular visual effects, a cast of professional dancers and hundreds of Manchester participants will recreate some of\u00a0the film\u2019s most iconic scenes, provoking visions of an alternative future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boyle is reunited with Kenrick, an internationally acclaimed choreographer for hip-hop in the UK. \u201cH2O\u201dSandy from Boy Blue Entertainment, who was part of the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony in London. Boy Blue composer, producer, and DJ Michael \u2018Mikey J\u2019Asante will also be joining the board along with Sabrina Mahfouz (poet and playwright), who will write, as well as Es Devlin (designer), who will build large-scale stage structures.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFree Your Mind\u201dThe official opening production for Factory International, Manchester’s cultural space, will take place from October 18th, 2023 to November 5, 2023. It is scheduled to open in June 2023. Business Manchester<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 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\u2019s a space that gives you an enormous amount of potential. It\u2019s 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,\u201dBoyle stated. <\/p>\n

Devlin praised the team from the Manchester International Festival (MIF), who is heading Factory International\u2019s programming, for their previous \u201cinnovative and urgent works\u201d by Steve McQueen, Bj\u00f6rk, Akram Khan, and Yoko Ono. \u201cIt\u2019s a profound privilege to be invited to take part in its inception. Like a new musical instrument, a new building needs to be \u2018tuned in,\u2019 and it\u2019s immensely energizing to be present when it starts to sing,\u201dHe stated.<\/p>\n

Boyle’s films include Oscar Best Picture Winner \u201cSlumdog Millionaire,\u201dRecently brought \u201cPistol,\u201dA series of limited episodes about the legendary punk band The Sex Pistols. It was broadcast on FX earlier in the year. <\/p>\n

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Get ready for \u201cThe Matrix\u201dThe Musical. Danny Boyle will direct this stage musical that adapts the sci-fi film franchise to a stage. It will be performed at Factory International, Manchester, England. \u201cFree Your Mind\u201dIt is described as \u201ca large-scale immersive performance based on \u2018The Matrix\u2019 films\u2026 [a] dramatic retelling through dance, music and visual effects\u2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":135577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1664474354_Danny-Boyle-to-Direct-Stage-Musical-Version-of-The-Matrix.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135578,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135576\/revisions\/135578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}