INVISIBLE CITIES

Stage Production
Manchester International Festival,
July 2019
Brisbane Festival,
December 2019


Centred around the relationship between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, this mix of theatre, choreography, music, architectural design and projection mapping imagines a succession of alternative worlds.

Leo Warner, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Lolita Chakrabarti, 59 Productions and Rambert bring to life a series of fantastical places in thisnew production of Invisible Cities designed to occupy the Mayfield Depot in Manchester.

Commissioned by: Manchester International Festival, Brisbane Festival, Hong Kong New Vision Arts Festival, Sadler’s Wells, SMG Live, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Centre (JACC) and Karl Sydow.


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Credits

Director
Leo Warner

Co-Director & Choreographer
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Adaptor
Lolita Chakrabarti

Produced by
Manchester International Festival, 59 Productions, Rambert and Karl Sydow

Dance
Rambert

Composers
Dustin O’Halloran & Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie of
A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Concept & Design
59 Productions

Stage Designer
Jenny Melville

Video Designer
Nicol Scott

Lighting Designer
Fabiana Piccioli

Sound Designer
Gareth Fry

Costume Designer
Laura Hopkins

Casting Director
Sam Jones CDG

Creative Advisor
Benoit Swan Pouffer

Assistant Director
Rebecca Hanbury


Associate Stage Designer
Claudia Fragoso

Assistant Video Designers
Hanna Schrage
Matthew Taylor

Studio Coordinator
Kate Stanley

Animators
Jamie McComb
Tom Munday
Jarek Radecki
Edd Stockton
Lawrence Watson

Press
Jenn Reynolds PR

Behind the Scenes DOP & Editor
Jessie Rodger
Production Photos

 All images courtesy of 59 Productions