A PLACE TO CREATE, INVENT & PLAY – WHERE THE ART OF THE FURTURE WILL BE MADE

The Factory is a ground-breaking new arts and cultural venue at the centre of Enterprise City. The new home of Manchester International Festival (MIF), The Factory will offer audiences the opportunity to experience one of the most ambitious and adventurous year-round creative programmes in Europe.

Location: Manchester, UK
GIA: 143,000 sq ft / 13,285 sq m
Use: Leisure | Studios
Status: In progress

The Factory
Water Street
St. John’s
Manchester
M60 9EA

Inspired by MIF’s success and Manchester’s unmatched history of innovation, The Factory will present new work by the world’s most exciting artists. A place to create, invent and play, The Factory is where the art of the future will be made.

The Factory will be ultra-flexible, enabling large-scale artistic work of invention and ambition that isn’t made anywhere else. Dance, theatre, music, opera, visual arts, popular culture, and innovative contemporary work, incorporating the latest digital technologies, will come together in ground-breaking combinations, which will be premiered in Manchester before travelling the world.