Jamie Hewitt & Damon Albarn’s new play of Monkey Magic, Monkey: Journey to the west is going to be amazing.
“The launch event of the first Manchester International Festival is a circus opera for the 21st century, based on an ancient Chinese legend but reworked as a dazzling spectacle involving more than 40 Chinese circus acrobats, vocalists and performing martial artists.”
Bit of background on the story here. Some more pictures here.
Update: Check out the Virgin Train that Jamie Hewitt has painted.