Genre Opera/Dance
First Performance 23/07/2008
Closing 27/07/2008

First performed in the UK at the inaugural Manchester International Festival in 2007, following sold-out runs, Monkey: Journey To The West is a new opera for the 21st century directed by the world renowned Chen Shi-Zheng with music composed by Gorillaz’s award-winning mastermind Damon Albarn and design and animation by Jamie Hewlett based on the ancient Chinese legend of spiritual enlightenment.

This reworked version is a dazzling spectacle involving nearly 40 circus acrobats, martial artists and singers from China with an orchestra of Western and traditional Chinese instruments.

Performed in Mandarin with English surtitles.

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