Experience The Matrix like never before in this mind-expanding live show, directed by Danny Boyle and with a dream team of top creatives including Es Devlin, Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy, Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante and Sabrina Mahfouz behind the controls.

Specially created to celebrate the opening of Aviva Studios, the new home of Factory International in Manchester, Free Your Mind is a journey into the classic sci-fi film through dance and immersive design, presented throughout the building’s spaces.

Free Your Mind depicts a world where humans are enslaved by algorithms and asks, can we break free? And do we even want to?

The production is brought to life by a team of creative forces who've had their hand in some of the most iconic cultural moments either side of the millennium.

Directed by Danny Boyle, it features hip hop choreography by Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy, a powerful score from composer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante (co-founders of Boy Blue), eye-opening staging from world-leading designer Es Devlin, alongside words from acclaimed writer Sabrina Mahfouz and costumes by iconic fashion designer Gareth Pugh. Lighting design is by Lucy Carter, sound design is by Gareth Fry and video design is by Luke Halls.

Free Your Mind is produced for the BBC by Hayley Pepler and Tracey Seaward, directed for screen by Rhodri Huw, and executive produced by Gabrielle Jenks, John McGrath and Fiona Pride for Factory International. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Stephen James-Yeoman.

*further credits were added to the programme information on 13/12/23 

Publicity contact: CB

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