Danny Boyle is just not a director to draw back from a problem – that is, in any case the person who helped stage the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony in London – and he is had music pulsing via his films earlier than. But we should nonetheless admit a momentary double-take at the concept he’ll direct a hip-hop stage adaptation impressed by the Matrix films.

The present is formally described as “combining the hip-hop choreography of a whole lot of dancers with the newest immersive design. Titled Free Your Thoughts, it’ll reportedly “take audiences on an exciting journey via The Matrix and into a brand new realm of potentialities.”

Boyle, who has the official permission of Warner Bros. to stage the present, will work with Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, who’s composing the music for the dance present whereas Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy is choreographing.

Poet playwright Sabrina Mahfouz and artist Es Devlin are additionally on board to write down and supply giant scale sculptures, respectively. It will all be staged at Manufacturing facility Worldwide, a brand new arts venue in Manchester.

No phrase on tickets but, however it would not open till October 2023, so we would not begin queuing simply but.

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