Musicians, dancers, a choir, lunch-time poetry readings and writers’ workshop sessions, plus an Ivor Novello Award and Mercury Prize-nominated band working on new songs in a glass box.
That is what visitors to Manchester’s Central Library will be faced with for the next week as the band Everything Everything present Chaos To Order”, a week of curated free events and experiments, produced by Brighter Sound for LibraryLive.
Each day from Monday 10 to Saturday 15 November, Everything Everything will be based in Central Library’s glass-fronted performance space, in full view of library-goers, working on new material influenced by the iconic Grade II listed building’s extraordinary architecture and the theme of Chaos To Order.
“As a band, we see Manchester Central Library as the brain of the city; the place where a vast collection of often contradictory interpretations reside and are presented impartially”say Everything Everything,
“When we discussed these thoughts with other artists whom we admire, the ideas snowballed and the result is a vibrant ‘chaotic’ week of extraordinary occurrences and performances that will bring the audience into the action.”
Emma Jane Unsworth, author of the Caitlin Moran-endorsed novel “Animals”, is the Chaos To Order writer-in-residence and will give daily readings of Frank O’Hara’s “Lunch Poems”, as well as hosting drop-in workshop sessions for aspiring writers. On Wednesday 12 November, Emma will exclusively read extracts from her new novel in a Manchester Fiction Showcase, alongside some of the best up-and-coming contemporary writers in the UK – including Kindle chart-topping crime author Kerry Wilkinson, comedy and fiction writer Chris Killen, plus short-story writer Zoe Lambert.
A group of emerging Manchester musicians, chosen specifically for the residency, will work with Elbow-endorsed songwriter Liam Frost and BBC 6Music favourite Sara Lowes, throughout the whole library every day , exploring Central Library as an open space which everyone can use to learn, discover, explore and create. The group will be building up to a live performance on Saturday 15 November.
