This year's Manchester international festival features a new gig-theatre show exploring how the US civil war created a cotton famine which caused catastrophe for Lancashire's mills. It's the tale of the north of England's inspiring solidarity with the slaves of the American south.Performed by Jane Horrocks and written by Nick Vivian, with music by Wrangler (featuring Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire), Cotton Pan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AM on May 26, 2017