Sarah Walters is a journalist, writer and broadcast producer from Manchester. For more than a decade, she was the lead cultural writer for the Manchester Evening News and CityLife, and is now focused on creating award winning documentaries and drama that celebrate extraordinary human stories and achievements, particularly in Manchester.

“From Marta Minujín’s toppled Big Ben made of books to Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth in a deconsecrated church to Skepta’s dystopian mixed reality rave in a railway depot, it has been a joy to revisit some of our most celebrated festival moments in this book marking 16 years of extraordinary world firsts in Manchester, ahead of the opening of our landmark new year-round venue in the heart of the city.” John McGrath, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Factory International and Manchester InternationalFestival

Sarah Walters is a journalist, writer and broadcast producer from Manchester. For more than a decade, she was the lead cultural writer for the Manchester Evening News and CityLife, and is now focused on creating award winning documentaries and drama that celebrate extraordinary human stories and achievements, particularly in Manchester.

“From Marta Minujín’s toppled Big Ben made of books to Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth in a deconsecrated church to Skepta’s dystopian mixed reality rave in a railway depot, it has been a joy to revisit some of our most celebrated festival moments in this book marking 16 years of extraordinary world firsts in Manchester, ahead of the opening of our landmark new year-round venue in the heart of the city.” John McGrath, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Factory International and Manchester InternationalFestival

Sarah Walters is a journalist, writer and broadcast producer from Manchester. For more than a decade, she was the lead cultural writer for the Manchester Evening News and CityLife, and is now focused on creating award winning documentaries and drama that celebrate extraordinary human stories and achievements, particularly in Manchester.

“From Marta Minujín’s toppled Big Ben made of books to Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth in a deconsecrated church to Skepta’s dystopian mixed reality rave in a railway depot, it has been a joy to revisit some of our most celebrated festival moments in this book marking 16 years of extraordinary world firsts in Manchester, ahead of the opening of our landmark new year-round venue in the heart of the city.” John McGrath, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Factory International and Manchester InternationalFestival