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1 January 2023

23 for 2023: Observer writers’ culture

highlights for the year ahead

Clockwise from top left: Beatriz Stix-Brunell in Everyone Keeps Me, Adam Brody in Fleishman Is
in Trouble, John Cage, Young Fathers, PJ Harvey, Enny, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, photography by
Anna Fox, an illustration by Jiaqi Wang of events at the Factory, Manchester, and the

architecture project East Bank, Stratford. Composite by Observer Design.
From Rachmaninov to pop reunions, Beyoncé’s tour to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Spielberg
to Sam Smith, our critics guide you through the next 12 months

Culture
The Factory opens in Manchester
Manchester is set to open a whopping new cultural hub in June: Factory International
builds on the success of the Manchester international festival, with its team
programming global artists all year round in a shiny new venue on the site of the former
Granada TV studios.

Initially set to open in 2019, the venue, designed by Ellen van Loon of Office for
Metropolitan Architecture, has ended up costing more than £210m, with funding