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SUMMARY:Max Porter presents Shy (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)
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DESCRIPTION:MLF Members can book advance tickets on Wednesday 21 June. Ti
 ckets go on general sale on Friday 23 June. MLF Get Closer Membership st
 arts at £20 pa. To buy an MLF Get Closer Membership and book advance tic
 kets find the link under 'More Information'. \n\n‘He’s sprayed\, snorted
 \, smoked\, sworn\, cut\, punched\, run\, jumped\, crashed an Escort\, s
 mashed up a shop\, trashed a house\, broken a nose\, stabbed his stepdad
 ’s finger\, but it’s been a while since he’s crept. Stressful work.’ Mee
 t Shy\, a teenage boy in trouble\, trying to figure out his life. Throug
 h his inimitable style\, cult author Max Porter brings Shy to life\, all
 owing us to enter his head and see what lies beneath. In a very special 
 event\, Max will perform a dramatic abridged reading from his new novel 
 Shy with a live electronic score by musician Roly Porter. This will be f
 ollowed by a conversation about his work.\n\nMax is the author of four b
 estselling novels including Grief is the Thing with Feathers\, which won
  several prizes and was adapted for the stage in a critically acclaimed 
 solo performance by Cillian Murphy\, and Lanny\, which was longlisted fo
 r the Booker Prize. Presented by Manchester Literature Festival in partn
 ership with Contact\, Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester.\n\
 nTickets £17/£15 \n\n\nIf you have any access needs you want to discuss 
 with the venue\, please call the Contact Box Office (open Tuesday – Satu
 rday between 12-10pm) on 0161 274 0600. Alternatively\, you can email th
 em: boxoffice@contactmcr.com\n\n\nPresented by Manchester Literature Fes
 tival in partnership with Contact\, Centre for New Writing & Creative Ma
 nchester\n@McrLitFest \n@ContactMcr \n@newritingMCR \n@UoMCreativeMCR \n
 @MCRCityofLit \n@FaberBooks \n@Maxjohnporter \n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Contact Theatre\, Oxford Rd\, Manchester M15 6JA
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