It Felt Like a Kiss

Synopsis

It Felt Like a Kiss tells the story of America’s rise to power in the golden age of pop and the unforeseen consequences it had on the world and in our minds. This ‘ghost-walk’ takes you through the years 1959 - 69, the decade that saw America rise to supreme power in the world. As the audience experience those years in a new and captivating way, they stumble upon events, people, and moments of violence and fear that at the time went unnoticed or were soon forgotten, but which have now returned to haunt us all throughout the world - and have helped lead us into today's age of uncertainty.

Our Review:

3 July 2009

The first Manchester International Festival established a reputation for challenging productions in atmospheric venues. It Felt Like a Kiss continues this welcome approach and is so successful that it is hard to imagine it will ever be bettered.
 
Director Felix Barrett's  examination of the growth of America's influence and its detrimental effect upon the world takes place across five floors of the currently- vacant Quay House with groups admitted every 10 minutes. The promenade performance takes us through shaded (or just dark) corridors and rooms with the Kronos Quartet playing Damon Albarn's moody and disorienting score.
 
The centrepiece is a film by Adam Curtis which, over a montage of 1950's icons (Rock Hudson and the like) and period music, illustrates the effect of the USA's policy of remaking the world in their preferred image and shows how this continues to have an impact today. Covering the ti...

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Latest User Review

Carol Heald - 10 July 2009:

What an amazing experience - challenging, intriguing and fantastic fun - extend the run please so that more people can find out what all the fuss is about...

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