Bjork – review

Campfield Market Hall, ManchesterFrom Take That's 60ft robot to Coldplay's illumination of the Glastonbury pyramid, 2011 is the year of the visual pop spectacular, although Bjork's Biophilia showcase – which began a three-week Manchester International Festival residency – is another thing entirely.Set in a Victorian market hall, the audience encircled a stage housing a 24-piece Icelandic choir in gaudy blue and gold dresses, and very unusual instrumentation. A bespoke digital pipe organ, "ga...

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