Photos by Kirstie Shanley

It's been four years since the premiere of Damon Albarn's maiden voyage into opera, the Jamie Hewlett co-created Monkey: Journey to the West. Now, the BBC reports Albarn's got another stage show on the way, and it's set to premiere this summer as part of the Manchester International Festival (which, as reported earlier, is the same fest that Bjoerk will be debuting new songs from her forthcoming LP Biophilia).