One minute, the sound vibrates through you, your hairs pulled on end. The next: a blissful calm descends. There’s furious amplified sound and then mysterious, holy light to slow the pulse back down…

Manchester Collective: Serenity 2.0

The Grand Theatre & Opera House Leeds

Ever felt overstimulated by your phone screen? Ben Nobuto’s SERENITY 2.0 is a glitched-out collage of frenzied strings, percussion and samples. It cycles restlessly through Japanese pop, news anchors, and vocal-fried YouTubers – but the calm after the doomscrolling is worth the ride.

Sebastian Gainsborough

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Mar 13, 2025

Manchester Collective: Serenity 2.0 · Opera North

Mar 14, 2025

Manchester Collective: SERENITY 2.0 · Royal Northern College of Music

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