The story of a real-life love affair between two Yorkshire miners comes to Manchester for a run in the Greater Manchester Fringe at 3MT and then Salford Arts Theatre. Once a Year on Blackpool Sands is written by Karlton Parris and presented by Manchester-based theatre company Skint Productions. Set in Blackpool 1953, before homosexuality was…
A new play by Charlotte Delaney, Sweet Responsibility, is coming to Salford Arts Theatre. Roni Ellis directs Sweet Responsibility, which is being produced by Salford Arts Theatre, and will be performed for the very first time at the venue. The new play is a comedy drama about friendship and family. Growing old and not having…
1956 Entertainment have made a welcome return to Salford Arts Theatre with their latest production, a deliciously dark version of Oliver Twist.
1956 Entertainment make a welcome return to Salford Arts Theatre with a new presentation of Oliver Twist, running Wednesday 3 May until Saturday 6 May.
Manchester theatre company Skint Productions returns with Beautiful Monster, a new play by Skint’s creative director Karlton Parris. Set on the eve of Mary Shelley’s death, Beautiful Monster tells of the final hours of the life of the iconic author of Frankenstein. She is in the grip of madness with visitations from the dead, husband…
The 1956 Theatre have returned to Salford Arts Theatre, following their previous outstanding performance of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, with an original piece of work, Pudding Black, penned (and directed) by the 1956 Theatre’s own Managing Director Lee Lomas. Pudding Black is a twist on the whodunit. It’s witty, clever and deliciously dark. The story…
The equal rights amendment is hot news. Bernie, Deborah, Danny and Joan are dictated by sex, manipulated by one another and grappling with what it is they’re actually searching for… is it the same thing? Mamet’s witty, heated dialogue between his four many-layered players is what makes Sexual Perversity in Chicago so mouth-wateringly moreish. Though…
This October, you can catch the 1956 Theatre Company at the Salford Arts Theatre where they will be performing a different play each week as part of ‘Manchester Rep Season’. The company are based in Manchester (the heart of the North!) and formed in May 2013, their name taking inspiration from the wave of change…
