2nd July  - 26th July 

This year we will be hosting many varied plays.  

Something for everyone.

Monday 7th July & Tuesday 8th July 7.30pm 

Performed by ​Salford Arts Theatre's Young Actors Company 

Wouldn’t it be great if life came with an instruction manual? Some guiding principles. Like the Monopoly rulebook. Sometimes you need a wikihow on living life right.

‘I don't wanna play anymore’ tries to answer the questions we ask ourselves as we get older.

What should I be doing, who should I be doing it with and when should it all be done by????

Life is a game, but how do we play it? In a world where there are winners and losers, playing fair doesn’t always see you right. A roll of a dice can change everything.

Theatre New Writing - Part of GM Fringe 

Saturday 12th July  & Sunday 13th July 7.30pm 

Produced By Salford Arts Theatre in association with To ​The Left Productions

Brought together by their father’s death, sisters Bea and Eleanor reunite at their childhood home for the first time in four years. 

As they sort through their parent's belongings they relive childhood memories, uncover truths and try to reconnect despite their broken up bringing.

Supporting in conjunction with The Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award 

Theatre New Writing  -  Part of GM Fringe 

Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th July 7.30pm 

Overwhelm tells the story of three young men at a crossroads, each battling his own demons in a world that demands every bit of his soul. Jake has barely left the flat in months. Miles is moving on with his life. And Riley may be sinking below rock bottom… perhaps even six feet under. Jake is determined to pull Riley out of the mire, but how can he help someone else when he can’t even help himself? 

From the award-winning team that brought you Sessions, “a strong, convincing two-hander about generational cycles of offending…”, Working Progress Collective’s newest project explores male loneliness, the dangers of online radicalization, addiction, and co-dependence.

Ages 14+ (Guideline), contains strong language, themes of violence, substance abuse, and misogyny. 

Theatre New Writing  - Part of GM Fringe

Thursday 17th July 7.30pm 

A **** comedy show about being British -ish

Award winning Becky Fury uses her identity as a mixed race UK born person to investigate what it means to be British - ish. British-ish is a fast paced hour which makes a serious and seriously silly effort to redefine Britishness, British historical figures and what makes Britain great.

Colonialism is also discussed as Becky’s family is Anglo Indian, a mixed race culture bred by the British to run the Raj. The British-ish of the title.

Many of the shows funniest moments come from Becky’s honest insight and story telling skills; discussing her experiences dealing with casual and not so casual rascism. This serious subject is dealt with Becky’s trademark mischievous humour and is a perceptive hot take on what is often a decisive and very current social issue.

If you can feel proud, for example, that the three lions were originally from Africa and have been clearly made to feel so at home here, then this is the show for you.

If you can feel proud, for example, that the three lions were originally from Africa, then this is the show for you ****

Theatre Comedy  - Part of GM Fringe

Friday 18th July 7.30pm 

Performed in our theatre bar  - The Fourth Wall Bar 

Following from the original (***** Lancaster Guardian), the search continues for the one quantifiable measurement capable of conquering our anxieties and convincing the world we are enough. Will Dean succeed, or will there always be a sequel?

Bar Event Performance Poetry - Part of GM Fringe

Saturday 19th July & Sunday 20th July 7.30pm 

Produced By Salford Arts Theatre in association with To ​The Left Productions

Boys We Knew follows three best friends, Liam, CJ and Jasper, who spend their time between their B-Tech music college and house parties.

The boys originally seem to maintain a toxic dynamic in their misogynistic attitudes and dispassion for progress.There is a breaking in the group dynamic as Liam attempts to free himself from a future consumed by drugs and repressive behaviour, finding hope in a friendship with a bright girl named Angelica. 

However, Liam finds difficulty in distancing from the cultural norms of the white, working class.

Supported through The Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award 

Theatre New Writing - Part of GM Fringe

Tuesday 22nd July & Wednesday 23rd July 7.30pm 

Opposites don’t always attract!

When a rather serious and logically minded ‘Pye’ is thrown into confinement with a bouncy, bubbly and slightly unhinged ‘Happy’, the pair have little choice but to get to know each other better.

Join these two very different characters as they are forced to confront, not only each other, but perhaps even themselves.

Happy as Pye is abstract in style and invites the viewer to decide what is real and what is not.

This play delves into the minds of two surreal characters that hold very different outlooks on life. Or do they? These characters could just as easily be as one and only by hashing it out can they truly explore what it means, or doesn't mean, to be 'happy'!

Theatre New Writing - Part of GM Fringe

Thursday 24th July 7.30pm 

New Writing from Tenderfoot Theatre A drag queen and a mallard duck walk into a bar...

In the not-too-distant future of our concrete state, a prohibition on green space is in full swing. 

With every park, field, and grass verge bought up by the bourgeoisie, one dilapidated public toilet houses nature’s speakeasy.

Welcome to Club OutHaus - an illegal underground haven for joggers, dog walkers, and ducks alike to relish in the benefits of nature in the shadows, tended to by the club’s cabaret stars. The story follows Magnolia (the glamourous drag queen), Durt Bag (the club’s Drag King MC), Gina (an aspiring singer and starlet), Kristoff the Mallard Duck (a circus performer) and Sunny (the club’s bartender) as they work together to keep the club open for those who need it, and out of the hands of the Green Police.

OutHaus is a 5-hander play that explores the rapid decline of green space access in the North West in a tongue-in-cheek, high-energy cabaret that brings together the magic of nature with the power of people. In 2020, Friends of the Earth released a report on England’s ‘Green Space Gap’ detailing the extent of green space deprivation in the UK – with many neighbourhoods in the North West ranking ‘E’ – a category reserved for areas that are most deprived of green space access. This project aims to reconnect communities in these category E areas with the magic of green space through a show that is fun, hilarious, high-energy and galvanising, equipping audiences with the tools to fight for access.

The play also explores sub-themes of the diminishing access to queer space and art space in the UK – with the OutHaus holding space for all three. It also seeks to hold space for the non-human stories taking place in our green spaces across the country, and the unique threats faced by our animal and insect friends.

Theatre New Writing - Part of GM Fringe

Friday 25th July & Saturday 26th July 7pm 

Theatre show exploring the human price of innovation and hubris. It follows the story of Elliott Walton, a young researcher working on an AI project with her colleague Dr Michael Blomquist. 

The pair are working on a technology that would theoretically upload somebody’s entire mind into an AI programme, with Elliott as the test subject. Suddenly, Elliott dies under mysterious circumstances, and Michael is accused of her murder - by the programme itself. 

A dramatic court case ensues that uncovers misconduct, conflict and obsession, with both sides trying to shift the blame.

Is the programme lying? Or is Michael?

Theatre Drama  - Part of GM Fringe

Friday 19th September 7.30pm 

Nick Bold’s George! is a spirited performance that is as close to what it was like to be at an actual George Harrison concert as you could ever imagine.

Manchester’s Nick Bold made his first mark on the music business in the 1980s as founding member, lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the British rock band Virginia Wolf.

The two hour plus performance is a tour de force that brings audiences to their feet with joy as Bold embodies the essence of Harrison with his virtuoso guitar playing and spot-on vocals. It’s all there, George’s biggest Beatles hits and all of his wonderful post-breakup solo material.

Theatre  Music Tribute

Sunday 28th September 2pm 

This one is just for adults

Ilaria is an award winning storyteller for all ages. 

She works with museums, theatres art galleries, festivals and libraries. 

She writes and performs funny stories and comedic essays. 

‘Twisting, uplifting and constantly funny’ 

British Theatre Guide 

‘Masterful storytelling’

Lost in Theatre Land

‘Ilaria’s stories are beyond exciting!’

The Lowry Theatre

Bar Event - Storytelling 

Wednesday 22nd October 7.30pm 

Dickens meets disaster in this fast-paced comedy. Four actors attempt the impossible: performing every Charles Dickens novel in one show. Brace yourself for witty wordplay, lots of fake beards, and more chaos than Victorian workhouse!

The award-winning Northern Comedy Theatre unleash their latest show across the UK starring Coronation Street legend Steven Arnold (aka Ashley Peacock). From the pen of David Spicer this is a twist on Dickens that even Oliver would ask for more.

What the Dickens are you waiting for? Get your tickets now!

Theatre - Comedy 

Sunday 7th September 2pm 

'Picture This' (Formerly known as 'Sheedyfrost') will be appearing in Concert with Swiss based Band 'Taradiddle' 

The afternoon will include a mixture of their own songs crafted over the last 50 years by Paul and Vincent!  They will include Love Songs, Songs about Salford and Manchester and  songs that push the imagination back into the past and forward into the present. There is much Humour as well as wry comment about the Human situation. 

Since the passing of Vincent Sheedy, the flag of performance has been taken up by Paul Frost, Helen Hall, Max Jones and Lisa McGlinn. They have kept alive the spirit and brilliance of Vincent's talent. 

Taradiddle present a perfect balance of international, traditional and contemporary songs with intelligent, skilful ease and a blend of voices made in heaven. Taradiddle are a delight!

Rick Kemp, folk-rock legend (Steeleye Span, Michael Chapman)

Taradiddle is mostly about the singing: voices raised in carefully crafted harmony, sometimes acapella, sometimes accompanied by guitars, mandolas and other noisemakers.

Music Event  - Original & Folk