Operated by by sister company Rising Moon Productions, our dedicated events space can be used for theatre, comedy, live music, events and everything in between.
Events in August–September 2022
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
MORGANWAY - Live
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MORGANWAY - Live
Award Winning UK country rock band Morganway come to The Kings Arms to perform a special intimate live acoustic show on Friday 18th March. The band will be playing songs off their critically acclaimed debut album as well as brand new songs including their new single ‘Come Over’.
Striking six-part harmonies, energetic rhythms, catchy songs, and a fiercely formidable live act – Morganway have made quite the impression on the UK’s rising Americana scene. This Americana rock band is “like no other band out there right now…reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac” (Entertainment Focus).
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Ember & The Vixens
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Ember & The Vixens
Come one, come all and join the vixens for an adult's only night of entertainment, sparkling with burlesque, music and spoken word performances. Find the fiery fox within on August 20th.
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Family Tree
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Family Tree
Family Tree is a witty two-hander about a couple planning on having a child but are re-evaluating their living circumstance. The world is currently in a total disaster, there’s political unrest, the fear of war breaking out and to top it all off the ice caps are melting. Is having a child really the right decision to make, given the current climate of the world?
Through a surprising lifecycle of their relationship, the couple will explore and question their sense of family and change, hope, betrayal, and coincidence."Sensitivity Warnings of profanity, discussion of current world events and sexual references.Quiz NightQuiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Family Tree
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Family Tree
Family Tree is a witty two-hander about a couple planning on having a child but are re-evaluating their living circumstance. The world is currently in a total disaster, there’s political unrest, the fear of war breaking out and to top it all off the ice caps are melting. Is having a child really the right decision to make, given the current climate of the world?
Through a surprising lifecycle of their relationship, the couple will explore and question their sense of family and change, hope, betrayal, and coincidence."Sensitivity Warnings of profanity, discussion of current world events and sexual references. -
Family Tree
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Family Tree
Family Tree is a witty two-hander about a couple planning on having a child but are re-evaluating their living circumstance. The world is currently in a total disaster, there’s political unrest, the fear of war breaking out and to top it all off the ice caps are melting. Is having a child really the right decision to make, given the current climate of the world?
Through a surprising lifecycle of their relationship, the couple will explore and question their sense of family and change, hope, betrayal, and coincidence."Sensitivity Warnings of profanity, discussion of current world events and sexual references. -
Twenty Today
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Twenty Today
What does being twenty bring?For Pete Clapton, his teenage years were as free from worry as they should be. For his whole life, he’s lived in the same city, same apartment. Ever since his parents passed away, it’s been just him and his Aunt Holly, on whom the family legacy lies, a confident role model for Pete and a big partier and traveller in her day.On the eve of his twentieth birthday, and the eve of a big interview that could take him out of his hometown forever, Pete reflects on the death of his parents and worries if he has the strength to leave it all behind somewhere new. As the teenager prepares for his party, he finds his friends are in the same position. There’s Mike, the captain of the football team who has never gotten on great with anyone at school. His arrogance makes him difficult to listen to, and his relationship with his father is far from ideal. Laurie is a midfielder in the same team. Though he is as sharp and stubborn as Mike, Laurie understands Pete’s nervousness and has always stuck close to him. With a secret relationship that crushes his confidence, Laurie relies on friendship more than ever, just as everything looks like it’s coming to an end.When the party’s over, and all the boys are finally twenty, they feel their individual stories drawing their focus away from home, and towards the rest of the world. When home’s your whole world, what do you turn to when you leave?Sensitivity Warnings: Drug reference, Sexual references, Family bereavement, Profanity and Homophobic remarksQuiz NightQuiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Twenty Today
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Twenty Today
What does being twenty bring?For Pete Clapton, his teenage years were as free from worry as they should be. For his whole life, he’s lived in the same city, same apartment. Ever since his parents passed away, it’s been just him and his Aunt Holly, on whom the family legacy lies, a confident role model for Pete and a big partier and traveller in her day.On the eve of his twentieth birthday, and the eve of a big interview that could take him out of his hometown forever, Pete reflects on the death of his parents and worries if he has the strength to leave it all behind somewhere new. As the teenager prepares for his party, he finds his friends are in the same position. There’s Mike, the captain of the football team who has never gotten on great with anyone at school. His arrogance makes him difficult to listen to, and his relationship with his father is far from ideal. Laurie is a midfielder in the same team. Though he is as sharp and stubborn as Mike, Laurie understands Pete’s nervousness and has always stuck close to him. With a secret relationship that crushes his confidence, Laurie relies on friendship more than ever, just as everything looks like it’s coming to an end.When the party’s over, and all the boys are finally twenty, they feel their individual stories drawing their focus away from home, and towards the rest of the world. When home’s your whole world, what do you turn to when you leave?Sensitivity Warnings: Drug reference, Sexual references, Family bereavement, Profanity and Homophobic remarks -
Twenty Today
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Twenty Today
What does being twenty bring?For Pete Clapton, his teenage years were as free from worry as they should be. For his whole life, he’s lived in the same city, same apartment. Ever since his parents passed away, it’s been just him and his Aunt Holly, on whom the family legacy lies, a confident role model for Pete and a big partier and traveller in her day.On the eve of his twentieth birthday, and the eve of a big interview that could take him out of his hometown forever, Pete reflects on the death of his parents and worries if he has the strength to leave it all behind somewhere new. As the teenager prepares for his party, he finds his friends are in the same position. There’s Mike, the captain of the football team who has never gotten on great with anyone at school. His arrogance makes him difficult to listen to, and his relationship with his father is far from ideal. Laurie is a midfielder in the same team. Though he is as sharp and stubborn as Mike, Laurie understands Pete’s nervousness and has always stuck close to him. With a secret relationship that crushes his confidence, Laurie relies on friendship more than ever, just as everything looks like it’s coming to an end.When the party’s over, and all the boys are finally twenty, they feel their individual stories drawing their focus away from home, and towards the rest of the world. When home’s your whole world, what do you turn to when you leave?Sensitivity Warnings: Drug reference, Sexual references, Family bereavement, Profanity and Homophobic remarks -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Grainne Hunt
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Grainne Hunt
Gráinne Hunt - contemporary nu-folk singer/songwriter.
Grainne has a rich background in performance and song writing. She is an experienced and versatile professional musician with a demonstrated history of working in the Arts. She has a music degree and some formal training in guitar and vocals.
With captivating vocals &insightful songs, she has toured extensively and performed on stage in Ireland, UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Czech, Austria, Slovenia and the US.
She has shared stages with Glen Hansard, opened for Gladys Knight and Eagle Eye Cherry, Declan O’Rourke, the Bay City Rollers and Kane Brown. Her influences range from The Dubliners to Joni Mitchell, and from Mary Black to John Mayer.
Her ‘gorgeous new album’ (RTE Radio 1), This Secret, was released in September 2019. ‘[A] seamlessly gentle fusion of Irish folk & Nashville backing, together with Gráinne’s gorgeous, slightly throaty vocal delivery’ (FolkRadio.co.uk), it was recorded with Grammy nominated Thomm Jutz (Nanci Griffith) & features the skills of Mark Fain (Ry Cooder) on bass & Lynn Williams (John Hiatt) on drums.
Alongside her solo project, Grainne is involved in
- Songs from Ireland - Irish traditional/classical project with award-winning guitarist Brendan Walsh. Album released April 2019.
- Hibsen - a recent collaboration with Jim Murphy. Together they have written 15 songs to reflect James Joyce’s Dubliners. Thanks to Arts Council funding, this album of songs has been recorded and will be released in early 2023
- club – in 2020 Gráinne founded an online songwriting group to support other musicians in their songwriting.
Following Covid lockdowns and cancellations, Gráinne took the time to focus on creating and collaborating. She performed for #IrelandPerforms, founded songwritercircle.club, created the first #AdventCalendarOfSong (recordings of 24 Christmas songs released on social media in Dec’20) and joined U2, Glen Hansard, & others for The Late Late Show Charity Busk raising €1.5m for the Simon Community. 2021 saw over 35 songs written, a focus vocal, guitar and home-recording skills, the launch of her #1981series, and some shows, live and streamed. Gráinne saw out 2021 with a full band live recording in Iontas Theatre, she has just completed the Kildare Creatives Development Programme with the Local Enterprise Office Kildare and is joining the cast of new folk musical In the Midst of Plenty this summer.
Gráinne is currently compiling songs for her next record, that will be recorded later this year.
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Paul Kerensa - The First Broadcast: The Battle for the Beeb in 1922
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Paul Kerensa - The First Broadcast: The Battle for the Beeb in 1922
A one-man play written and performed by British Comedy Award-winning writer Paul Kerensa (Miranda, Not Going Out, TFI Friday).
100 years ago, two rival voices in The Marconi Company unite art and science to create British broadcasting. Arthur Burrows seeks to inform and educate. Peter Eckersley just wants to entertain. Before Reith, this ‘BBC two’ duel for the soul of British broadcasting – but who will give The First Broadcast?Based on the podcast The British Broadcasting Century (podfollow.com/bbcentury).
Previously:
“Ingenious” Evening Standard
“As effortless a writer as he is a performer” The Stage
“Dazzlingly funny” The SpectatorPaul Kerensa - The First Broadcast: The Battle for the Beeb in 1922
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The Mad Grads: Monologue Slam
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The Mad Grads: Monologue Slam
The Mad Grads was set up by two recent 2021 ‘mad’ performing arts graduates Harriet Dixon and Gabriella Kitson. Both, just finishing their degrees at The Arden School of Theatre in Manchester, felt the arts had suffered massively during the COVID-19 pandemic. With performing opportunities in the North hard to come by in these trying times, especially for graduates, they decided to take initiative and create those opportunities to inspire themselves and other performers in the North.In January 2022 they held their first event a singing cabaret night ‘Spark of Creation’ giving 10 Northern based performers a platform to promote themselves. Back in March 2022 they produced ‘But Whose Heart? words & music of Graham Lappin’ to a sold out audience in a central Manchester location.The Mad Grads are back with a monologue slam on Friday 16th September 2022 at The Kings Arms Salford showcasing some amazing actors as they bring you a night of sharing stories. We look forward to seeing you all then.Please see our social links and come connect with us!Ticket price: £5Social links -Instagram: @themadgradsTwitter: @THEMADGRADS_Email: themadgradsinfo@gmail.com -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
West End: But Worse - Definitely Not Disney
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West End: But Worse - Definitely Not Disney
Manchester's Luke-Warmest Musical Theatre Stars are back! After time away from the stage, the West End: But Worse gang are back with a vengeance with a Brand New Musical Revue to show off all the singing, acting and dancing skills they never quite masteredAnd this time, they have a theme! Or at least they did, until the Cease and Desist letter arrived...So sit back, try your best to relax, as West End: But Worse mediocrely present...Definitely NOT Disney -
Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Recall
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Recall
Sophie has organised a surprise anniversary party for her parents in the same bar that they met. The family and friends are in on the surprise and stay quietly in the dark when the couple arrive. Surprise! The 80's disco themed party flashes back and forward in time from 1989 to the present exploring different character's memories of what happened that night when Alex met Nick. Each flashback gives clues that unleash a terrible secret, a mystery unravelling, a night some would rather forget. If Alex and Nick are to continue their relationship they need to tackle the demons from the past.