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 May–June 2022
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Jordan Brookes & Hannah Platt - work in progress
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Jordan Brookes & Hannah Platt - work in progress
A double bill of work in progress comedy shows from Jordan Brookes and Hannah Platt.
JORDAN BROOKES won the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe with his hit show 'I’ve Got Nothing'. He was also nominated for the same award in 2017 and won the Chortle Comedian’s Comedian Award in 2018.
As seen on Late Night Mash (Dave), Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV), Jordan’s award-winning stand-up show I’ve Got Nothing was recently released on Amazon Prime for the second season of Soho Theatre Live.
“Keeps the laughs coming… Glorious” Telegraph
“Keeps hitting laughter buttons with precision… Crazily, adorably funny” ScotsmanHANNAH PLATT has already been making her mark as a comic, having been described as “a voice of a new generation” by The Skinny and “a distinctive voice with something to say” by Chortle, never shying away from sensitive topics with brutal honesty and quick wit.
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Saturday Night Special: KIRK McELHINNEY TRIO
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Saturday Night Special: KIRK McELHINNEY TRIO
The quality of Kirk McElhinney’s songwriting, his voice and guitar playing is recognised by any who come across his work.
His sound once described by Nitin Sawney as “a melting pot of sonic bliss”, Kirk himself calls urban folk.
His songs and his delivery have an uncanny ability to capture people’s hearts and move minds and bodies.
On the road promoting his new album “You Are Not Your Past” on Manchester WorldFolk label Limefield,
https://kirkmcelhinney.bandcamp.com/album/you-are-not-your-past
he is joined by 2 artists in their own right.
Andy Hay on drums recently released his second album after the acclaimed “Many Rivers” made its mark on the British music scene and long time collaborator John Ellis has worked with The Cinematic Orchestra, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen, Tom Jones and too many more to mention.
All three blend together vocally and musically with real fire and soul.
Kirk is a national treasure with a universal aim. To see him with the trio is to see him truly in his element and not to be missed
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Qweer Shorts
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Qweer Shorts
QWEERSHORTS - our exciting night of new LGBTQ+ short plays returns...
Qweerdog are using their experience of producing new work (Absolute Certainty?, For I have Sinned, OUT) to help other new writers take their words from the page to the stage - all with an LGBTQIA bent!
QWEERSHORTS: Spring Collection is the third outing for this new regular event - the nights include a mix of plays, monologues and poetry -some script-in-hand, others fully rehearsed complete performances. Plus, a new platform for LGBTQIA companies to plug, tease and test their upcoming qweer shows.
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Qweer Shorts
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Qweer Shorts
QWEERSHORTS - our exciting night of new LGBTQ+ short plays returns...
Qweerdog are using their experience of producing new work (Absolute Certainty?, For I have Sinned, OUT) to help other new writers take their words from the page to the stage - all with an LGBTQIA bent!
QWEERSHORTS: Spring Collection is the third outing for this new regular event - the nights include a mix of plays, monologues and poetry -some script-in-hand, others fully rehearsed complete performances. Plus, a new platform for LGBTQIA companies to plug, tease and test their upcoming qweer shows.
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Van Gogh Sunflowers
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Van Gogh Sunflowers
Join for a creative evening of drinking and painting.
No previous experience necessary! Get your creative juices flowing and bush strokes going!
Our experts will guide you step by step to create your own masterpiece
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DeskJockey Presents
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DeskJockey Presents
Deskjockey presents an evening of poetry, performance art and music. Joining improvised free jazz troupe ‘Led Nudd’ are absurdist noisemongers ‘Rodney’ and local poet ‘Geoff Nowell’. -
Verbose with Betty Doyle and Dave Viney
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Verbose with Betty Doyle and Dave Viney
Manchester's award-winning spoken word event - every last Monday of the month at The King's Arms! Verbose brings a vibrant mix of spoken word and live literature from a talented bill of open mic acts and wonderful headliners. Expect poetry, prose and everything in between from a real community vibe that gladly welcomes all newcomers.
Tickets are FREE at the point of service but donation tickets are available and greatly appreciated! To apply for an open mic slot please email us at verbosemanchester@gmail.com -
Saturday Night Special: Lauren Young
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Saturday Night Special: Lauren Young
If Amy Winehouse and Tom Waits had a love child with a sweet, sweet voice, that blessed infant might not sound unlike Lauren Young. An accomplished classical pianist who can turn her hand to jazz, blues and even soul, Young creates a strikingly original sound, colouring her self-penned songs with an expansive emotional palette. But this is not painting by numbers! From big lush arrangements to whispered heart-break lullabies, the pain, the joy and the wonder are as real and tangible as Young’s Stockport roots. A rare jewel in Manchester’s grimy crown. Do not miss this artist!
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Saturday Night Special: Mark Greer, Clive Mellor, Andy Yates
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Saturday Night Special: Mark Greer, Clive Mellor, Andy Yates
Clive Mellor's hard fought skill and chutzpah have made him the go -to harmonica player for a gang of heroes of Brit -pop, he's teamed up with his amigo from The Lonesome & Penniless Cowboys, Mark Greer for this great Saturday Night Special event.Mark learnt slide guitar from a railway guard, aged 14, this is now his instrument of choice in repertoire encompassing, country, blues, gospel and glam rock. Andy Yates' erudite and insightful songs are backed by a fierce and determined rhythm infused with a pub rock ethic. Clive and Mark also starred in Cannon and Ball the musical, written and produced by Andy Yates. Rollmopski build on a foundation of music concrete with blocks of analog electronic instrumentation fashioning an explosive but beguiling phantasmorgraphia of noise and melodySaturday Night Special: Mark Greer, Clive Mellor, Andy Yates
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The Archive of Dread - work in progress
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The Archive of Dread - work in progress
Exeprience a test run of a material for a new solo literary storytelling show from Nunkie, the being behind The M R James Project, Gallery of Screams and The Time Machine.
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H P Lovecraft: Gallery of Screams
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H P Lovecraft: Gallery of Screams
H P Lovecraft: Gallery of Screams
Two weird tales adapted and performed by R M Lloyd Parry“Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around and call it a ‘Witches’ Sabbath or ‘Portrait of the Devil.’ But only a real artist can make it scare you…”
In these haunting short stories by H P Lovecraft, the American master of the weird tale, an art critic and a philosopher get pushed to edge of sanity by the images and sounds they confront.
Pickman’s Model introduces us to the uncannily brilliant paintings of Richard Upton Pickman, a genius shunned by the artistic establishment because of the sickening realism of his canvases. It is paired with The Music of Eric Zann, an eerie tale of inspiration and possession that Lovecraft himself counted as a personal favourite.
Robert Lloyd Parry has spend the last 15 years enacting The M R James Project, a series of one-man shows based on classic English ghost stories. Here he crosses the Atlantic to pay tribute to James’s exact contemporary – a stranger, sadder man but one with an arguably even greater talent for bringing nightmares to life.
“Utterly mesmerizing” The Washington Post
on The M R James Project