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 November–December 2021
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QWEERSHORTS - Halloween Special
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QWEERSHORTS - Halloween Special
QWEERSHORTS - Halloween Special - our exciting night of new LGBTQ+ short plays, monologues and poetry but with a spooky twist!
Qweerdog want to use their experience of producing their own work, (Absolute Certainty?, OUT) to help other new writers take their words from the page to the stage. QWEERSHORTS is a regular night, with a mix of script-in-hand new plays along with fully rehearsed complete performances, all with an LGBTQIA bent!
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QWEERSHORTS - Halloween Special
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QWEERSHORTS - Halloween Special
QWEERSHORTS - Halloween Special - our exciting night of new LGBTQ+ short plays, monologues and poetry but with a spooky twist!
Qweerdog want to use their experience of producing their own work, (Absolute Certainty?, OUT) to help other new writers take their words from the page to the stage. QWEERSHORTS is a regular night, with a mix of script-in-hand new plays along with fully rehearsed complete performances, all with an LGBTQIA bent!
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The Colourful Greens
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The Colourful Greens
Join the colourful individuals of The Greens Family for a night of Romance, Drama, Suspense, Comedy and …Murder. Edward Green has decided to move on to his personal assistant after 25 years of marriage to Sally. Ruby, Sally's sister convinced her to hire a private detective to spy on her husband Edward. However, a blackmailing strategy from the Private Detective takes a sinister turn...So sit back and let all the twists and turns unravel in front of your eyes. Expect pure drama above all!
Quiz NightQuiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
The Colourful Greens
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The Colourful Greens
Join the colourful individuals of The Greens Family for a night of Romance, Drama, Suspense, Comedy and …Murder. Edward Green has decided to move on to his personal assistant after 25 years of marriage to Sally. Ruby, Sally's sister convinced her to hire a private detective to spy on her husband Edward. However, a blackmailing strategy from the Private Detective takes a sinister turn...So sit back and let all the twists and turns unravel in front of your eyes. Expect pure drama above all!
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Saturday Night Special - The Welly House Band
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Saturday Night Special - The Welly House Band
Following their debut online performance for the Chengdu International Sister Cities Youth Music Festival, The Welly House Band hit The Kings Arms for a night of punked up jazz shit. Support comes from local post-punkers; Harpans Kraft.
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Saturday Night Special: An Evening with Ríoghnach Connolly and Ellis Davies
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Saturday Night Special: An Evening with Ríoghnach Connolly and Ellis Davies
“(Connolly is) A remarkable singer and flautist...who can ease from Irish traditional influences to soul.” - The Guardian
“Within each of Ríoghnach’s music projects, there is a welter of ideas and
innovations” - Irish News
Join us for an intimate duo show in the King's Arms with Ríoghnach Connolly and Ellis Davies. Over the first lockdown, the pair honed their usual set into something more varied and personal in their series of livestreams, Live From the Back Room.
This is a rare chance to see them perform this set in the flesh.
Ríoghnach Connolly, BBC Folk Singer of the Year 2019, and Ellis Davies have been playing together for nearly 20 years – as long as they have been a couple.
Together they have graced stages as far away as Brazil and Singapore, and recorded under Ríoghnach’s name, as festival favourites Honeyfeet and as Beware Soul Brother, along with Mendi Singh.
As a duo, they are unencumbered with the need to stick to one stylistic path and instead weave influences from folk, soul, hiphop, jazz and blues together to create an eclectic and intricate sound.
Ríoghnach’s bands The Breath & Honeyfeet are currently working on new studio albums.www.honeyfeet.org
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College of Deviants Live - Stand up Special
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College of Deviants Live - Stand up Special
Join us for an evening of Stand Up Comedy by our collective of creatives!
Hosted by Cameron Jones this night will showcase new stand up comedy by a collective of creative people, most of whom have never done it before!!!
It's going to be a wonderful night... with a few surprises... NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
OOMPH
OOMPH
The land of OOMPH will feature four uniquely strange and hilarious comedy shorts, stories all the way from Athens and back to your grandma's kitchen.
OOMPHOOMPH
The land of OOMPH will feature four uniquely strange and hilarious comedy shorts, stories all the way from Athens and back to your grandma's kitchen.
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Oomph
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Oomph
The land of OOMPH will feature four uniquely strange and hilarious comedy shorts, stories all the way from Athens and back to your grandma's kitchen.
Oomph–
Oomph
The land of OOMPH will feature four uniquely strange and hilarious comedy shorts, stories all the way from Athens and back to your grandma's kitchen.
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The College of Deviants Social Club
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The College of Deviants Social Club
The social event of the year has arrived, the most fun you can have for £5 in Manchester on a Friday night (Legally).
A range of party games hosted by Cameron Jones with a variety of performances in comedy, music and more for YOUR Friday night entertainment. Get a ticket and join The College of Deviants Social Club NOW
Doors: 7pm.
Event starts at 7.30pm sharp
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Verbose with Flo Cornall and Ruth Awolola
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Verbose with Flo Cornall and Ruth Awolola
Our debut at The King's Arms could not have been more wonderful, so don't miss November's edition featuring two brilliant headliners in Flo Cornall and Ruth Awolola!
Our award-winning evening of live literature and spoken word is free or pay-what-you-want so please book your seats via the ticket link.
If you'd like a spot on our talented bill of open mic acts please emails us at verbosemanchester@gmail.com -
I Don't Feel Anything by Savannah Acquah Storey
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I Don't Feel Anything by Savannah Acquah Storey
This show is a part of the University Of Manchester Drama Society's Autumn Fringe Theatre Season.
Synopsis:
Three young people tell us they don’t feel anything. They don’t feel so that they can cope. They don’t feel because they’ve been told that they can’t. But through dance and connection, they find a way to feel. I Don’t Feel Anything dips in and out of monologues from each character, where we see intimate glimpses into their lives.Creative Team:
Director: Savannah Acquah Storey
A.D: Eleanor Haigh
Producer/Design: Haley YiuCast:
A - Rosa Sanchez-Johnson
B - Josh Jeremiah
C - Letitia Rhoden-ThomasQuiz NightQuiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
I Don't Feel Anything by Savannah Acquah Storey
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I Don't Feel Anything by Savannah Acquah Storey
This show is a part of the University Of Manchester Drama Society's Autumn Fringe Theatre Season.
Synopsis:
Three young people tell us they don’t feel anything. They don’t feel so that they can cope. They don’t feel because they’ve been told that they can’t. But through dance and connection, they find a way to feel. I Don’t Feel Anything dips in and out of monologues from each character, where we see intimate glimpses into their lives.Creative Team:
Director: Savannah Acquah Storey
A.D: Eleanor Haigh
Producer/Design: Haley YiuCast:
A - Rosa Sanchez-Johnson
B - Josh Jeremiah
C - Letitia Rhoden-Thomas -
I Don't Feel Anything by Savannah Acquah Storey
N/A
I Don't Feel Anything by Savannah Acquah Storey
This show is a part of the University Of Manchester Drama Society's Autumn Fringe Theatre Season.
Synopsis:
Three young people tell us they don’t feel anything. They don’t feel so that they can cope. They don’t feel because they’ve been told that they can’t. But through dance and connection, they find a way to feel. I Don’t Feel Anything dips in and out of monologues from each character, where we see intimate glimpses into their lives.Creative Team:
Director: Savannah Acquah Storey
A.D: Eleanor Haigh
Producer/Design: Haley YiuCast:
A - Rosa Sanchez-Johnson
B - Josh Jeremiah
C - Letitia Rhoden-Thomas -
Desk Jockey Presents
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Desk Jockey Presents
An evening at The Kings Arms with poetry readings from Jude Sides and Geoff Nowell. Joining these local legends will be Desk Jockey residents Waxtap and The Welly House Jam Band.
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
An age old festival tale is brought to life by Carnival for the whole family to enjoy!
Award winning* theatre company Carnival of Eternal Light return to the stage with their very first seasonal production - A Christmas Carol. Based on the immensely popular and legendary novella of Charles Dickens Carnival bring to life this much loved classic as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is taught the error of his ways and taken on a voyage across the past, present and future of his life. As Scrooge comes to face to face with Ghosts of Christmas’ Past, Present and Yet to Come can this cruel old man redeem his soul?
A Christmas Carol is Carnival’s fourth show overall after the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adaptation The Looking Glass, the original superhero based Elysiad and their GM Fringe 2020 production The Delirium of Phobos. It is adapted and written by Actor, Playwright and Carnival founder Franklyn Jacks who writes under his pen name of J.F.Cornes.
*LIVERPOOL FRINGE FESTIVAL 2019 BEST DESIGN AWARD - ELYSIAD
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A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
An age old festival tale is brought to life by Carnival for the whole family to enjoy!
Award winning* theatre company Carnival of Eternal Light return to the stage with their very first seasonal production - A Christmas Carol. Based on the immensely popular and legendary novella of Charles Dickens Carnival bring to life this much loved classic as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is taught the error of his ways and taken on a voyage across the past, present and future of his life. As Scrooge comes to face to face with Ghosts of Christmas’ Past, Present and Yet to Come can this cruel old man redeem his soul?
A Christmas Carol is Carnival’s fourth show overall after the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adaptation The Looking Glass, the original superhero based Elysiad and their GM Fringe 2020 production The Delirium of Phobos. It is adapted and written by Actor, Playwright and Carnival founder Franklyn Jacks who writes under his pen name of J.F.Cornes.
*LIVERPOOL FRINGE FESTIVAL 2019 BEST DESIGN AWARD - ELYSIAD
Quiz NightQuiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Stained Glass Lives
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Stained Glass Lives
‘Stained Glass Lives’ is a series of monologues reimagining the lives of traditional nativity characters through contemporary eyes.
A night of live theatre and music taking off the holy halos and grounding the narrative in current earthy issues.
Schoolgirl, Mary, wonders where the next meal is coming from whilst dreaming of a better world for her new born baby.
When Joseph is wrongfully accused of forcing himself upon his girlfriend, a knock to the head brings heavenly hallucinations.
A homeless man follows a strange vision which leads to a young couple and their baby in a squat.
A renowned professor exhausted from a life of education finds wisdom in an unexpected place.
Set in contemporary Salford, ‘Stained Glass Lives,’ explores issues of homelessness, teenage pregnancy, food banks, the pandemic and many more whilst remaining true to the essence of a nativity.
From Matt Britton, writer and producer of 2014’s Christmas sell-out show ‘All is calm,’ starring the best of North West’s emerging actors, with live music from Manchester singer songwriter, Emma Mould.
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Saturday Night Special: Deskjockey Presents
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Saturday Night Special: Deskjockey Presents
Deskjockey presents a new night of local experimental music. Expect to hear spasmodic stabs of dissonance as we welcome Manchester’s own Humint to The Kings Arms, Salford. Support comes from post-punk outfit; Harpans Kraft and Deskjockey residents; Wax-Tap and Ned Ludd.
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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! -
New Years Eve Lock In
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New Years Eve Lock In