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 January–February 2022
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New Years Eve Lock In
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New Years Eve Lock In
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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! -
Saturday Night Special: Cee Cee's Comedy Club
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Saturday Night Special: Cee Cee's Comedy Club
Following on from the wildly popular King's Arms Camden Comedy Competition, we present the first Cee Cee's Comedy club of 2022!Join our host, Colin Connor as he welcomes our featured performers Adam Evans and Vikki Llobera/We also have the wonderful Ben Silver who will be headlining the event
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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! -
Saturday Night Special: Funk & Soul
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Saturday Night Special: Funk & Soul
Blowin' Wax are back for another funktastic audio-visual soirée - expect the finest 70s / 80s funk and soul selections with bizarro imagery, all night long. Not to be missed!
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Entertainment Club
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Entertainment Club
Welcome back to your favourite multi-genre hell cabaret. February’s line up includes:
Lenni Sanders
Lenni Sanders is a writer and performer based in Manchester, whose poetry pamphlet ‘Poacher’ came out with The Emma Press in 2019. Lenni has previously performed at nights such as A Comedy Night That Passes The Bechdel Test.
“Beguiling”- The Short Story,
“Unfortunately … awkwardly …”- The Manchester Review.
Garth Simmons
Garth Simmons is a multimedia artist. His first book Hole Punch has been confounding readers since its publication in 2020. He is also a visual artist and his work can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/garth_simmons/
Liberty Hodes
Liberty Hodes is some kind of performance artist or comedian or musician or something based in Newcastle. She is half of diy punk band The Slugs and half of A Comedy Night That Passes the Bechdel Test. She is enthusiastic and hard working, in reasonably good condition and comes from a smoke and pet free home. No time wasters please !
Ava Liversidge
I run, I don't walk. I live, there is fire inside and out of me, A war is coming and I will win. prepare for battle or don't I love comedy and I am on my way to the venue now.
pat
pat: diy audio software, noisy and glitchy.
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Featuring creations by Soft Mongoose, and the return of the universally loved Karaoke Segment!
Hosted by master of ceremonies, Jim John Harkness (“Veering towards a breakdown.” - The Guardian)
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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: Tom Blackwell
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Saturday Night Special: Tom Blackwell
"Gangly country blues from the wild west of Toxteth. Tom Blackwell
draws from his back catalogue, for an evening of candid tales and wide
ranging, soulful Americana."Anyone who has seen Tom Blackwell perform in one of the small, forgotten venues across the North of England he has haunted for over a decade will have witnessed a truly sublime singer-songwriter distilling his blues, folk, soul and gospel influences into what Bob Harris has rightly described as, 'Wonderful, heartfelt music'.
In 2018 Blackwell released the first of his Memphis series of albums. The new recordings are minimal, unadorned. There is nothing wasted or unnecessary cluttering the sound, just emotive vocals framed by quiet guitar and harmonica.
The essence of everything Blackwell does is in his singing voice - as plaintive and soulful an instrument as you could hope to hear. On stage he may punctuate with mournful harmonica and emphasise with expressive guitar, but it is the vocal that is the heart-rending centre of his art.
His lyrics are elemental, relying on natural metaphor and spare phrasing to render their stories; the resultant music has the close intimacy of The Cowboy Junkies, whilst Blackwell's voice has the emotional heft of Gavin Clark.
Blackwell sings his songs as if he is living them. Authentic songs that feel as if they are coming to you rolling across the plains and through dusty mid-Western streets. Songs that present all the emotional texture and depth of classic Americana - telling stories of bruised hopes, and fragmented settlements between yearning and loss - yet in a distinct, English voice.
Honest, without artifice, Blackwell's music just is what it is, and that is something genuinely remarkable.
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Quiz Night
Quiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Eugene Ripper-FREE IN MAIN BAR
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Eugene Ripper-FREE IN MAIN BAR
Seminal Canadian punk folk rock artist returns to Salford to promote
new single and limited 7” vinyl.From his roots with Canada’s first wave punk rockers Stark Naked and the Fleshtones and throughout an enduring solo career featuring a mashup of punk, folk, blues, rockabilly and rock n roll, Ripper continues to nail it down with a unique musical vibe. It’s well represented within his body of creative work including his latest offering - a single featuring his original number “The Hammer Comes Down” and B side “Cocaine Bill and Morphine Sue” (a cover of the Merle Travis classic in homage to the memory of Ripper’s father who was a mining man)
Limited edition 7” hand cut vinyl will be on sale at the show.
PRESS CLIPS
" Ripper puts spikes back in folk music. " VANCOUVER PROVINCE.
" One of the first acts I saw at the Sidewalk Cafe was Canadian Eugene Ripper playing with the inestimable Billy Ficca (Television) and seeming to be the very epitome of AntiFolk - Johnny Cash meets the Ramones "
ANTIMATTERS NYC" Ex guitar slinger for Stark Naked & The Fleshtones, now playing barbed, fast n furious folk, with a punk stance and a lyrical nod to Johnny Cash and film noir. Great stuff." SMASH LA
“One of Canada’s most respected yet underexposed songwriters”
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Billionaire's Row by Joel Wall–
Billionaire's Row by Joel Wall
Five billionaires, taken from across history, are placed in a room and charged with unethical hoarding of wealth. There is no judge, no jury, and no lawyers; they must speak to the public, constantly watching through cameras, and convince them that they alone deserve to live. With no exit or outside help, they are forced to discuss amongst themselves and use their words to try and ‘win’ their survival.
DIRECTOR: Max Cherry
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG: Joel Wall
PRODUCER: Conor Mather
DESIGNER: Amy Townsend
CAST: Giulia Fincato, Cecilia Alfonso-Eaton, Fraser Dawtrey, Hope Groizard, Haley Yiu Ka Lee -
Billionaire's Row by Joel Wall
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Billionaire's Row by Joel Wall
Five billionaires, taken from across history, are placed in a room and charged with unethical hoarding of wealth. There is no judge, no jury, and no lawyers; they must speak to the public, constantly watching through cameras, and convince them that they alone deserve to live. With no exit or outside help, they are forced to discuss amongst themselves and use their words to try and ‘win’ their survival.
DIRECTOR: Max Cherry
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG: Joel Wall
PRODUCER: Conor Mather
DESIGNER: Amy Townsend
CAST: Giulia Fincato, Cecilia Alfonso-Eaton, Fraser Dawtrey, Hope Groizard, Haley Yiu Ka LeeQuiz NightQuiz Night
Every Wednesday from 8pm is quiz night.
Test your Knowledge and win cash prizes! -
Billionaire's Row by Joel Wall
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Billionaire's Row by Joel Wall
Five billionaires, taken from across history, are placed in a room and charged with unethical hoarding of wealth. There is no judge, no jury, and no lawyers; they must speak to the public, constantly watching through cameras, and convince them that they alone deserve to live. With no exit or outside help, they are forced to discuss amongst themselves and use their words to try and ‘win’ their survival.
DIRECTOR: Max Cherry
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG: Joel Wall
PRODUCER: Conor Mather
DESIGNER: Amy Townsend
CAST: Giulia Fincato, Cecilia Alfonso-Eaton, Fraser Dawtrey, Hope Groizard, Haley Yiu Ka Lee -
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Turtle
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Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Turtle
Saboteur Award-winning wordboy Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin presents a new hour of stand-up comedy and poetry about all sorts of stuff.Sex toys, turtles and the intersection of Marx and the Spice Girls get a look in this time.People will call this spoken word. But all words are spoken if you say them.
"At the top of his game" - Bunbury Magazine
"A star." - Broadway Baby - Palatinate"Outstanding" - Salford Star
"Magnetic" - Review Number 9
"Brutally funny" - Mark Grist
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Freezehead Presents: Slow Knife, Godspeed You! Peter Andre, Aughra, The Duke of Zuke
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Freezehead Presents: Slow Knife, Godspeed You! Peter Andre, Aughra, The Duke of Zuke
Fr33zehead Records presents - ‘Saturday Night Special’
With music performances from:
Slow Knife
The horror drone band from Manchester & the soundtrack to your favourite B Movie. Imagine John Cooper Clarke and Tom Waits riding a bus to the 9th circle of hell, drinking bad wine and blasting the Marble Index on a shitty bluetooth speaker. Slow Knife are soon set to release their debut album 'Too Late For The Past' co-produced by Slow Knife and their mentor Lydia Lunch.Godspeed You ! Peter Andre GY!PA (Godspeed You! Peter Andre)
takes you from the chanting drones of the inner coven to the industrial dance floor of satanic hell. Summoned out of Manchester, GY!PA are the collision of Kaskie (The Death of Money / SVNTREADER) & Emer (Water / Fat Out). When joined the gothic duo take you on an intense journey into the deep psychosis of their inner dominatrix.Aughra
Recalling the visceral power of Shellac and the heady atmospherics of Cocteau Twins, Aughra’s strength lies in their brilliant use of contrasting moods and textures - one minute languorous, the next snarling and carnivorous. The end result – as shown on standout songs such as Dead Weight and Corpse White – is the sort of bewitching, mesmeric brew that wouldn’t sound out of place on a David Lynch soundtrack. David Sue (Manchester Evening News)The Duke Of Zuke
The Duke of Zuke is the musical moniker of London-based composer, Clint Trofa. Tracks are built up using layered guitar loops, drones, minimal electronics and other sounds, to create ethereal, delicate, haunting soundscapes. Like the grimy cityscape evoked by the soundtrack. -
California Dreamin'
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California Dreamin'
Nancy Langford, the daughter of a Hollywood Director, sneaks out to a party at the famous Playboy Bunny Mansion. Believing it to be another ordinary night, her world is thrown into a spin when she bumps into two members of the Manson Family Cult. Now, with a target on her back, she is pulled into their world with death as her only escape. Set to a soundtrack of the 60s, you'll relive the summer of love and uncover the dark secrets it keeps.
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Verbose with Camille McCawley and Rory Aaron
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Verbose with Camille McCawley and Rory Aaron
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