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.
She was a BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist, and recently wrote and starred in her own Laugh Lesson for BBC Three. -
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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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 -
I AM NOT A ROBOT
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
When an ambitious, young politician and her best mate win a luxury holiday to a technologically advanced world, it's all fun and games until they come face to face with the dark side of A.I.
A new play set in the not too distant future, I AM NOT A ROBOT is a comedy exploring female friendship, class, the rapid acceleration of A.I and what that could mean for little old us.
***Trigger/content warning*** Includes drug misuse, profanity and references to Margaret Thatcher.
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
When an ambitious, young politician and her best mate win a luxury holiday to a technologically advanced world, it's all fun and games until they come face to face with the dark side of A.I.
A new play set in the not too distant future, I AM NOT A ROBOT is a comedy exploring female friendship, class, the rapid acceleration of A.I and what that could mean for little old us.
***Trigger/content warning*** Includes drug misuse, profanity and references to Margaret Thatcher.
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
When an ambitious, young politician and her best mate win a luxury holiday to a technologically advanced world, it's all fun and games until they come face to face with the dark side of A.I.
A new play set in the not too distant future, I AM NOT A ROBOT is a comedy exploring female friendship, class, the rapid acceleration of A.I and what that could mean for little old us.
***Trigger/content warning*** Includes drug misuse, profanity and references to Margaret Thatcher.
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
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I AM NOT A ROBOT
When an ambitious, young politician and her best mate win a luxury holiday to a technologically advanced world, it's all fun and games until they come face to face with the dark side of A.I.
A new play set in the not too distant future, I AM NOT A ROBOT is a comedy exploring female friendship, class, the rapid acceleration of A.I and what that could mean for little old us.
***Trigger/content warning*** Includes drug misuse, profanity and references to Margaret Thatcher.
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Cee Cee's Comedy Club
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Cee Cee's Comedy Club
Your favourite Saturday Night Comedy Club is back!
Headliner
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin:
Bróccán is an award-winning comedian, actor and performance poet.Debut poetry collection "Tiny Badger" available to order now!http://www.broccantyzack.bigcartel.com/Special guests Rheanon Lee & Adam EvansPlus two new acts TBCHosted by Cameron JonesAll this for a fiver!See you there! -
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.
Pay-what-you-can at the end but register in advance by emailing roblloydparry@hotmail.com -
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
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Verbose - with Talya Stitcher and Alex Calver
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Verbose - with Talya Stitcher and Alex Calver
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! Our open mic bill is now FULL for this event.
HEADLINERS
TALYA STITCHER
Talya is a cat-obsessed, challah-loving, pottery-attempting poet and photographer, whose work has been described as “warm and relatable, with an ability to vibrantly capture the small moments”. She produces Sounds Queer in Sheffield, celebrating and platforming Yorkshire’s queer community. Credits include UK New Artists 2021-22, Homos and Houmous, Ilkley LitFest Slam, Roundhouse Slam, and Leeds Queer Film Festival.
“Cinematic” – Joelle Taylor
@talyastitcher (Instagram)
@soundsqueer.sheffield (Instagram/Facebook)
@sounds_queer (Twitter)
ALEX CALVER
Alex Calver broke out in the poetry scene almost as gradually as he's figured out his identity; slowly at first, and then all at once. Starting in slam poetry, Alex has competed against some of the country's best young poets and even, on occasion, won. He's taken this success to mean that he's finally found something he's good at, and has since worked on giving back to the community that helped him so much.
Launching his own event, Poetry+, in April 2018, Alex has consistently attempted to push the boundaries of what spoken word is, and what can be done with it. Moving away from the Slam style that he grew so accustomed to, Alex's work explores the intricacies of identity, relationships and belonging, and the causes and effects of mental health and LGBTQ+ issues.
Alex is a member of the London Queer Writer's Collective, competed as part of Bath Spa's UniSlam Team for two consecutive years before becoming their co-coach and the UniSlam Social Media Manager, and is currently working on his first collection.
His status as a trans poet has been turning heads across Europe, through his performances at Edinburgh Fringe's acclaimed BBC Slam, Grizzly Pear's 'Community' event where he collaborated with fellow trans poet, Mikey Barnes, and the European Forum Alpbach in Austria where he taught and performed poetry in July 2019.
After taking a pandemic-curated hiatus from spoken word, Alex has returned to the scene reinvigorated, utilising it as a platform for activism through personal and narrative-led poetry.
"Like an old man whispering to his house plants, Alex's gentle presence will guide your mind to the light." - Shaun Hill
"He is the embodiment of a poem." - Rebecca Tantony
"Alex confronts vital themes - scary, but important subjects and sentiments - and does it in a way that will hook your heart strings and pull you into tomorrow." - Jasmine Gardosi