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Displaying events between 16 September 2025 and 30 September 2025
A Taste of Honey
Written by Shelagh Delaney
Directed by Carole Carr
Living in a filthy tenement bedsitter, 17-year-old Jo is deserted by her nagging peroxided mother, Helen, who is unaware that her daughter is pregnant by a black sailor.
To soothe, clean and cook for Jo is Geoff, an effeminate art student, with whom she makes a temporary home. Bruised by insensitivity and rejection, the boy and girl find a very real comfort in each other.
A stunning portrayal of the complex bond between a mother and daughter, who – despite their sharp bickering – are both holding on for that taste of honey.
This iconic play is a sharply observed portrait of working-class life in Salford in the late 1950s.
Age Guidance: 12 +
Warning: this production contains themes of alcohol abuse, racism, domestic violence, sexual themes, teenage pregnancy, homophobia, sexism, and ableism.
Dates: Tue 23, Wed 24, Thu 25, Fri 26, Sat 27, Sun 28
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Bleak Expectations
Written by Mark Evans
Directed by Pete Brassington
The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin…
Follow half-orphan Pip's extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of the dastardly Mr Gently Benevolent, defeat the hideous Hardthrasher siblings, and deflect disaster at every turn! Will evil be vanquished by virtue? Can love triumph over hate?
Mark Evans' stage play Bleak Expectations is a hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and definitely, probably, hopefully a happy ending.
Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, the play opened at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in 2022, directed by Caroline Leslie. It transferred to the Criterion Theatre in London's West End in 2023, where it featured a medley of many well-known actors and comedians.
Dates: Mon 29, Tue 30
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Manford's Comedy Club (19th Sep 25)
Full line up to be announced
Featuring some of the funniest, award-winning comedians on the UK comedy circuit. Every show has a different line-up of four top comedians, all personally chosen by Jason Manford!
Line-up: MICHAEL AKADIRI - STEVE SHANYASKI plus two more acts to be announced.
Doors open 7pm. Show starts 8pm.
Dates: Fri 19
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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: Inter Alia
Inter Alia is a new play by Suzie Miller.
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.
Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent.
When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?
Dates: Sun 21
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