Dr Stephen Hornby announces the nominees for Best Comedy Play at the Greater Manchester Fringe awards @stephenmhornby @salforduni @uos_artsmedia@uos_performance
The nominees were:
My Last Two Brain Cells @mylasttwobraincellls @kingssalford
With Love, Mr Gay by Joshua Val Martin @jvmartin92 @georgebury_ @socialrefugemcr
Natter @qweerdog @edgemanchester
Faith @_mike_heath_ @write4thestage @hiomemcr
And the winner is NATTER…
Stewart Campbell - Director/Producer.
Joe Henry-Evans - Writer/Actor @urownpersonaljosus
John Thacker - Actor @johnjosephthacker
The Greater Manchester Fringe awards 2024 were held @homemcr
Photography by Craige Barker @craigeb
In 1980s Salford; Helen & Linda, two old ‘women’, grapple with useless husbands, a homosexual son and what’s on telly while they natter!
*Please note, Helen and Linda may, or may not, be played by two gay men in dresses!
Natter is a one-act comedy, written and starring Joe Henry-Evans - alongside fellow local actor, John Thacker. Natter began life as a twenty-minute short at Qweerdog’s new writing event, Qweer Shorts. Opening initially at The King’s Arms, Salford before transferring to Hope Mill Theatre last year, and touring to Liverpool shortly after. The show has now been developed into a longer, one-act play, directed by Qweerdog’s Stewart Campbell.
#comedy #play #comedyplay #theatre #stage #actors #natter #lgbtq #gmfringe #fringetheatre #greatermanchetserfringe #manchesterfringe #awardwinning #winners #nominees #gmfringeawards
Festival director and go-founder @lisaconnor83 announces the Audience Choice shortlist…
● Nuns of Fury @rocket.whip @thefitznq
● Life After @lifeafter.play @whitefieldgarrick
● Black Spring @halcyonroomprod @kingssalford
● Revival of the Fittest @_revivalofthefittest @theemptyspacemediacity
● Natter @qweerdog @edgemanchester
And the winner was @_revivalofthefittest @theemptyspacemediacity
Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2024 @homemcr
Photography at the awards and before the show by Craige Barker @craigeb
#audiencechoice #votedbyyou #popular #winner #gmfringe #manchesterfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #salford #manchester #comedy #sketchshow #cultclassics #britishhumour #theatre #fringetheatre #soldout
Villain Sebastien Moran was played by Louis Taithe @lou.tthe @e_5productions
Thank you @salfordartstheatre for staging The Man in the Shadows
@gallagher_kyle tbbull1998 @alex.richards.acting @giorgio_savino @nicolek_4560
Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2024 @homemcr photography by Craige Barker @craigeb
#sherlockholmes #drwatson #marywatson #lestrade #elementary #sherlockplay #baddie #bakerstreet #gmfringe #fringe #manchester #homemanchester #fight #villain #greatermanchesterfringe #theatre #play #stage #actor #writer #drama
Congratulations @jardel_ricardo_rodrigues Jay Mitra @punkofcolour and everyone who got up on stage for the open mic @verbosemcr organised by @ilariathestoryteller @alicia_makes as part of Greater Manchester Fringe 2024 👏👏👏
Winners of Best Spoken Word at Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2024 @homemcr
Award photography by Craige Barker @craigeb
Also nominated were:
● Life in Progress with Michael Jacob
● Chris Tavener is Faking Cool @christavener
● Picking by @ameliarslater presented by @blueballoonmcr and directed by @selinahproductions @selina.jayne
Thank you @gulliversnq and @kingssalford for staging these shows.
Best Play: Dear Eliza written by Barbara Diesel and directed by Helen Parry at the Kings Arms in Salford.
@bb.diesel
@dearelizaplay
@kingssalford
Presented by @nugeynorth @northern_souls_
Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2024 @homemcr
Photography at the awards by Craige Barker @craigeb
Photographs of the play by Shay Rowan @shayster57
Thank you to all the reviewers and audiences for your feedback.
Sara Jane Harvey thank you speech - Best Newcomer for @neurochatter @thefitznq @kingssalford
Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2024 @homemcr
Tickets for Neurochatter 19-23 August 2024 @edfringe https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/neurochatter
#theatre #comedy #drama #psychodrama #bestnewcomer #onewomanshow #manchester #salford #gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #manchesterfringe #edinburghfringe
Congratulations @qweerdog @urownpersonaljosus @johnjosephthacker on winning Best Comedy Play for Natter @edgemanchester as part of Greater Manchester Fringe 2024.
Directed by Stewart Campbell
Written and starring Joe Henry-Evans
Also starring John Thacker
Natter started life as a 15 minute short at Qweer Shorts @kingssalford before transferring to @hopemilltheatre
Thank you to all the teams and the venues for your support 👏👏👏
Hear more about this show in this interview with @ianrothwell.mr on @salfordcradio on YouTube https://youtu.be/ZaHlTOhZJbY?si=SWkByZzgZMqzRHb1
#comedy #comedyplay #gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #salford #manchester #qweerdog #lgbtq #chorlton #hopemilltheatre
Dr Stephen Hornby presenting the award for Best Comedy Play. The shortlist was…
Natter @qweerdog @urownpersonaljosus
My Last Two Brain Cells @mylasttwobraincellls
With Love Mr Gay @jvmartin92 @georgebury_
Faith @_mike_heath_ @write4thestage
Thank you @stephenmhornby @salforduni @uos_artsmedia @uos_performance
#comedyplay #gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #manchesterfringe #manchester
Revival of the Fittest won the Audience Choice Award @_revivalofthefittest
Congratulations @its_mikepope @callumansley @mica__young @paulantony_x @joshvinceactor @danielbruceacting and all the team @theemptyspacemediacity for making such a massive impression this year.
We can’t wait for the revival of the revival!
Presented by @lisaconnor83
#gmfringe #gmfringeawards #audience #audiencechoice #votedbyyou #comedy #salford #mediacity #gmfringe #popular #votes #votedbythepeople #cultclassics #sketchshow #sitcoms #youngones #bottom #abfab #victoriawood #vicarofdibley #blackadder #leagueofgentlemen #tributes #revival #bumsonseats #soldout
Thank you to all the venues and your teams for your support during Greater Manchester Fringe @carlaustinbehan @queerlituk announcing the Queer Lit Award with a little help from host @jonathanmayor
#gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #manchester #comedy #lgbtq #theatre #stage #newwriting
After party @jk0_91 @bunnyjacksonmcr
Helen Nugent @northern_souls_ at Grater Manchester Fringe presenting Best Play to @dearelizaplay @homemcr
Congratulations @rocket.whip winners of Best Ensemble for Nuns of Fury at the Greater Manchester Fringe Awards @homemcr - @livvssquivvs @emilymillington96 @mollyhirst1 @lukerichards_92 #manchester
Mike Heath @_mike_heath_ presenting the @write4thestage award to @jvmartin92 for With Love, Mr Gay accepted by @georgebury_ at The Greater Manchester Fringe Awards 2024 @homemcr #manchester
Last chance to see BAD MOULT, Tuesday 30 July at 7pm @kingssalford 11 Bloom Street, Salford.
An award-winning darkly comic monologue that brings us into the troubled mind of Roach @collyconnor a man in crisis who, driven mad by the pressures of modern society, has resorted to living out his days in a commercial waste wheelie bin.
From this pulpit of capitalist compost, Roach takes us on a warped journey: from his heyday in the Britpop 90s, through to his fall from grace in the tech-crazy Noughties and beyond - ultimately, sharing how he became a king amongst vermin in the godforsaken rubbish tip he now lives.
Part social satire, part cautionary tale, Robin Cantwell’s Bad Moult won the Cambridge Creatives Playwrighting Award 2023 and these performances are the first time its been performed live on stage.
Directed by @oliver_hurst
Presented by @redbricktheatre_
Tickets https://greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk/events/bad-moult/
#drama #theatre #monologue #comedy #britpop #1990s #satire #RobinCantwell #awardwinning #onemanplay #gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #manchesterfringe #manchester #newwriting #worldpremiere #debut #stage #liveshow #lastnight
🚨 Some tickets available for PICKING tonight (MONDAY) 7.30pm @gulliversnq but tomorrow (TUESDAY) is SOLD OUT! 🔥🔥🔥
So hurry! Book now via
https://greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk/events/picking/
Written by Amelia Slater
Directed by the award-winning theatre-maker, Selina Helliwell
Produced by the award-nominated Jas Nisic, Blue Balloon Theatre
📍Gullivers, 109 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LW
⌚ 29th & 30th July @ 7.30-8.30pm
🎟️ £5/£10
@blueballoonmcr
@ameliarslater
@selinahproductions
#gulliverslounge #manchester #theatre #gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #manchesterfringe #onewomanshow #dating #mentalhealth
Picking 28-30 July 7.30pm @blueballoonmcr @gulliversnq is a love letter to the overthinkers, worriers, and the anxiously attached. Through the eyes of Catherine, audiences will journey through her experiences with mental health, obsession, friendships, and the often awkward world of sex and dating. It spotlights the challenges of being a twenty-something adult when self confidence and emotional stability feels like an impossible puzzle.
“I don’t need a man to validate me. I just need myself. Self love, guys! Am I right? Self love. Love thy self. That’s my new era. The era of self-loving, living and laughing. F*** everyone else.”
From vagina charts to giant gnats taking over the world, Catherine confides to the audience about her spiralling thought patterns that take centre stage after her flatmate Liv decides to stay at her boyfriend’s for the weekend. In a desperate bid to escape her biggest enemy, she ditches her dingy Manchester flat, leftover Dominoes and ginger cat Malcolm to find comfort in a clarinet-playing, DM-drowning red flag. Grappling with the idea of giving a “nice boy” a chance, Catherine entertains the idea of dating women, while also chasing a desperate need for validation from men, the audience, and most importantly herself.
Directed by the multi-award-winning theatre maker, performer, and director Selina Helliwell @selinahproductions known for her acclaimed one-woman play “The Formidable Lizzie Boone,” which won Best New Producer at the 2021 GM Fringe Awards.
Written by Amelia Slater @ameliarslater
Directed by Selina Helliwell @selinahproductions
Produced by the award-nominated Jas Nisic @jas nisic
Blue Balloon Theatre is a female and non- binary led Manchester-based production company co-founded by @rebeccaphythian and @jasnisic
📍Gullivers, 109 Oldham St, Manchester M4 1LW
⌚ 28th, 29th & 30th July @ 7.30-8.30pm
🎟️ £5/£10
Tickets https://greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk/events/picking/
#lgbtqia #mentalhealth
It Is What It Is, 26-27 July at 9pm @kyrajscott @kingssalford a queer, dark comedy with no filter @canalstreetmedia
“Yeah, I guess this play fits into the ‘Coming of Age’ category, but don’t worry there’s no crying over boys, unaccepting parents, or motivational teachers.
“However, there are plenty of honest details about growing up as a lass in the 21st century, details that are usually confined to drunk conversations in a bathroom. But I’m here to chat about them. Sober. On a stage. Anyway…
“Inabit, Isobella x”
This one-woman play explores themes of bisexuality, feminism and mental health all wrapped in a blanket of sarcastic dark humour with a good serving of honest reality.
CW: swearing, sexual language, mentions of suicide and mental illness (recommended age 15+)
Written & performed by Kyra Scott
Produced & directed by Kyra Scott
Technical design by Kyra Scott
(Kyra took “one-woman” very literally when creating this piece)
Tickets https://greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk/events/it-is-what-it-is/
#lgbtq #drama #play #theatre #queer #darkcomedy #comedy #kyrascott #salford #kingsarms #gmfringe #greatermanchesterfringe #manchesterfringe #honest #comingout #openingup #mentalhealth #conversations #inspirational #drunkconversations #bathroomchat #bisexuality #feminism #humour #reality #swearing #sexuality #suicide #triggerwarning #motivation
