Enjoy The Show

28/01/2025

The roster for the next month is looking TIGHT ere at if we do say so ourselves. Plenty of good stuff this week for Independent Venue Week and loads more to come to our stage in Feb. Keep updated with our gigs on all socials, and you can find all your tickets and info at theferret.live - See you by the stage. X

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Loose Articles / The Red Stains / Fig by Four / Bryony Williams / Pocketknife / Palette / Antonia Sharples / Official: Lydia Lunch / Marc Hurtado / VICE VERA / The Dunwells / House of Wolves / Trenches - UK / Whinge / THE DSM IV / Mums / PILL FANGS / TV FACE / Gaylips / Material Goods / Those Fkkkkkg Snowflakes / Iggor Cavalera / Enjoy The Show / Pretentious Dross / Rook & The Rook and The Ravens / Ben & The Believers / The Remingtones / The Primevals / James King & The Lonewolves / Bhajan Bhoy / Walter Mitty’s Head / Palace Thieves / Alberta Cross / Seamus McLoughlin / Make the Ferret Mad Again / Alicia F / KOG / Jazzin' the Park Productions / North Fiyah Sound / Shenanigans / Stuckhome Syndrome / Popkids UK / Chris Hawkins Awesome Friends & MORE!

22/01/2025

📢 CALLING GREATER MANCHESTER ARTISTS

🧬 SocialExperiment is a new gathering at Contact for anyone interested in Live Art and contemporary performance to meet, chat, and try ideas out…

🧬 FINAL CALL TO APPLY FOR FIRST EDITION on Thu 6 Feb >>> wordofwarning.org/socialexperiment

22/01/2025

Are you coming??!!

Check out the fb events on the Enjoy The Show page.

19/01/2025

Thx Blog Preston.

Prentious Dross will be on at The Ferret Preston is set for an unforgettable evening of dark, decadently q***r cabaret-theatre as Liverpool’s unrivalled a

17/01/2025

CALL OUT - THEATRE - PERFORMANCE – SPOKEN WORD
Scratch Night Preston
Weds, March 19, 2025 (7.30pm)
The Ferret, Preston

CALL OUT - Scratch Night Preston - an evening of new and experimental work from performers of any artistic discipline.
Show us what you’ve got.

If you are developing a new piece of theatre or performance, or you are looking for a supportive space to test a new idea – this scratch night is for you.

You will get audience feedback, a small £30 performance fee to cover travel expenses, performance photographs and the chance to talk to a producer to help take your idea forward.

Work can be anything from five minutes to 30mins in length. Any type of performance is acceptable.

The only limitation is that the work should be able to be performed on The Ferret stage, where there is limited tech. We have microphones, sound and a projector, plus basic lighting.

Ferret stage size
Approx 3.3m (330cm) x 4.5m (470cm)
63.5cm height off ground
Approx 3m (300cm) headroom from stage floor to ceiling

How to apply

Email gazcook[@]googlemail[dot]com with the following details:

Your name and title of work:
Performance genre: (Spoken word, theatre, durational performance, comedy etc)
Brief description of performance:
Where are you based?:
Tech requirements:
Your social media:
Video/website links to previous work:
Question you would like to ask audience about your work:
Does your performance have a minimum age guidance? (if yes, what is it?):

Please attach performance/promo images to the email.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, February 16, 2025 (at 11.59pm).

For any questions about this call out, email Garry Cook at gazcook[@]googlemail[dot]com

This scratch night is funded by Lancashire Fringe Festival. Tickets on the night will be just £6 for audiences to attend.

14/01/2025

Nice to see Fill the Frame mentioned in Preston Market's 2024 round up.

The project by Garry Cook, part funded by Crowdfund Lancashire and the people of Preston, is the city's longest-running art exhibition.

This is particulalrly important for arts and culture in Preston as the Harris Art Gallery and Museum has been closed for several years (getting a refit).

Massive thanks to Preston Market

https://www.prestonmarkets.co.uk/article/9823/Rounding-up-a-great-2024-at-Preston-Markets

13/01/2025

Prententious Dross is coming to PRESTON.

See the acclaimed show An Evening with Dross at The Ferret, Preston on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Tickets - just £6 each! - from Skiddle via this Faceboook event: An Evening with Dross.

The Ferret

09/01/2025

Next show at The Ferret.
Weds, Feb 12, 2025.
The Ferret

09/01/2025

What a show!! 70+ people at The Ferret on a freezing Wednesday night in Janaury!

Thank you so much to Adam Perrott and Kate McCabe - The Name of the Dame was brilliant!!

Kate McCabe Stuff & Nonsense

07/01/2025

What an opportunity to watch an Edinburgh Fringe-style theatre show in Preston.

Imagine being in a small, community-focused venue tucked into one of the town's historic buildings - The Ferret. The excitement starts as you walk through the door knowing that something extraordinary is going to unfold. You are going to witness a theatre show that few people outside of Edinburgh Fringe get the chance to experience.

As you step into the venue, there is a noticeable energy - something between curiosity and anticipation - almost as if you've entered a hidden, experimental world.

This venue might be small, with mismatched chairs and dim lighting, but it provides a sense of closeness and immediacy between the audience and the performers. You don’t get this close to the performers anywhere else.

COMEDY THEATRE
THE NAME OF THE DAME
Weds, Jan 08, 2025
The Ferret, Preston
Tickets £6 from Skiddle

This show is suitable for ages 10 and up
Running Time 70mins

01/01/2025

One week to go!!
Get your (very cheap) tickets now

COMEDY THEATRE
THE NAME OF THE DAME
Weds, Jan 08, 2025
The Ferret, Preston.
Tickets £6 from Skiddle

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Name of the Dame is the fast-paced, comedy-two-hander that left audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in stitches. The hour-long play is written and performed by comedians Kate McCabe and Adam Perrott.

Dames, detectives, stylish hats, ‘car chases’... this parody of the film noir genre has got a gag rate that fires faster than a Tommy-gun and is marginally less painful. If you like Airplane, the oeuvre of Mel Brooks, dicey puns and sight gags, this show is probably for you.

With entertainment as the objective, the show makes the promise that ‘You will learn nothing from this play. Nor will you experience personal growth or important revelations’.

NOTD is influenced by the likes of satirical masterpieces AIRPLANE and POLICE SQUAD. The film noir genre is firmly in the crosshairs with a gag-rate that fires faster than a Tommy Gun.

Come see the play that reviewers say ‘has broad appeal – silly, daft, hilarious, and highly entertaining’, is ‘easily the best show I’ve seen at The Fringe’ and is ‘hilarious from the first second’.

28/12/2024

COMEDY THEATRE
THE NAME OF THE DAME
Weds, Jan 08, 2025
The Ferret, Preston.
Tickets £6 from Skiddle
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/The-Ferret/The-Name-of-the-Dame/40437877/

Name of the Dame is the fast-paced, comedy-two-hander that left audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in stitches. The hour-long play is written and performed by comedians Kate McCabe and Adam Perrott.
Dames, detectives, stylish hats, ‘car chases’... this parody of the film noir genre has got a gag rate that fires faster than a Tommy-gun and is marginally less painful. If you like Airplane, the oeuvre of Mel Brooks, dicey puns and sight gags, this show is probably for you.
With entertainment as the objective, the show makes the promise that ‘You will learn nothing from this play. Nor will you experience personal growth or important revelations’.
NOTD is influenced by the likes of satirical masterpieces AIRPLANE and POLICE SQUAD. The film noir genre is firmly in the crosshairs with a gag-rate that fires faster than a Tommy Gun.
Come see the play that reviewers say ‘has broad appeal – silly, daft, hilarious, and highly entertaining’, is ‘easily the best show I’ve seen at The Fringe’ and is ‘hilarious from the first second’.

A fast-paced comedy parody of the film noir that left audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in stitches.

18/12/2024

Manchester's magnificent high-profile theatre venue HOME are heavily promoting their 2025 shows, leading with the brilliant Famehungry.

Remember: Preston people saw this show in 2024 FOR FREE at Media Factory, UCLan, as part of Lancashire Fringe Festival.

own 2025 program is up and running (more announcements soon) with tickets costing just £6.

Yes - £6.

See our Facebook events page - and get booked in.

18/12/2024

Don't be a what?!

💋🎙️ Couple o’ changes afoot. 🪩💖

I can’t reserve your spot before the night guys, come put your name on the sheet on the night.

Due to the volume of acts that regularly attend and get on stage, we will need to call it at a certain number, each night may be different.

Also due to volume of people, please bring your own work to showcase rather than read out something published by another writer.

We can’t filter content at these events, goes against the point, but I can issue you all an overall and general warning that subjects and topics may be sensitive, and you are invited to step out during anything that makes you uncomfortable in the moment - no judgement. Artists will not be subjected to call out TW prior to reading their work.

Your continued support is appreciated 🙏🏻💖🪩

17/12/2024

Coming in 2025.