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Greater Manchester Fringe Programme
Will Danes: Presented by Mental Illness
Darkly funny musical cabaret from debut performer Will Danes.Original comic songs, theatrical storytelling and cutting s...
One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven
Immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.Arguably Poe's darkest tale, The Black Cat documents an...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
Grapple
Grapple. Performed by FlippantRemarks 40 minutes of poetry and storytelling in a number of moods and genres: humour-path...
Every Single Sound In The World
An alien arrives on Earth with a simple task: collect every single sound on the planet. Unfortunately, humans and their...
Mat Smith: The Middle (WIP)
After 15 years of playing with gadgets and video games and calling it a real job, Mat (as heard on BBC Radio 4) is throw...
FLIGHT: One Man’s Journey
FLIGHT: One Man’s Journey is a powerful and intimate one-man play exploring identity, belonging, fear, and hope through...
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It's Been Destroyed - Edinburgh Fringe Preview
A brand new hour of comedy and poetry about the state of the nation, everything changing a bit too quickly, and the rumo...
Grapple
Grapple. Performed by FlippantRemarks 40 minutes of poetry and storytelling in a number of moods and genres: humour-path...
FLIGHT: One Man’s Journey
FLIGHT: One Man’s Journey is a powerful and intimate one-man play exploring identity, belonging, fear, and hope through...
One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven
Immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.Arguably Poe's darkest tale, The Black Cat documents an...
Every Single Sound In The World
An alien arrives on Earth with a simple task: collect every single sound on the planet. Unfortunately, humans and their...
Mat Smith: The Middle (WIP)
After 15 years of playing with gadgets and video games and calling it a real job, Mat (as heard on BBC Radio 4) is throw...
The Divine Move
In the suffocating world of Victorian high society, the Blackwood family stands on the brink of inheritance. Augustus ha...
Grapple
Grapple. Performed by FlippantRemarks 40 minutes of poetry and storytelling in a number of moods and genres: humour-path...
One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven
Immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics.Arguably Poe's darkest tale, The Black Cat documents an...
Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff
My name is Shaun Guff and I’ve hit rock bottom so you don’t have to. My sensational, self-funded seminar promises* to gi...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
Two Bozos in a Van
'Two Bozos in a Van' is a zany comedy centred around two larger than life (lesser intelligent) moving men as they naviga...
The Divine Move
In the suffocating world of Victorian high society, the Blackwood family stands on the brink of inheritance. Augustus ha...
Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff
My name is Shaun Guff and I’ve hit rock bottom so you don’t have to. My sensational, self-funded seminar promises* to gi...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
Unmasked
Boundless. Limitless. Fluid. Eternal. Sounds peaceful, doesnt it?Like Hell. A writer, backstage during the première of t...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
The Divine Move
In the suffocating world of Victorian high society, the Blackwood family stands on the brink of inheritance. Augustus ha...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff
My name is Shaun Guff and I’ve hit rock bottom so you don’t have to. My sensational, self-funded seminar promises* to gi...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
Unmasked
Boundless. Limitless. Fluid. Eternal. Sounds peaceful, doesnt it?Like Hell. A writer, backstage during the première of t...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
East
EAST by Steven BerkoffBefore Eastenders, there was EAST.Ever wondered what Shakespeare would have written had he grown u...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
East
EAST by Steven BerkoffBefore Eastenders, there was EAST.Ever wondered what Shakespeare would have written had he grown u...
Are Musical Comedians a Chinese Psyop?
By day, he’s a mild-mannered Mandarin tutor. By night, he’s a sharp satirist on a mission to answer one burning question...
Baby Brain
A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her men...
Mr Boy: The Beauty Contest for Boys
A one-man beauty contest in which I play all the parts and the audience pick the winner.What is a boy meant to be? It’s...
This Machine Kills Fascists
This Machine Kills Fascists is a stage spectacle inspired by the life and work of Woody Guthrie, the legendary American...
East
EAST by Steven BerkoffBefore Eastenders, there was EAST.Ever wondered what Shakespeare would have written had he grown u...
A Punk Opera
A Punk Opera is a reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera, with references to the government of Margaret Th...
Mr Boy: The Beauty Contest for Boys
A one-man beauty contest in which I play all the parts and the audience pick the winner.What is a boy meant to be? It’s...
Unmasked
Boundless. Limitless. Fluid. Eternal. Sounds peaceful, doesnt it?Like Hell. A writer, backstage during the première of t...
Are Musical Comedians a Chinese Psyop?
By day, he’s a mild-mannered Mandarin tutor. By night, he’s a sharp satirist on a mission to answer one burning question...
East
EAST by Steven BerkoffBefore Eastenders, there was EAST.Ever wondered what Shakespeare would have written had he grown u...
In Good Conscience
Relationships and morality. Love and ethics. At what point do good deeds become dangerous? And what do you do when your...
Betty used to say...
Betty Used to Say is a one-woman spoken word show celebrating an extraordinary friendship with an extraordinary woman. B...
You Oughta Be in Pictures
“Keep your pretty head, son, or you’ll lose it.”Hollywood, the 1940s. A charismatic film director auditions a young acto...
Samy R's Standup Comedy Show
Star of BBC’s Gentleman Jack Changed My Life, Samy is the breakout talent who even won over narrator Miriam Margolyes ("...
In Good Conscience
Relationships and morality. Love and ethics. At what point do good deeds become dangerous? And what do you do when your...
Jonny Brook: This Isn't The Life I Expected
Jonny Brook, he's really good at being disabled. He's so truly awful at being a capable adult, at dealing with people he...
Double Bill: Adam Wilson and lucy
A must see double bill of comedy and live art. Adam Wilson brings you a debut of his new stand up set; a gritty and hila...
In Good Conscience
Relationships and morality. Love and ethics. At what point do good deeds become dangerous? And what do you do when your...
I Think I've Made A Terrible Mistake
Cast out by the cult he devoted his life to, "lost puppy" Wes struggles to win back the favour of his former guru, all t...
In Good Conscience
Relationships and morality. Love and ethics. At what point do good deeds become dangerous? And what do you do when your...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
Two Bozos in a Van
'Two Bozos in a Van' is a zany comedy centred around two larger than life (lesser intelligent) moving men as they naviga...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
The Adventures of the Pheasant, the Peasant and the Pilgrim
‘The Adventures of the Pheasant, the Peasant and the Pilgrim’ is a bonkers comedy that tells the story of a lonely man’s...
Saltwater Shanties
Do you know your halyards from your capstans? Or your skippers from your boatswains? Come watch a motley crew of singers...
lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack
Welcome to an unexpected exploration of love, 'lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack', by Jenny Bushell, is a theatr...
The Confession
This 45 minute play follows Hector who reaches the end of his employment as a spy for a dangerous organization and must...
Will Davies: Heroic Scale
In the depressing gloom of the second millennium, there is only disappointment. Why is that? How did it get that way, an...
I've Been Expecting You
What if destiny had an entry-level position?Henry and Jay, the two lowest ranking members of a supervillain's criminal o...
lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack
Welcome to an unexpected exploration of love, 'lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack', by Jenny Bushell, is a theatr...
REFLECTION or How I suspect Theseus felt about the ship.
REFLECTION is informed by a lived experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder.The play text was created during an episod...
Mitch Benn: Asking Elvis
Mitch Benn is Asking ElvisThe King is back! Mitch Benn resurrects Elvis from BBC Radio 2's legendary "Steve Wright in th...
I've Been Expecting You
What if destiny had an entry-level position?Henry and Jay, the two lowest ranking members of a supervillain's criminal o...
lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack
Welcome to an unexpected exploration of love, 'lovemaking to an inappropriate soundtrack', by Jenny Bushell, is a theatr...
Joe Cuckold
The brand new Theatre of Cowards debuts at their first ever fringe festival with Sylvia Gardner’s absurd three-hander: a...
The Adventures of the Pheasant, the Peasant and the Pilgrim
‘The Adventures of the Pheasant, the Peasant and the Pilgrim’ is a bonkers comedy that tells the story of a lonely man’s...
Alice Keys: Rocket Fan
Following a run of sold-out London shows, musical comedy star Alice Keys brings her One Woman-Elton John-Singalong-Romco...
REFLECTION or How I suspect Theseus felt about the ship.
REFLECTION is informed by a lived experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder.The play text was created during an episod...
Mitch Benn: The Lehrer Effect
When, years ago, a teenage Mitch discovered American comic songwriting legend Tom Lehrer, the course of his life was cha...
I've Been Expecting You
What if destiny had an entry-level position?Henry and Jay, the two lowest ranking members of a supervillain's criminal o...
Two Bozos in a Van
'Two Bozos in a Van' is a zany comedy centred around two larger than life (lesser intelligent) moving men as they naviga...
The Boys We Were
What happens when the best thing that will ever happen to you happened before you were even 20?Twenty years after a boyb...
Saltwater Shanties
Do you know your halyards from your capstans? Or your skippers from your boatswains? Come watch a motley crew of singers...
Little Deaths
Spanning over 5 years the play focuses on SHE’S memories of her relationship with JACK from ages 16-22. Jumping back and...
The Boys We Were
What happens when the best thing that will ever happen to you happened before you were even 20?Twenty years after a boyb...
Luna, Luna
LUNA, LUNA is a new musical fairy tale about hope and loss. A girl who has grown content with loneliness must team up wi...
ill.
ill. is experienced, written and performed by Rebecca Wilson. Wilson's one-person, multi-tonal show combines her unparal...
paywall
They say you should never meet your hero. My hero should never have met me. Lizzy is 27 years old and packing up her Dub...
The Boys We Were
What happens when the best thing that will ever happen to you happened before you were even 20?Twenty years after a boyb...
Freya Parker: An Hour Of Decay! (Work-In-Progress)
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and modern, normal person mines for LOLs in her sophomore solo show. Expect the most hila...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
Name. Song. Artist.
Hosting a karaoke night can’t be that hard? Unless you have a secret that might just derail the whole night.Name. Song....
ill.
ill. is experienced, written and performed by Rebecca Wilson. Wilson's one-person, multi-tonal show combines her unparal...
paywall
They say you should never meet your hero. My hero should never have met me. Lizzy is 27 years old and packing up her Dub...
Condoms & Cucumbers
Condoms & Cucumbers is a bold, witty solo show exploring the messy contradictions of modern masculinity. Blending spoken...
Luna, Luna
LUNA, LUNA is a new musical fairy tale about hope and loss. A girl who has grown content with loneliness must team up wi...
The Probability of a Dog Becoming a Receptionist
Redundancy. Scary, right? Well there’s one particular receptionist working at Bolton Risk Consultancy, and he’s scared f...
Pub?
Pub? follows the staff at the newly reopened Legless Lamb Inn, as they debrief after the world’s worst shift. Together t...
Name. Song. Artist.
Hosting a karaoke night can’t be that hard? Unless you have a secret that might just derail the whole night.Name. Song....
ill.
ill. is experienced, written and performed by Rebecca Wilson. Wilson's one-person, multi-tonal show combines her unparal...
Marathon! The Musical
Earth. A vague point in the not so distant future. The world has been taken over by ankle biting lizards. How do we cope...
Finding FAULT
Whitley Bay singer/songwriter and out-of-the-fog adoptee Carmen Curran presents a selection of songs, stories and poetry...
Condoms & Cucumbers
Condoms & Cucumbers is a bold, witty solo show exploring the messy contradictions of modern masculinity. Blending spoken...
Awkward Re-Entry - Sci-Fi standup!
Beam yourself up for hilarious answers to cosmic questions: Why don't aliens visit us any more? Where would people -real...
Awkward Re-Entry, weird Comedy from Outer Space!
Beam yourself up for hilarious answers to cosmic questions: Why don't aliens visit us any more? Where would people -real...
Pub?
Pub? follows the staff at the newly reopened Legless Lamb Inn, as they debrief after the world’s worst shift. Together t...
The Augur
You’re going to die.*The crow cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunder...
The Augur
You’re going to die.*The crow cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunder...
The Love We Think We Deserve
'The Love We Think We Deserve' @ The Kings Arms Theatre, Salford24th July Friday 2:30pm and 9pm, 25th July Saturday 5pm7...
Licking Your Feet, Feeding You Grapes.
Madchester 1991, Afflecks Palace, The Hacienda, Eighth Day T-Shirts and...Discotheque Royale!Manchester 2021, fake news...
No Photos
No Photos is a spoken word show that explores social anxiety, self-image, and visibility through the lens of a man who n...
MISTRANSLATED
“MISTRANSLATED: How to learn a language (badly) in 60 minutes” is an interactive stand-up comedy show about the absurd a...
MISTRANSLATED
“MISTRANSLATED: How to learn a language (badly) in 60 minutes” is an interactive stand-up comedy show about the absurd a...
The Love We Think We Deserve
'The Love We Think We Deserve' @ The Kings Arms Theatre, Salford24th July Friday 2:30pm and 9pm, 25th July Saturday 5pm7...
The Love We Think We Deserve
'The Love We Think We Deserve' @ The Kings Arms Theatre, Salford24th July Friday 2:30pm and 9pm, 25th July Saturday 5pm7...
Licking Your Feet, Feeding You Grapes.
Madchester 1991, Afflecks Palace, The Hacienda, Eighth Day T-Shirts and...Discotheque Royale!Manchester 2021, fake news...
MISTRANSLATED
“MISTRANSLATED: How to learn a language (badly) in 60 minutes” is an interactive stand-up comedy show about the absurd a...
F**K ME TO DEATH
F**K ME TO DEATH offers an uncompromising glimpse into the lives of three young creatives battling to survive in a hosti...
'Year of The Thingy' - Premiere of The 6th Thingy by Daniel Hutchings
In 2024, Daniel Hutchings began screening his five feature-length art comedies, or Thingys, for the general public in Ma...
50 Years of Showbiz Steve
My show '50 Years of Showbiz Steve' is around 50 minutes of standup upon the subject of my both, unremarked and unremark...
F**K ME TO DEATH
F**K ME TO DEATH offers an uncompromising glimpse into the lives of three young creatives battling to survive in a hosti...
MISTRANSLATED
“MISTRANSLATED: How to learn a language (badly) in 60 minutes” is an interactive stand-up comedy show about the absurd a...
The Augur
You’re going to die.*The crow cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunder...
The Augur
You’re going to die.*The crow cries out in the depths of the inkwell night. The moon is kept prisoner behind the thunder...
Stevie Parker: Comedy - Big Bloke with Big Jokes
Stevie Parker - Stand Up Comedy EventAbove Title: My Birthday Production, in conjunction with Darth Vader Felt My, Prese...
Joe Cuckold
The brand new Theatre of Cowards debuts at their first ever fringe festival with Sylvia Gardner’s absurd three-hander: a...
There Is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention
A woman looks back on a relationship, sifting through love, doubt, and the romantic stories she grew up believing. Funny...
Rachel Creeger: "Queen Of The Jews!" (WIP)
A while ago, someone sent her a poisonous message on social media that concluded with "and who do you think you are, the...
After 4am
Thea is freshly 18 and eager to work as a bartender at her local nightclub. Nike is the head bartender with dreams of sp...
Stevie Parker: Comedy - Big Bloke with Big Jokes
Stevie Parker - Stand Up Comedy EventAbove Title: My Birthday Production, in conjunction with Darth Vader Felt My, Prese...
Will Danes: Presented by Mental Illness
Darkly funny musical cabaret from debut performer Will Danes.Original comic songs, theatrical storytelling and cutting s...
The Birds of Grave River
"We are not in the business of killing."On the American Frontier, young cowboy Harrison wishes to settle down and build...
Offgridland
Flight. Mode. The two most wonderful words...but even with his mobile blocking the outside world, can our desperate, ove...
Joe Cuckold
The brand new Theatre of Cowards debuts at their first ever fringe festival with Sylvia Gardner’s absurd three-hander: a...
There Is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention
A woman looks back on a relationship, sifting through love, doubt, and the romantic stories she grew up believing. Funny...
Rachel Creeger: "Queen Of The Jews!" (WIP)
A while ago, someone sent her a poisonous message on social media that concluded with "and who do you think you are, the...
After 4am
Thea is freshly 18 and eager to work as a bartender at her local nightclub. Nike is the head bartender with dreams of sp...
The Birds of Grave River
"We are not in the business of killing."On the American Frontier, young cowboy Harrison wishes to settle down and build...
Wilder!
Welcome to Newport, a picture-perfect slice of suburbia where appearances are everything, and the Newport Village Garden...
Out of The Blue
In a world that has failed to come together to protect itself, humanity is now facing an extinction event. When a strang...
Joe Cuckold
The brand new Theatre of Cowards debuts at their first ever fringe festival with Sylvia Gardner’s absurd three-hander: a...
There Is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention
A woman looks back on a relationship, sifting through love, doubt, and the romantic stories she grew up believing. Funny...
After 4am
Thea is freshly 18 and eager to work as a bartender at her local nightclub. Nike is the head bartender with dreams of sp...
The Birds of Grave River
"We are not in the business of killing."On the American Frontier, young cowboy Harrison wishes to settle down and build...
Out of The Blue
In a world that has failed to come together to protect itself, humanity is now facing an extinction event. When a strang...
There Is a Light and a Whistle for Attracting Attention
A woman looks back on a relationship, sifting through love, doubt, and the romantic stories she grew up believing. Funny...
Out of The Blue
In a world that has failed to come together to protect itself, humanity is now facing an extinction event. When a strang...
BAD HABITS
BAD HABITS"Amen, B*tch."Welcome to St Magdalene’s: a convent where the communal wine is Waitrose Essentials, choir rehea...
The Party of
The Decade
Greater Manchester Fringe 2026
1st to 31st July
A Milestone
Month of Magic
In 2026, we are not just running a festival; we are throwing a month-long birthday party for the entire region. 15 years of discovery, rebellion, and pure creative joy.
Join thousands of artists and audiences across Greater Manchester from 1st to 31st July as we transform pubs, theatres, and basements into the heartbeat of the North.
The 2025 Roll of Honour
A Legacy of Excellence
Overall Festival Winner
Railway 200
The Big Things
Jennifer Jordan O'Neil
Nuns of Fury
Elysium
The Mourning After
Varnish
Jonathan Mayor
Under the Lamp Post
Ilaria Passeri
