The Greater Manchester Fringe enters its third week and with record participation from Salford venues this year, the next couple of weeks provide a veritable feast of entertainment for Salfordians.
This Sunday 17th July sees the Kings Arms host the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Do Shakespeare. This show brings a Scottish taste of fair Verona to Salford, via the ingenious method of a pair of socks interpreting Romeo and Juliet.
There's also excerpts from other Shakespearian classics such as Hamlet and Coriolanus as well as the biting satire of Two Gentlesocks Of Verrucca. Winning rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, this one hour show starts at 6.30pm and entry is £6 (£5concs). Tickets can be bought here https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-scottish-falsetto-sock-puppet-theatre-do-shakespeare/
A sense of gravity is provided on Monday 18th July when War Stories by Emma Gibson and Rob Johnston starts a three night run at the Kings Arms. This story features the travels of an Australian nurse who serves in the First World War and meets a Mancunian soldier who was injured on the western front. Showtime is 7.30pm, tickets are £8 (£7) and can be bought here https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-theatre-war-stories-by-emma-gibson-and-rob-johnston/
Written and directed by Lee Clotworthy, National Killing Day is an ensemble play and a product of the Gingerlee Does It Theatre Company from Liverpool. A fascinating hypothesis of what could happen if murder was legalised for one day and, for a small fee, there are plenty of twists and turns in this hour long play. But will the day be prove to be a success? Find out at 9pm at the Kings Arms on Tuesday 19th July as the play begins the first of a four night residency. Tickets are £6 (£5) and can be bought here https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-theatre-national-killing-day
My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley begins a three night stint at the Salford Arts Theatre on Thursday 20th July. With poignancy, this tale relates the respective stories of four women from four different generations of the same family spanning over a hundred years, and the relationships between mothers and daughters. First performed at Manchester's Contact theatre in February 1987, this is as powerful now as it has ever been. Starting at 7.30pm, tickets are £8 and can be bought here https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-theatre-my-mother-said-i-never-should-by-charlotte-keatley/
Produced by Big Egg Theatre, Friday 21st July sees Damned commence its first night of a ten night stint at the Kings Arms vaults. An acclaimed piece of absurdist theatre, language is the only weapon in a constant struggle for power, with three people on the edge of the world relying on order and duty to see them through the day.
As personal agendas come to light, the trio's wellbeing is threatened when someone finally starts asking questions. To find out the answers to these questions, the show starts at 7.30pm and admission is £8 (£6). To buy tickets, click here https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-theatre-damned/
A Gloves Off production, and written and performed by Patricia Hartshorne, In The Fuehrer's Face appears at the Kings Arms for two afternoons from Saturday 23rd July. A one woman cabaret of comedy and surrealism, this gloriously diverse performance even provides a theory for Hitler's toothbrush moustache. Tickets are £8 and can be bought here https://www.ticketea.co.uk/tickets-theatre-in-the-fuehrers-face
The Greater Manchester Fringe runs until 31st July at venues in Manchester, Salford and beyond. For full details of all shows see www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk
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