The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival runs until Thursday this week and its Salford shows are all being staged at the King's Arms on Bloom Street. Here's what's on in the remaining six days
The King's Arms is opening its undergorund theatre The Lucy Davis Vaults today (26th) with Ransack Theatre's The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter, `a dark comedy following two characters Ben and Gus as they wait for another 'job''. It runs until Thursday 31st and tickets are £4.50 (£4). Click here for details.
Tonight also sees a music night of joy and pessimism The Happy Soul and Other Miserablists. It starts at 7:30pm and costs £4.40 details here
Sunday 27th also sees more live music from The Speed of Sound, The Getsettes, Millie Manders, The Repeat Offenders, The Swiines, plus Rock and Roll Lounge DJs. It's called What's The Alternative, starts at 2pm and costs £1.
Monday 28th sees MonMon presenting After The Wipe `a series of monologues for those who've treasured something - and lost it, be it their loved ones, dignity, inhibitions or marbles'. It's at 8pm £5.50 details here
Tuesday 29th sees Paolo Ferrari's Urban Buffoon begin a three day run at the Kings, `analysing contemporary society's regression into mediocrity in a metaphysical and symbolic way - with the odd rude joke!' It's at 7:30pm and tickets are £8.80 details here
Tuesday 29th also sees another three day run begin as Rick Bithell and Heather Carroll of Troublehouse present Equal Partners, `a tale of love, honesty, art and fibreglass', as Jenny loves Jeff. Jeff's married to Sally. Maxine loves Graham. Graham just wants to make plastic pigs.' It's at 7:30pm £5.50 details here
It's going to be a busy might at the King's on Tuesday with yet another drama going on as Off Off Off Broadway present Back Door. Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, it centres on a cross dressing murderer or maybe not. It starts at 9:15pm and tickets are £8.80 details here
On Wednesday 30th July there's An Evening of Filth and Despair with a comedy double bill starring Jenny May Morgan and Sinead Parker. Jenny does the filth as writer Pamela de Menthe and her erotic thriller Sticky Digits, while Sinead presents `a thinly veiled nervous breakdown masquerading as light entertainment'. It starts at 9pm and tickets are £5.50 details here.
On Thursday 31st, at 9:15pm there's a new adaptation of Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island performed as a one man, one act show. Tickets are £7.70 details here
* all prices include booking fees
For more info on the Greater Manchester Fringe and its other shows around Manchester itself see www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk
For details of the King's Arms shows - click here
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