Maddox The Magic: Finds a Hero By Lumen

Are you the hero I’ve been looking for? Yes, yes you are, and I need you, my magic isn’t working! I seem to have lost it! HELP! Join me, Maddox the Magic as I walk about desperately trying to recruit brave heroes in a quest to help me regain my magic. Share your stories of bravery and woe, Share your tales of braving the queue in Aldi or surviving the Manchester tram. Then with the guidance of me, Maddox the Magic, take up a quest to defeat social anxiety and secure the victory! Who will take on the quest of talking to the bartender? Or finding some toilet paper? Play your part in this fantastical adventure and bring Maddox their magic back.

The Grief Box By Dawn Hazelwood

Grief is a thing, isn’t it? It’s shrouded in silence, secrecy, and set behind masks. But why when love is shouted from the rooftops? In something so horrific, can we find the beauty and the growth? So come and enter the Grief Box, Indulge in quiet conversation. It’s not as scary as you think

Damn Darwinists! By Bouff On and Goof Off (Annie, Paddy & Verne)

Step right up to a carnival of laughter and contemplation! ‘Damn Darwinists’ is not your average theatre show – more like a mess of arms, legs, fish tails, dinosaur teeth, primate poop and, well, evolution. Get ready for a riotous journey into our past, present, and the uncertain future of humanity, and ask ourselves, “What the f@*k have we done?” Join us in uproar at how we’ve evolved from the primordial chaos to living under the spotlight of human stagnation. Get ready to laugh, ponder, and perhaps even evolve a little yourself!

If in Doubt, Keep Yourself Safe By Lilian McCrea

Where does Lil go when the world feels like it’s falling in around her? Lil goes back to bed. When everything feels all too much and she just wants a pause she pulls back the covers and lets her head hit the pillow. Lil goes back to bed. In fact, Lil goes back to bed a lot… it’s not just when things go wrong. For Lil, going back to bed is always the answer. It’s her safe space. Join Lil on a journey of safe keeping, a gentle heartfelt tale of love and loss, marrying silliness and sadness. And explore together why, no matter how old we get we will always go back to bed

Don’t Kiss, Don’t Tell By Accident and Emergency (Alexia & Elysha)

A Desperately funny clowning show, Don’t Kiss, Don’t Tell is about the awkward relationship first moments, the times you ask yourself… ‘are we really about to do this’? An exploration of funny looks, sweaty palms and sheepish smiles. Too nervous to show our feelings, too nervous to even speak. Fumbling and stumbling our way through situations you wouldn’t even believe. Forget laughing about it later, let’s laugh about it right here, right now!

Sea Sick By Jenny Hawkins

Jenny wasn’t always a mermaid – wait, no, a mer…person? Mer…thing? We’ll go with merperson, that feels… correct… Either way, her legs were made for land. That was until… The dark times (2020) when a spell was cast that led to 2% of the country becoming merpeople. Welcome, to the mercommunity; we trade tips on how to deal with our newly found bodies and take comfort in knowing there are merpeople just like us all around the world.

After almost 4 years, Jenny is still adjusting, trying to make her way on land, knowing the sea is behind her if they need it. But whilst re-entering human-spaces, she’s beginning to question- would things be better if they’d just stayed in the sea?

Sex, Life & Horses By Halle Wildman

Ladies and gentlemen, class is in sex-sion!

Come to this session of sex… education, with Miss Bad Bunny herself, and saddle up for a ride of misconceptions, sex toys and strap-ons – sorry, I mean safety in the bedroom. Sex is not like porn – don’t be stupid! Maybe it’s time to make a new lesson in the art of love, I’ll call it The Joy of Sex 2.0. Class will take place at 21:15 hours at the theatre. DO NOT BE LATE otherwise you will be left whipped!!

Mum, The Internet’s Gone By The Third Year Theatre and Performance Students

Do you remember dial-up? Downloading a jpeg for a day? Do you ever wish for a simpler time? Before devastating news came through your phone every minute or when the only opinions that you had to hear were those that gratify your own worldview. Well not to worry! Mum, the Internet’s Gone will take you to the traditional pre-digital world of your dreams. Exploring the highs and withdrawals of our screen addicted society; it will be quaint and catastrophic, emotional and robotic, heartfelt and meaningless. See you there.

Grow A Pair By Mush4 (MJ, Jake, Logan & Ed):

What is a woman? What is a man? The past once said, “man is strong, tall and dominant”, and “woman is classy, polite and sensitive”. Woah-Man! To hell with your labels! Through movement, music and comedy three men and one woman fight and make fun of these labels in an effort to reclaim themselves. This show is for anyone who has ever felt stereotyped or put in a box. For the people who are “too emotional” to be a… who knows? This is for people who wear clothes too baggy to be a.. what? This is a show for people who look too straight to be… Who cares! I’m done with Stereotypes!

G.R.I.EEF By Edward Spence

Death is inevitable. So why sit around and be sad about it? Put the fun back into funerals, pull the comedy from the crisis, find the humour in that terminal brain haemorrhage. Because everyone you love will die, and if you can’t laugh about it, all you can do is cry. And Ed knows this, but unfortunately for him, he is also dead. From clowning to standup to slapstick, join Ed on his journey through dying, grieving, and everything in between, as he tries his best to understand what it means to die. If you’ve got any grief in your life, get ready to put on a big smile, suck it up and move on.

AAH! By Hear No, See No, Speak No (Emily, Madison, Penny)

Do you dare to say her name three times? Will you take the balloon from the clown? Are you going to get in the water with a monster? All good stories start with a terrible decision, don’t they? Meet

the characters that haunt your nightmares, and see what happens, because what you see isn’t always what you hear, we shouldn’t always judge a horror story by it’s monster.

Play Dead By Abigail Ramsden

Play dead where nothing is as it seems and the truth is the ultimate prize. Enter a room where each clue is encrypted, and every revelation is just a click away.  Immerse yourself into a world of secrets and deception, where traditional storytelling collides with the digital age.

You Don’t Wanna Sleep On This By Georgie Smith

How often do you dream? What do you dream about? You’ Don’t Wanna Sleep On This, invites you to explore your subconscious mind through the imagination of dreams. With autobiographical retellings that will challenge you to investigate your dreams and the profound effect they may have on you own human experience. Lie back, and relax as we examine new worlds and hidden secrets that can only be explored through our sleep.

The Failure Project By Livv

Livv likes order. Livv likes routine. When everything goes according to plan, Livv’s life is so easy. But what about when it doesn’t all go that way. When life deals her something else, Livv can’t quite comprehend. Just one tiny emotion, encounter, or wrong turn can uproot her whole existence. Could it be … failure? Help Livv in putting her failure, your failure and our failure in a box that combats the horrific and exposes the beauty in that tiny little thing called FAILURE.