Good morning everyone,

I'm so happy to finally confirm that tickets for The Cycle are on sale now!!! Coming to The Kings Arms Theatre on Wednesday the 20th. Thursday the 21st and Friday the 22nd of March at 7:30 PM.

In case you've forgotten The Cycle is our new play showcasing domestic violence as a human issue. A hidden issue that is affecting someone somewhere even as I write this and something that we as a society seriously need to examine! More information on why that is and where the show comes from here

The story focuses on Jake and Katie who appear to have it all, nice flat, glowing careers ahead of them and are hap...

Greeting ladies and gentlemen!

Happy new year to you all! Hopefully all of you have had a fantastic Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to another wonderful year of Theatre. Apologies that this has taken so long but I've had a few things to sort for The Cycle.

Speaking of The Cycle its still due out in March of this year with a three night run from Wednesday the 20th of March to Friday the 22nd of March at The Kings Arms Theatre 11 Bloom Street, Salford, M3 6AN starting at 7:30 PM.

After the rehearsed reading back in November at 53 Two the script has been re-written from your feedback and now we're ready to put all t...

Hi everyone,

I hope your all enjoying what we've put out so far for #TheCycle but a few of you may be wondering what is The Cycle to start with.

The show is written to promote the ideology of domestic violence being a human issue and not a gender one. We all know the horrors and implications of the phrase domestic abuse or domestic violence. I bet for most of you the first thing that comes to mind is a man hitting a women, because that's how it was for me.

Until I found out that a very close friend of mine was experiencing domestic abuse from his girlfriend. I saw the transformation of an outgoing happy person to a shell who was to...

Evening ladies and gentlemen,

So excited to announce Great Expectations Theatre is finally ready to bring The Cycle from page to stage!

As part of this process we'll be holding an open casting call at Hope studios, 52 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ED on Friday the 10th of August from 10AM-6PM in room 3. The Cycle is a new play that challenges the stigma and perception of society's view of the traditional sufferer of domestic violence whilst exploring the toxic impact this stigma has for all parties involved in domestic violence. For more information on The Cycle click here

Break down: We're looking for a female of any ethnicity to...

Hey everyone, and happy Sunday morning!

Sorry for the delay from the last show preview until this one but there's been a few things that needed my attention; let's not waste anymore time though and get on with the preview for today's look which is Flushed written by Catherine Cranfield of Theatre Unlocked. Flushed is being performed at 53 Two Manchester on the:15th and 16th of July at 7PM. Flushed is Catherine's second original play focused on a cause she is passionate about and contains a moving story that has the strength to make you laugh and cry in the same story.

‘Flushed’ is a play about sisterhood and the everlasting bonds m...

Hello and welcome to the Greater Manchester Fringe Festivals 2018 preview articles. On the run up to this years Greater Manchester Fringe Festival  I'll be having  a look at the shows to see if its something that you must go and see above all else! I'll try to give attention to as many acts as possible throughout my look at the shows and maybe I can convince you to go something that you might never have thought about before.

The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival us a great performing arts festival encompassing anything and everything from theatre, music, stand up comedy you name it's probably been in the festival a...

Greetings ladies and gentlemen!

I am very happy to announce that Great Expectations Theatre is ready to share with you our latest project:The Cycle; which is an original dark drama surrounding domestic violence in young couples. 

The first act of the Cycle will be read aloud to all of you lovely people on the 23rd of February 2017 at The Kings Arms, Salford, 11 Bloom Street, M3 6AN at 9:15PM.

A quick teaser/blurb for the piece is: Jake and Katie appear to be a happy normal couple. But a dark secret now threatens their lives. Will it make or break them? We have two Alra North graduates bringing the show to life: there's Hariett Mills...

Hi,

Just thought I'd give you an update on how things are going with Great Expectations Theatre.

So as you probably can see its been quiet for a while from me and that's because I've been working on a new play, which is called The Cycle; or at least that's its working title. The Cycle focuses on a  subject matter which is very close to my heart which is domestic violence. Obviously with what Great Expectations Theatre aims to show I want to communicate issues that affect mainly young people in today's society.

A brief blurb for the show is: You never know someone until you move in with them. Jake and Katie discover this the hard way...

Hey everyone,
So you probably all know that my debut play was called Runaway. I'm going to talk about why I wrote the play and how this relates to Great Expectations Theatre's vision for exposing issues that young people experience that are simply swept under the rug by the wider society.

Runaway entered development back in April 2013 as part of the Studio Salford WriteForTheStageCourses in Greater Manchester. When I first started writing it was a big issue I wanted to address was identity because this is something a lot of people struggle with, but in particular young people. Identity is an issue for young people as throughout o...

Greetings ladies and gentlemen!

I am very proud to present to you Great Expectations Theatre's website GreatExpectationsTheatre.co.uk where you'll find everything to do with our projects as we tackle the question: what's it really like to be a young adult in the 21st century?

From the media's perception it's all amazing & beautiful and perfect. Half of the time it isn't unfortunately. There's lots of challenges and pressures that are facing young people that society is ignoring. Great Expectations Theatre aims to explore these issues and present them to the public via various forms of media.

I'll try to keep any posts short & s...