The Kings Arms

The Kings Present our first show of the season: *SHEILA’S ISLAND* by Tim Firth Directed by Colin Connor Lord of the Flies meets The Office in the middle of a lake. When four middle-managers from Pennine Mineral Water trade their power suits for walking boots, a corporate team-building exercise in the Lake District spirals into a hilarious, fog-drenched disaster. Stranded on a tiny island in Derwentwater with nothing but one soggy sausage, a dying mobile phone, and a spatula for a weapon, Team C must navigate more than just the murky water. As the cold sets in and the rescue boats fail to appear, the thin veneer of office politeness shatters. Sheila’s cryptic crossword "logic" has left them shipwrecked, Denise’s sarcasm turns lethal, Julie’s over-packed rucksack becomes a battlefield, and Fay is just trying to commune with the birds. Sheila’s Island is a razor-sharp comedy about what happens when "synergy" is replaced by survival and the most dangerous thing on the island isn't th

A Daring One-Man Performance Starring West End's Colin Connor Directed by Olivier Award-Winner David Thacker This December, experience Charles Dickens’ timeless classic as you've never seen it before. Rising Moon Productions and Form and Pressure present an intimate, powerful adaptation at the iconic King’s Arms Theatre, Salford. Fresh from London's West End and The Old Vic, actor Colin Connor performs over 30 characters in a breathtaking 90-minute tour-de-force. Adapted and directed by Olivier Award-winner David Thacker, this production uses only Dickens' original text, honouring the author's own tradition of public readings. This is world-class, heartfelt theatre, made accessible for the entire community.

By Charles Dickens A Daring One-Man Performance Starring West End's Colin Connor Directed by Olivier Award-Winner David Thacker This December, experience Charles Dickens’ timeless classic as you've never seen it before. Rising Moon Productions and Form and Pressure present an intimate, powerful adaptation at the iconic King’s Arms Theatre, Salford. Fresh from London's West End and The Old Vic, actor Colin Connor performs over 30 characters in a breathtaking 90-minute tour-de-force. Adapted and directed by OlivierAward-winner David Thacker, this production uses only Dickens' original text, honouring the author's own tradition of public readings. This is world-class, heartfelt theatre, made accessible for the entire community. Why You Can't Miss This Show- *ONE ACTOR, 30+ CHARACTERS: A showcase of theatrical daring from a master performer. *WORLD-CLASS TALENT, LOCAL VENUE: See an Olivier-winning director and West End star's work in an intimate pub theatre. *AFFORDABLE & ACCESSIBLE:

The team that brought you the ***** production of AMERICAN BUFFALO last year are back with Jez Butterworth’s Olivier Award winning dark-comedy. 1950’s. Soho. Ezra’s Atlantic Nightclub. In the seedy gangster underworld of the rock’n’roll scene, club owners fight for control of Silver Johnny, the latest young sensation. MOJO premiered at the Royal Court in 1995, he has since gone on to writer The Ferryman, The Hills of California and Jerusalem, which has collected away plethora of awards on both sides of the Atlantic. This 30th anniversary production & Manchester premiere will be directed by award winning director Oliver Hurst. Starring John O’Neill (American Buffalo, Cock, Emmerdale); Matthew Khan (Waterloo Road); Jack Elliot (The Mousetrap, West End); Paddy Stafford (Too Much World at Once, Dr Who); Charlie Watkinson (Sexy Beast) and introducing Gaz Thomson in their professional stage debut. BOOK NOW 13th - 24th May.

In support of FORTALICE ‘It makes you feel like you're making it up when you’re talking because people look at you and think ‘That can't have happened!’ But it did, because you lived it.’ Following the recent success of American Buffalo and Faith Healer, award-winning director David Thacker teams up again with Lisa Connor, to direct his new play, created from verbatim transcripts of conversations he has had with five survivors of domestic abuse at Fortalice. Fortalice provide frontline services in the community for all victims of domestic abuse including Refuge for women and children.