MAN!FEST  

THU 1^st OCT | Full £8 | Conc £5 | AGE 16+ 

After their month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe, OnTheNose Productions return to the Showroom with their smash-hit MAN!FEST: The Drag Boyband Musical. Ash (the bad boy), Ewan (the romantic boy), Cody (the sporty boy), and Ruben (the… other boy) are kicking off their second tour as the biggest boyband in the world, MAN!FEST. There’s just one catch; they’re played by women.

Their tweenage fangirls are maturing and the threat of female empowerment and independence looms.
With constant pressure from management, and an overwhelming sense of duty to their screaming groupies, MAN!FEST fights from collapsing as the demand for perfection reaches impossible heights.

A riotous drag musical that exposes toxic masculinity and its effect on boybands and fangirls. 

onthenoseproductions.co.uk.

Content to Consider: Strong language | Violence, including a fight scene | References to eating disorders | References to sexual assault | References to suicide | References to drug and alcohol misuse | References to homophobia | Audience participation.

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A Song & Dance 

THU 3^rd DEC | Full £8 | Conc £5 | AGE 16+ 

Action Hero are definitely not making a scene.

Lost inside a recurring nightmare, a reluctant actor returns to the stage. In an attempt to conquer an 8-year period of intense stage fright – and inside a dream-world inhabited by the phantoms of his disapproving ancestors – he is replaying his own autobiography and starting to lose the plot. 

But he’s not gonna make a big song and dance about it. Instead, he’s determined to keep the show on the road, re-writing his anxiety dreams live on stage in the hope of banishing the ghosts of performances past. 

A Song and Dance is an absurdist nightmare of a performance about masking, performing and ‘acting the part.’ 

“thrillingly funny and strange…Beckett’s hip, pop-culture savvy descendants”
Time Out London on previous work, The Talent 

“have never seen a show from these artists that didn’t make you sit-up a little straighter and want to peer a little more closely.”
Lyn Gardner, Stagedoor.

Content to Consider: Grief and loss | Memory and nostalgia | Reflections on ageing | Loneliness and isolation | Mortality and the passing of time | Personal storytelling and autobiography | Emotional discussions of relationships and family | Audience participation or direct audience address | Sentimental material balanced with humour | Themes of hope and resilience | References to popular music and shared cultural memories | Exploration of everyday life and ordinary human experiences.

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I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven

THU 15^th OCT | Full £8 | Conc £5 | AGE 16+

Two miles north of Hell, a nameless deadbeat narrator spots Satan buying soy milk at the 7-Eleven.

Satan’s a washed-up has-been, who’s totally lost his edge. That is until he falls in love with our narrator and the two embark on a debauched misadventure, by turns slapstick, violent, whimsical, dreamlike and tender.

‘What a f*cking genius’ – Smiths Magazine 

‘achingly hip and frighteningly savage’ – The Guardian 

‘If gonzo journalism ever needed a news anchor, this would be the guy.’ – Exeunt 

“a bugged out gonzo king, filling the underground with menace and death” – Phonic FM 

christopherbrettbailey.com.

Content to Consider: Strong language | Graphic and grotesque imagery | Body horror | Depictions and descriptions of violence | References to death and killing | Satanic and demonic themes | Sexual content and erotic references | References to substance misuse | Mature themes throughout | Horror comedy elements | Disturbing and surreal imagery | Possible references to conspiracy theories and paranoia.

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Little Town Blue

THU 24^th SEP | Full £8 | Conc £5 | AGE 16+ 

The “Weird and Wacky and Wonderful” Red Biscuit are back with another “Pythonesque physical comedy”. 

Set in the U.S, the show follows three high-school seniors on their final hurrah before college. The boys (Brad, Chad, and Sven) are forced to forego their frivolities when a fallen tree blocks their route, forcing them to spend the night in a mysterious haven: Little Town Blue. At midnight, this seemingly idyllic town rears its ugly head, and the three boys must battle their way through til morning. 
 
Little Town Blue is a characterful, hilarious, and relentless hour of physical comedy that takes the audience on a madcap journey through rural America at breakneck speed. 

Press for this show specifically: 

‘Madcap Brilliance’ – ReviewsHub 
★★★★ ½

‘a laugh-a-minute hour of comedy’ – Theatre and Tonic 
★★★★ 

‘so wild and creative’ – Tab In The City 
★★★★ 

Content to Consider: Strong language | References to drugs and alcohol misuse | References to racism | Depictions and references to violence | Strobe lighting | Flashing lights Loud noises | Haze effects | Performers consuming drinks on stage.

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