Either way – its lovely out there, and time to tell you about all our FREE events this coming week.

Why not swing by NanimeW tonight and catch up on all the latest of this season’s Japanese pop culture.

Or if you’re after something a bit closer to home, check out our local talent at this Saturday’s Green Bohemia – all the best bands from around the North West play our mezzanine on their regular Saturday night slot - so don’t miss out.

If you haven’t yet had time to see the Angle Of Refraction exhibition then this week is your last chance, as the exhibition is coming down next week. The launch of Mario Sughi’s A New Sense Of Emptiness which is curated by Blank Media Collective is on Thursday 9th Sept at 6pm.

Not one, not two but three chances for you to experience something new for free – the rest is up to you.

love greenroom x x

Just a gentle reminder that if you buy your tickets now for the Autumn / Winter season, you will save money on your tickets. Look for the yellow star and GET INTO GREENROOM.

If you want to see Dave Haslam Close Up With… Germaine Greer or Terry Hall – tickets are going fast so don’t delay – these events will sell out soon.

Tonight in the bar we have a Manchester Pride Fringe event. MORF and TransForum are proud to present the second Lights, Camera, (Trans) Action, an evening of short films focusing on a wide range of trans issues. This is a FREE event and there will be Popcorn!

This Thursday night, we play host to our regular VaudeVille event, expect electronic shenanigans and wonderous happenings…

On Friday night, This Morning Call return for your aural pleasure, playing a mixture of electronic and downbeat pop.

Don’t forget Angle Of Refraction, our latest exhibition by Gareth Hacking and Mark Devereux is still up in the bar. The discipline of photography is constantly evolving and Angle of Refraction pushes this art form to new extremes.

That’s it, we’re gonna have to love you and leave you.

love greenroom x x

All the shows are online and remember to use our GET INTO GREENROOM offer for cheaper tickets.

Every year we produce a customer survey, the information from it goes into an annual report for our funders and our board.  We wanted to share with you some interesting facts so here is our Playback from the report and April’s survey.

In 2009/10 nearly 25,000 people visited greenroom.

In that time we presented 144 performances, 77 creative events and delivered 47 workshops/participation sessions; we commissioned 35 new works, and supported over 200 artists.

We asked you:  ‘”What one thing would you change about greenroom?”

In our customer survey the most common answer was ‘nothing’.  The next most common responses were: ‘more events’ and ‘the price’.

More events:  We’d love the put on more events, but we have to weigh up the logistics and the costs against the demand.  greenroom is a highly ambitious organisation with a ‘can-do’ attitude at its core, but we also want to ensure quality experiences for our artists and audiences.

Prices:  Our bar prices are comparative to many city centre bars. Our aim is to offer you a bespoke experience, a good choice of quality products rather than cheap drinks. Our theatre ticket prices, we are proud to say, are still the lowest in the city centre and have been static for over 6 years; and many of our events are absolutely FREE.

greenroom and beyond: Did You Know?

1.  greenroom worked in partnership with The Bluecoat (Liverpool) on the first emergency event outside of greenroom, ’poolside emergency’ in May 2010.  60 artists took part, and over 5000 people saw the work.

2.   We were pleased to welcome back several established artists in 2009/10, including Nigel Charnock, Faulty Optic and The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs.

3.  We are delighted that work originally commissioned and developed at greenroom went on to have new life in other venues:

• Nic Green: Trilogy (former Method Lab artist) at BAC, London
• Annette Foster (former Method Lab artist) at The Arches, Glasgow
• Jason Minsky (former Resident Artist) at Project Space, Leeds, and The Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship
• greenroom commissioned alternative pantomime Christmas Dinner! at The Basement (Brighton)

These are just a few examples of onward artist journeys from greenroom. For more information visit greenroomutd.org which tracks and traces all artists who have performed at or been supported by greenroom over its 27+ year history.

We hope you find the above of Interest – we think the for 5 full-time members of staff and 8 part-time we don’t do badly!

Just time to remind you that it’s Freed Up this Thursday night, which is FREE and an opportunity for you to GET INVOLVED!

Love greenroom X

Look in the brochure and online for shows with GET INTO GREENROOM and if you book your tickets before 6pm on the Monday before the Friday show you get full price tickets for £6 instead of £9.

We want you to GET INVOLVED with greenroom, whether you are an artist, performer, musician, poet or wish to explore your creative side. Many of our shows have free extras, such as a mini-performance beforehand and/or a Q&A afterwards; we want you to get the most out of greenroom so GET INTO GREENROOM and GET INVOLVED.

greenroom heads up next week for a look see; we want to see the new show by Frantic Assembly, catch some late night comedy at the Guilded Balloon and wind down with a fine organic ale or two at the Forest Fringe.

We are going to pop into The Caves on Cowgate to see Nicki Hobday’s new show Nicki Hobday Conquers Space. Nicki has just been awarded Winner of the Best Female Performer Award 2010 at the ACT Festival, Bilbao and this show marks a new point where theatre and comedy meet.

Nicki teams up for the first time with director Neil Mackenzie, in a hilarious mix of high ideas and low humour, cramming all time and all space into one theatrical moment, one that keeps feeding back on itself, in a desperate attempt to avoid facing the facts.

The piece has been developed at greenroom and our fantastic technical department has even lent some kit for the duration of the Fringe.

We can’t wait!

love greenroom x x

GET INTO GREENROOM!
BOOK IN ADVANCE if you want to get your tickets to many of our shows at the concessionary price of £6  - this price is available up until the Monday before the show – after that its £9 - check website and brochure for details.

The season launches officially on Friday 1 October with emergency, our free, two day festival co-produced with hÅb. More details of artists to follow…

GET INTO GREENROOM! tickets are available for the following shows:

Kim Noble Will Die: cutting edge comedy by the taller one from the Perrier Award winning, BAFTA nominated double act Noble and Silver.

The Featherstonehaughs: after last years sell-out Dancing On Your Grave the all-male troupe return with new show Edits, which draws stylishly on the peculiar elasticity of filmic time.

Hetain Patel’s TEN looks at the meeting place between the red dot on the Hindu forehead and the red cross on the English flag: it asks what is behind this need to belong?

Forkbeard Fantasy: famed for their mix of visual trickery, film and outlandish story-lines Forkbeard present The Colour Of Nonsense – a satire on a theatre world always in search of ‘the new’.

Alex Bradley with Melina Peña: premiere Michael Jackson – dragging its audience through the mud of doubt, narcissism and 120 decibels of Quincy Jones white noise.

We have two Artists In Residence this season and yes, you’ve guessed it, both shows are part of the GET INTO GREENROOM! initiative:

Sankalpam are at the forefront of Bharata Natyam in the UK, an Indian classical dance form known for its grace and statuesque poses; pushing the boundaries of this form and working with contemporary artists they present Corpo-realities – a new, intimate triple bill.

Pavlos Kountouriotis presents A Super-Modern Dance And Other Romances – a witty take on what contemporary dance is supposed to be; accompanied by a performance lecture transforming our workspace into a live archive of his vision of violence in documentation.

Many of our shows have free extras, such as a mini-performance beforehand and/or a Q&A afterwards; we want you to get the most out of greenroom so GET INTO GREENROOM! and GET INVOLVED.

love greenroom x x

ps.  Dave Haslam is back in Close Up With… Germaine Greer, Terry Hall & a third guest TBA and Band on the Wall, the legendary music venue, are programming two evenings of music in the performance space in December with artists TBA on our website shortly.

Plus, don’t miss Dave Haslam: back in Close Up With… Germaine Greer, Terry Hall and a third guest TBA.

We are proud to announce that Band on the Wall: legendary music venue, are programming two evenings of music in the performance space in December with artists TBA on this website shortly.

Venue: Just The Tonic @ The Caves (Venue 88. 253 Cowgate)
Time: 2:30pm (1 hour)
Dates: 5th - 29th August (Not 16th)
Tickets: £7 / £6; Call 0131 208 0882

Winner of the Best Female Performer Award 2010 at the ACT Festival, Bilbao.

Nicki Hobday hasn’t arrived. The stage is empty and only the expectations of the audience and a load of possibilities are present. Things unfold nevertheless, complete with overblown soundtracks and performing raincoats, as expectations are fleshed out and romantic fantasies threaten to take over. Indeed it’s only when she does, finally, show up that it all starts to go seriously wrong.

Marking a new point where theatre and comedy meet, Nicki Hobday Conquers Space crams all time and all space into one theatrical moment, one that keeps feeding back on itself, in a desperate attempt to avoid facing the facts.

Award winning performer Nicki Hobday teams up for the first time with director Neil Mackenzie, in a hilarious mix of high ideas and low humour.

Nicki Hobday co-founded experimental company Trace Theatre in 2007, who have taken their latest show to several international festivals this year, most recently to Bilbao where Nicki was awarded Best Female Performer ACT festival 2010. Since Graduating with a degree in Contemporary Theatre and Performance in 2008 Nicki has been performing nationally and internationally both with Trace and other professional touring companies such as Proto-type Theater and Until Thursday.

Read review from The Stage.

Angle of Refraction is free to view.
Opening times: Wednesday to Friday 5pm ’til late and Saturday 6pm ’til late.