Lesbian Triple Bill

An evening of queer works in progress from Manchester's emerging theatre-makersJoin directors Clodagh Chapman, Ellie Harrington and Maisie Holland at the John Thaw Studio Theatre on July 22nd for an evening of queer theatre in development.Featuring extracts from three exciting works in progress, alongside a selection of short performances from local artists, this triple bill offers audiences a chance to encounter new work at a vital stage of its journey.The programme includes:Castrato by Rosa Gatley | Directed by Ellie HarringtonAlbert is 12, and a chorister at the prestigious Saint Pauline's Cathedral.

The choir is his whole life, with the coveted ‘Once In Royal David's City' solo glimmering on the horizon.

But he's hiding a secret.

His voice is starting to break, the highest notes quickly slipping out of his range, and if anyone finds out, he'll be forced to leave the choir forever.‘Castrato' is about masculinity, the oftentimes horror of puberty, and the crushing inevitability of growing up when all you want is to remain the same.QuimeraAfter Federico García Lorca | Adapted and Directed by Clodagh Chapman.A man disappears into the mountains.

His children wish into the void.

His wife says goodbye.Quimera, an almost hundred-year-old text, is part of Federico García Lorca's body of formally-inventive short plays.

This free adaptation reimagines the text for the present moment, and asks what it means to read a text from a queer author in the present.Funny, moving and thought-provoking, these three works explore identity, belonging, change, resistance and the spaces we create for ourselves and one another.

Together, they offer a snapshot of exciting new queer theatre in development and the artists helping to shape its future.Doing What A Lemon Pip Doesby Lucy Whelan | Directed by Maisie Holland"Then someone reported my tomatoes.

So I went to war."Jenny is a classic 2020s twenty-something, with no clear direction or purpose.

She loves her girlfriend, Jo, and tolerates her mother, Dot, but she's not too sure about her job, her passions, or much else.

At least she wasn't before someone reported her to her building conglomerate for illegally growing tomatoes on the roof of her rental property.What follows is a mad mission to turn the rooftops of Manchester into a wild space.

But tomatoes were one thing; a city-wide rooftop garden is another altogether, and Jenny soon finds that rewilding even her own building is enough of a challenge to throw her life and relationships into turmoil.Age restriction: 12+Content warnings: Strong language, themes of family conflict, serious injury, references to death, fascism, homophobia, death, and gender dysphoria.