A man wakes up in a Manchester hospital in the mid eighties and tries to piece together what led to his almost fatal downfall.
Stephen Porter’s sold-out Fringe show mixes poetry, stand-up and song to tell its darkly funny tale.
Songs from Daisy Summerfield.
18+
Dare to Dream is an interactive piece of theatre exploring health equity. It has been created with the voices of communities at its centre, and represents these through song, stories, poetry and performance. Come and find out how people in Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley think about health, and how they imagine better outcomes for everyone. All venues are wheelchair accessible. The performance will include integrated audio description and BSL interpretation.
Tickets are free but advance booking is encouraged.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/dare-to-dream-a-journey-to-health-utopia/
Dare to Dream is an interactive piece of theatre exploring health equity. It has been created with the voices of communities at its centre, and represents these through song, stories, poetry and performance. Come and find out how people in Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley think about health, and how they imagine better outcomes for everyone.
All venues are wheelchair accessible. Performances include integrated audio description and BSL interpretation.
Tickets are free but advance booking is encouraged.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/dare-to-dream-a-journey-to-health-utopia-3/
Dare to Dream is an interactive piece of theatre exploring health equity. It has been created with the voices of communities at its centre, and represents these through song, stories, poetry and performance. Come and find out how people in Liverpool, Sefton, and Knowsley think about health, and how they imagine better outcomes for everyone.
All venues are wheelchair accessible. The performance will include integrated audio description and BSL interpretation.
Tickets are free but advance booking is encouraged.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/dare-to-dream-a-journey-to-health-utopia-2/
Drawing on the wealth of peculiar episodes from both Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Box Tale Soup invite you down the rabbit hole into a timeless world of wondrous fantasy.
Carroll’s Wonderland floods onto the stage in a whirl of strange contraptions and curious characters. No matter how young or old, everyone will find their own moment of magic in Wonderland and make it safely home again – the only danger is, you may not want to leave!
Ages 4+
Winner ‘Best Show for Families’ – Buxton Fringe 2014
★★★★ “..ingenious..” – The Stage
★★★★ “..endlessly enjoyable..” – A Younger Theatre
About the Production
Box Tale Soup’s version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been created and adapted entirely by the company. It features a cast of just two human performers, a dozen colourful handmade puppets and a beautiful set that unfolds from a vintage trunk, alongside a magical soundtrack of original music composed especially for the show. From the surprising appearance of the Cheshire Cat to the madness of the Tea Party, this is a constantly inventive and refreshing take on Carroll’s classic work.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland follows Alice on her remarkable journey, from her fleeting encounters with the White Rabbit to her eventual showdown with the crazed Queen of Hearts. A confrontational Caterpillar, Ukelele twanging Tweedle twins and an array of others pop up along the way, before Alice comes face to face with her own imagination and perhaps the author of her dreams.
SISTER QUEENS
Two Queens, One Nation
The dynamic journey of two amazing women; The royal queens of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties – ELIZABETH I & MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.
A play of passion and treachery, witness the unavoidable collision between dynamic sovereigns, which shaped the destiny of the thrones of Scotland and England.
Enter the prison and the courts, private chambers and public processions as you journey with the cousins who called themselves Sister Queens.
It is a tale that has ignited the imagination for centuries.
Was the death of one the only answer?
‘Spirited, highly-intelligent, powerful. A talented writer and actor, switching skilfully from one Queen to another without ever missing a beat.’ The Stage
‘Miriam Cooper is a talent we’ll surely be hearing more of’ whatsonstage
Written and performed by Miriam Cooper
Producer by Aiden Dooley (currently touring in the multi-award-winning Discovering Antarctica: Heroic Tales of Shackleton, Crean & Scott).
7:30pm
Forty years after its groundbreaking premiere an iconic piece of British queer theatre returns for a new generation.
For centuries four women pirates have been lying on a wreck at the bottom of the sea.
Grace O’Malley, Aku, Mary Read and Zoa have drifted through time unperturbed by the progress of the modern age. Until 1985 when they were visited by Jenny who took their stories into the 1980’s.
In 2026 Jenny falls through time again and lands on their long-forgotten shipwreck, armed with nothing but a mobile phone and a head full of questions.
Blending history, mythology and contemporary politics with humour, music and. Storytelling “Raising The Wreck – Revisited” is a bold re-imagining of Sue Frumin’s pioneering play. Originally commissioned by Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company the production was one of the first British plays to feature a multi-racial cast of women and to place lesbian stories.
Joelle Taylor, TS Eliot Prize-winning poet described the original production as
“A pioneering piece of unapologetically women’s theatre, loud, vibrant, hilarious and somehow holy”.
Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo, who appeared in the original cast remembers it as:
“A ground-breaking drama, bringing lesbian lives to the fore”.
Powerful, provocative and unexpectedly joyful, “Raising The Wreck – Revisited” is an unforgettable theatre voyage that celebrates those history tried to erase and asks what stories we choose to carry in to the future.
Alongside the production selected venues will also host creative workshops featuring storytelling, maritime heritage and traditional sea shanties in partnership with local communities.
By Sue Frumin
Directed by Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder
Designed by Lara Booth
7:30 & 2pm
It’s December at the station, and the festive cheer is in full swing – carol singers, twinkling lights and excitement in the air. But for Ed, it’s all a bit too much. Ed hates Christmas, but why?
Step aboard the train as we track Ed’s past, present and future in this RAWD Original Christmas Pantomime.
RAWD has spent over a decade co-creating joyful, inclusive spaces where disabled artists can thrive. RAWD are proudly Associate Company in Residence at Unity hosting weekly sessions that work towards theatre productions.
We believe creativity is a powerful vehicle for independence, confidence, and expression – enabling people to dream bigger, communicate more freely, and take up space that’s rightfully theirs.
To find out more about RAWD visit www.rawdproject.co.uk
7:30pm
Fresh from Unity’s Up Next Fest 2026, ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’ is a semi-autobiographical, one-man show about a boy, his dad, and the enigmatic man trawling the chasm between them.
Told through playful, tender storytelling and expressive movement, the show balances humour and darkness to explore grief, radicalisation and queer inheritance. In the fragile spaces between childhood and adulthood, what blooms?
Created by Isaac Nixon and Angelina Moana.
Performed by Isaac Nixon.
Poster images by Andrew AB.
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Isaac Nixon is a theatre-maker, director, actor and writer whose work blends clowning, folklore, and physical theatre. He also works as an access support worker, drama facilitator, university lecturer and children’s storyteller, performing as ‘Og the Giant’.
Angelina is a performer, theatre maker and founding member of multi award-winning physical comedy company, Ugly Bucket Theatre. Angelina is also a workshop facilitator, specialising in acting, clown and spellcraft and is Co-Director of Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre.
‘A Covert Affair’ is a rom-com set in the cold war; two agents are tasked with a mission of seduction and espionage however find themselves in a tightrope of half-truths and hope.
They previously sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 and are now conducting a mini tour before returning to Edinburgh next year