Angels with Manky Faces returns to Manchester
Following the massive success of Angels with Manky Faces last year, North Manchester’s celebrated MaD Theatre Company are pleased to announce a special one off show this week.
Inspired by the book, Gangs of Manchester by Andrew Davies, Angels with Manky Faces tells the story of the Scuttlers, Britain’s first youth cult. Set in the streets and gin shops of Ancoats in 1894, capturing the bustle of Manchester’s Victorian slums and packed with Mancunian humour and swagger.
Jimmy Johnson is the leader of the Bengal Tigers, the most feared of all the scuttling gangs. Leading a life of gratuitous violence and casual sex, Jimmy is a lucky lad. But when a sultry Irish beauty arrives at his favourite brothel, trouble breaks out between the sheets and in the streets.
This production of Angels with Manky Faces isn’t a conventional theatre production, it is multi media, aimed at a wider audience, who might like to go watch the match; or a band; or simply people who generally appreciate modern culture.
The production features cameo performances from some of Manchester’s well know exports, such as Clint Boon, Drummer from the Smiths Mike Joyce, Coronation Street’s Graeme Hawley, as well as a notable cameo appearance from Terry Christian as an unlikely priest.
Angels with Manky Faces celebrates the rich history of Manchester and has already proved itself to be a piece of groundbreaking theatre for the masses!
Performance: Thursday 15th July – 7:30pm Ticket price: £10 (£9) available on the Ticket line.
For more information visit: http://www.madtheatrecompany.co.uk
