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    In the heart of Manchester's city centre, in the remarkable Victorian Cotton Exchange, sit two of the most unusual theatre spaces in the country. The theatre is in-the-round, and none of the 700 seats are more than nine metres from the stage. We produce nine productions per year, all of them rehearsed, designed and built especially for us so you won't see them anywhere else. The studio, with just 90 seats, stages our own productions, as well as hosting visiting work from around the country.

    The Great Hall of the Cotton Exchange includes our restaurant, bars, craft shop, education lounge and two gallery spaces. Every Friday from 5.30-7pm, we also present Special Fridays at the Exchange (SFX) - free entertainment and happy hour in the bar and craft shop, including music, dance, free running, poetry and comedy (first Friday of every month). Expect the unexpected!

    Address:St Ann's Square
    Manchester

    Postcode:M2 7DH
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    Website:www.royalexchangetheatr... »

    Currently showing:

    • The Comedy of Errors

      March 31st 2010 - May 8th 2010

      • Drama
      • Comedy
      • Shakespeare
      • Captioned
      • BSL Signed Performance

      Shakespeare's early comedy of mistaken identity and magic tells the story of two sets of twins in the unlikely situation of being separated at birth and ending up twenty years later in the same city. What are the chances?

      Anyhoo, there are wives getting their husbands confused, money going into the wrong hands and a surprise Abbess at the end. It's a must-see with a young cast. Go to the Exchange website and read the Courtesan's rehearsal blog to get all the gossip.

    Forthcoming:

    • Pygmalion

      May 12th 2010 - June 19th 2010

      • Drama
      • Comedy
      • Romance

      Bernard Shaw's classic tale of transforming a flower girl into a society babe - same story as My Fair Lady but without the songs!

      Eliza Doolittle, the babe in question will be played by TORCHWOOD star Cush Jumbo.

    • Charley's Aunt

      June 23rd 2010 - August 7th 2010

      • Drama
      • Comedy
      • Romance

      A classic English farce, the best ever, which includes men dressing up as women. The story is that of two students - Jack and Charley - who want toget it on with Amy and Kitty. But, this being th 1920s, they need a chaperone and when Charley's Aunt from Brazil is going to be late, they decide (as only English boys can do) to dress up their male friend Babberley and make him pretend to be the Aunt. All goes well until the real Aunt arrives...

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