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24:7 Theatre Festival - 20th to 26th July

03/07/2009

Manchester's critically acclaimed, première theatre festival returns, featuring 21 brand new 60 minute productions, taking place in non-theatre venues. 105 performances of 21 plays in 5 venues over 7 days!

24:7 is fuelled by a city alive with creative vibrancy twenty-four hours a day and is acclaimed as a proven showcase for new and exciting theatre.

21 original 1 hour shows

Following months of applications, readings, discussions, offers and acceptances, 21 productions are now being prepared to delight, excite, entertain and provoke you.

This year Pure in The Printworks and New Century House – part of the Co-operative Group's head office complex -– will host the shows, meaning that all of the performance spaces are within 200 metres of each other!

No show lasts longer than an hour, and you can enjoy a drink while you watch. There's no better way to enjoy a new play! Come along, come again, and bring a friend!!

From 1 July onwards full-price tickets will cost £8, but if you're quick off the mark you can get hold of Early Bird tickets for just £7 each! Concessions also available.

You can discover all sorts of information about these productions, together with details of how to get hold of tickets, at: