Welcome to the home of Green Carnation COMPANY, telling QUEER STORIES THROUGH quality THEATRE.
We are a Manchester based theatre company dedicated to producing high-quality professional plays and productions that address contemporary issues affecting the queer and LGBTQ+ community.
Current Projects
Turn On Fest 2021: Queer All About It
Hope Mill Theatre Online event: Friday 19 March, 7.30pm
Click here for tickets: £8 + booking fee
An evening of film, discussion and conversation, QUEER ALL ABOUT IT is a celebration of diverse queer stories and new perspectives through five powerful and moving monologues by emerging LGBTQ+ writers, and the stories and experiences that inspired them. Part of Turn On Fest 2021: Hope Mill Theatre’s annual LGBTQIA+ festival in partnership with Superbia, Manchester Pride’s year round programme of arts and culture.
Queer All About It Monologues 2020
QUEER ALL ABOUT IT is a celebration of diverse queer stories and new perspectives through four powerful and moving short films by four emerging LGBTQ+ writers.
A sister remembers a fateful family game of UNO and an argument that can’t be taken back; a new father has the first day of school nerves; a woman must prove the thing she has had to hide to save herself; a prodigal son returns home for a family wedding, ready to reveal their true self.
Green Carnation Company explore topics of HIV, fatherhood, asylum seekers, gender and faith in four monologues by emerging LGBTQ+ writers that shine a light on diverse LGBTQ+ experiences. Working with film-makers Bloody Bandit Production and local performers, we have brought these stories to life through four powerful and moving short films.
Watch the films below:
DRAW FOUR by Lorna Rose Treen (HIV: 30+ Years of Change)
LUNCHBOXES by Matt Gurr (My Queer Family)
PROVE IT by Lynsey Cullen (Queers Beyond Borders)
I CONTAIN MULTITUDES by Priyanka Jha (Faith and Sexuality)
Each film is accompanied by a short talking heads interview film featuring interviews with LGBTQ+ individuals and charity representatives, responding to the topics explored within the monologue.
Recent Projects
My Night with Reg 2020 Tour
January 23 – March 12, 2020
In 2020 Green Carnation Theatre delivered their first successful Arts Council funded mid-scale tour across 5 venues with Kevin Elyot’s wonderfully human dark comedy ‘My Night with Reg‘ exploring the lives of 6 gay friends living in the shadow of the 1980’s AIDS crisis.
OutStageUs 2019
September 12 – 14, 2019
‘Fluid’, written by Nick Maynard as part of the OutStageUs festival at The Lowry working with Hive North.
The Pride at Hope Mill Theatre
October 16 – 20, 2018
Our debut production at Manchester’s incredible Hope Mill Theatre, playing to sold out audiences for a full week.
