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We are a Manchester based theatre company dedicated to producing high-quality professional theatrical productions and digital work that address contemporary issues affecting the queer and LGBTQ+ community.
Green Carnation Company present
Vincent River
By Philip Ridley
Wed 12 October – Wed 19 October 2022, at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
…Davey has seen something he can never forget. Anita is haunted by grief and shame. They have never met. Tonight their paths will collide with devastating consequences.
Green Carnation are back! We’re returning to Hope Mill Theatre, where our journey first began in 2018, with a thrilling new production of Philip Ridley’s ‘Vincent River’.
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Thrilling, heart-breaking, and at times darkly humorous, Philip Ridley’s powerful play examines hate crime, loss, prejudice and sexuality in this tense game of cat and mouse set in London’s East End.
CASTING CALL OUT
Green Carnation are looking for two performers for their production at Hope Mill Theatre this October.
The roles are:
- Anita: mid-40s/50s, female: a mother grieving over her adult son. Hardened, strong yet isolated.
- Davey: late teens, male: A lost young man who found the body. Angry, brooding and vulnerable.
Deadline for applications Sunday 17 July. First auditions Sunday 7 August.
Find out more about casting opportunities here.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Staging a show is expensive – from team wages to design costs; license fees to marketing and rehearsals; it’s not a cheap business. We run Green Carnation for love, not money, but we also believe in making sure we pay our team a fair wage and having the production values to do justice to the stories we tell.
By donating to support us, you are helping us recover from a situation none of us could have predicted. You will be supporting emerging talent and ushering us back onto the stage to continue our journey to becoming one of the UK’s brightest LGBTQ+ theatre companies.
We have a big target: £3,000. And It’s scary, we won’t lie. But with your love and support, we believe we can get there.
Thank you, Dan & Dan
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Calling queer writers
We’re looking for new queer writers with an original story to share!
It’s been a long couple of year and we’re itching to get to know some new queer writers with scripts, stories and ideas that they are wanting to explore. We’re especially looking for stories that are a little bit different – stories that give a new perspective, or a queer twist.
Sound like you? Get in touch – full info on link below.
Recent Projects
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.
We presented these films alongside Nick Maynard’s monologue FLUID at Turn On Fest 2021: Hope Mill Theatre’s annual LGBTQIA+ festival in partnership with Superbia on Friday 19 March.
Watch the films below:
FLUID by Nick Maynard (sexuality)
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.
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.
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