PUSH Festival returns in the New Year for our biennial celebration of North West creative talent.
Over two weeks, our stages, screens and spaces will be dedicated to showcasing fantastic works from around the region, as well as offering opportunities for creatives to meet industry professionals, share ideas and inspiration and develop their skills.
We look forward to making further announcements about this soon!
In this season
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Dibby Theatre presentsA-Hole & Propel x Dibby Theatre
Join HOME commissioned artist Nathaniel J Hall (Toxic, First Time) as he shares a work-in-progress of his new show A-Hole, delivered in his signature hilarious…
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Rafia Hussain Productions presentsFour Dholis and a Divorce – Work in Progress
Four Dholis and a Divorce is a new performance by poet and performer, Hafsah Bashir.
Opportunities
Introduction to TV directing for Theatre Makers: Open for Applications
Join directors working on Waterloo Road for an afternoon on the set of the hit show, where they will talk you through the basics of…
Opportunities
Introduction to TV directing for Filmmakers: Open for Applications
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Presented by Box of TricksPlayMakers Takeover 2025
Join Box of Tricks for the latest PlayMakers Takeover bringing together Northern playwrights and theatremakers to connect, collaborate and create.
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Afreena Islam-Wright presentsLUCKY TONIGHT!
Join us for LUCKY TONIGHT!, where quizmaster extraordinaire (and former contestant of The Chase!) Afreena will put you through your paces to help her tell her story.
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Presented by Box of TricksPlayMakers Culture Café 2025
Local writers and offstage creatives, join Box of Tricks on Sat 25 Jan to hear all about our PlayMakers Network between events throughout the day.…
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Presented by Box of TricksPlayMakers Offstage: Physical Play Workshop
Join movement director Aiden Crawford and explore how physical play can help build an ensemble and create a world.
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Presented by Box of TricksPlayMakers Blood Beats Social
Blood Beats is Box of Tricks’ trans-led, interdisciplinary LGBTQ+ writers’ group. This year they’re holding space for LGBTQ+ writers and artists to network and socialise.…
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Presented by Box of TricksPlayMakers Accelerate Showcase
Accelerate is Box of Tricks’ new development programme for Northern playwrights aged over 35. Twelve writers have been supported to develop the first draft of…
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Switch_MCR presentsBad Science
Darkly satirical and fast paced, Bad Science is a cautionary tale of what happens when a discipline of care morphs into one of control.
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What is Love to a Goddess – Work in Progress
In this scratch performance, Maz Hedgehog plays Medea, excited for the life she's about to begin with the heroic Jason.
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Smug Roberts presentsDementia Street
When my mums battle with dementia ended I wanted to contribute something to the fight against it, so I wrote a one man play about…
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Girl Gang Manchester presentsMillennial Pink – Work in Progress
Millennial Pink is a brand-new piece of contemporary theatre exploring how 00's pop culture shaped millennial women's ideas around gender, sexuality and self worth in a society which…
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Spit That Out 2025: North-West Artist Film Programme
Discover a selection of recent work from artists who are living in, working in, hailing from or have studied across the North West.
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Documentary 101 with Northern Heart
Join award-winning documentary makers Natasha Hawthornthwaite and Scott Bradley of Northern Heart Films for a one-day workshop that will take you through each step of your…
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Mothers Who Make presentsMotherkind
Presented by Mothers Who Make, Motherkind is a playful and powerful kaleidoscope of stories about parenting, the maternal brain and making space. Motherkind explores the…
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The Sustainable Travel Agency – Work in Progress
The Sustainable Travel Agency is a participatory audio performance featuring mini holidays, mocktails, a red blazer and warm reassuring smiles.
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111 More Time
Originally performed as part of Manchester International Festival 2023, “111 More Time” is a fictional piece of theatre inspired by verbatim interviews with Nightline volunteers…
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A Divine Comedy – Work in Progress
A Divine Comedy tells the never before told story of Harris Glen Milstead, who shot from obscurity to being one of the biggest and filthiest…
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Presented by HOMEHOME Theatre Season 2025
Running from Wed 8 Jan – Sat 7 Jun, audiences can look forward to a thrilling line-up featuring a global smash hit, a riotously funny…