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09/09/2026

SIMON STEPHENS will be joining us on Thursday 10th of September for a Post-Show Q&A!

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Design by Kelsea Knox

08/09/2026

Only three more chances to see 💜💙

Don’t miss out! 📸 by Kelsea Knox

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05/09/2026

Back tonight - 7:30pm! 💙💜

04/09/2026

REVIEWS ARE IN! 💜💙

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📸 by Kelsea Knox

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

03/09/2026

is open! 👀 Photos by Kelsea Knox

Tickets available at the link in our bio, here until the 6th💜💙

02/09/2026

Help shape the future of 53two 💜💙 - https://mailchi.mp/53two/help-shape-the-future-of-53two

01/09/2026

WHAT’S ON THIS SEPTEMBER💜💙





📆 2nd-11th September
⏰ 7:30pm
💰 £17 (Exc booking fee)
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The North.

A once thriving port-town, now surviving in the scraps of yesterday’s industry.

Maria lives there. In the digital 21st Century, how does a pregnant 18-year old find connection, trust and hope?

A UK premiere from Manchester writer Simon Stephens takes a long look at social neglect; birth, death and love.

Simon Stephens is one of today’s most important dramatists famous for the social precision and empathy he uses to paint his characters.

📸 Kelsea Knox





📆 12th September
⏰ 7:30pm
💰 From £13 (Exc booking fee)
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A raucous new musical comedy telling tales of folk intrigue, ‘wyrd’ happenings and inebriated villagers.

It’s been raining all summer. But that’s not going to stop the residents of Hopley Drew gathering in The Barleycorn Inn for their annual Harvest show and one final knees up before the pub closes its doors for good. As the villagers show off their soggy crops, share songs and tales of local lore, and wait with baited breath for the results of the raffle, a wild storm rages. Some say it’s just typical British weather, but others say it’s something much more sinister... Can this drenched and disenchanted community band together to overcome whatever lurks outside?





📆 13th Sept
⏰ 7:30pm
💰 £10 (Exc booking fee)
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Red Line Theatre’s award-winning play is returning to Manchester, coming to the iconic 53Two arches for one night only! Dear Eliza is a powerful investigation of friendship under the strain of mental illness, declared “fringe theatre at its best” (British Theatre Guide). In a media culture that either villainises or victimises the mentally ill, Dear Eliza navigates the grey area with guts and defiance. Playful, bold, cynical, darkly funny, and admirably candid, this one-woman play is very much about confronting unexpressed emotions within relationships and saying out loud what you’d rather keep i