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Magpie Man Theatre was founded in March 2015, and has since had success with the award-winning 'MOUTH' (2015), critically-acclaimed 'AUTOPSY' (2016), and award-nominated 'LIVE: In Technicolor' (2017) and accompanying book 'SPECTRUM'. Magpie Man Theatre is a fledgling performance group, founded in March 2015 by Christopher Bowles, explicitly for the purposes of entering the Manchester fringe scene.

In July of the same year, MMT won the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival award for 'Best Spoken Word' with their debut production, 'MOUTH'; an experimental look at radio drama and confessional monologue. Christopher continued to write under the MMT umbrella, and developed a series of spoken word pieces alongside HONOUR CHOIR, which were performed as part of a series of remembrance concerts throughout 2015 and early 2016. It is part of an on-going project; culminating in a European tour in 2018.

2016 saw sophomore production 'AUTOPSY'; an exploration into the frailty of the human body through dance and movement; receive critical acclaim; and 2017's project saw the launch of Christopher's debut flash-fiction collection 'SPECTRUM', alongside the live adaptation and solo show 'LIVE: In Technicolor'.

2018 will see the first year MMT launches multiple projects - the experimental audio collection 'O.D.E.S.', a revised and newly-recorded version of 'MOUTH' utilising up to 100 different local poets and actors, and 'Mancunian Greek' - a contemporary take on Greek tragedies set in modern-day Salford and Manchester.

We've spent the last fortnight or so plotting; filming and singing our way through an absolutely bonkers ordeal!It's tha...
19/11/2021

We've spent the last fortnight or so plotting; filming and singing our way through an absolutely bonkers ordeal!

It's that time again where we got involved with the latest FLIM NITE event - this time a collaboration event with the fantastic Sean Morley!

FLIM NITE FORESIGHT has used clairvoyant powers to predict the plot for a future unreleased film - Super Mario Bros. (2022) and split the plot outline among 18 participants.

The Twitch livestream happens tomorrow evening; but feel free to cast your peepers on the (frankly ridiculous) trailer below and stare into the madness.

Let's a-gooooooo!

“FLIM NITE FORESIGHT TRAILER and I predicted the script of Mario Bros Movie (2022) and gave it to 18 performers to create. This Saturday we combine these efforts into a DIY precognitive cinematic masterpiece. Saturday 7.30pm (uk time) https://t.co/i7s3Mbksmq https://t.co/7GaAdKzw7f....

23/07/2020

ECHO is performed by Jonathan Kinsman
Written by Christopher Bowles;

"Dead-naming: the use of the birth or other former name of a transgender or non-binary person without their consent."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

23/07/2020

EULOGY is performed by James Stirton-Blake
Written by Christopher Bowles;

TW: Grief/Death/Cancer
"A man struggles with the guilt of grieving."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

23/07/2020

SAMPLE is performed by Dan Webber
Written by Christopher Bowles;

TW: Abject content
"An aristocrat makes a surprising amendment to his bathroom routine."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

22/07/2020

ELOCUTION and INTRODUCE are now live! Performances by Adam Sabatti and Trev 'The Road Poet' respectively.

22/07/2020

INTRODUCE is performed by Trev 'the Road Poet'
Written by Christopher Bowles;

"A man is concerned about the recent changes in his doting wife..."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

22/07/2020

ELOCUTION is performed by Adam Sabatti
Written by Christopher Bowles;

"Early man makes a discovery."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

21/07/2020

Today sees two new monologues going up! EAT; performed by Zoe Thomas, and CHOKE, read by original MOUTH cast member Andrew Marsden.

That's twelve readings ready to listen to! By Monday, the entire of the first volume of twenty-five pieces will be available - and it's definitely a rollercoaster!

21/07/2020

CHOKE is performed by Andrew Marsden
Written by Christopher Bowles;

TW: Suicide/Self-Harm; Sexual Violence
"A suicidal man elects to end his own life and makes an unusual discovery in the process."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

21/07/2020

EAT is performed by Zoe Thomas
Written by Christopher Bowles;

"An expectant mother develops an extreme craving for sweet foods..."

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Part of our virtual project, MOUTH: (Reflux); a collection of 200 monologues and poems performed by various actors, poets, comedians and performers in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine.

16/07/2020

Three new monologues have gone up - this time performances from original MOUTH cast member, Mary Gerardine Hooton; and newcomers to Magpie Man Theatre, Tom Burleigh and Julie Broadbent!

With the addition of VOICE-BOX; MUMBLE and REVEAL; we now have ten pieces on our shiny playlist - check out the collection so far!

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