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.
