AIR at The Edge

Name: AIR at The Edge
Start: 2021-09-09T19:30:00
End: 2021-09-11T16:00:00
Location: The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre

Creative Tourist Posted 9 September 2021

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AIR

The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre, Chorlton

9-11 September 2021

Date

Time

Session Features

09 Sep 2021

7:30 pm-8:30 pm

10 Sep 2021

3:00 pm-4:00 pm

11 Sep 2021

3:00 pm-4:00 pm

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

From £6.00

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Featuring actors from the Booth Centre Theatre Company, AIR is a brand new performance set in the future.

The year is 2121 and Dougal, a cog tightener on the AIR machine, goes to visit his computer uploaded Gran to learn about the place they called Manchester, in an area they called the North.

AIR is being performed as part of The Edge’s Reopening Season.

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