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# TURN ON FEST – an LGBTQ+ theatre festival in Manchester
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/turn-on-fest-an-lgbtq-theatre-festival-in-manchester/
- Published: 2020-01-10T12:55:41.000Z
- Updated: 2020-01-10T11:56:17.000Z
- Description: TURN ON FEST – an LGBTQ+ theatre festival in Manchester
- Author: Scene Editorial Team

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TURN ON FEST, a 100% accessible **LGBTQ+ theatre festival** in collaboration with **Superbia**, **Manchester Pride**’s year round calendar of LGBTQ+ events, kicks off on **Tuesday, January 14** and runs till to **Saturday, February 1** at the **Hope Mill Theatre** in **Manchester**.

Organisers of the festival, which will include **David Hoyle**, queer theatre company **Mother’s Ruin** and critically-acclaimed drag queen **Guy Woolf,** promise a programme that will explore gay conversion therapy, queer marriage and more through dance, spoken word, cabaret and theatre. The full programme of events can be viewed [on the website here](https://hopemilltheatre.co.uk/whats-on?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

**Greg Thorpe**, Project Manager for Superbia, said: *“Superbia works with LGBTQ+ artists all year round and we are so excited to support this new platform to share their work at one of our favourite venues in the city.*

*“I have really enjoyed co-curating the TURN ON FEST for 2020 and with such an incredible raft of artists onboard we know it will be a thrilling and necessary addition to our queer arts calendar.”*

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Joseph Houston, Artistic Director of Hope Mill Theatre, added: *“We are proud to be hosting our first ever arts festival at Hope Mill Theatre opening our doors to a wider demographic of LGBTQ+ artists in Manchester.*

*“We are looking forward to three weeks of theatre, dance, cabaret, literature, open mic, conversation and new work. Turning words and ideas into performance for, by and about the LGBTQ+ community.*

*“We hope that the festival will eventually become an annual event for our great city.”*

**Event:** TURN ON FEST

**Where:** Hope Mill Theatre, 113 Pollard St, Manchester M4 7JA

**When:** Tuesday, January 14 – Saturday, February 1

For tickets and the full programme of events, visit the [website by clicking here](https://hopemilltheatre.co.uk/whats-on?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

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