Adam Quayle News

Box of Tricks presents Too Much World at Once, A North-West writer explores growing up queer in rural England and the climate emergency, written by Billie Collins and directed by Adam Quayle, 3 March – 22 April 2023. See photos from inside rehearsal. 

A new production from North West theatre company Box of Tricks, who recently brought Last Quiz Night on Earth, SparkPlug and Chip Shop Chips to the Scarborough venue, Billie Collins' Too Much World at Once can be seen at the SJT on 21 and 22 March. The show was presented as a play reading at the SJT in August 2021.

Set against a backdrop of the climate crisis, the debut from Papatango shortlisted writer Billie Collins is a lyrical coming of age story of growing up queer in rural England. Collins was selected for the 2022 BBC Writersroom Northern Voices cohort and was part of Film Hub North's 2020 Script Lab, and now will be premiering her first play in Manchester before touring.

Box of Tricks brings its critically acclaimed immersive play The Last Quiz Night on Earth to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre later this month.

Box of Tricks announced today that the postponed 2020 tour of the critically-acclaimed immersive play The Last Quiz Night on Earth by Alison Carr will visit venues this Spring from 23 February - opening at The Derby Brewery Arms, Manchester - and offer audiences a very different experience of live performance.

Box of Tricks announces today that the postponed 2020 tour of the critically-acclaimed immersive play The Last Quiz Night on Earth by Alison Carr will visit venues this Spring from 23 February - opening at The Derby Brewery Arms, Manchester - and offer audiences a very different experience of live performance.

Box of Tricks and Sky Studios have announced that the two winners of the inaugural Screen/Play Award are Conway McDermott and Sarah Tarbit. Each writer will be awarded £10,250 to write a 70-minute stage play and a 20-minute screenplay inspired by a single central idea to be developed with support from the two partners throughout 2021.

Manchester-based theatre company Box of Tricks and Sky Studios' Innovation Hub, based in Leeds, have teamed up to announce the launch of the inaugural  Screen/Play Award, a ground-breaking initiative to unearth exceptional writers from the North of England.

Box of Tricks have released rehearsal images for their upcoming premiere of Daniel Kanaber's new play Under Three Moons.

To coincide with the premiere of their latest production Under Three Moons, Manchester based Box of Tricks Theatre Company have joined forces with a consortium of charities in Manchester, Huddersfield and Liverpool including Mind Manchester and the Samaritans to deliver a bespoke programme of mental health engagement activities that will raise awareness, engage new audiences and spark a conversation about everyday mental health for men.

Box of Tricks have announced full casting for the premiere of Daniel Kanaber's (Shiver, Watford Palace Theatre) new play Under Three Moons which will start its Autumn tour at The Lowry, Salford in late September.

From Manchester theatre company Box of Tricks, the producers of the award winning Narvik, and their recent acclaimed productions of Plastic Figurines and SparkPlug, comes Under Three Moons, Daniel Kanaber's new play that explores how men relate to each other today, who they are and how they live - and the spaces between.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre is collaborating with two young and innovative theatre companies in what will become an ongoing programme of exciting new creative partnerships.

Just week one to go till the award-winning Manchester theatre company Box of Tricks open their forthcoming tour of their sold-out 2016 production of Becky Prestwich's nostalgic tale of love over fish and chips with a side order of some Northern soul - Chip Shop Chips. Check out rehearsal photos below!

Box of Tricks announces full casting for their forthcoming tour of their sold-out 2016 production of Becky Prestwich's nostalgic tale of love over fish and chips with a side order of some Northern soul - Chip Shop Chips.

After the critical national success earlier this year with their UK Theatre award-winning production of Lizzie Nunnery's Narvik, Manchester theatre company Box of Tricks are set to tour in 2018 their acclaimed 2016 production of Becky Prestwich's funny and nostalgic tale of love over fish and chips and some Northern soul - Chip Shop Chips.

Celebrating a decade of new theatre making, Box of Tricks is thrilled to announce the transfer of Ella Carmen Greenhill's movingly funny and touching play PLASTIC FIGURINES to New Diorama Theatre in London from 27 September - 22 October 2016.

Celebrating a decade of new theatre making, Box of Tricks is thrilled to announce the transfer of Ella Carmen Greenhill's movingly funny and touching play PLASTIC FIGURINES to New Diorama Theatre in London from 27 September - 22 October 2016.

Celebrating a decade of new play making, Box of Tricks is thrilled to announce the transfer of Ella Carmen Greenhill's movingly funny and touching play PLASTIC FIGURINES to New Diorama Theatre in London from 27 September - 22 October 2016. Following a critically-acclaimed national tour last Spring, Plastic Figurines plays at the New Diorama for a four-week run.

After the critical national success earlier this year with new plays Plastic Figurines by Ella Carmen Greenhill and Narvik by Lizzie Nunnery, Manchester theatre company Box of Tricks is delighted to announce that it will be starting off its 10th anniversary year in February with the premiere of Becky Prestwich's funny and nostalgic new tale of love over fish and chips and some Northern soul - Chip Shop Chips.