Theatre group on a mission to entertain
ALEADING touring theatre company has revealed details of their next exciting performance, featuring the voice of a Downton Abbey star.
M6 Theatre Company, founded in 1977 and based in Rochdale, will bring their new family show Mission…Save the World! to the stage at the end of the month.
Coming this October half-term as part of a prestigious UK-wide tour, special community performances from the award-winning theatre company will take place at the Albert Royds Street venue on October 25-26.
This highly visual and energetic play about strengths and weaknesses centres around two super heroes trying to work as a team to save the world.
To do so they have to grapple with a very disgruntled Mission Control, voiced by Sue Johnston OBE of Downton Abbey and The Royle Family.
Gilly Baskeyfield, M6’s Artistic Director and creator of the story, said: “Mission…Save the World! is an original M6 piece that awakens the inner superhero in all of us, and explores the ways in which working together can make a big difference. It’s wonderful to see how mesmerised children are when watching the show – especially the excitement around whether the tadpoles on stage are real!
“It has been a real privilege to work with our patron Sue Johnston OBE on this project. Sue has such a long running history with us at M6, having acted in productions during the 1970s and 1980s and remained a constant supporter of our company and its work.”
The show will be performed by Greater Manchester based actors Lois Mackie and Luke Walker and is suitable for family audiences aged 5-10 years. Audiences are invited to ‘pay what you like’ on the day but tickets do need to be booked in advance from M6 Theatre by calling 01706 355898 or emailing admin@m6theatre.co.uk.
There will be a performance on Friday, October 25 at 2pm and two more on Saturday, October 26 at 11am and 2pm.
M6 Theatre Company, funded by Arts Council England and Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, is acknowledged as one of Britain’s leading touring theatre companies specialising in high quality theatre for young audiences.