Stories & Connections All #Q&A #The Den #News #Community #Elders #Opportunity #Schools #Writers #Young Company Search Filter posts News Cast Announced for World Premiere of Liberation In 1945 the Fifth Pan-African Congress took place here in Manchester, it was an iconic event with a seismic, global… Read more News Inside Rehearsals: Week Five of Liberation This past week, we’ve been in the tech rehearsals for Liberation. This is a busy time for any show as… Read more News 2025 Shortlist for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting Announced Today Bruntwood and the Royal Exchange Theatre announce the shortlist for The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2025. Read more Inside Rehearsals: Week Four of Liberation Week Four has been a transitory week for Liberation as we moved from our rehearsal room onto the Royal Exchange stage. Read more Celebrating The Den Festival in Stalybridge “A celebration of the positive and creative side of humanity and the brilliance we are capable of!” Audience Member Read more Inside Rehearsals: Week Three of Liberation The third week of rehearsals has been a busy one. As I’m writing this we’re doing a run through of… Read more Inside Rehearsals: Week Two of Liberation In our second week, our focus has shifted to blocking the show. Liberation has ten cast members who are often… Read more Inside Rehearsals: Week One of Liberation As Liberation rehearsals get underway, assistant director Robert Furey (Hodgkiss Director) shares his insights and observations direct from the rehearsal… Read more Community FOH Training Programme: Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Den 2025 Live in Leigh, Atherton or Tyldesley? Want to know more about theatre and develop Customer Service skills? Then join us… Read more The Den Introducing the Cast of Best Mates, Top Bins and Venga Venga There’s a very unique world premiere at this year’s Den Festival in Tameside – written by some of its youngest… Read more News SELLOUTS: A Young Company Production On Friday 28 & Saturday 29 March 2025, the Royal Exchange Theatre’s Young Company presented SELLOUTS. This premiere of five… Read more The Den Meet the people behind The Den Festival “For me it's about pulling communities back together" Read more News ANNOUNCEMENT: Curve’s Chris Stafford joins the Exchange as Interim Executive Director & Co-CEO Read more Load more