Part of Festival of the Unseen

Spotlight Series (2023)

18, 22, 24 February & 1 March 2023 - Meat Market Stables

Sign up & doors open 7pm, starts 7.30pm

Entry: Free event


Do you have a song you need to sing out? Have you secretly been writing the world’s next literary masterpiece? Wanna make people giggle? Or do you want to try something new?

During our Festival of the Unseen, there will be four “open mic night” experiences, themed around:

Each with its own fabulous host!

Come join us for a great night, with a crowd of adoring, supportive friends (old and new).

Piano Bar

Saturday 18th of February

Hosted by Owen James

Pianist available, all genres of music are welcome.

New Work Showcase

Wednesday 22nd of February

Hosted by Willow Sizer with cold readers: Bradley Storer, Chloe Towan, Melissa David and Tahlia Jameson

Submit scripts, monologues, perform original songs, etc. You can perform it yourself or bring your own actor(s). There will also be four cold readers available if you would like to submit a sequence from a play.

Comedy Night

Friday 24th of February

Hosted by Fat Baby Brown

Comedy open mic (stand up, music, parodies, improv etc)

Variety Night

Wednesday 1st of March

Hosted by Aubrey Flood

Anything you want (comedy, music, burlesque, circus, you name it!)


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