Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance)

Fri 5 Mar · 14:00

Grosvenor East theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University

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A theatre performance of *Blue Stockings* by BA Acting students will take place at the Grosvenor East theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University on 5 March 2027 at 19:30. The production coincides with International Women’s Day and explores themes of female defiance and ambition.

In the approach to International Women’s Day 2027, step into a story of courage, defiance and the young women who refused to stay in their place.

It’s 1896, and at Girton College, Cambridge, the first in Britain to admit women, trailblazing students are fighting for something radical: the right to learn, to graduate, and to shape their own futures. They match their male peers grade for grade, lecture for lecture, ambition for ambition. Yet when the men leave with degrees, the women leave with nothing but a label: “blue stocking”, considered unnatural, unqualified, unmarriageable.

Written by Olivier Award winning playwright Jessica Swale, Blue Stockings is a moving, funny and eye‑opening reminder that progress is never given, it is won.

*Student ID will need to be presented on arrival when using a student ticket.

*If you have any access needs please book an accesible ticket and we will ensure one of our team will be on hand on the day of the show to assist.

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Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) takes place on Friday, 5 March 2027 at 14:00.

Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) is held at Grosvenor East theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester (Manchester M15 6BR, UK).

Tickets for Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) range from £5.50 to £12. Live prices and availability are shown on Fatsoma.

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In the approach to International Women’s Day 2027, step into a story of courage, defiance and the young women who refused to stay in their place.

Written by Olivier Award winning playwright Jessica Swale, Blue Stockings is a moving, funny and eye‑opening reminder that progress is never given, it is won.

*Student ID will need to be presented on arrival when using a student ticket.

*If you have any access needs please book an accesible ticket and we will ensure one of our team will be on hand on the day of the show to assist.

Description supplied by the event organiser.

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Grosvenor East theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester M15 6BR, UK

Deansgate, Manchester

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When is Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance)?

Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) takes place on Friday, 5 March 2027 at 14:00.

Where is Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) taking place?

Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) is held at Grosvenor East theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester (Manchester M15 6BR, UK).

How much are tickets for Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance)?

Tickets for Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) range from £5.50 to £12. Live prices and availability are shown on Fatsoma.

How do I get tickets for Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance)?

Tickets for Blue Stockings (BA Acting Performance) can be booked via Fatsoma using the "Check Tickets & Live Prices" button on this page, which opens the official booking site in a new tab.