Angels With Manky Faces opens at Library Theatre in Manchester

Aug 6 2009 Chester Chronicle

A HOST of Madchester music personalities including Mike Joyce of The Smiths and Clint Boon of the Inspiral Carpets, together with hotly tipped band Twisted Wheel, make filmed cameo appearances in a new play.

Angels With Manky Faces, presented by leading community theatre group MaD Theatre Company, can be seen at the Library Theatre in Manchester from August 17-22.

One of the city’s favourite actors, John Henshaw, also appears, as does Coronation Street actor Graeme Hawley, who plays John Stape in the soap.

Inspired by writer and Liverpool University academic Andrew Davies’ book The Gangs of Manchester, Angels With Manky Faces tells the story of the Scuttlers, regarded as Britain’s first youth cult, who roamed the sleazy gin joints and gritty Manchester streets in the 1890s.

The play is set against a filmic backdrop capturing the bustle of Manchester’s Victorian slums, shot by Paul Cliff, MaD’s resident film-maker. Ring 0161 236 7110 or visit www.librarytheatre.com.