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1. 1. 24:7 Festival line-up

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 July 2004 THE first 24:7 Theatre Festival begins on July 24. Over seven days, 17 pieces of new writing for the theatre will be presented in unconventional non-theatre locations in The Printworks, Manchester and the Chapel Street end of Salford.

2. 2. 24:7 Theatre Festival: The lowdown

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 19 July 2007 A FEW years ago David Slack contacted me in my official capacity here at the M.E.N.

3. 3. Hit festival looks to a big future...

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 January 2005 LAST year was a remarkable one for David Slack and Amanda Hennessy, the co-founders and coordinators of the 24:7 Theatre Festival. The festival, designed to showcase new local writing in a variety of "non-theatre"-style venues, was first announced on January 27, with scripts submitted by March and the successful applicants announced in May.

4. 4. Festival has its fringe benefits

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 June 2005 MANCHESTER'S 24:7 theatre festival returns in July, with a line-up which promises to see the event grow into a mini-Edinburgh fringe in the city.

5. 5. Festival's Grand headache

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 13 July 2005 IT'S less than two weeks to go until the start of Manchester's ground-breaking 24:7 Fringe theatre festival. But, just as 10,000 brochures hit the streets, one of the venues, Baby Grand, has unexpectedly had to pull out, leaving organisers desperately looking for a new space.

6. 6. 24:7 - The French Lectures @ The Late Room

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 25 July 2005 AFTER its Manchester Evening News Theatre Award-winning debut last year, the ground-breaking 24:7 Theatre Festival is back in town, offering no less than 105 performances of 21 new plays - none of them longer than an hour - in five non-theatre venues over a week.

7. 7. A 24:7 success story

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 August 2005 THE 24:7 theatre festival wound up at the weekend, with audience figures double those at last year's first run.

8. 8. Detox Mansion, A Woman Of Uncertain Age, Brief Encounters @ 24:7

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 July 2004 MANCHESTER and Salford's exhilarating new theatre festival, 24:7, is the brainchild of David Slack and Amanda Hennessy, who were inspired by a visit to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. To judge by the three productions I was able to see over the weekend, artistically it's a great success.

9. 9. Lift off for 24:7

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 January 2006 MANCHESTER'S fringe theatre festival, 24:7, is calling for new scripts to be submitted. It will be the third year for the successful seven-day event, which last year saw 104 performances of 21 new plays in non-theatre venues across the city.<BR>

10. 10. Hotel steps in for 24:7

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 July 2005 THERE has been another last-minute venue change for next week's theatre festival 24:7. Just last week, I reported that Baby Grand, on Peter Street, had to pull out of its slot. That was quickly replaced by neighbouring bar, Bedlam.

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