Flat 4 Archives - North West End UK

The loft space in the Outhouse Bar is a true Fringe venue space. Like Isabel Songer herself, it comes as is. There is no major lighting rig installed and there is no particular definition of the acting space. This is a welcome change to the black box pop-up theatre that defines most show experiences. Chairs encircle the acting area, and the audience gather as if the show were some kind of group therapy session in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Taking the stage in blue silk pyjamas, these ingredients set the stage for Songer to present her unpretentious monologue of university life with passion and gusto. The action is set in a two-bedroom flat. Alex and her best friend Bex are together for the long haul. If that means binge watching television for days and eating greasy take...

Influenced by her own experiences and trauma, Isobel Songer’s ‘Flat 4’ is a powerful one-woman show that forms part of the Greater Manchester Fringe 2025 at the King’s Arms Theatre. Impressively, Songer has both written the play and performs the roles of all characters and monologues within the story. Through its entirety, ‘Flat 4’ demandsthe audience’s undivided attention. The performance is essentially about the complexities of female friendships, introducing ‘Alex’ and ‘Becks’ and their flat share at university. Songer guides the audience through Alex’s downwards spiral as she deals with abuse, anorexia and her subsequent depression. The combination of spoken word poetry alongside theatre is an interesting approach to the story. Integrating frequent poetic monologues ...

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Flat 4 – The Outhouse Bar, Broughton Street Lane

Flat 4 – The King’s Arms