An award-winning play exploring the darker recesses of the human condition comes to the University of Salford this week.

Waiting Room, which won the Best Theatre Production at the Buxton Fringe Festival and was nominated for The Best Performance in a Fringe Production at the Manchester Theatre Awards, is being performed at Salford University’s newly opened New Adelphi Arts Centre on Thursday March 2.

Performed by Sam Grogan, the solo monologue introduces the audience to Thomas, who on the surface appears to be an inoffensive, suburban commuter, but goes on to reveal a much darker side as he talks about an accumulation of day to day worries which are pushing him ever closer towards insanity.

The show, described as “remarkable and thought provoking” at the Buxton Fringe Festival and “dark, disturbing and compelling” at the Manchester Theatre Awards, was written by David Coggins and produced by Liverpool-based All Things Considered Theatre.

The New Adelphi Arts Centre is the new home of the University’s School of Arts and Media, and as well as providing students with cutting edge facilities is opening its doors to the public as an exciting new venue where members of the public can enjoy an exciting programme of performances.

Salford Suspiciously Cheap Comedy, curated by the critically acclaimed Gein’s Family Giftshop and Goose sketch groups, along with Withering Looks, which won a Manchester Evening News award and Critics Award for Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival, will both be coming to the venue in March.

Frances Piper, Director of Performance at the University’s School of Arts and Media, said: “New Adelphi will not only provide an artistic hub for our students, but a programme of events will make it a mainstay of Greater Manchester’s cultural landscape, and we’re delighted to be hosting exciting theatrical events in the building.”

The show, running from 7-8pm, will be followed by a Q&A.

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