Event Type : Play

FHODS is pleased to announce that the shop doors will soon open on a new production of Hobson’s Choice, the well-loved, classic northern comedy.

Henry Hobson runs a shoe business in Salford, Greater Manchester. A widower with three daughters, he is overbearing, controlling, and a drunk.

When his eldest daughter, Maggie – the real driving force behind the success of the business – announces her intentions to marry Willie Mossop, one of his most skilled employees, Hobson is astounded…

Originally set in 1880, Hobson’s Choice is a comic exploration of the changing status and expectations of women at a time when society was about to shift dramatically.

However, to present a fresh view of the play and make it more relevant to a modern audience, we are resetting to 1966, another period of significant social change, especially for women, which sowed the seeds of women’s lib and the feminist movement.  It was also the year of Bob Dylan playing at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, the BBC began broadcasting in colour, and when England won the World Cup.

And so, under such auspicious circumstances, our story will unfold…

Tickets 
Stalls     £17 | Members £15
Gallery  £15 | Members £13

Doors open one hour before the performance

FHODS is pleased to announce that the shop doors will soon open on a new production of Hobson’s Choice, the well-loved, classic northern comedy.

Henry Hobson runs a shoe business in Salford, Greater Manchester. A widower with three daughters, he is overbearing, controlling, and a drunk.

When his eldest daughter, Maggie – the real driving force behind the success of the business – announces her intentions to marry Willie Mossop, one of his most skilled employees, Hobson is astounded…

Originally set in 1880, Hobson’s Choice is a comic exploration of the changing status and expectations of women at a time when society was about to shift dramatically.

However, to present a fresh view of the play and make it more relevant to a modern audience, we are resetting to 1966, another period of significant social change, especially for women, which sowed the seeds of women’s lib and the feminist movement.  It was also the year of Bob Dylan playing at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, the BBC began broadcasting in colour, and when England won the World Cup.

And so, under such auspicious circumstances, our story will unfold…

Tickets 
Stalls     £17 | Members £15
Gallery  £15 | Members £13

Doors open one hour before the performance

FHODS is pleased to announce that the shop doors will soon open on a new production of Hobson’s Choice, the well-loved, classic northern comedy.

Henry Hobson runs a shoe business in Salford, Greater Manchester. A widower with three daughters, he is overbearing, controlling, and a drunk.

When his eldest daughter, Maggie – the real driving force behind the success of the business – announces her intentions to marry Willie Mossop, one of his most skilled employees, Hobson is astounded…

Originally set in 1880, Hobson’s Choice is a comic exploration of the changing status and expectations of women at a time when society was about to shift dramatically.

However, to present a fresh view of the play and make it more relevant to a modern audience, we are resetting to 1966, another period of significant social change, especially for women, which sowed the seeds of women’s lib and the feminist movement.  It was also the year of Bob Dylan playing at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, the BBC began broadcasting in colour, and when England won the World Cup.

And so, under such auspicious circumstances, our story will unfold…

Tickets 
Stalls     £17 | Members £15
Gallery  £15 | Members £13

Doors open one hour before the performance

FHODS is pleased to announce that the shop doors will soon open on a new production of Hobson’s Choice, the well-loved, classic northern comedy.

Henry Hobson runs a shoe business in Salford, Greater Manchester. A widower with three daughters, he is overbearing, controlling, and a drunk.

When his eldest daughter, Maggie – the real driving force behind the success of the business – announces her intentions to marry Willie Mossop, one of his most skilled employees, Hobson is astounded…

Originally set in 1880, Hobson’s Choice is a comic exploration of the changing status and expectations of women at a time when society was about to shift dramatically.

However, to present a fresh view of the play and make it more relevant to a modern audience, we are resetting to 1966, another period of significant social change, especially for women, which sowed the seeds of women’s lib and the feminist movement.  It was also the year of Bob Dylan playing at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, the BBC began broadcasting in colour, and when England won the World Cup.

And so, under such auspicious circumstances, our story will unfold…

Tickets 
Stalls     £17 | Members £15
Gallery  £15 | Members £13

Doors open one hour before the performance

FHODS Small Stage Theatre

FHODS are proud to present Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, a charming comedy charting the unpredictable relationship between two unlikely dance partners.

Lily and Michael are two people from very different backgrounds but share a love not only of dancing but also arguing and, unbeknownst to each other, they are also both wronged, grieving and desperately in need of someone to ‘dance’ with.

As their relationship develops it turns out that the dutiful wife, now widow, of a Southern Baptist minister and the gay, former Broadway chorus boy have more in common than they could have possibly imagined and a relationship built initially on mutual deceit and suspicion slowly turns into one of understanding, support and finally love.

In amongst the Waltzes, Foxtrots and Tangos the unlikely pair provide us with laughs, heartbreak, tenderness and a mutual antipathy towards a neighbour with highly sensitive ears

Tickets £10 | £8 (Members/Under 18s)
Doors 6.30pm | Unreserved seating

*Please note that FHODS Small Stage Theatre performances will take place in our welcoming foyer. Seats for these events will be unreserved, but rest assured, there will be ample seating available for everyone booked and a maximum of 120 audience members per performance.

FHODS Small Stage Theatre

FHODS are proud to present Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, a charming comedy charting the unpredictable relationship between two unlikely dance partners.

Lily and Michael are two people from very different backgrounds but share a love not only of dancing but also arguing and, unbeknownst to each other, they are also both wronged, grieving and desperately in need of someone to ‘dance’ with.

As their relationship develops it turns out that the dutiful wife, now widow, of a Southern Baptist minister and the gay  former Broadway chorus boy have more in common than they could have possibly imagined and a relationship built initially on mutual deceit and suspicion slowly turns into one of understanding, support and finally love.

In amongst the Waltzes, Foxtrots and Tangos, the unlikely pair provide us with laughs, heartbreak, tenderness and a mutual antipathy towards a neighbour with highly sensitive ears

Tickets £10 | £8 (Members/Under 18s)
Doors 6.30pm | Unreserved seating

*Please note that FHODS Small Stage Theatre performances will take place in our welcoming foyer. Seats for these events will be unreserved, but rest assured, there will be ample seating available for everyone booked and a maximum of 120 audience members per performance.

FHODS Small Stage Theatre

FHODS are proud to present Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, a charming comedy charting the unpredictable relationship between two unlikely dance partners.

Lily and Michael are two people from very different backgrounds but share a love not only of dancing but also arguing and, unbeknownst to each other, they are also both wronged, grieving and desperately in need of someone to ‘dance’ with.

As their relationship develops it turns out that the dutiful wife, now widow, of a Southern Baptist minister and the gay former Broadway chorus boy have more in common than they could have possibly imagined and a relationship built initially on mutual deceit and suspicion slowly turns into one of understanding, support and finally love.

In amongst the Waltzes, Foxtrots and Tangos,  the unlikely pair provide us with laughs, heartbreak, tenderness and a mutual antipathy towards a neighbour with highly sensitive ears.

Tickets £10 | £8 (Members/Under 18s)
Doors 6.30pm | Unreserved seating

*Please note that FHODS Small Stage Theatre performances will take place in our welcoming foyer. Seats for these events will be unreserved, but rest assured, there will be ample seating available for everyone booked and a maximum of 120 audience members per performance.