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Incoming Festival announces 2018 lineup in London and Manchester

The festival will run at the New Diorama and HOME Manchester this year

Matthew Floyd Jones and Madeleine MacMahon in A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
Matthew Floyd Jones and Madeleine MacMahon in A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)
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The lineup has been announced for this year's Incoming Festival which, for the first time, will run in both London and Manchester.

Running at the New Diorama Theatre and HOME Manchester, on various dates from 25 June to 8 July, the season features Edinburgh hit A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) by Silent Uproar Productions, The Search for a Black-browed Albatross by The Backpack Ensemble, The Bearpit by Kopfkino, Lights Over Tesco Car Park by Poltergeist Theatre, Sex With Robots and Other Devices by Cloakroom Theatre and Anyone's Guess How We Got Here by Barrel Organ.

Other productions include Me and My Bee by ThisEgg, Signals by Footprint Theatre, Action At A Distance by Arganout Theatre, The Iconoclasts by Dear Hunter, A Heart at Sea by Half A String, A Clown Show About Rain by Silent Faces, Love+ by Malaprop Theatre, Breakfast by Wilson and Hart, The Coolidge Effect by Wonder Fools, Things We Chose to Save by Clown Funeral, Boys by The Pappy Show, Outrage by Uncanny Theatre, The Room at the Top of the House by Stand By Theatre and The Economy of Ecology by Manic Chord Theatre.

Incoming Festival provides a platform to emerging theatre companies and since its inception has presented 78 companies to over 3000 audience members with 360 workshop participants.