This year's line-up for Manchester 24:7 Festival

Manchester 24:7 Theatre Festival has announced the plays selected for its 10th Anniversary festival in July.

Now in its 10th year, 24:7 has staged 157 plays and helped kick start the careers of 117 writers and more than 500 creatives, with more than 30,000 tickets sold.

This year’s 24:7 event will run from July 19 to 26 and continues its innovative use of non-theatrical spaces to showcase the performing, producing and directing talent of tomorrow.

This year’s plays are:

• Away From Home by Rob Ward and Martin Jameson
• Blunted by Alice Brockway
• Bump by Laura Kate Barrow
• Daylight Robbery by Micheal Jacob
• My Space by Louise Monaghan
• Night on the Field of Waterloo by Thomas Bloor
• No Soft Option by Brian Marchbank
• Temper by Richard O'Neill

For the under 12s:

• Billy, the Monster and ME! by Catherine Manford & Sarah Molyneux

Site specific theatre at Ancoats Fire Station:

• Manchester's Burning by Rebekah Harrison & Kurt Nikko

Devised work:

• The Young by Faro Productions