Run Date: 15/08/25.

Venue: The King's Arms, Salford.

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Description:

Performed on Friday 15th of August at the King’s Arms in Salford, just before Manchester Pride. ‘My Gay Best Friend and Other Unspoken Letters’ 2025 was the third year of our annual anthology series in which we commission LGBTQIA+ identifying writers to express their personal and political opinions of something that are often left unspoken. Sometimes comical, sometimes emotional, sometimes political, but always honest and personal to the writer.

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These letters are written and sealed, before being opened and read by an actor live for the first time on the night in front of the audience.

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Given the ruling of the Supreme Court earlier on in 2025, for this edition of MGBF, we commissioned 5 new pieces of work written by transgender and/or non-binary writers.

 

This year the actors were of mixed gender and sexuality as the letter are the most important about the event. 

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It feels now more than ever, with the world so divided, we need an event to uplift and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ voices in a safe environment, whist also bringing awareness towards the daily struggles and battles members of the community face on a day-to-day basis.