Superbia Cinema returns to Ducie Street Warehouse Mini Cini this month!

Join us on Wednesday, 23rd February for our next showcase of incredible work by LGBTQ+ creatives from Manchester.

This month’s Mini Cini theme is ‘Love and Community’, and we’re proud to be screening a special LGBT History Month digital adaptation of Alexis Gregory’s critically acclaimed ‘Riot Act’.

The film will be followed by a special Filmmaker Q&A, where our host Greg Thorpe will be chatting to Riot Act creator and performer, Alexis Gregory, and talented duo Rob Ward and Max Emmerson of Emmerson & Ward Productions.

We’re thrilled for the opportunity to screen Alexis Gregory’s critically acclaimed, audience favourite solo show ‘Riot Act’ at this month’s Superbia Cinema, which has been especially adapted into a digital theatre piece to celebrate LGBT History Month 2022 - filmed at the beautiful Hackney Empire.

Direct from the West End and touring the UK, this online ‘reimagining’ is formed word-for-word from playwright and performer Gregory’s interviews with three key players in the history of the LGBTQ+ rights movement: Michael-Anthony Nozzi, a survivor of the Stonewall riots; Lavinia Co-op, an alternative ‘70s drag artist; and Paul Burston, a ‘90s AIDS activist.

Gregory’s verbatim solo show Riot Act is a breath-taking, hard-hitting, yet hilarious wild white-knuckle ride through six decades of queer history, directed by Stonewall (1995) writer Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, taking the viewer right up to the present day… it’s a Riot.

‘𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 ’— ★★★★ The Stage

‘𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 '𝙍𝙞𝙤𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙩' 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙮’𝙨 𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮…𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 ’ — ★★★★ Gay Times

‘𝙁𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮, 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡… 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 ’ — ★★★★ British Theatre Guide