The Craft (30th Anniversary Immersive Film Screening)

Gather your coven, grab your spellbooks, dust off your witches hat

....and join Girl Gang Manchester this Halloween for a special 30th anniversary immersive screening of the iconic goth-girl classic The Craft! 

Following the success of immersive screenings such as Bend It Like Beckham (Stretford Mall, 2024), Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (The Lowry as part of Week 53 Festival, 2018), Bridesmaids (53Two, 2017) and Mean Girls (Hope Mill, 2016), two times winners of 'Best Single Event' at the Film Society of the Year Awards, Girl Gang return with one of their legendary immersive film screenings!

This time we will be taking over Islington Mill on Halloween to celebrate the 30th Anniversary(!) of 90's cult classic The Craft. Starring Fauriza Balk and Neve Campbell the film follows four outcast teenage girls living in Los Angeles who turn to witchcraft to exact their revenge over their patriarchal high school enemies, to disasterous effects!  

In true Girl Gang style you can expect to see a whole host of treats and tricks from:

• Interactive drop in workshops including Herbs and Potions tea blending workshop and Spell-writing, poems & spellbook decorating collaging and writing. 
• Themed immersive witchy decor 
• Site specific promenade performances - from our very own Witches of Eastwick!
• Academic introduction 
• Collective spell casting
• Screening of cult classic The Craft (1996)
• Dressing up (think fancy dress with prizes for best and most niche film reference costume!) 
• A Bar and Sweet Treats
• and Halloween Disco with our post-show party!

*** PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN 18+ EVENT ***

Full details of workshops and timings of the event to be announced soon but in the meantime we wanted to offer up some limited early bird tickets to our wonderful Girl Gang community!

Super early bird (until 9th Aug): only £18! 

Early bird (until 31st Aug): £22

General release tickets : £25 

Please note: dates for tickets are a rough estimate, once tickets are gone they are gone so don't miss out! 

About the venue:

Islignton Mill is an ever-evolving creative space, arts hub , queer utopia and community venue based in Salford hosting over 100 resident artists and collectives in their space. It is accessible via train, bus and tram routes, with Salford Central station (10 minute walk ) and Salford Cathedral bus stop (5 miunute walk) being the nearest available transport stops. 

Nearest bus routes include  V1, V2, 8, 34, 36, 37, 38, and 50. 

Accessibility Info:

- Islignton Mill has wheelchair access via a ramp to the events space and courtyard and also has a lift within the building to access other floors (which we will use for parts of the performance). Please note the courtyard is slightly uneven due to paving stones / cobbled flooring. 

- We happily offer free tickets for personal assistants, please email us at girlgangmanchester@gmail.com to arrange this. Registered assistance dogs are also welcome!

- The room will feature dim lighting and we will play loud music during the party part of the night. There are breakout spaces such as the corridoor and courtyard should you want a break from this though. 

- We won't be using strobe lighting at this event.

- As we all know, Covid still exists (especially in winter!) and we ask that people act responsibily in the care of our community - please DO NOT come to the event if you are feeling unwell, or have knowingly had contact with a positive case.

- A Girl Gang Manchester team member will greet you as you enter the event space and will be your point of contact through the night if you require anything.

If you have any other access requests or worries, please contact us at girlgangmanchester@gmail.com. We are super proud that our events and club nights are welcoming and that there are always people who feel comfortable to attend on their own.

COVID-19 Guidance:

Though we no longer have any specific COVID-19 guidelines in place at our events, it is our expectation that you as a member of our community exercise personal responsibility in that you do not attend if you knowingly have COVID or any other contagious disease, or if you have knowingly had contact with a positive case.

Girl Gang Manchester is a collective of artists, activists, academics and party instigators who put on events and create projects building connection, community, collaboration, confidence and creativity. 

This year we are celebrating 10 years of Girl Gang Manchester and have updated our Manifesto please take a look to learn more about us and what we stand for here!

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Refund policy: Paying for a ticket funds freelance artists, creatives and facilitators and helps support Girl Gang Manchester in continuing to run events. All tickets are non refundable and non transferable.