Scuttlers

It's 1885 and the streets of Manchester are crackling with energy, youth and violence. As workers pour into Ancoats to power the Industrial Revolution, 50.000 people are crammed into one square mile. The mills rumble thunderously day and night. The air is thick with smoke. Life is lived large and lived on the street. This is the world's very first industrial suburb and the young mill workers who are the living cogs in its machines form the very first urban gangs, fighting over their territory with belts, fists and knives.

Drawing parallels with the 2011 Manchester riots, award-winning director Wils Wilson brings the Scuttlers back to vivid life with a strong cast of nine talented young actors including Dan Parr, who returns to the Exchange after his incredible performance in Britannia Waves The Rules.