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Review: South Pacific, Liverpool Empire
This is the much-lauded production transferred from the Barbican Theatre in London, with the star to prove it, ex-EastEnders baby kidnapper, Ronnie Mitchell herself, Samantha Womak. The Rogers and Hammerstein...
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Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse
Streetcar! Playhouse! Bodinetz! It all seems like such an obvious, natural fit it's strange to imagine it hasn't been done before. It's some 30 years since this Tennessee Williams classic has been...
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Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Actors Studio
Producing a decent adaptation of a great tale of gothic decadence on a shoestring budget is a big task, but Script in Hand went about it with gusto. Their version of The Picture of Dorian Gray was an...
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Unity Theatre's FuelFest begins
This week sees the start of a special theatre festival at the Unity, which is collaborating with acclaimed producers Fuel for a season of what they call "immersive, experimental, innovative, exciting...
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Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests at Liverpool Playhouse this summer
Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy of comedies The Norman Conquests will open at the Liverpool Playhouse in May. Audiences can enjoy Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden individually...
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Review: Lord of the Dance, Liverpool Empire
Lord of the Dance’s final—ever – tour did little but to showcase a light entertainment relic that is certainly in need of putting to sleep. A cultural abomination that does a disservice to any art form...
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Threshold Festival at the Lantern Theatre
For those checking out the final day of the Threshold Festival today (Sunday), there is a whole programme of acts on at the Lantern Theatre, headlined later this evening by comedy duo Undercover Blondde...
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Review: Dracula, Capstone Theatre
In 1995, Bram Stoker’s Dracula was adapted by playwrights John Godber and Jane Thornton. Godber is a visiting professor at Liverpool Hope University, which is one of the reasons why in house company...
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Welcome to 1 Beach Road
1 Beach Road is the new play from the award-winning RedCape Theatre, coming to the Unity on Tuesday, February 21 and described as a tale of “friendship, coastal erosion, Alzheimers, synchronized swimming...
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Review: Legally Blonde, Liverpool Empire
Would like to write this review properly; can’t quite come off the Legally Blonde high enough to come down. This seems to be what happens to a person. MADEUP probably shouldn’t be a first timer in this...
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Curtain up for Legally Blonde
Opening night is an exciting and nerve-wracking time, and tonight is a triple the fun for the self-styled "Scouse Mafia" taking to the Empire stage for their first home town performance of Legally Blonde...
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Script in Hand presents The Picture of Dorian Gray
A new adaptation of an Oscar Wilde classic by a brand new theatre company will take place at The Actors Studio later this month. Script in Hand productions will present The Picture of Dorian Gray...
