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COMEDY
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July 24, 2018 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Bianca del Rio, Liverpool Empire
SOMETIMES there’s nothing quite so sweet as seeing an act who would by no means be considered mainstream fill the city’s biggest theatre off their own back.
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June 14, 2018 / 0 Comments
Music, comedy and pirates – it’s Jollycon
A DAY-long celebration of all things Jollyboat takes place this weekend, as fans of the musical comedy duo meet up for the first ever ‘Jollycon’.
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June 11, 2018 / 0 Comments
Raunchy comedy The Plumbing comes to Liverpool Fringe
THE Plumbing, a new production from Bespectacled Theatre opening at The Casa this week, is described as “a raunchy new comedy about sex and growing up”.
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June 1, 2018 / 0 Comments
King of the World trumps the Liverpool Fringe Fest
A DARK comedy examining life of the powerless under despotic regimes will premiere in Liverpool next week. King of the World is set in a land ruthlessly ruled over by a perma-tanned monarch with strange orange hair – although, “any similarity to any present day President is entirely coincidental, of course,” teases playwright Brian Coyle.
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May 27, 2018 / 0 Comments
Confessions of a Touring Nun brings cabaret to Hope Street
FOLLOWING last year’s debut Christmas production of Beauty and the Beast, Drops of Light CIC are back this June with a brand new show in Liverpool’s newest venue, The Hope Street Theatre. Confessions of a Touring Nun is the first in a series of cabarets from the company and sees creative director James Lacey return […]
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May 23, 2018 / 0 Comments
“It’s all about the chaos”: Family-friendly comedy in Liverpool
THE Royal Court has seen some sights on stage and off over the years, but nothing quite like the recent debut of the It’s a Scream comedy club for parents and babies. Family-friendly comedy is on the rise across the city – providing children of all ages with a tailor-made first taste of live entertainment, […]
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May 6, 2018 / 0 Comments
The Ruby Slippers returns!
LGBT comedy-drama The Ruby Slippers is coming back to Liverpool this summer, in another new space in the Royal Court. A studio space is opening up in the Roe Street venue, and the show stops by from July 24 to 28 as part of this year’s Liverpool Pride programme. Life is a drag at The […]
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November 26, 2017 / 1 Comment
REVIEW: The Vaudevillians, Liverpool Unity Theatre
This show happened more than three weeks ago now. To say I’ve been slack is something of an understatement, but no matter. It’s still making me laugh to think of The Vaudevillians. The act is a manic, meta comedy duo of two Seattle actor-musicians, on stage as their alter egos’ alter egos. And while you’re […]
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October 29, 2017 / 0 Comments
INTERVIEW: Jinkx Monsoon
It’s nearly November, which means Homotopia is here – and for the first time, the LGBT+ arts festival is bringing a RuPaul’s Drag Race winner to Liverpool. We’re talking season five’s Jinkx Monsoon, an incredible singer and comic performer from Seattle, whose seasoned double-act The Vaudevillians is booked for two sold-out shows at the Unity […]
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October 2, 2017 / 0 Comments
INTERVIEW: Sofie Hagen
“My new show is about living with my emotionally abusive grandfather and the therapy I underwent because of it,” says Sofie Hagen. “It’s still stand up – there are plenty of jokes in there, it’s funny,” she adds, in case you were concerned.
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September 20, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Thaddeus Bent’s Fear-tre of Fear, 81 Renshaw
If a creepy sense of deja vu has descended on you, dear reader, fear not; this is indeed the second review of this show, at this venue, on this site. A time-travelling purveyor of Liverpool’s finest spooky tales, Thaddeus Bent began life as a sketch group regular, with creator Rob Bond going on to develop […]
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September 7, 2017 / 0 Comments
Blame it on Bianca del Rio
The RuPaul’s Drag Race winner charmed Liverpool with her first city appearance An extra earner on a night off from the larger Comedy Queens tour, Bianca del Rio stopped by Liverpool gay bar Heaven last night for a quick club appearance courtesy of the first promoters to finally start bringing Drag Race contestants to the […]
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August 31, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Royal, Liverpool Royal Court
There are lots of very good things about The Royal, which has been a huge word-of-mouth success for the Royal Court. Returning to the theatre after its premiere run last year, the madcap Scouse play tells the story of a bunch of misfits trapped in the Royal Liverpool Hospital as the old building – a […]
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August 13, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Edy Hurst – Theme Show, 81 Renshaw
While the Edinburgh Fringe is in full swing for many already, comedian Edy Hurst did a final preview of his debut full-length in Liverpool last week, before heading up to Scotland a little later in the festival run. Theme Show is inspired by Hurst’s love of theme parks – a former Disney employee to boot, […]
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August 6, 2017 / 0 Comments
Comic Edy Hurst creates theme park in new show
Manchester-based comedian Edy Hurst comes to Liverpool this week with a free preview of his Edinburgh show, Theme Show. Promising “lo-fi props with spectacularly daft surprises”, his debut hour long show sees him “plundering against forces far beyond his reach” (in his own words) to create the world’s greatest theme park. That’s right. With years […]
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July 10, 2017 / 0 Comments
Spotlight on: Naughty Corner Productions
Naughty Corner Productions formed in Edge Hill University in 2013 and are taking not one, but three shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer – but not before a preview run at the Unity next week. MADEUP found out more… Hello, Naughty Corner. Tell us a bit about yourselves. The company is ran by myself, […]
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June 22, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Cartoonopolis, Liverpool Unity Theatre
Cartoonopolis was first performed in the Playhouse Studio a couple of years ago, where it came into existence thanks to actor Lewis Bray’s involvement with YEP [Young Everyman and Playhouse]. Along with Matt Rutter and Chris Tomlinson, that company’s artistic director and associate director respectively, Bray’s fledgling idea – to do a play about his […]
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June 7, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: I am a Tree, Physical Fest
Jamie Wood’s latest work, I am a Tree, closed this year’s Physical Fest with a sold-out performance at the City of Liverpool College’s Arts Centre, where the festival was forced to relocate at the last minute as the Unity’s refurb overran. Wood, a fest favourite who has worked closely with plenty of theatremakers in the […]
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May 18, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Liverpool Improvathon 2017, Invisible Wind Factory
Firing on all cylinders – and “setting phasers to fun” with the introduction of each episode – this year’s Improvathon saw Liverpool’s premier improv performers back to their very best. With an intergalactic theme – The Space Age – and a rejuvinated sense of ambition for the marathon 33-and-a-half hour, non-stop show, dozens of performers, […]
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May 16, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Punter, Capstone Theatre
The pressures of modern life and the availability of professional help for those in need are the issues at the heart of The Punter, the debut play from Liverpool novelist Deborah Morgan. GP Margaret (Denise Kennedy) keeps her patients at arms’ length, not only simply to get through each day’s crippling workload, but also to […]
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