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DRAMA
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August 7, 2018 / 0 Comments
New Austen adaptation heads to the Playhouse
THE Liverpool Playhouse will celebrate 200 years of the work of one of Britain’s greatest authors by hosting the first ever stage production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion this October.
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July 13, 2018 / 0 Comments
One-man football play Bottleneck heads to Hope Street
ONE-MAN show Bottleneck is a coming-of-age story about a teenage boy growing up in Liverpool in the late 80s. Luke Barnes’s 2012 play, first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, comes to the city next week in a revival from upcoming company Hiding Place Theatre.
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April 16, 2018 / 0 Comments
Epstein’s Shakespeare double bill continues
This week there’s still time to catch two home-grown Shakespeare adaptations from two exciting female fringe playwrights. Helen Jeffery’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which premiered last year, and Romeo & Juliet, adapted by Trisha Duffy, each form part of an ambitious, fully immersive, alternating repertoire at the Epstein Theatre, which sees the cast perform the […]
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March 28, 2018 / 0 Comments
The Everyman’s Clockwork Orange
The Everyman Company 2018 will present the stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange in April, as director Nick Bagnall invites audiences into a world of milk, ultraviolence and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Created in 1986, Burgess’ stage adaptation was written 24 years after the publication of his original acclaimed novel. The infamous cult story […]
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March 5, 2018 / 0 Comments
Royal Court launches Liverpool theatre company for BAME talent
Exciting news for the diversity of Liverpool’s theatre scene here – a brand new theatre company dedicated to producing, developing and nurturing existing and new talent from Liverpool’s BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) communities is launching next month. Boisterous will be run by Miriam Mussa and writer Maurice Bessman under the umbrella of Liverpool’s […]
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January 16, 2018 / 0 Comments
Bowie “theatrical road movie” comes to the Unity
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads, a play celebrating David Bowie, comes to the Unity this week (January 19) as part of a UK tour. Described as “a theatrical road movie, thrillingly evoking Bowie’s London”, it tells the story of Martin, a young man living in a small Northamptonshire village, struggling with mental health issues. […]
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October 19, 2017 / 0 Comments
Drama tells Hillsborough survivor’s story for first time
96/27 is a true account of a survivor’s experience of Hillsborough. The play, that will be performed in a cramped changing room as part of Hope Street Ltd’s On the Verge festival this week, aims to communicate how the aftermath of a traumatic experience can cause mental health issues and asks the question ‘can storytelling […]
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October 11, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool Irish Festival play explores arranged marriage in Ireland
A new play exploring the “unheard-of” subject of arranged marriages in Ireland is performing as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival. Body & Blood by Lorraine Mullaney is on at The Capstone Theatre for two nights only on Monday and Tuesday October 23 and 24. An open Q&A with the writer and cast will follow […]
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October 4, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Tin Drum, Liverpool Everyman
The Tin Drum is an assault on the senses, a wild, unrelenting ride that jolts its audience out of complacency and dazzles bright.
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July 31, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Gypsy Queen, Liverpool Unity Theatre
Gypsy Queen achieves a lot in a single act. At the heart of this 70-minute boxing drama is an unexpectedly sweet gay love story, and a relationship shaped both by the macho world of professional sport and the expectations of close-knit families. Writer Rob Ward plays ‘Gorgeous’ George O’Connell, a street fighter from the traveller […]
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May 6, 2017 / 0 Comments
New Lizzie Nunnery play opens at the Everyman
New writing is in the spotlight with the Everyman Company’s penultimate production of the season, which opens tonight (Saturday May 6). Liverpool playwright Lizzie Nunnery’s latest work The Sum reflects the aspirations and concerns of families in the city. Described as “a powerful play with songs”, the company says the piece is about “finding the […]
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March 31, 2017 / 0 Comments
National Theatre’s Brexit play comes to the Playhouse
My Country; a work in progress is a new play inspired by the EU Referendum and Brexit. Written by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and directed by Rufus Norris, the play is a collaboration between the National Theatre and eight UK arts organisations. It comes to the Liverpool Playhouse from April 11 to 15 as […]
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September 26, 2016 / 0 Comments
Chinese war heroes recognised in Liverpool performance
The ‘extraordinary’ untold stories of the Chinese Labour Corps will be unearthed in Liverpool as part of an ongoing campaign to shed light on a forgotten part of British and Chinese history. Project New Earth includes digital artworks, dance and live music theatre performances exploring the vital contribution of the CLC during WWI, when the […]
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June 24, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Diary of a Hounslow Girl, Unity Theatre
The Diary of a Hounslow Girl is the first solo show from writer and actress Ambreen Razia, and it proves to be a beautifully observed and spirited piece of performance. An energetic monologue gives its audience a brief, yet intimate insight into the experiences of a modern Muslim girl trying to find the balance between […]
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June 6, 2016 / 0 Comments
Motherhood under the spotlight in Liverpool baby shows
Two new plays about pregnancy are on their way, and needless to say there’s a vested interest here at MADEUP. This week sees the flying visit of Amy Golding’s Preggers – with not just an evening show, but a morning performance for those with babes in arms. Amy Golding, the artistic director of Newcastle’s Curious […]
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April 5, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Down the Dock Road, Liverpool Royal Court
Down the Dock Road is a revival of an early Alan Bleasdale, dusted out of the vaults to mark its 40th anniversary. Where does the time go? Premiered in the Playhouse Studio back in the day, Bleasdale of course went on to be one of Liverpool’s – and the UK’s – leading dramatists, famous for […]
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February 24, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: I Am Thomas, Liverpool Playhouse
I Am Thomas. Je Suis Charlie. Black Lives Matter. Sometimes an injustice can start a movement that resonates much further than imagined. The story of 17th century Scottish blasphemer Thomas Aikenhead has light shine upon it after hundreds of years in this exciting new production from the National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre and […]
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December 17, 2015 / 0 Comments
PurpleCoat return with ‘Shakespeare’s Game of Thrones’
Liverpool-based PurpleCoat have been a bit quiet of late – but roared back into life this week with two epic new productions, backed by Arts Council cash. After seven years producing work with their adult and youth cast, staging productions in the city and on tour across the UK, they have been awarded a small […]
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September 25, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Happily Ever After, Unity Theatre
Happily Ever After was a welcome chance to take the little man on a theatre trip; at nine months old he came in well below the recommended age of five years and up, but he was made welcome and enjoyed the sights and sounds of this fairy story with a twist. He did, however, conk […]
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July 5, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Hook, Liverpool Everyman
The Hook is an exciting prospect for the Everyman and Playhouse theatres, where a bit of Arthur Miller has always appealed. Fret not if it doesn’t sound as familiar as the playwright’s masterpieces like Death of a Salesman or The Crucible – the play is an adaptation of a never-before-performed screenplay, that was surpressed by […]
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