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INTERVIEWS
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November 28, 2018 / 0 Comments
Broken Biscuits returns to the Liverpool stage
TRISHA Duffy’s emotional drama Broken Biscuits has moved on since its 2014 debut, and can be seen in the Royal Court Studio this week.
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November 20, 2018 / 0 Comments
Mike Livesley returns
HE went from performing as one of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band to playing with the legendary group itself; now Merseyside actor Mike Livesley is reviving the show that started it all one last time.
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October 15, 2018 / 1 Comment
New musical Long Joan Silver sails into Hope Street
LONG Joan Silver is a new original comic musical opening in Liverpool this week. The first full theatre show from Liverpool Arts Society – a collective that up to now has been found hosting immersive events in clubs like EBGBs and the Jacaranda – is described as “Monty Python does pirates”, and is being performed […]
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September 22, 2018 / 0 Comments
SPOTLIGHT ON: Tmesis Theatre
ONE of Liverpool’s widest-reaching and most creative theatre companies, physical theatre specialists Tmesis, returns this week with their latest show Beyond Belief.
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September 18, 2018 / 0 Comments
SPOTLIGHT ON: Falling Doors Theatre
A FRINGE production of an American drama examining the dark side of virtual reality will be staged in Liverpool this month. The Nether, a sci-fi thriller from American playwright Jennifer Haley, is set in a dystopian future and imagines a virtual world where crimes including child abuse and murder are indulged. The play premiered in […]
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September 5, 2018 / 0 Comments
Stand up Rosie Wilby asks: Is Monogamy Dead?
ORMSKIRK-born stand up, writer, broadcaster and musician Rosie Wilby returns to the region this month for a talk about her new book, Is Monogamy Dead?.
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June 25, 2018 / 0 Comments
“Drag history needs to be celebrated”: Interview with Velma Celli
VELMA Celli thought shows about the music of gay icons had been done to death. The acclaimed Yorkshire-born drag queen – musical theatre actor Ian Stroughair by day – is known for her powerhouse vocals and cabaret nights in London. (When we speak on the phone, she is actually in full drag from a previous […]
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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
SPOTLIGHT ON: Yorgos Karamalegos
Yorgos Karamalegos’s passion for performance has taken him all over the world. There are many places he can call home, and Liverpool has a huge part to play in his story so far.
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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 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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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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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 18, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool Fringe Festival gets underway
As the glorious, large-scale Sgt Pepper at 50 arts festival comes to a close, another new fest for Liverpool begins – much smaller in stature, to be sure, but equally as intriguing. Liverpool Fringe Festival is bringing together independent theatre, comedy and music at venues in and around the Hope Street area from now until […]
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May 1, 2017 / 0 Comments
“Vivian Stanshall was a genius. People need to understand that.”
The stage adaptation of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, a spoken word performance with live music bringing the work of Vivian Stanshall – the late Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member and all-round English eccentric – to life, will play its last show this week, with a farewell gig at Runcorn’s Brindley Theatre. The show was […]
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April 18, 2017 / 0 Comments
Shakespeare first for Epstein
Next week sees the Epstein Theatre stage its first Shakespeare production, an “immersive” version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Actor and director Danny Taylor (pictured above) has worked prolifically across the city in the last couple of years, taking the titular leads in popular touring productions The Tommy Cooper Show and Lennon Through a Glass […]
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November 16, 2016 / 0 Comments
Scouse: A Comedy of Terrors…
“The people of Liverpool, and the Liverpool People’s Party, invite the Prime Minister to mind his own business. Here in Liverpool, we’re nearer to space than we are to London. London is 200 miles away; space is only 100 miles away. People here pay as much heed to the Prime Minister as we do to […]
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November 3, 2016 / 3 Comments
Divina de Campo and The Ruby Slippers
THE Ruby Slippers, a new play about love and identity set in a Blackpool gay bar, is on a mini North West tour this week and comes to the Epstein this weekend. “The play explores issues of identity and predjudice in the LGBT community – with outrageous drag queens, of course,” explains one of its […]
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November 1, 2016 / 1 Comment
INTERVIEW: Natalie Casey
Natalie Casey made her name on TV shows including teen soap Hollyoaks and sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, but on stage is where you’re more likely to find her these days. No stranger to the Playhouse, she returns this week as part of the formidable ensemble cast of Things I […]
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