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November 8, 2017 / 0 Comments
Cartwright Cabaret celebrates work of playwright Jim
Cartwright Cabaret is an amalgamation of work featuring highlights from many of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved plays, such as Road, Two, The Rise, Fall of Little Voice, and Raz. The production will be staged by the Cartwright Drama Studio for a one-off Liverpool performance at the Capstone Theatre next week (November 14). The studio, based in […]
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November 8, 2017 / 0 Comments
Cartwright Cabaret celebrates playwright Jim
Cartwright Cabaret is an amalgamation of work featuring highlights from many of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved plays, such as Road, Two, The Rise, Fall of Little Voice, and Raz. The production will be staged by the Cartwright Drama Studio for a one-off Liverpool performance at the Capstone Theatre next week (November 14). The studio, based in […]
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November 5, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Birth of Death, Edge Hill Arts Centre
Descriptions such as ‘brave’ or ‘thought provoking’ are easily thrown about in relation to deeply personal solo performances (and not always rightly applied); even moreso to those tackling subjects we often try not to think about. In the case of The Birth of Death, however, in sharing her own experiences Joanne Tremarco creates a remarkable […]
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October 30, 2017 / 0 Comments
Family and mortality explored in Declining Solo
What is it like to be a child to a parent who is changing, aging; no longer the person our memories carry? These are the themes explored in Declining Solo, a new piece from Bulgarian-born performer Katherina Radeva, who tells the story of her own father’s decline using music, text and dance. She says: “Declining […]
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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 18, 2017 / 0 Comments
On the Verge fest: A-Void
A-Void is a new dark comedy performance piece which invites its audience on a journey through an exploration of cult mentality, body politics and propaganda… quite literally – as it takes place on a bus. Inspired largely by the lies of the pro-Leave Brexit campaign, Donald Trump’s rise to power and “other political catastrophes”, A-Void, […]
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October 17, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool Unearthed -horror-theatre with midnight performance
Liverpool Unearthed: The Bridewell is new horror-theatre experience, set in an old Victorian police station. Part of Hope Street Ltd’s On The Verge festival, there are performances in the unusual venue of the Bridewell Studios on Prescott Street (just up from the Royal Hospital) from October 19th to 22 – including a midnight performance. Bespectacled […]
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October 15, 2017 / 0 Comments
On the Verge fest: Pour and Serve
Pour and Serve by Caitlin Gleeson is a new solo performance – in a bar – that uses real stories to examine the language of sexual harassment and how it forms part of a sinister culture of violence against women. A drink with a bartender who flips the script on gender, power and ‘harmless’ banter, […]
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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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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 13, 2017 / 0 Comments
Carnival of Eternal Light’s Looking Glass returns
The Looking Glass is the new, interactive, family-friendly show by Manchester-based theatre company Carnival of Eternal Light, inspired by the well-known and well-loved works of Lewis Carroll. It debuted earlier in the year and was performed in Liverpool as part of the Fringe Festival, and will come back to its venue of Frederiks Bar on […]
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September 8, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool’s improvised soap is back, back, BACK!
It’s been a few years, but Impropriety have announced the return of their improvised soap opera concept this month, with a Swinging Sixties theme. Their unscripted, ongoing story, The Happening, will run every Monday for six weeks, from September 18 until October 23. 81 Renshaw is the venue hosting this year’s show. They say: “Come […]
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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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July 11, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool Arts Society to host immersive 1920s event
A free and “completely immersive” 1920s themed event takes place in the city this week, courtesy of Liverpool Arts Society and their latest happening, Prohibit. For one night only, they’ll be taking audiences to 1920s New York and stepping into a living, breathing speakeasy called ‘Jimmy’s Place’. The entry will be through EBGBs on Seel […]
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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 29, 2017 / 0 Comments
New play Declaration looks at mental health in the modern age
Declaration is a new touring play that examines the faces we wear to fit in – and what happens when we are forced to declare our differences. It comes to the Black-E in Liverpool this weekend for its final performance on Saturday (July 1). Developed in consultation with medical professionals and mental health support groups, […]
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June 27, 2017 / 0 Comments
Magical musical Pippin comes to the Unity
Liverpool theatre company What We Did Next will be performing the award-winning musical Pippin, from tomorrow (Wednesday, June 28) until Saturday (July 1) at the newly reopened Unity theatre. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked), the musical tells the story of the titular Pippin, heir to Charlemagne’s throne, who is searching for […]
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June 25, 2017 / 1 Comment
Alice show comes to Hope Street for Fringe
The debut show from Manchester company Carnival of Eternal Light comes to Frederik’s Bar on Hope Street this week, as part of the Liverpool Fringe Festival. They describe themselves as a “multi-arts production company creating vibrant productions using theatre, circus and dance.” Their show The Looking Glass is a family-friendly, interactive, “quirky retelling” of the […]
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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 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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