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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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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 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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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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September 29, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Thaddeus Bent’s Fear-tre of Fear, 81 Renshaw Street
Ghost hunter and time traveller Thaddeus Bent began life as a recurring character in the Legion of Doom’s monthly Comedy Knights at Mello Mello. These days, like that dear departed venue, the sketch trio are no more – and as one of their number, Lee Hithersay, developed the antics of their antisocial performance poet Terry […]
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April 12, 2016 / 0 Comments
Introducing: The Sketch Men
Attempted Jokes is the new one hour show from up-and-coming LIPA graduate comedy duo The Sketch Men. “We feel as though sketch comedy has been a bit forgotten in this country, specifically on screen,” says Sketch Man Zach Slater. “There’s a plethora of strong acts, many of which we’ve seen, who are trying to raise […]
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September 22, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Rosie Wilby Nineties Woman, 81 Renshaw
Philosopher Alain de Botton once wrote “anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough”. Make it twenty years, and (if your toes sufficiently uncurl) you’ve got a show. Enter Ormskirk’s Rosie Wilby, who captures the naivete of youth and provides a charming nostalgia trip with her latest show Nineties […]
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March 16, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Diver, 81 Renshaw
To walk across the ocean floor from the UK to New York probably takes a little more tech than a gaffer-taped piece of hose around the waist, a cheap pair of goggles, and an GPS tracker made of card; but that’s really not the point of Helen Foster’s one-woman show The Diver, which meshes to […]
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February 21, 2015 / 0 Comments
Interview: 300 Trevor Flemings
When it comes to improvisation, Liverpool-based actor Trevor Fleming never shies away from a challenge. A member of comedy collective Impropriety, he is no stranger to endurance off-the-hoof performances, and will be taking part in the group’s next Improvathon (a 33.5 hour – or 2015 minute – non-stop show) at the end of next month; […]
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July 28, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Caz ‘n’ Britney, Jollyboat, Legion of Doom, various venues
The usual Edinburgh preview season has just about wrapped up in Liverpool, with a whole host of practice runs at indie venues across the city before the acts make their way up to the Fringe. For right or wrong I’ve been rather unadventurous with my time and stuck to what I know this year; as […]
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June 19, 2014 / 0 Comments
Legion of Doom ghost walk and Edinburgh preview
Sketch comedy scamps the Legion of Doom are gearing themselves up for another busy summer and their regular schlep up to the Edinburgh Festival. The trio – Rob Bond, Oli Bond and Lee Hithersay – have devised a brand new show, The Legion of Doom Presents: Fear and Laughter, which they will be trying out […]
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September 23, 2013 / 1 Comment
Grin’s new writing showcase
Voices is an evening of new writing featuring monologues from six city writers. It’s a new format for Grin Productions, who say: “It is hoped that this performance-based event will become a regular feature of our calendar and provide a platform for new writing on Merseyside and in the Northwest”. You’ll know Grin from the […]
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August 9, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Legion of Doom, 81 Renshaw
You don’t have to be a geek to be amused by the antics of the Legion of Doom – but a working knowledge of Game of Thrones, the WWE and Sonic the Hedgehog helps. The Mersey-based sketch trio are on their way to the Edinburgh Festival, but have just finished preview performances of their latest […]
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July 19, 2013 / 0 Comments
Legion of Doom’s Sketchpocalypse Now
Legions of Doom come in many forms – classic 80s wrestling tag teams; comic book super-villains; computer hackers; ice hockey players and electronica groups (thanks, Wikipedia!). And in Liverpool we have our own, a trio of sketch comedians whom it could be said are likely to owe some of their somewhat geeky sense of humour […]
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June 22, 2013 / 0 Comments
Lady Parts – Assemble!
A group of writers, directors, actors and stage crew are rising to a challenge today, giving themselves just 24 hours to come up with a show to be performed tomorrow. Lady Parts theatre will be staging the results as four short plays under the title Assemble at 81 Renshaw Street tomorrow (Sunday, June 23) […]
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April 6, 2013 / 1 Comment
REVIEW: Tongues, 81 Renshaw
Setting an Exorcist-style thriller in the confines of 81 Renshaw heightened the chill factor of Tongues, the first full length play from Wes Williams and Grin Productions. The intense four-hander told the story of Mark (Eddie Fortune), an unhinged young man seemingly possessed into committing unspeakably gory crimes by Max (Paul Culshaw), a menacing presence […]
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March 28, 2013 / 0 Comments
New horror play Tongues at 81 Renshaw
It’s more like grim theatre than Grin Theatre next week, as the new writing company takes things in a different direction with their first horror play. Tongues, by regular writer Wes Williams is, he says: “Not just a question of scaring people or even grossing the audience out, it’s about the power of language, the […]
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