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  February 7, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Curtain up for Legally Blonde

  Opening night is an exciting and nerve-wracking time, and tonight is a triple the fun for the self-styled “Scouse Mafia” taking to the Empire stage for their first home town performance of Legally Blonde. Our own Les Dennis, Claire Sweeney and Ray…

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  December 21, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Spam burgers and dame games

  It’s that end-of-term feeling at the city’s theatres it would seem, and they’re not afraid to pull a few attention-seeking stunts to help the time until the bell rings go faster. Here’s two that deserve a round of applause: The Playhouse is amusin…

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  December 18, 2011 / 0 Comments

  South Pacific auditions for Liverpool child stars

  Local young children will have the chance to star in the latest production of Rodgers and Hammerstein???s lavish musical South Pacific, which has been making waves (sorry) in the West End and will be going on a national tour next year with star and …

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  December 15, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Trailer Park #2: Christmas

  Hooray! It’s Trailer Park, the bit of the site where MADEUP showcases video clips and trailers of upcoming live shows. You’d better be feeling Christmassy. If not, get a load of this: We have a taster here today of Irving Berlin???s White Christmas,…

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  December 4, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Empire’s ‘ticket for a tenner’ for students

  See, this is why we hate young people. Ideas like this. The Empire theatre has announced its new ‘Ticket for a Tenner’ initiative, allowing Liverpool students to see a host of its top touring musicals, comedy and more for just ?10 a go (in case yo…

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  November 22, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Calendar Girls, Liverpool Empire

  It???s only been a year since Calendar Girls took to the Empire stage, but last night???s full house showed the appetite for the production was certainly still there. The well-worn tale of the WI group who bare all for the annual charity calendar is f…

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  November 15, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Grease, Liverpool Empire

  Despite the best efforts of all involved, watching Grease on stage doesn???t really equate to a trip to the theatre as much as being forced to attend some kind of money-spinning Christmas party tribute night with all the people from work you can’t s…

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  August 5, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: West Side Story, Empire

  MADEUP attended last year???s Stage Experience at the Empire with an initial trepidation that did somewhat of a disservice to the efforts that resulted on stage. This year, it was nice to head down with the knowledge that it would be a quality produ…

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  July 30, 2010 / 0 Comments

  An Interview With Spamalot Actor Marcus Brigstocke

  “And Anne Robinson is vile! People always ask me if she’s as bad a she is on TV and she’s worse! VILE!” Marcus Brigstocke doesn’t mince words, but at least, admirably, he’ll stand by them… The Weakest Link presenter – a former colleague of his -…

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