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Epstein Theatre
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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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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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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 13, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Ruby Slippers, Epstein Theatre
Owing as much to RuPaul’s Drag Race as it does to Coronation Street, The Ruby Slippers is a new show about love, identity and following your dreams, with a true northern warmth and a big gay heart. Set in a failing drag club run by bubbly Raz (James Rogerson), the story begins as he tries […]
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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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June 1, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Don’t Dribble on the Dragon, Epstein Theatre
Don’t Dribble on the Dragon is a brand new family show based on a new book from children’s author Steven Lee, adapted by the People’s Theatre Company, which has also bought his better-known How the Koala Learned to Hug to the stage. And it’s a bit of a mixed bag for company and audience alike, […]
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January 28, 2016 / 0 Comments
MADEUP’s best of 2015
Okay, okay, it’s a bit late, and last year’s viewings were more about quality than quantity, as personal circumstances meant me totting up only about a third of the usual amount of shows. Still, at least I chose wisely; but instead of an epic end of year review I’m keeping it short and sweet this […]
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November 25, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Panti Bliss, Epstein Theatre
There’s a new woman in my life, and her name is Panti Bliss. Her latest show High Heels in Low Places is far from the veteran drag queen’s first, but proves an unforgettable introduction to her Liverpool audience; a city she had never appeared in before this weekend. Thank you, Homotopia. Panti – and/ or […]
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February 15, 2015 / 0 Comments
21 years of Twopence
A new stage production of one of Scouse nostlgia-lit’s greatest exports, Helen Forrester’s hit Twopence To Cross The Mersey, is embarking on a six-week tour of four Merseyside theatres. The tour will visit Liverpool, Southport, St Helens and New Brighton over March and April. Twopence to Cross the Mersey – a favourite of Caitlin Moran’s, […]
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August 17, 2014 / 1 Comment
Cardinal Burns Liverpool date announced
British Comedy Award winners and BAFTA nominees Cardinal Burns have announced their first-ever national tour, calling in at the Epstein on October 2. From Rachel and Yumi to Banksy, Turkish Cabbies and the Office Flirts, join Cardinal Burns for their mix of obscure and dark characters, hot on the heels of the brand new […]
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February 25, 2014 / 0 Comments
One Dream: The Beryl Marsden story
The life and career of Liverpool-born singer Beryl Marsden will be celebrated next month in a brand new musical One Dream. The production also marks the 50th anniversary of the release of her Live at The Cavern LP. The full length show follows sell-out pilot performances at the Cavern last year, and now moves to […]
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December 15, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Snow White, Epstein Theatre
The Epstein’s panto has famous names but will really need to get its act together if it has a chance of competing with Liverpool’s better-established Christmas shows. Clearly still bedding in, from the tech snafus to ill-advised adult jokes, it couldn’t be said things are really running smoothly at this early stage. As the Fairy […]
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October 13, 2013 / 0 Comments
Becoming Johnny Vegas at the Epstein
It’s Yorkshire Tea all the way at MADEUP Towers (as was the old newsroom euphemism for a fancy office, but what these days amounts to being sat in a slanket balancing a laptop on yourself in the middle of the night, like I am right now), but there’s always time for St Helens’s finest, Johnny […]
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September 4, 2013 / 0 Comments
Bon Voyage at the Epstein
The company behind successful city comedy As the Shoe Fits returns next week with a show that claims to, ahem, “put the fun back into funeral”. What, it went away? Bon Voyage is set at a final farewell party to a much loved husband, father and friend, Rocky. Hosted by Rocky’s lovely wife Maggie […]
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August 21, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Sunshine Boys, Epstein Theatre
Neil Simon’s classic American play about the reluctant reunion of a once great comedy duo is another great idea – and must-see show – from the perennially impressive Life in Theatre productions. The deliberate ‘off Broadway’ direction the company has taken is really setting it apart from anything else in the city, having hit onto […]
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July 8, 2013 / 0 Comments
The Sunshine Boys full cast announced
The Epstein Theatre’s run of The Last 5 Years was one of the theatrical hits of the year – and the company behind it is continuing with the Broadway vibes to bring Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys to town next month. While most venues will have gone dark for August, Life in Theatre productions […]
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June 6, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Last 5 Years, Epstein Theatre
It’s the second time round for this production of The Last 5 Years, which was first staged to acclaim at the Actors Studio last summer. Now, in a bigger theatre and for a longer run, there’s no excuse not to go and see what all the fuss is about. A clever two-handed musical that […]
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June 1, 2013 / 0 Comments
Judy & Liza at the Epstein
Tribute musical Judy & Liza, first seen on the Liverpool stage in 2010, returns to the Epstein for two shows on Saturday, June 29. Written by West End star and Liverpool native Emma Dears and directed by Rita Henderson, you get no prizes for guessing that Judy & Liza features the music and stories […]
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May 9, 2013 / 0 Comments
Interview: Scottie Road the Musical’s Caz and Britney
Readers of this blog should be no strangers to our favourite Liver Birds Caz and Britney, aka Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton respectively (pictured above, right – left). Their show, Scottie Road the Musical, returns to the city this weekend, this time on the Epstein stage after a successful trial at the Unity as part […]
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April 28, 2013 / 0 Comments
The Sunshine Boys heads to the Epstein
Neil Simon’s classic play The Sunshine Boys comes to the Liverpool stage this summer, with two of the city’s best known theatre actors taking the roles of feuding double act Lewis and Clark. Andrew Schofield and Alan Stocks, last seen together in Mam, I’m ‘Ere at Christmas, will be reunited again for the show’s run […]
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