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November 26, 2017 / 1 Comment
REVIEW: The Vaudevillians, Liverpool Unity Theatre
This show happened more than three weeks ago now. To say I’ve been slack is something of an understatement, but no matter. It’s still making me laugh to think of The Vaudevillians. The act is a manic, meta comedy duo of two Seattle actor-musicians, on stage as their alter egos’ alter egos. And while you’re […]
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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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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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November 20, 2015 / 0 Comments
Interview: Panti Bliss
“My theatre shows are essentially monologues – comedy with a bit more of a serious message wrapped up in them,” Rory O’Neill explains. “The show is just stupid fun. But I hope when you leave it’s given you something to think about.” If the name doesn’t ring a bell yet, you might know him better […]
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September 25, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Happily Ever After, Unity Theatre
Happily Ever After was a welcome chance to take the little man on a theatre trip; at nine months old he came in well below the recommended age of five years and up, but he was made welcome and enjoyed the sights and sounds of this fairy story with a twist. He did, however, conk […]
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December 31, 2014 / 1 Comment
MADEUP’s best of 2014
It’s the last day of the year, so here it is: MADEUP’s best of 2014, a top ten of some of the most memorable, touching, fun and impressive shows that graced the stages of the city over the last twelve months. 10. Animal Farm (The Arts Club, October) Community theatre company Tell Tale once again […]
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November 18, 2014 / 0 Comments
Morrissey and Marr give nod to new drama Still Ill
A “blistering new drama” about gay paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, set to the mnusic of The Smiths? Not a premise you hear every day. But so it goes with Still Ill, which is on at the Lantern this week as part of the ongoing Homotopia programme. To obtain the rights to perform any Smith’s […]
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November 4, 2014 / 0 Comments
Interview: Le Gateau Chocolat
Black was one of the most stunning theatre shows of last year; and this week its creator, cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat, returns with a new version of the piece, accompanied by a 12 piece orchestra. The work, a Homotopia commission, tells the life of the extraordinary Nigeria-born, London-based drag artist and opera singer, […]
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November 17, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Caz and Britney’s Mis Les, Unity Theatre
Caz and Britney – the Scouse scally alter egos of city actresses Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton – may have started as a joke, but their second full length show has really taken the act to another level. Homotopia commission Mis Les featured their trademark musical theatre parodies and so much more besides. The […]
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November 16, 2013 / 2 Comments
REVIEW: Le Gateau Chocolat, Unity Theatre
Le Gateau Chocolat may know a thing or two about being an outsider; but his remarkable new show Black goes a long way to show there are many ways we are all the same. A larger than life cabaret star, Le Gateau Chocolat is bright, bold and hard to ignore – but this beautiful […]
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November 10, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Dance Triple Bill, Unity Theatre
Part of the Homotopia programme, this unimaginatively named evening belied the wonderful variety of performance to be found within. Led by an all female line up of performers, the three pieces were a combination of funny, touching, gaudy, gentle and thought-provoking works that fitted together for an entertaining mix. Leed-based De Nada Dance Theatre’s […]
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November 1, 2013 / 0 Comments
Homotopia 10 top ten
Homotopia launched and celebrated its 10th anniversary this week in a flurry of unicorns, glitter, beautiful people and Boy George. With another incredible programme about to begin, the fest welcomes back some old friends from near and far, as well as the usual raft of new commissions. The LGBT event crosses all media to take […]
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May 15, 2013 / 0 Comments
Cult director’s Homotopia date
“Congratulations on ten years of gay lunacy!” – so yelped Pink Flamingos director John Waters in what could be the best ever variation on the usually deathly dull ‘I’m really looking forward to blah blah blah’ press release quote. Today, Homotopia made the large and rather exciting announcement that the Pope of Trash himself will […]
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November 9, 2012 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Blackouts: Twilight of the Idols, Unity Theatre
It’s been called ‘the drag show at the end of the world’, brought to life by a performer who refers himself as a ‘drag fabulist’. If that doesn’t sound like two of the most wonderfully evocative descriptions of anything, ever, then this won’t be t…
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October 31, 2012 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Scottie Road – the Musical, Unity Theatre
The night before Halloween is known as Mischief Night, which could have made it the best possible time for Scottie Road – the Musical to be unleashed on the public. A sordid tale of the dire consequences of assualting Primark staff with their own …
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October 26, 2012 / 0 Comments
Gale Force, Council House Movie Star
The brilliant annual LGBT arts festival Homotopia launched last night, and one of the most intriguing works in its extensive programme is Council House Movie Star, described as “an immersive live arts installation exploring themes of ageing and th…
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October 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
Interview: Scottie Road the Musical’s Keddy Sutton and Gill Hardie
L1. Gregg???s. TJ Hughes. The Cavern. Sausage rolls. Binbags. Welcome to the world of Caz and Britney, your heroines and guides to Liverpool in new show Scottie Road: the Musical. Keddy Sutton and Gillian Hardie are the pair behind scally double act…
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September 24, 2012 / 0 Comments
Interview: Choreographer Darren Pritchard
Manchester-based choreographer Darren Pritchard is bringing his unique work 1, a piece in which he dances one song for one audience member at a time, to Liverpool this autumn as part of the Homotopia festival line up. The founder of dance company …
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September 11, 2012 / 0 Comments
Corrie star Andrew Lancel to play Brian Epstein
So our own Andrew Lancel has been announced as the man who will play Epstein, and it certainly has the potential to be an exceptionally good piece of casting. Of course! Look at that logo. The resemblance is there for all to see. Lancel, who most …
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November 3, 2011 / 0 Comments
Review: Cruising, Clubbing, Fucking, Unity Theatre
Choreographer Joseph Mercier always makes an impression when he shows up at Homotopia. Last year???s show, Giselle (or I???m Too Horny to be a Prince) saw the Canadian take to the Unity stage without a stitch on in a work described as “an intimate aut…
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