Lantern Theatre

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  August 13, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Sweet new writing at the Lantern

  Nostalgic Liverpool play Sweets for my Sweet by new playwright Bill Snell arrives at Lantern Theatre next month. Following successful run in North Wales, this time the Car Boot Theatre Company will present the performances in support of the Roy Castle Lung Foundation.   The play tells the story of two young lovers, Billy and […]

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  July 23, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Up4aMeet?

  “Packed with more gratuitous nudity than is decent,” casually harks the PR blurb for Up4aMeet, the, erm, ‘hit naked comedy’ heading our way.   With ears well and truly pricked up, you might well wonder what that might entail. Well, the new show, starring Lloyd Daniels (some young bloke off X Factor, pictured) and Nikki […]

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  July 18, 2013 / 1 Comment

  REVIEW: Shiny New Festival, Lantern Theatre

  The Shiny New Festival is currently showcasing a variety of Liverpool talent about to make its way up to the Edinburgh Fringe, hosting several hour-long shows each evening to give a flavour of the city’s talent. On Tuesday night I popped in to catch three new short plays – Bump, The Brief Afterlife of Reginald […]

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  July 10, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Shiny New Festival celebrates Liverpool fringe

  The Shiny New Festival was established last year, and returns next week to celebrate the best of Liverpool’s talent about to decamp to the Edinburgh Fringe.   The likes of our pals Jollyboat (pictured), Sam Avery, and the Legion of Doom, plus ninja magician David Alnwick and up-and-coming stand up Alastair Clark will be honing […]

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  June 12, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Draw Your Heart Out art workshop: Wolf Red

  Tmesis Theatre’s production Wolf Red was one of the most striking physical theatre performances of last year – and here’s a revival with a twist.   Next Sunday (June 23) performer Elinor Randal will be recreating scenes from the show as part of a brand new event to encourage new and experienced artists in their […]

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  June 10, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Lantern Theatre Liverpool’s friends scheme

  Lantern Theatre Liverpool has refurbed and rebranded in the last few months, and is now turning its attention to a fundraising scheme for patrons and corporations.   The Baltic Triangle-based theatre is dedicated to bringing the public the best in fresh talent and new writing. Since taking over the venue in October 2011, mother, daughter […]

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  June 4, 2013 / 0 Comments

  The story of Spoonface Steinberg

  A one-woman play exploring the world of a child with cancer comes to the Lantern Theatre this weekend.   Spoonface Steinberg comes from the pen of Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall.  Originally written as a radio play broadcast on Radio 4, such was the public response to the piece, it was later adapted for TV […]

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  May 29, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Wes Zaharuk’s Perfectly Bananas

  Canadian stand up Wes Zaharuk – whose act has been described as “Twin Peaks meets Cirque de Soleil”- brings his family show Perfectly Bananas to the Lantern this weekend. Known to combine routines with power tools, bananas and film noir, Wes has a world-wide reputation for a tornado-like approach to comedy, surreal feats and an […]

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  May 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Broken & A Lot of it About

  A touring double bill of two new plays comes to Liverpool this weekend. Broken and A Lot of it About are the latest from Manchester company Organised Chaos, which is dedicated to showcasing new writing in the North West. In Broken, May is desperately searching for something while Helen had everything she ever wanted and […]

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  May 3, 2013 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Legend, Lantern Theatre

  Legend marked the debut production from Lady Parts theatre, a new company dedicated to creating strong roles for women. Six short plays all on the titular theme spanned melodrama and comedy and proved a strong showcase for the fledgling group, which was well supported by a sell-out audience. Melodrama Sirens, written by Laura-Kate Barrow and […]

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  April 29, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freak Show

  Mary Shelley will roll in her grave – or so say Tin Shed Theatre, who are hitting the road on a national tour to retell the classic gothic horror novel Frankenstein “through the debauched and twisted eyes of one cynical raconteur and his faithful gaggle of gormless goons”. Described as darkly comical and sickly twisted, […]

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  April 16, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Legend: Six Short Plays at the Lantern

  A new writing company specialising in creating and promoting strong roles for women will stage its debut performance at the Lantern next month. The brilliantly named Lady Parts Theatre presents Legend: Six Short Plays on May 2. The evening comprises six fifteen minute plays on the theme of legends, inviting the audience on a journey […]

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  April 4, 2013 / 0 Comments

  The Victorian in the Wall

  If you’re after a laugh this weekend you’ll be absolutely spoiled for choice… On Friday and Saturday (April 5 and 6), Perrier-award winning performer, writer, comedian, and star of Channel 4’s Campus and The Boat That Rocked, Will Adamsdale brings his new show to Unity Theatre.

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  March 16, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Liverpool Network Theatre presents Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya

  “If you think Chekhov is too posh or too miserable for you then think again,” is the message from the community theatre group behind a new production of Uncle Vanya being performed in the city next week. Uncle Vanya is the story of nine characters living on a country estate in 1890s Russia, struggling to […]

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  March 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Word:Play new writing showcase at the Lantern

  Six up-and-coming playwrights are bringing England’s North West and South West together, as Box of Tricks Theatre’s first cross-regional tour of their Word:Play showcase comes to the Lantern tonight (March 8). Box of Tricks, which brought My Arms to the venue last month, say they are championing the next generation of playwriting talent, putting six […]

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• February 9, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Review: My Arms, Lantern Theatre

  My Arms, from Manchester company Box of Tricks, has been on a short tour of the North West after premiering at last year’s 24:7 Theatre Festival. A short two hander about the disintegration of a marriage after a tragedy, the story is told in reverse, beginning with the couple’s tentative meeting to talk about the […]

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  January 15, 2013 / 0 Comments

  New Northern play comes to the Lantern

  Following the success of its world première at Manchester’s 24:7 theatre festival last year, new play My Arms is embarking on a tour of the north, including a stop at the Lantern Theatre. Told in reverse order, My Arms is described as a compelling one-hour drama about a couple in crisis after a tragic event […]

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