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May 22, 2016 / 0 Comments
Mod Musical is dream come true for LIPA producer
Up-and-coming theatre producer Max Emmerson has come a long way since graduating from LIPA last year – and his biggest show to date has just opened at Liverpool Royal Court. His revival of Shout! The Mod Musical began life as part of his degree course, and was so successful it had two stints at the […]
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March 1, 2016 / 0 Comments
New writer examines faith and LGBT issues
“What does it mean to love, honour and obey – if you’re gay?” A new play exploring the issue from a religious perspective is being performed in Liverpool this week thanks to the support of St Brides’s Church in the Georgian Quarter. One Flesh is an original script by LIPA graduate Naomi Sumner, that tells […]
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July 23, 2014 / 0 Comments
MenSWEAR Collection double bill
The cheeky chappies of Liverpool-based Lights Up Entertainment are previewing two new plays this week ahead of their first ever run at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The company of LIPA students have written an all-new double bill entitled MenSWEAR Collective, and will be showcasing the provocative works at the Unity on Saturday (July 26). […]
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March 15, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Punk Rock, LIPA
Simon Stephens’s acclaimed 2009 play Punk Rock has already had a Liverpool outing in the last 12 months; simply designed and packing quite the dramatic punch, it is unlikely to be the last we see of it, either. What begins as a tale of everyday group of sixth formers dealing with heightened emotions and pressures […]
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March 1, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Unity Theatre
Fortunately, somebody told me just before I started writing this review that the larger national touring production of this show that was scheduled a stop at the Royal Court before Christmas never actually made it (I wondered how it had passed me by, but was going to draw the parallel anyway. That would have been […]
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September 26, 2013 / 0 Comments
FEAR at Liverpool Actors Studio
License To Thrill theatre company’s upcoming production of FEAR is a contemporary version of the traditional French theatrical practice Grand Guignol – a genre that walks a fine line between horror and comedy. “Its name is often used as a general term for graphic, amoral horror entertainment,” says Wikipedia. Ooer. “Do you want something […]
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March 14, 2013 / 0 Comments
New dance company presents Second Star to the Right
New dance and physical theatre company Luna present their latest show, Second Star to the Right, this week. An original dance work inspired by the story of Peter Pan and with a modern day twist, it takes place at the Iosis Studio (above Elevator on Upper Parliament Street) this Friday and Saturday (March 15 and […]
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May 10, 2012 / 0 Comments
Review: I Guess I Wish, Unity Theatre
I Guess I Wish is a new musical written by Yale student Jeremy Lloyd, that had never before been performed in the UK ahead of its premiere this week courtesy of new production company Lights Up Entertainment. Clocking in at just over 50 minutes, i…
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April 29, 2012 / 0 Comments
LIPA’s experiments in new musical theatre
A UK premiere staged by students from LIPA and funded by a successful crowd-funding campaign takes place at the Unity Theatre next week. A group of eight young directors from all over Europe will present the UK premiere of I Guess I Wish next Wedn…
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September 11, 2011 / 0 Comments
Interview with Calendar Girls star Lynda Bellingham
Loose Woman and Oxo Mum Lynda Bellingham paid a flying visit to Liverpool on Friday to launch the latest production of Calendar Girls. The show returns to the Empire in November with some of the familiar faces in the cast from its last outing a ju…
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