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Liverpool Empire
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July 24, 2018 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Bianca del Rio, Liverpool Empire
SOMETIMES there’s nothing quite so sweet as seeing an act who would by no means be considered mainstream fill the city’s biggest theatre off their own back.
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May 8, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool schoolboy to be Empire’s Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot the Musical opens at the Liverpool Empire this week – with a local lad in the starring role. Fourteen-year-old Adam Abbou is one of four boys playing Billy on the show’s national tour. Adam trains at Dance Dynamix in Old Swan. He has competed in various regional and national dance championships, and is […]
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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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August 17, 2015 / 0 Comments
Priscilla returns
The full cast has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of the international smash hit musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which parks up at the Liverpool Empire from January 25 to 30 next year. via GIPHY Joining the previously announced Jason Donovan (*cheers*), who reprises the role of Tick, are Simon Green as […]
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July 6, 2015 / 0 Comments
“Come party Hoffstyle”
It was only a matter of time before an announcement that David Hasselhoff himself would make it onto the Empire stage – and it would have been fair to assume we’d be talking panto. But no! Turns out The Hoff has signed up for a new jukebox musical of eighties and nineties hits called (deep […]
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June 3, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Producers, Liverpool Empire
The Producers doesn’t so much overstep the mark as plow over it in a Panzer. It’s offensive and raucous. It’s crude. And this latest production of Mel Brooks’s classic satire is absolutely brilliant. It is, of course, the musical version of the 1967 movie of the same name, which tells the tale of crooked Broadway […]
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September 22, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Wicked, Liverpool Empire
Sometimes in life, you just need a spectacle. A special night out to look forward to, something out of the ordinary; Wicked is what you’re looking for on all counts. A Broadway and West End smash over the last decade, the show – in case you didn’t know – tells the ‘untold story’ of […]
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May 21, 2014 / 1 Comment
REVIEW: The Lion King, Liverpool Empire
Its campaign to lure us to the Empire for its seven week run has been a full on assault on the entire city; last night Disney finally got to show the critics its stuff. The Lion King roared (groan) into the venue to showcase what a remarkable, inventive and special piece of theatre it is. […]
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April 24, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Singin’ in the Rain, Liverpool Empire
For the most part, this hotly-anticipated touring version of West End success Singin’ in the Rain is a little style over substance. The tale of an American movie studio struggling to move with the times and embrace talking pictures, problems are made worse when its leading lady, Lina Lamont (Vicky Binns), is revealed to have […]
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March 28, 2014 / 0 Comments
Edward Scissorhands ballet coming to the Empire
If, like MADEUP, you can barely make it through the promo video for this show without descending into floods of tears, then there’ll be nothing down for us when Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of Edward Scissorhands comes to town next year. Bourne, whose company New Adventures has been a perennial visitor to the Empire in recent […]
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March 10, 2014 / 0 Comments
Lion King sneak peek
Disney’s massive The Lion King tour – apparently the largest theatre prodution ever to make its way across Europe – stops in Liverpool in May, and to whet our appetites some of the cast took to the Empire stage tonight for a taster. Liverpool-born Ava Brennan as Nala, Nicholas Nkuna as Simba and Gugwanan […]
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January 28, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Tonight’s the Night, Liverpool Empire
I’ll have a cup of tea when I get in. Ooh, if the shop’s open on the way home I can pick up a snack as well. I really must catch up on those episodes of Sherlock I haven’t seen. Have we got milk in? Oh, I’ve got a meeting with my line manager in […]
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January 8, 2014 / 0 Comments
Epic Verdi operas; wall of fire optional
“Jealousy, revenge, hopeless romance and a breathtaking wall of fire bring epic Verdi operas Aida and Nabucco to life”, in opera producer Ellen Kent’s new tour, which visits Liverpool next month. Anyone familiar with the touring grande dame’s style will find that pyrotechnic displays and lighting effects are par for the course with Kent’s […]
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January 6, 2014 / 0 Comments
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Empire
Classic American musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has been given an ‘award-winning makeover’, and comes to the Empire at the end of February. It stars Dancing on Ice winner Sam Attwater and Helena Blackman, a runner up in BBC1’s How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. And for those who like their stage […]
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December 21, 2013 / 0 Comments
Peter Pan-demonium
Swapping one singin’, dancin’, unexpectedly buff ex-Brookie star for another (see gratuitous pic), the Empire has announced that Philip Olivier will be taking over as the lead in this year’s panto Peter Pan for the tail end of its run. Ray Quinn is currently doing his stint as the boy who never grew up, but […]
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December 17, 2013 / 0 Comments
One Man, Two Guvnors, the Empire
The National Theatre’s award-winning comedy One Man, Two Guvnors will finally be making it to Liverpool, it was announced today. The show embarks on an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland from May next year and will visit the Empire from September 1 to 6, 2014. The cast has yet to be announced, but […]
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December 8, 2013 / 0 Comments
Fame the Musical returns to Liverpool
Touring productions of Fame seem to have become a favourite on the North West stage over the last couple of years, and here’s another. “An exciting new production that has been bought up to date and into the 21st century”, apparently, stops off with us at the Empire next year, courtesy of our own Bill […]
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October 18, 2013 / 0 Comments
Wicked news
It was always a matter of time, and today the Liverpool Empire announced it will be staging hit witchy musical Wicked – and you’ve got until next September to wait. Tickets quite fittingly go on sale on Halloween. The ‘untold story of the Witches of Oz’, Wicked is one of the most popular West […]
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September 18, 2013 / 0 Comments
Empire’s celebrity coffee morning
The late actress and singer Bernie Nolan was a bit ace, by all accounts. And the Empire has set up a fitting tribute to the lady, by taking part in the upcoming annual Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning fundraising event and dedicating it to her. Best known as the lead singer of The Nolans […]
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September 3, 2013 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Cabaret, Liverpool Empire
This Olivier-winning production brings Cabaret back to town for the first time since 2008, with Will Young as Emcee and a whole dollop of street cred. Despite a strong performance from our Pop Idol however, this show was not a patch on the story that many will know and love from the silver screen. Disclosure: […]
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