Liverpool Everyman

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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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  October 12, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Bright Phoenix, Liverpool Everyman

  Bright Phoenix is a new in-house production, written for the Everyman stage by acclaimed friend of the theatre, Jeff Young. The story of a misfit gang of kids grown into a misfit gang of adults, the play explores the hidden places and people of the city and is described as “a love letter to Liverpool”. […]

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  September 24, 2014 / 0 Comments

  Everyman to become Fun Palace

  On Saturday October 4, the Everyman theatre will take part in a nationwide initiative in tribute to theatre director Joan Littlewood, to mark what would have been her 100th birthday by transforming itself into a Fun Palace. The Hope Street venue says it will break down the barrier between the audience and artists with a […]

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  August 31, 2014 / 0 Comments

  Bright Phoenix coming to the Everyman

  Jeff Young’s new play Bright Phoenix, a theatrical tribute to the now-derelict Futurist cinema in Liverpool city centre, has its world première at the Everyman in October.   “Inspired by a hidden Liverpool, a version of the city that is unauthorised and often unseen”, the production is directed by Serdar Biliş, designed by Ti Green […]

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  June 26, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Dead Dog in a Suitcase and Other Love Songs, Everyman

  The ramshackle anarchy of the old Everyman is the stuff of legend; with this latest production, the venue brings some of that old fighting spirit in a thoroughly modern, high tech way. Dead Dog in a Suitcase is a co-production with celebrated theatre company Kneehigh, a re-telling of John Gay’s 1720 satire The Beggar’s Opera […]

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  May 15, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Hope Place, Everyman

  Maggie was born in 8 Hope Place and has lived their all her life. She lives alone, but her brothers and sisters all have their own keys and it has been a family hub for as long as they remember – but of course, what they choose to remember is different for each of them… […]

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  April 9, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: The Events, Liverpool Everyman

  The Events is effectively a two hander, examining one woman’s attempt to make sense of a horrific crime she has been a victim of. Dramatic and provocative, it’s USP is every performance features a different community choir – at once musical accompaniment and Greek chorus – on stage throughout, to add another dimension to its […]

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  March 31, 2014 / 0 Comments

  Fringe hit The Events comes to the Everyman

  David Greig’s The Events, one of the most critically acclaimed plays of last year, comes to the new Liverpool Everyman – its first ever touring show.  from April 8 to 12. The production uses a soaring soundtrack sung by an onstage local choir and explores how a small community copes and moves on in the […]

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  March 13, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Twelfth Night, Liverpool Everyman

  Meet the new Ev, same as the old Ev – but on hyperdrive. The theatre’s first production is at once a technical showcase of what the girl can do and a huge welcoming hug all in one. They said that Twelfth Night was chosen with a view that audiences will be taking in much more […]

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  March 2, 2014 / 0 Comments

  New Everyman lights up

  There were smiles all round as the Everyman burst back into life on Hope Street tonight for the lights up parade to mark the opening of the new building. Here’s some pics from the event.

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  February 22, 2014 / 0 Comments

  New Everyman – one week to go

  Unbelievably, there is just a week to go – one week to go! – until the new Everyman opens, with a public ‘lights up’ event next Saturday night (March 1).   Quite like they did when the theatre closed in July 2011, the Ev is on the hunt for people’s hopes and dreams for the […]

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  January 27, 2014 / 0 Comments

  Play on! Twelfth Night at the Everyman

  Play on? Yes, there will be. And don’t mind if we do, as Everyman alumni past and present prepare for the main event – the production that will be the very first work on the stage of the brand new theatre.   The Ev’s artistic director Gemma Bodinetz is at the helm of Twelfth Night, […]

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  November 19, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Lights up for the new Ev

  The wait is over, as today we found out that Liverpool’s beloved, brand-spanking new Everyman theatre will open to the public in March next year.   A ‘lights up’ celebration – that will happen outside for fear of swamping the place if  they opened the doors – will take place on March 1, with a […]

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