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Liverpool Playhouse
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August 7, 2018 / 0 Comments
New Austen adaptation heads to the Playhouse
THE Liverpool Playhouse will celebrate 200 years of the work of one of Britain’s greatest authors by hosting the first ever stage production of Jane Austen’s Persuasion this October.
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March 31, 2017 / 0 Comments
National Theatre’s Brexit play comes to the Playhouse
My Country; a work in progress is a new play inspired by the EU Referendum and Brexit. Written by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and directed by Rufus Norris, the play is a collaboration between the National Theatre and eight UK arts organisations. It comes to the Liverpool Playhouse from April 11 to 15 as […]
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January 3, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: The Star, Liverpool Playhouse
The Playhouse has gone back to its music hall roots this festive season, harking back to the rich history of the venue, which has recently marked its 150th anniversary. Michael Wynne’s The Star is a celebratory theatrical knees-up, drawing on the old-style variety show format with a behind-the-scenes drama and broad social commentary that makes […]
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December 31, 2016 / 0 Comments
MADEUP’s Best of 2016
It’s that time again – and after a frightful year all round, here’s a bit of cheer with the MADEUP Top Five of 2016 list. Hooray! Personal circumstance meant it’s still been hard for to see anywhere near as much theatre as would be ideal, but there have been some real bonuses too, and fingers […]
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November 1, 2016 / 1 Comment
INTERVIEW: Natalie Casey
Natalie Casey made her name on TV shows including teen soap Hollyoaks and sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, but on stage is where you’re more likely to find her these days. No stranger to the Playhouse, she returns this week as part of the formidable ensemble cast of Things I […]
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April 26, 2016 / 0 Comments
Spymonkey’s Complete Deaths
Now, this production comes highly recommended from those in the know – top physical comedy muckers Spymonkey are bringing their unique tribute to Shakespeare, Complete Deaths, to the Playhouse next month. Promising to “scale the peaks of sublime poetry, and plumb the depths of darkest depravity”, the company commemorate the Bard in their own inimitable […]
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February 24, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: I Am Thomas, Liverpool Playhouse
I Am Thomas. Je Suis Charlie. Black Lives Matter. Sometimes an injustice can start a movement that resonates much further than imagined. The story of 17th century Scottish blasphemer Thomas Aikenhead has light shine upon it after hundreds of years in this exciting new production from the National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre and […]
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January 26, 2016 / 0 Comments
I Am Thomas – a brutal comedy with songs for the Playhouse
Some familiar talents are making their way back to Liverpool in a quite extraordinary-sounding new world premiere. I Am Thomas, “a brutal comedy with songs” combines talents from recent productions including Odyssey Missing Presumed Dead, Dead Dog in a Suitcase, and cult theatre company Told by an Idiot. With music by Iain Johnstone and lyrics […]
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May 23, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Constellations, Liverpool Playhouse
Constellations is a fascinating play, as in many ways it is both concise and minimalist, while at the same time pondering huge and sprawling infinitesimal possibilities. Nick Payne’s acclaimed one-act drama premiered at the Royal Court (London’s, not ours) in 2012, and even attracted Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal to the role of Roland on Broadway. […]
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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 10, 2014 / 0 Comments
Festive farce at the Playhouse
Following the successful adaptations of Molière’s farces, this Christmas the Playhouse presents another fresh adaptation of a classic French comedy, with a grown up festive play returning to the venue after two years of babysitting the Everyman’s rock ‘n’ roll panto while its sister theatre was rebuilt. Sex and the Three Day Week […]
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October 5, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Juno and the Paycock, Liverpool Playhouse
The Playhouse’s instinct for on-the-nose productions that relay as powerful a message to modern audiences as they did when they were first written continues with Juno and the Paycock. Sean O’Casey’s 1924 tale of poverty and politics in a Dublin tenement draws parallels with today’s climate of austerity and war; a period piece that serves […]
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August 24, 2014 / 0 Comments
The Kite Runner returns
The Playhouse is kicking off its autumn season next month with a revival of its 2013 success The Kite Runner. The stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s novel features many of the original cast members, including Ben Turner in the role of Amir, and will be at the seen from September 8 to 13 before embarking […]
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July 12, 2014 / 2 Comments
REVIEW: Betty Blue Eyes, Liverpool Playhouse
Critics loved Betty Blue Eyes when opened in the West End in 2011, but the run didn’t last long. Based on Alan Bennett’s 1984 screenplay A Private Function, even at the time producer Cameron Macintosh foresaw a revival. Think of bringing a West End musical to Liverpool, and the Playhouse isn’t the first place you’d […]
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May 27, 2014 / 0 Comments
Catch-22 at the Playhouse
Opening this week at the Playhouse is the stage adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel, Catch-22. The touring show from Northern Stage is in town from tonight (May 27) until Saturday (May 31). The war time satire, adapted by the author himself, will be directed by two-time Obie Award-winning and Drama Desk-nominated director Rachel […]
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May 10, 2014 / 0 Comments
Headlong’s Spring Awakening at the Playhouse
Following last year’s smash hit production of 1984, Headlong return to the Playhouse with a radical new version of Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening next week. Described as “unnerving, entertaining, funny and dark”, the play – probably best known for its musical version – comes to the Liverpool Playhouse from May 13 to 17. Writer […]
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May 1, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: An August Bank Holiday Lark, Liverpool Playhouse
“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic” – well, I never quite thought I’d be opening anything here with a quote from Stalin, but that’s what springs to mind when considering An August Bank Holiday Lark, which approaches its commemoration to the World War One dead by examining the minutae […]
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April 15, 2014 / 0 Comments
An August Bank Holiday Lark (in April)
Northern Broadsides are set to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War with the world premiere of Deborah McAndrew’s new play An August Bank Holiday Lark, coming to the Liverpool Playhouse from Tuesday, April 29 to Saturday, May 3. Taking its title from a line in Philip Larkin’s poem MCMXIV, […]
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April 2, 2014 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: A View from the Bridge, Liverpool Playhouse
“My name is my name,” is one of the most resonant and memorable lines in the whole five series of The Wire, when street kingpin Marlo Stanfield realises not being told he has been called out by a rival – and thereby not knowing it’s happened – can have the same repercussions for a gangster’s […]
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March 24, 2014 / 0 Comments
Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
They’ve barely paused for breath since the re-opening of the new Everyman, and now sister theatre the Playhouse is preparing for another big show that will open its new season in style this week. Do these people ever sleep?! Arthur Miller’s devastating portrait of an ordinary man in a clash of cultures, of generations […]
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