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Review: Sister Act, Liverpool Empire
For a show that opened in the West End in 2009 and on Broadway just over a year ago, Sister Act has come a long way in a short time. Whoopi Goldberg mightn't have brilliant ideas about everything, but...
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Review: Dancing in the Streets, Liverpool Empire
Dancing in the Streets is a merry-go-round of a jukebox musical, no stranger to the Empire stage but quite fun all the same. The kind of show that you know will con you into a standing ovation by making...
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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...
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Review: The Tragical Past and Mysterious Present of Sodem Hall, Kazimier
This week saw the final episode of The Tragical Past and Mysterious Present of Sodem Hall, this year’s soap opera from Impropriety. Knowing full well what our local impro chums are like having put a...
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Review: Illyria, Liverpool Playhouse Studio
Illyria by Bryony Lavery marks the finale of an exciting season of work from Young Everyman & Playhouse. The story of a journalist in a war-torn country, this 70 minute one act play is the culmination...
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Gallery: Henry V, Liverpool Playhouse
Here's an absolutely stunning set of production pictures from Henry V, currently running at the Playhouse theatre. The show, a collaboration with Shakespeare's Globe and directed by its artistic director...
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Review: The King & I, Liverpool Empire
It's always the best, when a show you didn't have any great expectation of knocks you into orbit. But The King & I is simply a stunner. This revival of the Rogers & Hammerstein classic was a joy from...
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Review: The Games, Liverpool Unity Theatre
The Games is a fantastic little show that has developed over the last couple of years from a one-off at the Unity to a success on the Edinburgh Fringe, and now a full on touring production. Hooray for...
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Review: Bare, Liverpool University's Stanley Theatre
Bare is a forbidden teen romance with a twist. A pop opera set in an American Catholic boarding school, it tells the story of roommates Peter and Jason -- more than friends, his mother correctly guesses...
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Review: A Life in the Theatre, Liverpool Actors Studio
Andrew Schofield and Stephen Fletcher have played everything on the Liverpool stage from father and son-in-law to Lennon and McCartney, and recently took that working relationship one step further by...
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Review: Doug Stanhope, Southport Theatre
MADEUP made a rare trip north in the name of entertainment this week, to catch US comedian Doug Stanhope at Southport Theatre. This was a deliberate choice; Stanhope plays the Liverpool Philharmonic...
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Review: Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse
MADEUP had headed to Oedipussy with high hopes. You've got to love a silly play on words; you've got to love a company that sees some kind of potential in mashing up a Greek tragedy with classic Bond...
