Stephen Fletcher

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  September 12, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Noises Off, Royal Court Liverpool

  “It’s not the usual kind of show we have on here,” the Royal Court gang explained with a little trepidation on press night, but early reports were the audiences had been getting into Noises Off so far. With farce, innuendo, slapstick and visual gags by the bucketload, it turned out to be a show that […]

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  August 14, 2014 / 1 Comment

  Noises Off comes to Liverpool Royal Court

  There’s two interesting new faces joining the Royal Court family next month, for a brand new production of the classic Noises Off. Kim Hartman – Helga off of ‘Allo ‘Allo to you and me – and former Coronation Street actress Tupele Dorgu are joining theatre regulars Stephen Fletcher and Danny O’Brien (currently starring in Bouncers). The […]

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  April 13, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Special Measures, Liverpool Royal Court

  Mark Davies Markham is the writer behind the Everyman’s 2008 theatrical tribute to Eric’s and the 80s musical Taboo. His new play Special Measures is bang up to date – even Maria Miller gets to be the butt of a joke – but those early influences could be said to loom, from the Teardrop Explodes […]

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  August 21, 2013 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: The Sunshine Boys, Epstein Theatre

  Neil Simon’s classic American play about the reluctant reunion of a once great comedy duo is another great idea – and must-see show – from the perennially impressive Life in Theatre productions. The deliberate ‘off Broadway’ direction the company has taken is really setting it apart from anything else in the city, having hit onto […]

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  July 8, 2013 / 0 Comments

  The Sunshine Boys full cast announced

  The Epstein Theatre’s run of The Last 5 Years was one of the theatrical hits of the year – and the company behind it is continuing with the Broadway vibes to bring Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys to town next month.   While most venues will have gone dark for August, Life in Theatre productions […]

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  June 6, 2013 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: The Last 5 Years, Epstein Theatre

  It’s the second time round for this production of The Last 5 Years, which was first staged to acclaim at the Actors Studio last summer. Now, in a bigger theatre and for a longer run, there’s no excuse not to go and see what all the fuss is about.   A clever two-handed musical that […]

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  April 28, 2013 / 0 Comments

  The Sunshine Boys heads to the Epstein

  Neil Simon’s classic play The Sunshine Boys comes to the Liverpool stage this summer, with two of the city’s best known theatre actors taking the roles of feuding double act Lewis and Clark. Andrew Schofield and Alan Stocks, last seen together in Mam, I’m ‘Ere at Christmas, will be reunited again for the show’s run […]

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  March 4, 2013 / 1 Comment

  The Last 5 Years returns

  Fantastic news at the end of last week came in the shape of the announcement that Stephen Fletcher and Helen Carter will be reprising their roles in The Last 5 Years. A production from Fletcher’s own company Life in Theatre, the pair first performed the show at the Actors Studio last summer, to much critical […]

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  October 25, 2010 / 0 Comments

  Review: Lennon, Royal Court Liverpool

  John Lennon. He???s still easy column inches in this city, easy bestseller fodder, easy inspiration for unpleasant monuments. Sometimes, too easy. Sometimes, quite enough thank you. This cynical reviewer didn???t have particularly high expectations of…

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