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  April 9, 2012 / 0 Comments

  David Yip’s Gold Mountain returns to the Unity

  Liverpool actor David Yip’s critically acclaimed Gold Mountain returns to the Unity Theatre this week. First staged in 2010, it tells the tale of David Yee, trying to piece together the broken jigsaw of his father???s life ??? exploring his ramblings …

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  March 26, 2012 / 1 Comment

  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 Spike Theatre (for it is they), and their tena…

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  March 18, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Why are we so Thirsty?

  Possibly a suitable post to follow on from a Doug Stanhope review, Thirsty is a new, acclaimed touring show inspired by and based on our nation???s love affair with alcohol. Fusing live music, verbatim text and physical theatre, theatre company The …

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  March 9, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Black T-shirt Collection at the Unity for £5

  Fringe First winner Inua Ellams brings his latest play to the Unity tonight and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday) ahead of a run at the National Theatre. Black T-shirt Collection is a new story about two brothers building a global t-shirt brand. On t…

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  February 15, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Unity Theatre’s FuelFest begins

  This week sees the start of a special theatre festival at the Unity, which is collaborating with acclaimed producers Fuel for a season of what they call “immersive, experimental, innovative, exciting shows showcasing some of the best new work prod…

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  February 8, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Welcome to 1 Beach Road

  1 Beach Road is the new play from the award-winning RedCape Theatre, coming to the Unity on Tuesday, February 21 and described as a tale of ???friendship, coastal erosion, Alzheimers, synchronized swimming and trying to turn back the tide???. Draw…

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  January 24, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Touring Macbeth at Unity Liverpool

  Touring company Platform 4 brings its latest production of Macbeth to the Unity next week. Employing sparse staging whilst keeping the play intact, compelling, and fresh, the company creates a ???taut electric psychodrama??? that is brought alive by s…

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  January 4, 2012 / 0 Comments

  Unity Theatre makes its way to the Departure Lounge

  From the Martini Lounge to the Departure Lounge, and a premiere from InSTEP Theatre of a ???high energy comedy musical??? coming to the Unity in a month???s time. With the tagline ???four hormonal teenagers. One delayed plane. A holiday that they???ll never…

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  December 20, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Gallery: The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Unity

  Here’s a gallery of pictures from the Unity theatre’s Christmas show, The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. The colourful and imaginative new production brings together some up and coming talent from the likes of Hope St Ltd to tell the rip-roaring ta…

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  December 15, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Trailer Park #2: Christmas

  Hooray! It’s Trailer Park, the bit of the site where MADEUP showcases video clips and trailers of upcoming live shows. You’d better be feeling Christmassy. If not, get a load of this: We have a taster here today of Irving Berlin???s White Christmas,…

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  December 11, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Big Wow perfect the Art of Falling Apart

  Those loveable theatrical lunatics Big Wow return for their regular January slot at the Unity with a brand new show to kick off 2012. The Art of Falling Apart is described as ???an all new show following a number of out-of-sorts people living out-of…

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  November 6, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Volcano Theatre’s Clockwork Orange

  In the immortal words of Rolf Harris, can you guess what it is yet? Eh? EH?! Presumably the juxtaposition of a clock and some oranges in the picture above will have made it clear enough that a new production of A Clockwork Orange is coming our way…

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  November 3, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Review: Cruising, Clubbing, Fucking, Unity Theatre

  Choreographer Joseph Mercier always makes an impression when he shows up at Homotopia. Last year???s show, Giselle (or I???m Too Horny to be a Prince) saw the Canadian take to the Unity stage without a stitch on in a work described as “an intimate aut…

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  October 30, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Interview: musical comedian Mitch Benn

  Mitch Benn is one of the UK???s foremost musical comedians. Liverpool born and bred, he returns to the city for a rare theatre show with his band The Distractions on November 15. ???Kind of a rock concert but funny??? is the simplest way for Benn to exp…

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  October 28, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Earthfall dance presents At Swim Two Boys

  As much as one can ever recommend something they’ve never seen, it hopefully won’t be too far off the mark to say this really should be a good ‘un. Dance company Earthfall returns to Homotopia this year with their award winning 2005 production of …

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  October 15, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Cult spoof by literary lunatics returns

  Hold onto your bonnets, LipService are celebrating 21 years of sublime silliness with their cult Bronte spoof Withering Looks. When Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding realised that 2006 was also the 150th anniversary of the death of Charlotte Bronte, they …

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  October 10, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Hit Edinburgh techno fairy tale!

  What if one mighty rocket could contain all the glamour, glory and disgrace of the Academy Awards, Olympic figure skating, Club Med and Scientology? That, for an as-yet-unknown reason is the question posed by It’s Uniformation Day, fresh from the …

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  September 25, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Beckett plays for Liverpool Irish Festival

  This year???s Liverpool Irish Festival is shaping up with a programme of music, film, drama, heritage, literature and lectures. Highlights include a weekend of free activities down on the Albert Dock, the second Irish Sea Sessions at the Philharmoni…

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  September 22, 2011 / 1 Comment

  Review: Blackberry Trout Face, Unity Theatre

  As the Playhouse’s Tartuffe enjoyed an enthusiastic revival and began a tour last week, so this week sees Laurence Wilson’s 2009 work Blackberry Trout Face do the same. Commissioned by community theatre company 20 Stories High in association with …

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  September 18, 2011 / 0 Comments

  Reviews: Reflections of Projections/ Cold Call/ The Daily Times, Unity

  Last week Unity Theatre hosted a number of new works that had been supported by their Making Art scheme, in which they provide a small bursary and technical back up to new talent. I caught a couple, although with a minimal amount of information ab…

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