What We Did Next

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  August 22, 2018 / 0 Comments

  Theatre group run in memory of founder member

  A TEAM from city-based community theatre company What We Did Next will be taking on the Great North Run, in memory of one of their founding members who died this summer.

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  May 31, 2018 / 0 Comments

  Sondheim’s Assassins marks ten years of What We Did Next

  COMMUNITY musical theatre group What We Did Next celebrates ten years of productions this year – and are bringing Stephen Sondheim’s dark, Tony award-winning Assassins to the Unity next week.

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  January 17, 2018 / 0 Comments

  Open auditions for Sondheim’s Assassins

  If you fancy a new challenge for 2018, look no further than community theatre group What We Did Next, who are about to start auditions for their next production, Assassins. Assassins is a revue-style musical depicting historical events in the USA from 1865 to 1974, written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman. Most of the […]

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  July 4, 2017 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Pippin, Unity Theatre

  Whether the company knows it or not, What We Did Next has a bit of a feel for being ahead of the curve. Their latest production Pippin is also being revived later this summer at the so-hot-right-now Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester – but obviously, WWDN got there first. They’ve also brought shows like Rent […]

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  June 27, 2017 / 0 Comments

  Magical musical Pippin comes to the Unity

  Liverpool theatre company What We Did Next will be performing the award-winning musical Pippin, from tomorrow (Wednesday, June 28) until Saturday (July 1) at the newly reopened Unity theatre. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked), the musical tells the story of the titular Pippin, heir to Charlemagne’s throne, who is searching for […]

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  October 17, 2016 / 0 Comments

  There’s Three Sides to What We Did Next…

  Liverpool theatre group What We Did Next return next week with the North West premiere of the off-Broadway musical Three Sides. Written by Grant Olding – the composer of smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors – it is described as “a rom com for the modern age”. After a depressing new year, a chance meeting […]

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  June 22, 2015 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Bonnie & Clyde, Unity Theatre

  Bonnie & Clyde the musical might sound like something of a Simpson’s cutaway gag, and it’s true the 2009 show didn’t do great business on Broadway; but it has had a life beyond New York in the years since. A dramatic plot of crime and romance and plenty of strong, catchy numbers (courtesy of Don […]

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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 29, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: [title of show], Lantern Theatre

  [title of show] is written by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell, about two friends called Jeff and Hunter, playing characters called Jeff and Hunter in a musical they’re writing about the process of writing a musical. Got that? A kind of off-Broadway meta love letter to Broadway, Bowen and Bell wrote the show in three […]

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  November 7, 2014 / 0 Comments

  Musical comedy [title of show] at the Lantern

  That’s not a typo – the title of the show is indeed [title of show], a New York comedy musical being performed by What We Did Next later this month.   Following the theatre company’s sell-out production of Carousel at the Unity in June, they say audiences should prepare for “laugh out loud moments, gorgeous […]

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  June 8, 2014 / 0 Comments

  REVIEW: Carousel, Unity Theatre

  What We Did Next is a little company with big ambitions; a community group with a talent and vision to near match the professionals. Plus, they love a good musical. What’s not to like?   This year, WWDN have turned their hand to a classic – not their usual taste (their 2013 production was Bat […]

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  May 29, 2014 / 0 Comments

  What We Did Next’s Carousel

  They are best known for bringing more modern musicals to the city centre, but next week will see members of community group What We Did Next turn their hand to a Rogers and Hammerstein classic.   The company returns to the Unity from June 4 to 7 for their production of Carousel (you know, the […]

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  September 6, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Musical theatre charity showcase

  City-based musical theatre groups What We Did Next and MASC (Merseyside Acting and Singing Company) are teaming up this weekend for a charity event at East Village Arts Club (the old Barfly venue) on Seel Street. Featuring songs from Rent, Wicked, The Last 5 Years and more, money from the night will go to Claire […]

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  May 31, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Bat Boy: The Musical

  Check out this fantastic graphic – coming highly recommended next week is Bat Boy, the first production of 2013 from community musical theatre group What We Did Next.   Described as “a love story with bite”, the entire show – from the composer of Legally Blonde: The Musical – was inspired by a recurring spoof […]

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  April 26, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Mello Mello at the last chance saloon?

  There’s a day left of Mello Mello’s fundraising campaign (as of April 26).   The venue has been trying to raise the cash to buy its own Slater Street building and stave off developers, but halfway through their appeal, they were gazumped by a higher offer. Although this may have slowed down progress somewhat this […]

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  January 6, 2013 / 0 Comments

  Open auditions for Bat Boy: The Musical

  Community theatre group What We Did Next are wasting no time in 2013, and this week will be getting stuck into their latest production, Bat Boy. The show, described as “a classic love story with a serious bite” is inspired by a character made up by the American tabloid the Weekly World News, supposed to […]

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