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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From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads, a play celebrating David Bowie, comes to the Unity this week (January 19) as part of a UK tour. Described as “a theatrical road movie, thrillingly evoking Bowie’s London”, it tells the story of Martin, a young man living in a small Northamptonshire village, struggling with mental health issues. […]
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Here we are again at the end of another year, so without further ado, here’s a bit of a list – the best theatre and performance from Liverpool (and surrounds) of 2017. Here goes; click on link for full review: 1 Ramin Karimloo, Edge Hill Arts Centre(January) Starting the year off right (to coin a […]
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The Unity’s Christmas show occupies a much-needed niche by virtue of it offering an affordable family show that is a panto-free zone. Brought to us once again by Ellesmere Port-based children’s specialist company Action Transport Theatre, so it is they present another beautifully crafted and understated retelling of a classic tale – this year, The […]
Keeping with the festive theme, up-and-coming Company Theatreface are hosting an “alternative Christmas grotto” in north Liverpool this weekend. Storytime with Santa aims to offer a more substantial and affordable experience for families with young children. Running from tomorrow (December 8) through to Sunday (December 10) at Firwood Waterloo Rugby Club, the performance, by local […]
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Hope Street-based Burjesta Theatre bring panto to their home of the Casa for the first time this week – with a Mother Goose that promises “a combination of traditional pantomime and Italian ‘commedia dell’arte’ comic knockabout”, meets… Johnny Cash? Based on the original 1806 Drury Lane production, the panto tells the tale of Columbine and […]
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This show happened more than three weeks ago now. To say I’ve been slack is something of an understatement, but no matter. It’s still making me laugh to think of The Vaudevillians. The act is a manic, meta comedy duo of two Seattle actor-musicians, on stage as their alter egos’ alter egos. And while you’re […]
Panto season is nearly upon us, and for something a little different this year, Beauty & the Beast will be the debut production from new theatre company Drops of Light CIC, who are busy transforming the city centre’s Black-E in to an enchanted castle for the venue’s first ever pantomime. They say audiences can expect […]
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Cartwright Cabaret is an amalgamation of work featuring highlights from many of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved plays, such as Road, Two, The Rise, Fall of Little Voice, and Raz. The production will be staged by the Cartwright Drama Studio for a one-off Liverpool performance at the Capstone Theatre next week (November 14). The studio, based in […]
Cartwright Cabaret is an amalgamation of work featuring highlights from many of Jim Cartwright’s much-loved plays, such as Road, Two, The Rise, Fall of Little Voice, and Raz. The production will be staged by the Cartwright Drama Studio for a one-off Liverpool performance at the Capstone Theatre next week (November 14). The studio, based in […]
Descriptions such as ‘brave’ or ‘thought provoking’ are easily thrown about in relation to deeply personal solo performances (and not always rightly applied); even moreso to those tackling subjects we often try not to think about. In the case of The Birth of Death, however, in sharing her own experiences Joanne Tremarco creates a remarkable […]
What is it like to be a child to a parent who is changing, aging; no longer the person our memories carry? These are the themes explored in Declining Solo, a new piece from Bulgarian-born performer Katherina Radeva, who tells the story of her own father’s decline using music, text and dance. She says: “Declining […]
It’s nearly November, which means Homotopia is here – and for the first time, the LGBT+ arts festival is bringing a RuPaul’s Drag Race winner to Liverpool. We’re talking season five’s Jinkx Monsoon, an incredible singer and comic performer from Seattle, whose seasoned double-act The Vaudevillians is booked for two sold-out shows at the Unity […]
Jovially described as “the halloween show you’ve been dying to see”, MATE Productions brings what they promise to be a riotously ridiculous modern retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth to Liverpool’s Lark Lane this weekend. They say: “With outrageous accents, a ton of tartan and murder most daft, something wickedly funny this way comes!” There […]
96/27 is a true account of a survivor’s experience of Hillsborough. The play, that will be performed in a cramped changing room as part of Hope Street Ltd’s On the Verge festival this week, aims to communicate how the aftermath of a traumatic experience can cause mental health issues and asks the question ‘can storytelling […]
A-Void is a new dark comedy performance piece which invites its audience on a journey through an exploration of cult mentality, body politics and propaganda… quite literally – as it takes place on a bus. Inspired largely by the lies of the pro-Leave Brexit campaign, Donald Trump’s rise to power and “other political catastrophes”, A-Void, […]
Liverpool Unearthed: The Bridewell is new horror-theatre experience, set in an old Victorian police station. Part of Hope Street Ltd’s On The Verge festival, there are performances in the unusual venue of the Bridewell Studios on Prescott Street (just up from the Royal Hospital) from October 19th to 22 – including a midnight performance. Bespectacled […]
Pour and Serve by Caitlin Gleeson is a new solo performance – in a bar – that uses real stories to examine the language of sexual harassment and how it forms part of a sinister culture of violence against women. A drink with a bartender who flips the script on gender, power and ‘harmless’ banter, […]
A new play exploring the “unheard-of” subject of arranged marriages in Ireland is performing as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival. Body & Blood by Lorraine Mullaney is on at The Capstone Theatre for two nights only on Monday and Tuesday October 23 and 24. An open Q&A with the writer and cast will follow […]
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The Tin Drum is an assault on the senses, a wild, unrelenting ride that jolts its audience out of complacency and dazzles bright.
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