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Shuffling along the Albert Dock to the arena with my old friend Dan, surrounded by a sea of excited little boys in colourful masks and their generally disinterested parents, I wondered why on earth it was I was still doing this. For fun. Not even ...
Reading the set up of Living With Macbeth was immediately reminiscent of the ending of the film Withnail & I. Decribed as a ???psychological story about reminiscence and past glories, about actors, what they do???.and what they should not do???, and esp...
Made Up is just about sobering up from last week's launch of Mo*Nique's, a new burlesque/ cabaret venue in the city centre. There was candy floss, drag queens in cages and lots of chablis at the event, which showcased the venue as a promising pros...
It's full steam ahead (groan) for our friends at Spike Theatre, with two new projects on the go that sound fantastic. The company lost out on its Arts Council funding in the recent cuts, but it hasn't stopped them throwing themselves into business...
Jake Mills is one of Liverpool's brightest up-and-coming comedy stars. A regular on the stand up circuit as he balances student life with an increasingly busy live schedule, he has managed to impress some of the biggest names on the regional scene...
Things were getting a bit heavy round here; unfunny comedians, legendary comedians suffering the hecklers from hell and vowing never to come back to Liverpool; it was all getting a bit depressing on the live front. So, I moseyed along to the Empir...
A company that has performed everywhere from wine bars to secure hospitals will present the first ever theatrical production to be hosted by Studio 2 Parr Street this weekend. Written and performed by Paul Braithwaite and Kevin Brannagan, Living w...
Acts performing in the concert room of St George???s Hall are practically contractually obliged to be impressed with the surroundings. They always mention it. With that in mind, even hearing this gig had been announced was enough for a double take. ...
Micky Flanagan left school at 15 with no qualifications - now he is one of the most popular comedians in Britain. James Rampton investigates... Flanagan's Out, Out tour comes to the Liverpool Empire tonight (April 6) - and the tour tops an extraor...
Andrew Lawrence's acerbic writing and impishly flowery delivery ultimately couldn't save tonight's show from descending into a ramshackle evening of floundering stand up. When Lawrence is good, he is very good. His writing is tight and he plays on...
The much-anticipated Arrested Development movie will be made this year and he ???apparently??? has a part; his alter-ego Brian Butterfield is lining up his own chatshow. An audience of Peter Serafinowicz geeks ??? chic geeks, natch ??? got plenty of goss ...
Well, we knew it had to happen, and now it is official - the Everyman as we know and love it will officially close on Saturday, July 2. So much big news - where to start? The final production, Macbeth with David Morrissey and Jemma Redgrave, has b...
Anybody with fond memories of Ghost Stories, last year's Playhouse co-production that turned into a global success story (it just opened in Toronto, having taken over the West End), will have been waiting for Roald Dahl???s Twisted Tales with some e...
Today???s arts cuts - ?100m - would barely cover the cost of two Apache helicopters, if the lamentations of the liberal Twitterati are more than Chinese whispers. We???ve been spending that kind of money bombing Libya every night, apparently, if t...
Sometimes, something can come along that is so absurdly niche that you could think it was written just for you. What this reviewer considers the strengths of The Summer House mightn't particularly have the masses flocking, that can???t really be den...
The hunt is on for more new writing as a city theatre company has launched a search for submissions for its 2012 season. Drawlight Productions - who debuted with Liverpool's Theatre Uncut contribution last weekend - has put out the call for new pl...
Yesterday saw the launch of the second Write Now festival, a showcase of new one-act plays taking place between April 15 ??? 23 at the Actors??? Studio on Seel Street. Eight works have been chosen to be performed as part of the event, and were plugged...
Neil Haigh is one of the writers and performers of The Summer House, a new comedy coming to the Unity next week. Produced by London's Fuel Theatre, it is the story of three men on a lads' holiday in the Scandinavian wilds. Among other work, Neil i...
Just before arriving at the Unity to see last night???s show, I???d been sat in the Baltic Fleet discussing, among other things, the fabled Bold Street ???timeslip???, the urban legend that people have actually experienced unwitting time travel in that pa...
???I???ve never been to Liverpool, either to perform or play and I???m in a ridiculous, massive venue that there???s no way on earth I???ll fill considering my profile,??? says Dan Clark. He???s matter-of-fact about this. There???s no self-depreciating, fishing f...
