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This weekend saw the second annual Liverpool Pride, a great day with something for everybody. The march kick-starting the event was as poignant and celebratory as is was last year, and the waterfront proved to be a fantastic festival venue (althou...
MADEUP attended last year???s Stage Experience at the Empire with an initial trepidation that did somewhat of a disservice to the efforts that resulted on stage. This year, it was nice to head down with the knowledge that it would be a quality produ...
The Playhouse begins a "significant" countdown today (August 3), that heralds 100 days until the historic Williamson Square venue???s centenary. In 1911 the Liverpool Repertory company was born before changing its name to the Liverpool Playhouse six...
Here are some pictures and video from The Day the Earth Tipped, a live piece of aerial theatre that took place in the grounds of Liverpool's Anglican cathedral last night. Performed by the city's own Wired aerial theatre, it was an ambitious and e...
I had the pleasure tonight of catching the revised and rejuvenated production of Spike Theatre's The Games before it heads up to the Edinburgh Festival. Could it be too much of a sweeping statement to say you'd be hard pressed to find a funnier th...
This might just be the most poignant moment of the whole Everyman closure thus far -- the theatre is to auction off its seats and interior pillars. From today (July 28) members of the public can bid to get their very own bit of the Everyman in a s...
Liverpool-based community theatre group Grin Productions are returning to The Lantern Theatre this week with new play Mexico. Written by resident playwright Wes Williams and directed by John Maguire (Mrs Bojangles, Write Now Festival 2011), Mexico...
It's fun and games this week at Studio Liverpool, with an Edinburgh Festival comedy preview and the return of an old(ish) favourite. On Wednesday (July 27), comedy trio Making Faces will be trying out their new show Introspectacles. Dan Curtis, Li...
Take a look at this High Definition video of the whole of the second part of the Macula Spectacular this weekend. While the projection on the Liver Building showed a figurative history of the city, the projection that followed on the new Museum of...
Andrew Lancel, star of Coronation Street and The Bill, paid his dues as a patron of the Unity theatre at the weekend and hosted a one-man show and fundraiser for the venue. It was a packed, entertaining night that surpassed expectations and showed...
If you haven't seen the Macula Spectacular at the Pier Head, then there's one more chance to catch it tonight, and it is a seriously unmissable event. There's been attempts at projected light shows off the city's buildings before that have never q...
I went down to see the second Come On Girls! show last night at Studio Liverpool. A chat show spoof, the idea is simple and well-executed, and left my companions for the evening (who work in theatre), impressed by the possibilities of the format. ...
Here's something a bit different. Later this month, the community arts space the Black-E will play host to a rare and important new production by the Liverpool-based company Opera Europe. Dardanus (Controlled) is a new version of a Jean-Philippe R...
One of the best acts of the Liverpool Comedy Festival this year, Andi Osho is one of stand up's rising stars. MADEUP instantly fell for her many charms, and has been raving about her ever since. City comic Jake Mills got to know her during her sta...
And so, without further ado ??? for of that there has been plenty over the years ??? the long awaited Museum of Liverpool finally opened to the public today. Liver birds were on hand to meet, greet and gab with the crowd, Phil Redmond was mumbling a t...
Some amusing news to give us a little bit of cheer on this rainy Monday is that classical music star Rhydian Roberts is coming to Liverpool in the touring production of Grease this winter. Whoever wrote the press release amused themselves no end s...
The city's carnival season is well underway, and as part of Brouhaha???s 2011 programme, the Unity will be hosting showcase performance Diversity In Dance on Tuesday (July 19). This year acts include companies from The Netherlands, Norway and Spain ...
Today sees the start of Brazilica, the authentic Rio-style Brazilian samba carnival in Liverpool city centre promising to be "the most exciting, exotic and vibrant spectacle of 2011". MADEUP is assured the last few sequins and feathers are being s...
For someone who only knows the Rialto area of Toxteth as a place to get the papers, a takeaway and a grotty bottle of wine its recent history is nothing short of fascinating. It's almost impossible to imagine the place as the battleground it becam...
Naughty but nice burlesque night The Canary Cage has returned to its Baby Blue home and is celebrating in style. A mix of the gothic, variety and cheeky vintage style, it sounds like the evening, run by Kelly Coalmine, is something a bit different...
