Fame is this year???s production from the Liverpool Empire Stage Experience ??? basically its summer school programme ??? and the class of 2010 is of a surprisingly high standard. I say surprisingly ??? that???s not to patronise the real hard work that goes...
This autumn the Everyman theatre embarks on an exciting new adventure with the Everyman Unbound season which features two productions; John Ford???s ???Tis Pity She???s a Whore and Anthology, a co-production of seven new stories by local writers. Taking...
Merseyside Dance Initiative is excited to announce that former Riverdance star and Irish Dance marvel Colin Dunne is to bring his solo production Out Of Time to Liverpool???s Contemporary Urban Centre on Wednesday 20 October in celebration of the LE...
Great to read reports today that Liverpool's Neptune Theatre, disused on Hanover Street for five years after falling foul of health and safety, could be back in action as soon as next year. This post on Liverpool Confidential says that council lea...
Life is a cabaret old chum, come to the cabaret! Put down your knitting, your book and your broom boys and girls, organisers of Liverpool Pride announce a fabulous line up of stars to play the Cabaret Stage at Liverpool???s first ever Pride festival...
"And Anne Robinson is vile! People always ask me if she's as bad a she is on TV and she's worse! VILE!" Marcus Brigstocke doesn't mince words, but at least, admirably, he'll stand by them... The Weakest Link presenter - a former colleague of his -...
Liverpool???s Bang on Top Productions, creators of hit comedy plays One Night in Istanbul and A Tale of Two Chippys, are searching for a talented local young actress to play Anthea in their brand new play Brick Up: The Wirral Strikes Back ??? followin...
Over 45 years after Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minnelli performed together at The London Palladium, these iconic performers are back together again thanks to Judy and Liza, a brand new musical experience, which previews around the Northwes...
By chance recent events only served to make last night, the final night of an 135 date tour, just as relevant as it was at the start, and normally it would be fair to say that would give a bit of a shot in the arm to a year-old act - not that Rich...
Thursday (May 13) sees the Funny Women Awards return to Liverpool for the first time in three years.The Funny Women Awards has weathered a lot in its eight years and remains the only contest of its kind for new, up-and-coming female stand ups.Orga...
Ormskirk born and bred comedian Rosie Wilby returns to her old stomping ground with her acclaimed latest show. The Science of Sex is a light-hearted look on the chemistry of attraction, that draws on the comic's own academic background as well as ...
Even if you don't know the name Nicholas Burns, any lover of British comedy over the last decade will recognise his face. Best known as the titular Nathan Barley in the cult series, his comedy CV is a geek's dream, having worked with everyone from...
Rock 'n' roll busy bee Henry Rollins returns to Liverpool on January 20 for the second time with his spoken word tour. The city has become a regular stop for the performer, which for me is always a pretty exciting honour. He first came to Liverpoo...
Self-confessed "goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian, recovering addict, alchoholic, and vegan collector of pigeon-holes" "You've gotta have an angle," she says matter-of-factly. "So I billed myself as Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual come...
Actress and comic Liz Carr has combined her talents to create a new one-woman play, It Hasn't Happened Yet!, which she will be performing in Liverpool on Saturday night as part of DaDaFest 2009. A familiar face at the deaf and disabled arts festiv...
The singing Aussie comic rings in for a chat and wades right into the Brand-Ross debate... This is an extended version of an interview (by me) that originally ran in the Liverpool Daily Post on October 30, 2008 Often compared to Bill Bailey, solel...
