Coronation Street, the world???s longest running soap, turned 50 last year. And among the celebrations, apart from dropping a tram on Weatherfield just before Christmas, ITV commissioned this new comedy play. Written by Liverpool???s own Jonathan Harv...
It???s been one of those sneaky weeks, where on the surface it might not have looked like there was much to go out and see, but after a bit of investigation there was just loads to find going on. When I came home to Twitter just how much I???d enjoyed...
Jeremy Dyson, erstwhile member of League of Gentlemen and one half the team behind theatre smash hit Ghost Stories, has turned his hand to the short stories of Roald Dahl in Twisted Tales, coming to the Playhouse at the end of March. It's already ...
Two new touring shows coming to the Unity are giving unique takes on wartime Britain with their very distinctive productions. London-based Pants On Fire theatre company will make their Liverpool debut next week with their critically acclaimed, awa...
Here we are readers, a little bit of Valentine's Day glam. Liverpool's grandest burlesque night, the Martini Lounge, returns with its first show of 2011 on Friday, February 25, so I thought I'd end my run of disturbing site visuals and give it a p...
Another day, another odd-looking graphic on the homepage of Madeup.lv. No offence to the stars of my last few posts, but I'm going to have to find someone pretty to write about soon before I start giving people weird dreams. But today brings the n...
Spike Theatre???s most recent show was a tale of a group of underdogs travelling cross country to achieve their dream. The Games, a fantastic new comedy set in ancient Greece and inspired by the Olympics, saw its heroes overcoming a range of obsta...
Puppetry and physical theatre will combine when London theatre company Rouge 28 brings its latest production Urashima Taro to the Unity Theatre as part of a UK tour. Described as a story of lust, betrayal and loss, its mix of actors and puppetry, ...
???The 50 year anniversary is the exception to the rule,??? says Ken Morley, earnestly. He???s talking about the circumstances ??? the only circumstances, he insists, that would see him return to the role for which he is best known, that of Coronation Str...
Something a bit more nourishing than gawping at Z-list celebrities now. There was a really super event at the town hall last week as part of the commemoration of the centenary of the death of author Robert Tressell. NUJ members were among those in...
Here's TVs Peaches Geldof, hogging the bar with her entourage and making it almost impossible to be served at the Hope Street Hotel tonight. A very excited producer type told us she's filming a new show for ITV2 called OMG that airs in March. Well...
Spring Awakening is the show best known for its Broadway success, its West End failure, and for springboarding the international career of the girl better known as Rachel-off-of-Glee. An amateur production on Liverpool???s smallest established stage...
Who's this devilish chap? Why, it's Wet Wet Wet man Marti Pellow, who is, we are told, about to "unleash his dark side". This week sees the regional publicity launch for the latest big show in which he stars - a new Bill Kenwright tour of the Broa...
Correction on February 10, 2011: Previous mention of Andrew Schofield being in the cast of this show was incorrect and the story has been amended. A cast of actors usually seen on the stage of the Royal Court will be heading over to the Everyman f...
Walking home today I spied another camera crew on the corner of my street. A relatively small operation, they appeared to be filming a sequence through an upstairs window of a house on Falkner Square. A quick nosey and gab with someone on set reve...
It might seem a bit early in the year, but the first details of the 10th Liverpool Comedy Festival have been revealed. The fest ??? which used to be held in the summer and this year has been moved forward again ??? is to run from late April to early M...
The Britain's Got Talent bandwagon was out and stopping traffic again today for its second lot of Liverpool auditions at the Empire. Only the terminally uncurious wouldn't have been tempted to stroll down and catch a glimpse of David Hasselhoff, b...
Made Up finally got round to seeing Scouse Pacific two nights ago, as it entered the final week of its lengthy run. It was nice to be back in the venue and I loved, loved that they hadn???t taken down the Christmas trees and wished the audience a ro...
We love a milestone in this game, and here I am with not one, but two at the same time. Yes dear reader, Made Up is 100, post-wise at least, and to celebrate has finally sorted out a brand spanking, shiny new domain name. This site will now be kno...
Actors Matt Rutter and Tim Lynskey began working together in 2002, performing sketches in the Unity theatre bar for free beers. Writer and director Robert Farquhar liked what he saw, and the trio forged ahead with their ideas for satirical comedy ...
