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...
Dream On tells the story of wide-eyed Rochdale lad Paul (Bradley Cross), on holiday at a Welsh campsite with his overbearing mother when he meets wayward Londoner George (Joe Gosling). Mutually intrigued, the spark between them soon turns into som...
Coronation Street star Andrew Lancel doesn???t often take to the Liverpool stage, but there???s a special occasion coming up. Lancel is returning to the Unity, where he is a patron, for a night of song and entertainment later in the month. It's not so...
The Lantern Theatre is on the hunt for a new owner. The fringe venue was established on Blundell Street in the Baltic Triangle area in 2009, but now family and other business commitments mean current managers Liam and Clare Keating can no longer c...
Here are some beautiful pictures taken from the Everyman finale. How to describe it for those who couldn't be there? Hm. It all began with a brass band and a big yellow digger making their way up Hope Street towards the theatre in a New Orleans fu...
This afternoon the Everyman was open to the public for the final time. The backstage area was opened up to nose around, the lobby was being painted by a cartoonist, 'undertakers' were wandering the building, and in the auditorium, a simple but eff...
For those who fancy a bit of ruff this weekend (geddit!) there is still a chance to see a performance of the rather grand sounding period piece The Vindictive Duchess in Aigburth tonight (Saturday, July 2). Presented by the Candlelight Theatre Com...
You never quite know what you're going to get when you step inside Elevator Studios and take the lift up to the fifth floor, but time and again Studio Liverpool has proved it is well worth taking a chance. Last time its in-house theatre company Tr...
Well, the day has finally come, and MADEUP will be reporting on the closure of the Everyman and the big finale over the course of the weekend. The theatre has been asking the public for their memories and it will be exciting and poignant to hear t...
The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival makes a welcome return to the city this summer. After a haitus in 2010 due to lack of funding, it sounds very much as if the event plans to make up for lost time. The fest, brainchild of Lodestar Theatre Company,...
City-based company Annulled Theatre debuts its comedy production Failure Teaches Success at the Unity from tomorrow (Tuesday, June 28) until Thursday. The play focuses on a group of struggling actors who have formed a theatre in education company ...
As an old man, Paul Robeson (pictured above) was stopped in the street by a young journalist doing vox pops. Assuming he was being asked his opinion because he had been recognised, it slowly dawned on him he???d simply been taken for an average man ...
City-based MATE Drama Workshop bring their latest production The Yarn to the Unity tonight (June 23) until Saturday. Written by Rob Brannen, it tells the story of villagers of a rural northern community in the 1800s weaving together a patchwork of...
Can you believe it???s been six months since the last big Royal Court in house show? So, what better way to come back with a bang than with the return of the biggest success it ever staged. Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels has sold out run after run at t...
News today of the July 2 celebrations marking the Everyman's closure. Sounds like there won't be a dry eye on Hope Street as the theatre ends its last day with a finale courtesy of Slung Low, the brilliantly imaginative theatre company that took a...
There's been some stunning shows on at the Empire over the last few months, from Matthew Bourne's Cinderella to some exceptionally good vocal performances in Jekyll & Hyde. To the list add Evita, another smart and classy production that pushes all...
This is a great idea and sounds like a lot of fun - Liverpool's first 'Photo Marathon' competition, that will have snappers running around town to capture the events of one day in the city. All enthusiastic photographers are invited to take part i...
