The hottest theatre ticket in town this week isn???t anything to do with a Streetcar Named Desire or Rogers and Hammerstein, believe you me (or perhaps don???t). It???s more to do with a one man show from a bloke better known for talking to a sock on hi...
The former comedy partner of Austin Powers star Mike Myers will be among the special guests taking to the stage this weekend as part of the 2012 Improvathon. Founded by Impropriety, it is the 3rd annual event of its kind in the city, an entirely i...
Kick Theatre presents a new production of Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country???s Good next month. Directed by Donna Lesley Price, the classic piece is set in Australia in 1789. A young lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to b...
MADEUP is hearing good things about the first production from Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP),that has launched a new series of events with a site-specific performance in the unusual surrounds of Camp and Furnace (the old A Foundation). YEP, the Ev...
This is the much-lauded production transferred from the Barbican Theatre in London, with the star to prove it, ex-EastEnders baby kidnapper, Ronnie Mitchell herself, Samantha Womak. The Rogers and Hammerstein classic initially felt right at home o...
Streetcar! Playhouse! Bodinetz! It all seems like such an obvious, natural fit it's strange to imagine it hasn't been done before. It's some 30 years since this Tennessee Williams classic has been performed on the Playhouse stage, and with the the...
Producing a decent adaptation of a great tale of gothic decadence on a shoestring budget is a big task, but Script in Hand went about it with gusto. Their version of The Picture of Dorian Gray was an enjoyable telling of the classic story of a man...
This week sees the start of a special theatre festival at the Unity, which is collaborating with acclaimed producers Fuel for a season of what they call "immersive, experimental, innovative, exciting shows showcasing some of the best new work prod...
Alan Ayckbourn???s trilogy of comedies The Norman Conquests will open at the Liverpool Playhouse in May. Audiences can enjoy Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden individually, although, and of course they'll say this; "the e...
Lord of the Dance???s final???ever ??? tour did little but to showcase a light entertainment relic that is certainly in need of putting to sleep. A cultural abomination that does a disservice to any art form coming within any radius of the production, i...
For those checking out the final day of the Threshold Festival today (Sunday), there is a whole programme of acts on at the Lantern Theatre, headlined later this evening by comedy duo Undercover Blondde (pictured). The pair (double 'D', naturally)...
In 1995, Bram Stoker???s Dracula was adapted by playwrights John Godber and Jane Thornton. Godber is a visiting professor at Liverpool Hope University, which is one of the reasons why in house company Rock the Boat productions chose it for their fir...
1 Beach Road is the new play from the award-winning RedCape Theatre, coming to the Unity on Tuesday, February 21 and described as a tale of ???friendship, coastal erosion, Alzheimers, synchronized swimming and trying to turn back the tide???. Draw...
Would like to write this review properly; can???t quite come off the Legally Blonde high enough to come down. This seems to be what happens to a person. MADEUP probably shouldn???t be a first timer in this regard but it???s true ??? and it turns out nobod...
Opening night is an exciting and nerve-wracking time, and tonight is a triple the fun for the self-styled "Scouse Mafia" taking to the Empire stage for their first home town performance of Legally Blonde. Our own Les Dennis, Claire Sweeney and Ray...
A new adaptation of an Oscar Wilde classic by a brand new theatre company will take place at The Actors Studio later this month. Script in Hand productions will present The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Seel Street theatre on February 17 and 18. S...
The official groundbreaking at the new Everyman took place today, as the theatre launched its appeal for the final funds to complete the project. This means building work on the site is now underway. The building project -- due for completion in w...
Madcap comedy trio and friends of MADE UP the Legion of Doom are back, back, BACK next week, with a new spin on their regular Comedy Knights at Mello Mello. The boys -- Rob Bond, Oli Bond and Lee Hithersay -- started out performing sketches at the...
City choir Sense of Sound has announced the brand new Voices Festival, a three day celebration of a cappella singing, set to take place at Liverpool???s Bluecoat and Black-E arts centres in March. From hip hop to barbershop and contemporary jazz to ...
Hope In Boxes and A Light In Every Window are two poignant and intriguing new plays by award-winning writer Nicola Schofield, coming to The Lantern Theatre for one night only following their premiere at The Lowry. Hope In Boxes sees two grandchild...
