Every year, round about now, places want to start flogging their panto tickets. It???s something MADEUP always tries to ignore until it all becomes too much (can't we have summer first?) but this week a genuinely intriguing announcement was made. Wh...
Great to see that this event has been rescheduled -- harpist and playwright Rebecca Joy Sharp will be presenting a unique and original new work that was originally devised to accompany Liverpool's marking of the Titanic centenary and the huge Sea ...
Theatre company said&done presents its debut production this week, of Bash: Latter Day Plays, by American playwright Neil LaBute. Greek myths meet contemporary American sensibility in Labute???s trilogy of one-act plays, exploring the extremes to wh...
The run of The Norman Conquests continues apace at the Playhouse, where one of Alan Aykbourn???s series is played out each day, and where all three can be seen back-to-back on ???trilogy days???. Set over a weekend of an impromptu family reunion after o...
This firey lady is samba dancer Simone Reeve, who led the charge of a fashion show with a difference last night at the launch of the Brazilica festival at Alma de Cuba. An array of fabulous costumes that will be seen as part of the nighttime festi...
If you look in the programme of Avenue Q you won???t find a list of song titles; and that could possibly be some of the fun. If you???ve made it to the interval following Everyone???s a Little Bit Racist, The Internet???s for Porn and a graphic puppet sex...
Author Irvine Welsh has already pondered what might have happened to the characters of Trainspotting ten years on, in his own sequel Porno. This hasn???t stopped Tell Tale Theatre devising original new piece Users, which intriguingly intersperses fl...
The Norman Conquests is a comic trilogy by Alan Aykbourn that spans the farcical events of one weekend from three different perspectives. Each play stands alone as well as fitting into the others. Does it matter in which order you see them? In the...
Interesting news from the Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns and runs the Liverpool Empire, as it has announced a new writing project. The Empire is home to many a touring show, including many produced by ATG, but certainly not known as a champi...
Comic creation Terry Titter has always split opinion, but has a happy home at the Unity theatre, where he returns for his regular summer show in a couple of weeks. Terry Titter's Summer Camp is described as a "super soar-away silly sunshine spesh ...
Here's an idea -- no real clue at the moment whether it's a good or bad one, mind -- Top of the Pops LIVE. A "nostalgic interactive jukebox" celebrating the greatest hits by the biggest stars in the world of pop from the 70s, 80s and 90s ??? from TR...
Everyone has a story to tell about the NHS. Floating is a new one-woman show about life as a high-dependency nurse, taking in the stresses, strains and the joys of working in the health service. Written after extensive research including interview...
Physical Fest 2012 launched last night with a revival of the very first work by its founders, Tmesis. Yorgos Karamalegos and Elinor Randle met at Hope Street Ltd's Physical Theatre Programme in 2002. Over the years, they have developed a strong in...
For a show that opened in the West End in 2009 and on Broadway just over a year ago, Sister Act has come a long way in a short time. Whoopi Goldberg mightn't have brilliant ideas about everything, but with this one, the lady was certainly on to a ...
Singers and performers of all ages and backgrounds are invited to audition for the next production from What We Did Next. The community group will be staging Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens later in the year, but first need to find the...
You might have caught a bit of Wonderland: The Trials of Alice being performed in the council chamber of Liverpool town hall during the Light Night celebrations on Friday. Described as "a brand new piece of writing, re-exploring Wonderland and wha...
The Bellydance Superstars -- it's not just a clever name -- are some of the world's best-known belly dancers, and they're in the region this weekend for a show with a difference. Showcasing a range of different bellydancing styles, the troupe brin...
Today's announcement that Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has joined the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar has been big news. As if an arena tour revival of a Seventies rock opera starring Tim Minchin, a Spice Girl and a yet-to-be-found reality show Jesus wa...
This autumn, the Playhouse has recruited rising star director Robert Icke to open the season in high comedic style with Ben Jonson???s classic farce The Alchemist. The season that follows includes a rich array of visiting productions and culminates ...
Dancing in the Streets is a merry-go-round of a jukebox musical, no stranger to the Empire stage but quite fun all the same. The kind of show that you know will con you into a standing ovation by making you dance for the last fifteen minutes, but ...
