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And so here it is, the end of another year in Liverpool theatre. There have been all sorts of treats to be found throughout 2012, from giant productions to the ever-remarkable resilience and vibrancy of the grass roots arts scene. Here are some of...
Everybody has things they want to do by the time they???re 30, and actor Stephen Fletcher hasn???t been doing things by halves. It has been a busy year so far and shows no sign of slowing down as he prepares his biggest project to date -- brand ne...
As the Playhouse's recent production of Alan Aykbourn's Norman Conquest showed, the theatre knows good things happen in threes. And so, following the huge successes of Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac, the venue will complete a trilogy of Roger McGo...
And so, Liverpool conquered Norman. The Alan Aykbourn trilogy that has consumed the Playhouse for the last month gave its final performance last night, with Table Manners. Not just the end of quite an epic run of comedy but the end of the season t...
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...
A beautiful new play exploring the remarkable life of one of literature???s greatest writers, Mary Shelley, opens at the Liverpool Playhouse from May 9 to 12. Written by award-winning playwright Helen Edmundson, Mary Shelley is a bold exploration of...
MADEUP had headed to Oedipussy with high hopes. You've got to love a silly play on words; you've got to love a company that sees some kind of potential in mashing up a Greek tragedy with classic Bond. They must know what they're doing... don't the...
As part of an on-going policy to make theatre more accessible for everyone, the Liverpool Playhouse will hold a autism friendly performance of Cinderella, the rock ???n??? roll panto on Monday (January 9) at 7.30pm. The performance is one of the first...
The Playhouse???s Gemma Bodinetz and A Streetcar Named Desire -- should have seen this one coming! The Tennessee Williams classic has been unveiled as one of the highlights of the theatre???s spring season with its artistic director at the helm, and c...
The long-awaited new production of Ealing comedy The Ladykillers is finally open for business, with a celebratory press night taking place last night that showed how the production had brought out the best in all involved. It's not as if the crew ...
Tartuffe is another one of those Playhouse successes that has been reviewed to death most everywhere. But as the revived run finishes in Liverpool this weekend before heading out on a national tour, it certainly warrants a quick honorary mention h...
The autumn season at the Playhouse is gearing up to begin with the return of one of Capital of Culture year???s smash-hit productions: Tartuffe. Originally commissioned and presented by the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse in 2008 to huge critical a...
The Playhouse begins a "significant" countdown today (August 3), that heralds 100 days until the historic Williamson Square venue???s centenary. In 1911 the Liverpool Repertory company was born before changing its name to the Liverpool Playhouse six...
The Playhouse has announced its autumn season, and with it, begun to reveal how it's going to get around the loss of sister theatre the Everyman following its closure next month. Yet the more things change, the more they stay the same - the Playho...
???Original, but inspired by??? became the mantra of Graham Linehan and the cast and crew trying to explain their brand new stage adaptation of The Ladykillers. It was a phrase used a lot. The whole massive project had been kept under wraps until yest...
Father Ted writer Graham Linehan and Malcolm Tucker himself, Peter Capaldi were in town today to launch the (up to now) top secret production of Ealing comedy The Ladykillers, premiering at the Playhouse in November. Full story to follow, but for ...
Our friends at the Playhouse had better get their poker faces on, after sending out a very intriguing invite today. They've taken the highly unusual step of calling the press to a launch next week - without so much as a who, what, when, where or w...
Anybody with fond memories of Ghost Stories, last year's Playhouse co-production that turned into a global success story (it just opened in Toronto, having taken over the West End), will have been waiting for Roald Dahl???s Twisted Tales with some e...
Today???s arts cuts - ?100m - would barely cover the cost of two Apache helicopters, if the lamentations of the liberal Twitterati are more than Chinese whispers. We???ve been spending that kind of money bombing Libya every night, apparently, if t...
The Greek tragedy of Oedipus is as well-known and as high concept as they come: Man marries mother and kills father. This is a new production written and directed by Steven Berkoff. It is nearly two hours long with no interval. All the action take...
