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Be Spellbound By A Series Of Jazz On Friday Nights At Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre.

Jazz this Autumn at Liverpool Hope’s Capstone Theatre includes a series of Friday evening concerts by a truly international selection of artists.  On Friday 18th October pianist/composer John Law brings his Recreations band to the venue in a concert featuring Parliamentary Jazz Award winner Sam Crockatt on saxophones. Recreations is an acoustic quartet that focuses on creating innovative new jazz standards from the music of pop and indie artists such as Radiohead, Daft Punk and The Beatles.

On Friday 8th November a French duo consisting of pianist Jean-Marie Machado and accordionist Didier Ithursarry present a concert of original music for piano and accordion.

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Stetsons At The Ready As Comedy Musical Achy Breaky Bride Comes To Town.

Hilarious New Country Juke Box Musical Gets Its Liverpool Premiere.

From the producers that brought audiences Rita, Sue and Bob Too! and The Salon, Regal Entertainments are back with brand-new comedy musical, Achy Breaky Bride this October.

After a well-received run at St. Helens Theatre Royal earlier this year, this hilarious jukebox country musical makes its Liverpool premiere.

Written by Emma Culshaw and David Paul and directed by Sylvie Gatrill, it comes to The Epstein Theatre from Wednesday 9th – Saturday 19th October.

This brand-new comedy includes all the biggest classic country hits to sing along to, including: Crazy, Jolene, Rhinestone Cowboy, Rose Garden, Achy Breaky Heart and many more!

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Hugh Cornwell Announces Evening At Liverpool’s Arts Club As Part Of November And December 2019 Tour.

The Gig Cartel presents Hugh Cornwell’s Electric – The Monster Tour which is coming to Liverpool as part of a U.K. tour this November and December on November 12th.

Golden Brown, Strange Little Girl, Always The Sun, Peaches, No More Heroes, Nice & Sleazy….sound familiar?

All big hits, all great songs, all written and sung by Hugh Cornwell, the songwriter behind The Stranglers.   He is the hitman and he’s back with a new album Monster this Autumn on Sony Music.

Expect an opening set of prime solo songs, including picks from Monster, followed by a storming set of those iconic hits, sung and played by the man himself and his band.

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Cast Announced For Icon Musical At The Liverpool Empire Theatre This October.

Cameron Mackintosh announced today casting for his acclaimed production of the Boublil and Schonberg musical Les Miserables opening at the Liverpool Empire Wednesday 9th – Saturday 26th October 2019.

Killian Donnelly will play Jean Valjean, Nic Greenshields as Javert, Katie Hall as Fantine, Martin Ball as Thenardier, Sophie-Louise Dann as Madame Thenardier, Harry Apps as Marius, Tegan Bannister as Eponine, Will Richardson as Enjolras and Bronwen Hanson as Cosette.

Completing the cast will be Joseph Anthony, Helen Aylott, Jamie Birkett, Keoni Blockx, Michael Burgen, Nicholas Carter, Mary-Jean Caldwell, Danny Colligan, Nicholas Corre, Megan Gardiner, Zac Hamilton, Jessie Hart, Teleri Hughes, Brian James Leys, Ruby Lyon, Leo Miles, Shane O’Riordan, Lee Ormsby, Jordan Simon Pollard, Corrine Priest, Aaron Pryce-Lewis, Janne Snellen, Ruben Van Keer and Emma Warren.

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Anthony Costa To Star In Blood Runs Deep Premiering At The Epstein Theatre This October.

Psychological Thriller Takes To The Stage For Halloween Week.

Prepare to be chilled to the bone when a gripping new psychological thriller Blood Runs Deep premieres at The Epstein Theatre this Halloween, starring ex-Blue member Antony Costa.

The chilling new play presented by Break A Leg Productions in association with Bill Elms comes to the Hanover Street venue from Tuesday 29th October – Saturday 2nd November following a sell-out pilot run at The Unity Theatre last year.

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A New Play By Writer, Performer And Activist Mandy Redvers-Rowe Comes To The Everyman Theatre This October.

Written and performed by artist and activist Mandy Redvers-Rowe, Measuring Up uses monologue, movement and original music to explore how we measure expectations, both the ones that we place on ourselves and the ones that are forced upon us by others. Featuring two performers, the piece is an experiment in inclusive theatre practice which explores new and innovative ways of integrating sign language interpretation, audio description and subtitles aesthetically into a piece of theatre. Measuring Up is produced by Mandy Redvers-Rowe and Harriet Warnock in Association with the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.

Writer and performer:  Mandy Redvers-Rowe

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Critically Acclaimed Production Comes To The Epstein Theatre This Month.

Following 2018’s sell-out run, the critically acclaimed show Those Two Weeks comes to The Epstein Theatre later this month.

Those Two Weeks is a play about a family and their life the two weeks before Hillsborough – about the last time life was normal, and just how hard normal can be.

Following last year’s performance at the Unity Theatre, the show now comes to The Epstein Theatre from Wednesday 18th – Saturday 21st September in the final dates of this highly acclaimed play.

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Special Guests Announced For Musical Theatre Double Bill At The Epstein Theatre.

Emma Dears and Olivia Brereton join Roy Locke in Matinee Musical Classics and Music Of The Night coming to Epstein Theatre in October.

Absolute Opera in association with Bill Elms present Matinee Musical Classics and Music Of The Night at the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool on Sunday 20 October 2019. Tickets are on sale now.

The shows celebrate the very best West End and Broadway musicals, and feature the most iconic classic musical theatre hits of all time. This new series of must-see musical theatre shows make their debut next month starring Liverpool-based internationally acclaimed classical Tenor, Roy Locke, who will be joined be a special guest West End performer in each show.

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Rip-Roaring Musical Comedy Swings Into Town For Evening Of Old-Fashioned Silliness.

Old-fashioned silliness and big band classics are making a welcome comeback to Parr Hall this month with a hilarious musical comedy.

Championing the great British qualities of romance, sentiment and charm, Crooners tells the story of three suave, self-assured and stylish gentlemen who defend the need for these characteristics in the modern-day world.

Featuring all the toe-tapping classics of Rat Pack greats Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, this feel-good performance will have you singing along to the likes of Come Fly with Me, Fly Me to the Moon and Mac the Knife all night long!

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Full Cast Announced For Cinderella At The Epstein Theatre This Christmas.

Epstein Entertainments Ltd. today reveal the full line-up of stars confirmed for their debut panto production, coming to The Epstein Theatre this Christmas.

Emmerdale’s Sammy Winward; Benidorm’s Crissy Rock; and Brookside’s Sarah White were recently announced to appear in Cinderella at the Hanover Street venue later this year.

They will be joined by Shameless’ Warren Donnelly; Andrew Geater, Samantha Palin, and Lewis Devine who complete this year’s cast.

Audiences are guaranteed to have a ball when the greatest rags to riches tale opens from Friday 6th December 2019 – Sunday 5th January 2020 – and tickets are on-sale now.

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