Doors fans can celebrate the 50th anniversary of classic album The Soft Parade next month when The Doors Alive perform at Warrington’s Pyramid.
The Doors Alive are widely regarded as the closest and most enthralling representation of the legendary 1960s rock gods in the world today. The band formed in 2005 and since then there have been three Jim’s, two Ray’s, two Robby’s and just one John; but the current line-up is the best it has ever been.
Luke Barnes’ new play Lost Boys provides a humorous and heartfelt look into the lives of the youth of one northern new town, where the weight of identity, place, and masculinity threaten everything they’ve ever known.
Previously developed through workshops in Skelmersdale at Hope Theatre in 2018, the production is written by award-winning playwright and NYT alumnus Luke Barnes (All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Bottleneck) and is directed by Zoe Lafferty (The Host, Queens of Syria). The production will run at the Unity Theatre from 4th-11th September followed by a tour of community venues around Merseyside.
Bunny in association with Ellie Keel Productions and Traverse Theatre bring Still No Idea to Liverpool this September 13th & 14th as part of a U.K. tour, following an acclaimed run at Royal Court Theatre in 2018. The show, written by co-stars Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence plus Lee Simpson, was originally co-produced by Improbable and Royal Court Theatre and won outstanding reviews in its original run.
Lisa and Rachael want to make a show, but there’s a problem: they don’t have any ideas. So who do they turn to? The Great British Public of course!
The touring stage production of Nigel Slater’s best-selling memoirs Toast will open the autumn season at the Playhouse, from 10th-14th September.
A vivid recreation of Observer columnist Nigel Slater’s childhood told through tastes and smells he shared with his mother; Toast premiered in 2018 at The Lowry before a sold out run at the Traverse during the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The production transferred to the West End in April and finishes its four-month run at London’s The Other Palace on Saturday 3rd August.
On October 5th Michael Chapman, plus special guest Nick Ellis, will be performing at St. Brides Church.
Michael Chapman first became known on the London and Cornish folk circuits in mid-1966. Playing a blend of atmospheric and autobiographical material he established a reputation for intensity and innovation. While living in Hull, East Yorkshire, in late 1969, he signed to EMI’s Harvest label & recorded a quartet of classic albums. LPs like Fully Qualified Survivor, Rainmaker, Window and Wrecked Again defined the melancholic observer role Michael was to make his own, mixing intricate guitar instrumentals with a full band sound. He is one of the U.K.’s best known finger picking style guitar players. As part of a continuing musical lineage that includes the likes of Ralph McTell, John Martyn, Davey Graham & Bert Jansch, Chapman is still touring and recording, and his playing is on top form.
Liverpool Hope University’s Capstone Theatre is delighted to announce the launch of its Autumn 2019 Season, which runs from October to December 2019, fusing an eclectic and international selection of artistic treats spanning jazz, contemporary classical music, contemporary dance and drama.
The season opens with two LEAP Dance Festival events, LEAP Community Dance Showcase on Sunday 6th October, and Rosie Kay Dance Company: Fantasia on Tuesday 8th October 2019. Fantasia fuses ballet with neurology in a new piece exploring what it is that makes dance so beautiful to watch and experience.
Being loved and being wanted are two totally different things.
Written by Christopher Woodward and directed by Caitlin Bradley and Zara Marie Brown, Likeminded Productions’ latest show is coming to Hope Street Theatre this August.
Set in the late 1970s, Christopher Woodward’s script shows the affair of Jasper and Iris, two journalists who go through all the stages of a workplace relationship, despite Jasper already having a girlfriend, Sarah. Patricia and Jeremy were an old flame gone wrong and now they are working together and then there’s Carl, an ambitious young man who is working his way up the ranks in journalism.
Pennsylvania duo Native Harrow have announced UK tour dates in support of the release of their new album Happier Now on 2nd August. The tour also includes an evening at Liverpool’s Leaf on the 8th September.
Devin Tuel may consider herself to be an artist meant for a different time, but she now finds herself inhabiting her own true place. The singer-songwriter is at home in Newburgh, NY reflecting on her third album, Happier Now, released under her nom de plume, Native Harrow, as well as the difficult sojourn the former ballerina and classically trained singer has had to traverse to become the writer and performer she was meant to be.
The jewel of Sefton Park and an iconic Victorian Glasshouse, The Sefton Park Palm House will be host to Krewe Liverpool 2010 on February 7th 2020: a surreal masquerade ball with music, dance, costume and carnival, housed in Sefton Park’s magnificent building.
The experience is delighted to welcome Frog & Henry who play old dance music from New Orleans; party music from 100 years ago. Beginning as a street performing collective in 2013 on the streets of the Big Easy/Crescent City, the band is a truly international affair, with almost as many nationalities represented as members. The band boasts a reinvention of the worlds one and only unique foot operated Tuba Machine- which allows one person to play tuba and banjo simultaneously! See it played live at this surreal masquerade.
Opening Unity’s 2019 Autumn season is Lost Boys on 4th – 11th September from National Youth Theatre; a timely take on life in northern towns from nationally-acclaimed Formby playwright Luke Barnes. Prepare for a healthy dose of provocation, laughter and witty comment on disability with Still No Idea from Bunny on 13th – 14th September.