For over 30 years, Texas have proved themselves to be one of Scotland’s best ever bands and nothing short of a national treasure south of the border. A new album, the follow up to their acclaimed 2017 release Jump On Board will come later this year on BMG.
To coincide with the release, the band will play a massive 24 date tour kicking off in Belfast on October 6th and finishing November 8th in Margate. They will also return to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Monday 19th October.
Liverpool’s Andrew Lancel will play Captain von Trapp
Show runs Tuesday 14th April to Saturday 18th April 2020
Bill Kenwright’s production The Sound of Music is currently touring the U.K. and Ireland, and it’s been confirmed that the show will visit Chester during Spring 2020, the only tour dates in the North West.
This musical masterpiecetells the true story of the world-famous Trapp family, from their romantic beginnings and search for happiness, to their thrilling escape to freedom as their beloved Austria becomes part of the Third Reich at the start of the Second World War.
The producers of the U.K. Tour of Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, featuring Jim Steinman and Meatloaf’s greatest hits, are delighted to announce the return of Sharon Sexton as Sloane and Rob Fowler as Falco (both starred recently in the Mamma Mia! International Tour and the original West End cast of Bat Out Of Hell), and introduce the new stars of the musical: Glenn Adamson (American Idiot) as Strat and Martha Kirby (Grease, Rags the Musical) as Raven.
Legendary singer songwriter Roachford has announced his first major headline tour in over two years. Fans in the North west will be able to see the singer and musician perform at the 02 Ritz in Manchester on Friday 27th March.
From the moment that Andrew Roachford found himself sitting at a piano aged four, music has been his way of making sense of the world. Growing-up in London around a vibrant melting pot culture, he was like a sponge absorbing diverse musical influences from reggae and punk, to rock, jazz and soul music.
Liverpool’s Milo Seabird are to follow up on their 2019 debut single with I Lie Low, a 5 track E.P. of brand-new material to be released on 19th March.
Last year ex – Lumin Bells front man Nico Hercules teamed up with Ollie Hawes to start a new musical project. After adding Jamie Maguire on lead guitar, Dave Pye on bass and Wez Clarke on drums, Milo Seabird were born.
Focusing on song-writing and recording for most of 2019, the release of I Lie Low will be the first in a series of EPs for the band and will showcase the band’s gifts for melody, harmony and understated arrangements. The group’s influences range from the likes of Sparklehorse and Teenage Fanclub to Johnny Marr and White Album-era Beatles.
The play which gave it’s name to the U.K.’s most popular confectionary –Quality Street – is to be brought to the Playhouse by much-loved company Northern Broadsides from Tuesday 17th to Saturday 21st March.
Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie penned the play for Broadway in 1901 before he gave the world the boy who wouldn’t grow up.
Set in a quaint Northern town against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, Quality Street follows the trials and tribulations of Phoebe Throssel.
A true music icon – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, has announced five U.K. shows in July 2020 – due to popular demand, including a night in Liverpool at the M & S Arena.
As part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, who last toured the U.K. in 2018 playing six arenas around the country, including a sell-out show at London’s O2 to 14,000 people, have long been part of the cultural renaissance that changed the world after the darkness of World War Two.
The Epstein Theatre plays host to the world premiere of a new riotous comedy next week.
Playwright David Spicer’s hilarious Health and Safety is being staged on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th February 2020 at the Hanover Street venue.
When the country’s top Health and Safety officers gather for their Annual National Conference what could possibly go wrong?… as it turns out, absolutely everything!
Disaster abounds in this hysterically rude and wonderfully un-politically correct comedy about the people on a mission to stop us climbing trees, playing conkers or putting our poodles in the microwave.
On the 9th and 10th of March, Hope Street Theatre plays host to MT Productions as they present a full-length play that is a contemporary take on Christopher Marlowe’s 1593 tragic masterpiece, Edward II; it is reimagined for 21st century Merseyside.
Shortly after his ascension to the throne, King Edward II ensures his lover Gaveston returns from exile, lavishing him with titles and riches. Their all-consuming lust alienates Queen Isabella, makes enemies of his nobles, eclipses the law, and threatens to destroy the nation.
Life, love and friendship come together in a powerful new play receiving its premiere in Liverpool this spring.
Tickets are now on sale for Dim Lit Star which is being staged at the Hope Street Theatre from Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th May 2020.
The show has been created by actor, writer and producer Kai Jolley who is teaming up with producer Bill Elms (Jerry Springer: The Opera, The Ruby Slippers) and director Zara Marie Brown to bring it to the stage. Story edited by acclaimed writer Simon O’Corra.