Opening to an energetic blend of driving drums and infectious guitar lines, the album builds through evocative verses and anthemic choruses, imbued with their idiosyncratic brand of insightful and confronting lyricism and set against relentlessly danceable and energy-provoking instrumentation, and premiered with Chris Hawkins on B.B.C.6 Music. “All I Hear” is about a lack of agency and an inability to affect change. That there’s something happening, and you have no choice but to go along with it”, explains singer Aaron Starkie.
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Modern Relationships Under The Spotlight At The Liverpool Playhouse In Frantic Assembly’s I Think We Are Alone.
Frantic Assembly return to Liverpool this February with an exploration of relationships in the modern world, as the pioneering theatre company celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Written by Liverpool-based writer Sally Abbott, I Think We Are Alone is co-directed by comedian Kathy Burke and Frantic Assembly artistic director Scott Graham. The production premieres in Plymouth, before transferring to the Playhouse from 11th-15th February.
The story followssix people, looking at themes of isolation, connection and discovery. Chizzy Akudolu, Charlotte Bate, Polly Frame, Caleb Roberts, Simone Saunders and Andrew Turner will perform in the production – combining storytelling with powerful and physically dynamic movement, in Frantic Assembly’s inimitable style.
Blossoms Announce Liverpool Show For The Album Launch Of Foolish Loving Spaces.
Blossoms have announced details of an album launch show at Liverpool’s 02 Academy for this February, in support of their brand-new recording, Foolish Loving Spaces. The band will play the venue on 15th February.
The band’s current single The Keeper was recently added to Radio 1 and Radio 2’s playlists. The track has also received great support from Spotify and Apple Music, with Apple Music including the track on their Today’s Hits playlist.
Gothic Horror And Classic Thriller Opens The Liverpool Playhouse’s Frightfully Good Spring-Summer Season.
Celebrated productions of classic texts The Woman in Black (27th Jan – 1st Feb) and An Inspector Calls (4th Feb – 8th Feb) open the Playhouse’s Spring Summer season to provide an early-year treat for theatre goers.
After a record-breaking Christmas for the Playhouse these two large-scale productions will provide Liverpool audiences with more theatre of the highest quality after both shows have impressed with critically acclaimed West End runs.
Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over his family by the spectre of a ‘Woman in Black’.
The Classic Rock Show Returns To Liverpool With Two Shows In February At The Philharmonic Hall.
The Classic Rock Fan’s Ultimate Live Jukebox.
The Classic Rock Show returns to the U.K. in early 2020 with an amazing new live production celebrating the very best of the best of Classic Rock.
Paying tribute to many of the world’s all-time classic rock greats, The Classic Rock Show’s musicians power through legendary performances from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, Queen, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and The Who.
Performed with note-for-note precision, bringing the original iconic and era defining recordings back to life on stage, with a sound and light show to match, and the show will be coming to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall twice this time round, on Saturday 8th and Sunday 23rd February.
Gabrielle Returns To Liverpool As Extra U.K. Dates Are Added Due to Phenomenal Demand.
One of the U.K.’s most successful singer-songwriters, Gabrielle will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the smash hit Rise album with a very special tour for 2020. Due to phenomenal demand, Gabrielle has confirmed six new dates in Bournemouth, Cambridge, Dublin, Belfast, Bath and Guildford, as well as the already announced date at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall on the 16th November.
Call For Football Fans To Take Part In Community Theatre Piece ROAR! At The Everyman.
The Everyman is on the lookout for all kinds of football fans, to take part in an exciting project for 2020 that puts supporters centre stage.
ROAR! is a new project by Molly Taylor, working in collaboration with the Everyman that tells the story of football fans and the devotion and commitment in following a team – from amateur level to the top tier of English football.
The work is a piece of “documentary theatre” looking to tell the real stories and experiences of passionate football fans, told by the fans themselves, rather than through actors. Through workshops, stories of the joy, pain, mayhem and wonder of being a fan will be gathered, before a main stage sharing takes place in the Everyman from 11th-13th June.
Mischief Theatre Return To Chester’s Storyhouse With Peter Pan Goes Wrong This January.
Third visit for award-winning stage company.
Multi award-winning theatre company Mischief Theatre is returning to Storyhouse in Chester this January with its new show, Peter Pan Goes Wrong.
Mischief Theatre have already wowed Storyhouse audiences twice before with smash hit shows, The Play That Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery. And now the team are delighted play the Chester venue for a third time with yet another top show.
Peter Pan Goes Wrong comes to Storyhouse from Tuesday 21st January to Sunday 26th January 2020 for eight performances, including three matinees. Tickets are now on sale.
Billy Ocean Celebrates His 70th Birthday With His First Original Studio Album In Over Ten Years Plus Announcement Of A Night Of Music At The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
As Billy Ocean celebrates his 70th birthday this month, it has been announced that he will release his first album of new material in 10 years, One World. The album will be released on 17th April 2020 with the title single, also called One World available from today, following its premiere on B.B.C. Radio 2. Later this year Billy will head out on The One World tour in the autumn, this will include a night at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on the 21st September. This follows the recent news that he has been appointed to MBE for his services to music at this year’s New Year’s Honours.
Banish The January Blues As Nicky Allt Returns To The Royal Court With Lost In Colomendy.
Nicky Allt is back at the Royal Court with a brand-new comedy about everybody’s favourite school trip venue!
Lost In Colomendy follows four middle aged chancers who have been sent on a team-building course that will make or break them. There will be plenty of laughs as the four of them find themselves up a mountain without a paddle.
The cast has been confirmed and is full of familiar faces. Royal Court regulars Paul Duckworth (Scouse Cinderella, Brick Up 2), Alan Stocks (Mam I’m Ere, Father O’Flaherty Saves Our Souls), Jane Hogarth (Funny Money) and Liam Tobin (The Menlove Avenue Murder Mystery) are joined by Court debutant John Evans who has just finished a run in Peter Pan over at The Empire.