Category Archives: Previews

Young Everyman Playhouse Take On Greek Classic The Bacchae At The Everyman.

After wowing audiences with Until They Kick Us Out this Spring, Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) return to the stage to take on the Greek tragedy The Bacchae from Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th May at the Everyman.

Having developed a reputation for their utilisation of a Greek Chorus in their work, Euripides’s classic tale is a natural fit for YEP. The award-winning company entices and tempts audiences into a world of delirium, ecstasy and risk as their ensemble of young actors put their own twist on this dark Greek tragedy.

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The Shires Set To Come To The City This October.

With their hearts in the Home Counties and their heads in Nashville, U.S.A., The Shires combine the best of both musical worlds on their eagerly anticipated debut album Brave. This combination has indeed struck a chord with the public, entering the charts at No. 10 on release, making The Shires the first British country band ever to hit the Top 10 of the Official U.K. Album Chart – a proud moment in music history. Now they have announced they are to tour this autumn, including a night at the O2 Academy in Liverpool on Monday 19th October.

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Free Will And Friendship Are The Order Of The Day As Nick Payne’s Constellations Comes To The Playhouse Theatre This May.

The hugely successful London Royal Court Theatre production, Constellations is set to charm and amaze audiences at the Liverpool Playhouse from 19th to 23rd May. Starring Sherlock’s Louise Brealey and Robin Hood’s Joe Armstrong, this explosive new play by leading playwright Nick Payne explores free will and friendship.

Featuring one relationship which turns out to have infinite possibilities, Constellations handles the concept of quantum multiverse with light dynamism that will dazzle and exhilarate audiences. Funny, sad and intellectual, all at the same time, Constellations is a feat of modern playwriting.

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Playhouse Theatre Set To Host Northern Ballet’s Madame Butterfly.

One of the U.K.’s finest ballet companies will astonish audiences with a performance at the Liverpool Playhouse this spring. Northern Ballet will perform the dramatic story of doomed love, Madame Butterfly, as well as the shorter and physically demanding piece, Perpetuum Mobile on the 29th and 30th May.

Northern Ballet tours throughout Britain and overseas. Known for its productions which mix classical dance and theatre with contemporary influences, Northern Ballet embraces popular culture and takes inspiration from literature and opera to give a unique interpretation of popular classical ballets.

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Caro Emerald Returns To The Philharmonic Hall This November.

Since the release of her 2010 multi-platinum debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor, Caro Emerald has fashioned her own niche. Gorgeous and stylish, Caro blends retro jazz with sampling and modern pop to create a now signature sound. This outstanding performer will be returning to the scene of perhaps one of her greatest triumphs yet this November as she invokes memories of her last visit to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall as part of a new tour.

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Acclaimed Theatre Company PurpleCoat To Bring Three Shakespeare Plays To The Bombed Out Church.

They’ve recently been hailed as one of the staples of the Liverpool theatre scene, and now PurpleCoat are making waves across the water. Their second visit to Dublin, with a double-bill of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has received five star reviews across the water, and is now heading back home for some performances at the Bombed Out Church.

Headlining part of the Raise The Roof festival, PurpleCoat’s ensemble of young Liverpool actors will present A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with the same cast then staging their five star Hamlet a few weeks later.

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The Queen Of Modern British Blues, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Comes To The Epstein Theatre This Autumn.

Celebrated British blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter, Joanne Shaw Taylor, embarks on a nationwide U.K. tour presented by Planet Rock this Autumn. The acclaimed guitarist, who holds the title in many fans eyes of The Queen of Modern British Blues, will be performing songs from her critically acclaimed album The Dirty Truth in a tour that starts in Exeter on Tuesday 22nd September and which will come to Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre on October 1st.

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American Singer/ Songwriter, Suzanne Vega, To Perform At The Philharmonic Hall This June.

Pioneering American singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega returns to the U.K. this summer for six hotly anticipated shows, marking 30 years since the release of her eponymous debut album Suzanne Vega, and following last year’s critically acclaimed eighth studio album release Tales From the Queen of Pentacles.

Now this pioneering songwriter will be bringing her uniquely held talent to the Philharmonic Hall on Tuesday 16th June in what is already being seen as a keenly anticipated night of great music.

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LoveHistory Explore The Catacombs Of Liverpool’s Darkest History Once More.

The increasingly popular theatrical Catacombs tours of St. George’s Hall Liverpool return by popular demand in June with new darker stories.

This is the fourth series of Catacombs stories and follows a successful sell-out run earlier this year.

Visitors to St. George’s Hall Liverpool in June will experience The Catacombs Of Liverpool’s Darkest History – peeling back the layers of yesteryear to reveal what lies within the heart of Liverpool’s most celebrated building.

The new tours will run for six consecutive days between Monday 15th June and Saturday 20th June, and for the first time will feature five tours each evening at 6.00pm, 6.45pm, 7.30pm, 8.15pm and 9.00pm. Tickets are priced at £15 per person per tour.

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Tell Tale Theatre To Bring Liverpool Audiences Of Next Door But One This May.

It is with delight to welcome back on stage Liverpool’s own Tell Tale Theatre this spring as they bring a collection of original, gritty, funny and moving stories inspired by real life events to the Cornerstone Theatre this coming May.

From Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd May, Tell Tale Theatre brings Next Door But One to the stage. Next Door But One is a dynamic snapshot of a modern community that combines monologues, duologues and physical ensemble moments with an eclectic mix of storytelling, poetry and live music, written and directed by the members of the Tell Tale Company, a true collaborative piece that promises to be fresh, beautiful and thought-provoking.

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