Following the successful adaptations of Molière’s French farces, this Christmas the Playhouse presents another fresh adaptation of a classic French comedy. Liverpool-born writer Stephen Sharkey has created the hilarious and absurd Sex and the Three Day Week from Georges Feydeau’s L’Hôtel du Libre Échange. The cast includes Edward Harrison, Natalie Casey, Javier Marzan and Eileen O’Brien and runs from Friday 5th December 2014 to Saturday 10th January 2015.
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All Time Greats, The Manfreds, Head To Southport On November 1st.
All time great British R&B band The Manfreds head out on tour this Autumn playing 34 shows across the U.K. with the band performing in Southport Theatre on November 1st.
Original Manfred Mann members Paul Jones, Mike Hugg and Tom McGuinness plus Rob Townsend, Marcus Cliffe and Simon Currie are joined by former member Mike d’Abo for what promises to be a terrific occasion and for this tour it’s not just the one but both of the original singers live on stage- Paul Jones and Mike D’Abo.
Katherine Jenkins Announces An Evening Of Music At The Liverpool Philharmonic.
Katherine Jenkins has announced her return to the live arena with a full 21 date U.K. tour for 2015, culminating at a huge show in her homeland on Saturday 14th March and with a much anticipated night in Liverpool on Monday 2nd March at the Philharmonic Hall. The new tour follows the eagerly anticipated release of her landmark new classical album Home Sweet Home on November 17th, through Decca Records.
Vienna Festival Ballet Brings The Nutcracker To The St. Helens Stage.
Vienna Festival Ballet is bringing The Nutcracker to St Helens Theatre Royal on Friday 7th November as part of their 34th anniversary celebration. The U.K. tour is one of the most famous Tchaikovsky great classics and the Theatre Royal are delighted to welcome the show to the St Helens stage.
The enchanting tale of The Nutcracker is one of the best-loved ballets and centres around Clara and her nutcracker doll, which magically transforms into a princely soldier. Their adventures see Clara and the Nutcracker doll combat the Mouse King, and join the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier on a wonderful journey through a shimmering winter land scene to a Kingdom made entirely of sweets.
The Hit Musical Jersey Boys, Comes To The Liverpool Empire Stage.
The producers of the U.K. and Irish tour of the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys, are delighted to announce the full cast joining previously announced West End star Tim Driesen as Frankie Valli.
The Jersey Boys will play the Liverpool Empire from Tuesday 23rd June to Saturday 4th July 2015. Tickets are available to ATG Theatre Card members from Tuesday 28th October and will go on general sale on Friday 31st October.
Placebo To Perform At The University Of Liverpool’s Guild Of Students In 2015.
Currently on the road in North America to conclude an epic album campaign, touring their critically acclaimed 7th studio album Loud Like Love, Placebo have announced that they will return to the U.K. and Ireland in February/ March 2015 to play their most extensive run of shows since 2006.
The tour kicks off in Dublin on the 25th February and comes to the University of Liverpool’s Guild of Students on the 10th March.
Michael Ball To Return To Liverpool in 2015 As Part Of National Tour.
Michael Ball is Britain’s leading musical theatre star, a double Olivier Award winner, multi-platinum recording artist and a hugely popular radio and T.V. presenter. November 2014 will see the release of his latest album If Everyone Was Listening, featuring 15 tracks chosen by Michael to include a mix of individual classics, award winners and contemporary songs spanning the years 1960 to 2013.
For more than 25 years Michael has been at the top of his game starring in musical theatre productions in the West End and on Broadway winning critical acclaim, a devoted following and awards for his stage work and recording career.
Jason Manford Announced As One Of The Stars Of The Producers At The Empire Theatre.
Award winning comedian Jason Manford will star in a brand new U.K. Tour of The Producers. Based on Mel Brooks’ beloved Academy Award winning movie, The Producers is a hilarious musical comedy that has taken Broadway and the West End by storm, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and 3 Olivier Awards; it opens its U.K tour in March 2015.
YEP Bring Alex Joynes’ Half Baked To The Playhouse Studio.
This October the Everyman & Playhouse will present their latest work for young people, by young people, Half Baked. The production is produced by the theatres as part of the Young Theatre Makers touring network alongside Birmingham Rep and Ipswich New Wolsey. Half Baked will open at the Playhouse Studio from 29th October to 1st November followed by a regional North West tour to Wirral, Kendal, Oldham and Lancaster.
Half Baked is written by Alex Joynes, a recent graduate of the Everyman & Playhouse’s Young Writers programme, directed by Young Everyman Playhouse associate director Chris Tomlinson and designed by recipient of the 2014 LIPA Design Award Adele Hayter, the production’s cast is comprised of Young Everyman Playhouse actors.
Tim Firth Returns To The Playhouse With New Hit Musical, This Is My Family.
Following a critically acclaimed, award-winning run last year in the Sheffield Studio, Sheffield Theatre Artistic Director Daniel Evans’ production of Tim Firth’s fast-moving, laugh-out-loud and hugely moving new musical This Is My Family comes to the Liverpool Playhouse from Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th November.
The new musical from the writer of Flint Street Nativity goes to the heart of the question: what exactly is the point of family in the modern age? Tim Firth’s hilarious and heartwarming show won the U.K. Theatre Award for Best Musical Production.