Category Archives: Previews

Gemma Bodinetz Directs Niamh Cusack And Des McAleer In Juno And The Paycock in Liverpool And Bristol This Autumn.

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz will direct Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock in a major co-production with Bristol Old Vic. The cast will be led by Niamh Cusack as the eponymous Juno and Des McAleer as her husband Jack Boyle. The production is at Bristol Old Vic from the 5th to 27th September before moving to the Liverpool Playhouse from 1st to 18th October.

Hilarity and tragedy rub shoulders in Sean O’Casey’s classic Irish drama set in Dublin 1922. Juno and the Paycock features his trademark mix of comic double acts, political upheavals, domestic longings, and characters who are never far away from an opulent word or song.

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James Shaw’s Young And Suicidal Debuts At The Lantern Theatre.

 “Nothing ever goes to plan, not even your own death…”

After finding his father hanged in the garage, Smith becomes infatuated with the idea of following his father’s footsteps and killing himself.

Two years later he places an advert on the Internet searching for a suicide partner… Natalie answers.

As an unlikely friendship unfolds, Smith and Natalie plan how to end their lives. But nothing ever goes to plan…. not even your own death.

Young and Suicidal is a provoking new production exploring youth and suicide. It debuts at Liverpool’s Lantern Theatre from Tuesday 26th August -Friday 29th 2014 at 7:30pm (Matinee performance on Friday 29th at 1.00pm).

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Franny Conlin And Wild Flowers Productions Bring The Morgue Table To The Epstein Theatre.

Prepare to be taken on a ghostly journey as brand new Liverpool Theatre Company Wild Flowers Productions bring their new play to the Epstein for one night only on August 16th 2014. Their debut piece, Wild Flowers was critically acclaimed after a run last year at the Unity and Epstein theatres and now their new comedy, The Morgue Table is back, due to popular demand after a successful run at the Capstone and The Atkinson in June.

Written By Franny Conlin, this is a story about two inmates of Walton prison, Ike and Maddox, who are propositioned by their governor, Mr. Grime to venture into the haunted tunnels beneath the prison and destroy the old morgue table.

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(416 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Michael Frayn’s Noises Off To Entertain Audiences At The Royal Court Theatre.

Royal Court Liverpool has looked backstage for inspiration for it’s new production. Noises Off by Michael Frayn is a brilliantly funny farce that has had excellent reviews wherever it has been.

Noises Off has variously been described as “The funniest farce ever written” (New York Post), “A modern classic” (Guardian) and “Theatrical comic bliss” (Daily Telegraph). The show will be running at The Royal Court for just four weeks.

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Young Actors Take Over Abandoned Building in Ellesmere Port.

In times of conflict we often think of the people involved and effected, but have you ever stopped to think about what happens to the animals in war-torn countries?

This August, to mark the centenary of the First World War, local theatre company Action Transport Theatre and their Young Actors Company will explore exactly that in new show, The Zoo which will take place around the Overpool Road on August 2nd and August 3rd at 2pm and 7pm.

Set in an abandoned zoo in a war-zone city, the play follows five children as they attempt to keep themselves, and the starving zoo animals alive.

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Shiny New Festival Returns To Lantern Theatre For Third Year Of Great Performances.

Shiny New Festival returns to Lantern Theatre Liverpool from the 14th – 20th July 2014 for its third consecutive year!  Offering up three performances each night from the Northwest’s finest new writers and comedians, Shiny New Festival brings local artists a much-needed platform to showcase their homegrown work to fresh audiences.

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Tony Award Nominated Play, Stones In His Pockets, Comes To The Liverpool Empire Theatre This November.

Following its Tony Award nominated run on Broadway, four and a half years in the West End and on tour, the worldwide success STONES IN HIS POCKETS is back on the road once again playing over 60 dates across the U.K. including a one night stand on Monday 10th November at the Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Seen by more than 2 million people, STONES IN HIS POCKETS tells a hilarious and moving tale of a quiet Irish community, turned upside down by the arrival of a massive Hollywood movie shoot. Universally loved by all who see it, STONES IN HIS POCKETS is brought to life by two talented actors Conor Delaney (Game of Thrones, Jack Taylor, The Tudors) and Stephen Jones (Ripper Street) who play 15 characters between them – from the cheeky lads intent on stardom to a Hollywood Goddess!

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Liverpool-Based Theatre Company Previews Two New Plays Ahead Of Edinburgh Festival.

What do a gay man in a wheelchair, a young musician with delusions of grandeur and a male prostitute with a B.A. in Sociology have in common? They’re all going to Edinburgh this summer with two new plays written by young Liverpool-based playwrights. However before the Edinburgh Fringe has the chance to savour the two plays, the Unity Theatre in Liverpool will be previewing them on July 26th.

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The Music Of James Taylor To Be Performed At The Lantern Theatre.

Accomplished duo, ‘Sweet Baby James’ (Brian Dales & Jon Chamberlain), visit Liverpool on July 11th to share the music of legendary troubadour, James Taylor.

Brought to you in the intimate setting of The Lantern Theatre, this will be a relaxing evening of James Taylor’s hits (including You’ve Got A Friend, Fire & Rain and Carolina in My Mind) plus more of the many varied songs that make up Taylor’s repertoire.

Sweet Baby James has been toured the U.K. throughout 2013 enjoying enthusiastic responses wherever they go.

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Liverpool Calling Once More As St. Lukes Prepares For Space.

Having sold out across St. Luke’s Bombed Out Church and The Shipping Forecast in its debut year, Liverpool Calling has grown into a huge one day event for 2014, spanning across 10 city centre venues and hosting over 50 acts.

With bands such as Amsterdam led by Liverpool’s Ian Prowse, Obstacles, Orange Room, Vasa, The Shadow Theatre, the superb The Mono LPs and headliners British Sea Power creating a sensational day at St. Luke’s Church, it is no wonder the organisers of this tremendous event have ordered up another round but on an even bigger scale.

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