Category Archives: Previews

The Everyman Theatre Hosts Little Bulb’s Re-imagining Of Epic Greek Myth.

This month, theatregoers will be transported to 1930s Paris in all its bohemian vibrancy, as the Everyman hosts Little Bulb’s madcap, musical re-imagining of the epic Greek myth Orpheus, from 20th to 24th October.

Set to a live score of hot club jazz, opera and French chanson, Orpheus is a musical re-imagining of the epic Greek myth. Charismatic songstress Yvette Pépin and her troupe of operatic players perform the thrilling tale of Orpheus’s ill-fated descent into the underworld to reclaim his lost love, Eurydice.

Music has played an integral part in Orpheus with a veritable feast of original compositions alongside Bach, Monteverdi, Edith Piaf and Debussy.

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Welsh National Opera To Give A Fresh New Look To Sweeney Todd This November.

Welsh National Opera will be visiting Liverpool Empire Theatre on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th November to perform Sondheim’s musical masterpiece, Sweeney Todd, as part of the launch of WNO’s 70th birthday year.

This production promises a musical with all the emotional impact of opera and will be a rare opportunity to hear Sweeney Todd with the celebrated WNO Chorus and Orchestra. This production is set in the late 1970s/early 1980s and provides a fresh take on the story with echoes of Thatcher’s Britain. It emphasises Sondheim’s message that it’s not just Sweeney who is insane. Through its corruption and inequality, society is totally mad. See Sweeney Todd and you’ll find that it buries itself in your consciousness and refuses to leave. Sweeney Todd has all the emotional impact of the greatest operas.

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Brit Floyd Return To Liverpool This November With Most Ambitious Show To Date.

Brit Floyd, the global spectacular with over one million tickets sold worldwide, return to Liverpool on Sunday 29th November with their brand new Space & Time World Tour.

Brit Floyd – The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show, returns to the U.K. in 2015 to present its Space & Time World Tour, its most ambitious show to date; with a spectacular new light show, and an even bigger stage production.

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Michael Bolton Returns To The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall In 2016.

Michael Bolton at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Michael Bolton at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Following a sold out tour last year, Grammy Award winning Michael Bolton will return to the U.K., including a night at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in April 2016 to perform his greatest hits and for the very first time a selection of songs from his new album celebrating music from the movies.

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Special Performance To Celebrate Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday At The St. George’s Hall Concert Room.

It’s over 50 years since Frank Sinatra made his Liverpool debut on Lime Street, playing to only 200 people per performance in the vast Liverpool Empire, Sinatra’s iconic music will ring out over the historic Lime Street cobbles once more, this time from the opposite side of the road, at the beautiful St George’s Hall Concert Room.

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Radio City’s Claire Simmo Stars In The Wizard Of Oz This October At The Theatre Royal.

Wondering how to entertain your little Munchkins over the October half term holiday? Then take them on a journey somewhere over the rainbow to The Merry Old Land of Oz!

Following sell-out seasons in 2013 and 2014, Regal Entertainments’ enchanting production of The Wizard of Oz returns to St Helens Theatre Royal from Saturday, October 24th to Sunday, November 1st.

Starring Charlotte Gallagher (Snow White and Peter Pan) as Dorothy and Radio City’s Claire Simmo as Glinda, this magical show is sure to put a smile on the faces of even the Wicked Witch of the West!

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Ex-Coronation Street Star Judy Holt Takes To The Lantern Stage In The Box Of Tricks.

Former Coronation Street actress Judy Holt takes to the stage in The Box of Tricks at the Lantern Theatre in Liverpool on 31st October. Judy, who also plays ‘Scary Mary Jackson’ in I.T.V.’s cop-drama Scott and Bailey, will be performing alongside fellow actors Samuel Thompson and Ryan Clayton.

Judy said, “I am delighted to be working with Pagelight again on this reworked version of The Box of Tricks, after the successful run at the 24:7 Festival last summer. I am looking forward to the tour and sharing our work in a variety of venues.”

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Programme Of Daring Spoken Word And Music Focused Theatre Comes To Unity Theatre.

Which comes first, the music or the words?

This question underpins the programming of ‘Phrased & Confused’ a programme of original spoken word and music orientated theatre shows running at Unity Theatre this autumn.

Featuring a highly topical social commentary on the state of education today (Jess Green: Burning Books, 13th October), an investigation into dominance, submission and the female body (Hannah Silva: ‘Schlock!’, 27th October) and a rap recital of William Blake’s iconic poetry (Testament: Blake Remixed, 17th November), Phrased & Confused aims to use words and music in an equal standing to investigate issues important to us today.

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Paul Heaton And Jacqui Abbott To Perform In Liverpool As Part of 2016 Tour.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have announced their biggest headline U.K. tour to date including two nights at Hull City Hall, plus shows at Leeds First Direct Arena and the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall before culminating at London’s famous Royal Albert Hall. The tour, which commences on Thursday 10th March at Birmingham Academy, comes to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall on Saturday 26th March.

Wisdom, Laughter and Lines, which is released on the 23rd October, is the new album from Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott. This record is the second from Paul and Jacqui following the critically acclaimed What Have We Become, which saw them return together on record for the first time since the multi-million selling days of The Beautiful South, who in the 1990s and early 2000s released a string of critically-acclaimed records.

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Ruts DC Announce Psychic Attack Tour With Night At The Liverpool O2 Academy In October.

Legendary Punk act Ruts DC have announced they will embark on a major U.K. tour throughout October 2015 with a performance at the o2 Academy on Hotham Street on the 16th October.

The Ruts DC live show consists of songs representing their many phases: the more recent Rhythm Collision 2; the critically acclaimed Animal Now and of course, classic versions of Ruts songs Babylons Burning, Staring at the Rude Boys and Jah War.

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