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The Royal Court Theatre Appoints Artistic Director.

Royal Court Liverpool have announced that they have appointed their first Artistic Dirctor to oversee all future programming at the venue and provide an artistic vision for all departments.

Ken Alexander, who most recently directed A Nightmare On Lime Street at the theatre, has previously directed Lucky Numbers and Dirty Dusting at the Roe Street venue.

Ken has been working as a professional Director since he was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Trainee Director Bursary in 1989, training with Artistic Director Dr Joan Knight, O.B.E. and Guest Director Professor Clive Perry, O.B.E. at Perth Theatre. He has directed over one hundred professional productions to date in the subsidised and commercial sectors.

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Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Jamie Hampson.

Jamie Hampson is currently part of the cast that is thrilling Royal Court theatre goers that have been going in their droves to see Fred Lawless’ latest monster smash hit A Nightmare on Lime Street. Originally from Halewood she was bitten by the acting bug before she hit her teenage years.

Having completed her training at the famous Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (L.I.P.A.) she has gone on to become one of the rising stars of Liverpool theatre with superb performances in A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Macbeth and in Nicky Alt’s You’ll Never Walk Alone to her name. Multi-talented and enjoyable company, there is seemingly nothing that will stop this young actor becoming a house-hold name in years to come.

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Royal Court Theatre And Writer Fred Lawless To Make Fifth Christmas Show For 2013.

Following on from the phenomenal success of their current production, the sensational A Nightmare on Lime Street, the Royal Court Theatre are taking the extraordinary step of putting tickets on sale for their 2013 Christmas show on a year in advance.

This time, writer Fred Lawless and the gang will be back in a show called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fazakerley.

The writer of the last four smash hit Royal Court Christmas shows (Merry Ding Dong, Scouse Pacific, Little Scouse On The Prairie and A Nightmare On Lime Street) is back once again with a Close Encounter of the Royal Court kind, that will make Star Wars look like a primary school nativity.

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A Nightmare On Lime Street To Continue Fantastic Run.

Royal Court Liverpool’s Christmas show A Nightmare On Lime Street has lit up the telephone lines at the Box Office and has had audiences on their feet at the end of every show. Now the theatre has announced that the show will be extended until the 26th January, adding an astonishing 13 more shows to the original run.

The play, which stars Michael Starke, Jamie Hampson and Mark Moraghan, is written by Fred Lawless who has penned the last three Christmas shows at the Royal Court. The extra dates have been added following a surge in demand from the audience.

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A Nightmare On Lime Street, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre.

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Cast: Lynn Francis, Lindzi Germain, Jamie Hampson, Mark Moraghan, Michael Starke, Anthony Watson, Lenny Wood, Alicia Forrest, Niamh Fitzgerald, Olivia Galvin, Joe Slater.

An ancient evil is stirring beneath the bowels of Lime Street and it is up to Tommy and his daughter Julie to root it out. Fred Lawless’ latest Festive extravaganza, the brilliant A Nightmare on Lime Street, pays homage to the comedy horrors of the past and brings together a superb cast, a script of monster proportions and music to adore and smile throughout at.

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