Tag Archives: Kivan Dene

The Ale House, Grand Central Hall. Theatre Review, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Philip Olivier, Lindzi Germain, Jake Abraham, George Wilson, Nick Birkinshaw, Bernie Foley, James McMartin, Les Doherty, Kivan Dene.

It is an institution almost unlike anything else in the world, often copied, sometimes mocked but never considered sincere or as authentic as the original; the great British public house remains, despite some knocks over the years, still the fabric of everyday life and it is one that should be lauded even as the so called sophistication of palates and life changes.

The Ale House, Grand Central Hall. Theatre Review, Liverpool. full post

(447 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Leave Hitler To Me Lad, Theatre Review. Actors Studio, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound & Vision Rating: * * * *

Cast: Kivan Dene, Leanne Rowley, Rachel O’Hare, James Mountain, Jonah Kensett, Luke Wakeman, Grace Mainon.

It is the early 1950s and the country is still recovering from war. Rock and Roll is making its mark, King George is dead and war torn England is changing. At Great Stony School Essex, young Brian (Jonah Kensett) is waiting for his dad to come and fetch him to take him home, but after watching all of his friends go off to loving new homes, Brian thinks that no one will come, until one day everything changes. Brian says goodbye to his best friends George (Luke Wakeman) and Gladys (Grace Mainon) and heads off to his new life with his sister.

Leave Hitler To Me Lad, Theatre Review. Actors Studio, Liverpool. full post

(330 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Duckegg Theatre Company Bring Haley Cox’s New Play To The Liverpool Actor’s Studio.

Duckegg Theatre Company are touring their brand new family musical, Leave Hitler To Me, Lad, by award winning playwright Haley Cox and L.A. composer Ben Pringle (previous credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer), designed by the critically acclaimed Barney George.

The show will visit The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre on 4th March.  During its premiere run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the piece was named “…the most sensitive and well-written family show at the festival” by Broadway Baby. The show began its life as a result of a Research and Development week supported by Arts Council England.  The cast mixes four professional actors (including Spotlight Prize nominee James Mountain and Kivan Dene of Emmerdale fame) with six of the company’s youth theatre members.  Sean Green of the Bill Kenwright Company leads musical direction of this ambitious show.

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(372 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Brand New Musical, Heart And Soul, To Premiere At The Epstein Theatre.

Liverpool’s Applet Music Productions are delighted to announce that Heart and Soul, a brand new musical set in the city, will make its premiere at the Epstein Theatre next March. Heart and Soul follows the rollercoaster journey of a young woman’s quest for success in the cut-throat music industry, whilst juggling love life and family drama.

This inspirational production is packed with original songs, spanning the genres from motown to rock, dance, ballads and even jazz, entirely written, orchestrated and played by the show’s producers, Liverpool duo Maria Cavanagh and Indra Nathaniel of Applet Music Productions

Brand New Musical, Heart And Soul, To Premiere At The Epstein Theatre. full post

(319 words, 1 image, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)