A one-man comedy play about the life and death of a forgotten British leader.
I am murdered! Eleventh of May 1812. The Prime Minister has just been killed by a mysterious stranger. Parliament is in uproar. There is anarchy in the UK. But who’s really behind this?
Spencer Percival has one claim to fame; he’s the only Prime Minister ever to be assassinated. Unfortunately no one’s ever heard of him. 205 years later, Nick Hall tells his story at the Liverpool Fringe.
The Vogue Ball is returning for 2017 – and House of Suarez is promising this year’s event is set to be its most fabulous yet.
Tickets are on sale at 10am on Friday 2nd June for the Vogue Ball which will take place on Saturday, 21st October, when the multi award-winning event returns to Liverpool’s hottest arts and performance space, the Invisible Wind Factory.
House of Suarez will transform the dockside venue in breath-taking fashion to reflect the theme of the 2017 ball, the Se7en Deadly Sins, complete with a 100ft catwalk reminiscent of 1970s/80s New York (the home of the Vogue dance style) at its most glamorous.
Following her sell-out run at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End, producers Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce that three-time Brit nominee and X-Factor winner, Alexandra Burke, will star in the leading role of ‘Rachel Marron’ in the forthcoming U.K. and Ireland tour of Thea Sharrock’s hit musical The Bodyguard, which plays at the Liverpool Empire from the 26th April – 7th May 2016.
Alexandra Burke said, “I couldn’t be happier to be joining the tour and I’m excited to get started. Being on the theatre stage has brought me great happiness. It is an honour to have been asked to join the team and I look forward to creating new and long lasting memories with the cast.”
The Concert Room in Liverpool’s iconic St George’s Hall will host Towards the Romantics on Sunday 13th September, the final part of a series of three classical concerts by St George’s Hall’s orchestra-in-residence, L’Orchestra dell’Arte.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been the central pillar of all three concerts, Towards the Romantics brings the series to a sensational close and will show how Mozart’s legacy was passed on to forthcoming generations, those who took the musical baton from Mozart and developed his classical style and pushed boundaries towards the newer Romantic style. The main work in the final concert is the Symphony No 7 by Beethoven.
Lantern Theatre Liverpool is playing host to its annual pre Edinburgh theatre event Shiny New Festival for the fourth year this July. From 27th July – 2nd August audiences will be treated to three shows per night from the North West’s top fringe talents. The festival, founded in 2012 by Shiny New Director Pete Mitchelson in association with the Lantern has gone from strength to strength in the past four years and this year’s line up is not to be missed. With an eclectic mix of performances from new writing to buffoon clowning there is something for everyone at Shiny New Festival.
Just when it was possible to believe that nothing could top the likes of Educating Rita, the fantastic one-man show by Lewis Bray’ Cartoonopolis, Birdsong or the compelling The Hudsucker Proxy having been played out to audiences at both the Everyman and Playhouse Theatres in the last six months, the revealing of the autumn/winter season for both theatres by the creative team is enough to leave the crowds who make their way to both Hope Street and Williamson Square chomping at the bit for September to come in earnest.
The increasingly popular theatrical Catacombs tours of St. George’s Hall Liverpool return by popular demand in June with new darker stories.
This is the fourth series of Catacombs stories and follows a successful sell-out run earlier this year.
Visitors to St. George’s Hall Liverpool in June will experience The Catacombs Of Liverpool’s Darkest History – peeling back the layers of yesteryear to reveal what lies within the heart of Liverpool’s most celebrated building.
The new tours will run for six consecutive days between Monday 15th June and Saturday 20th June, and for the first time will feature five tours each evening at 6.00pm, 6.45pm, 7.30pm, 8.15pm and 9.00pm. Tickets are priced at £15 per person per tour.
Joe Bonamassa at the Liverpool Echo Arena in August 2012. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Following the recent announcement of Joe Bonamassa’s live DVD, Blu-ray and live album, Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks, and his critically acclaimed 2014 studio album Different Shades of Blue, the internationally renowned guitarist embarks on seven date U.K. arena tour in October 2015. The new dates follow Joe’s 4-night residency at London’s Hammersmith Eventim Apollo between March 17th to the 21st.
The dates, which include a return to the Liverpool Echo Arena on Friday 23rd October, starts in Newcastle on Wednesday 21st October and visits venues in Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff, Bournemouth, before finally finishing in Brighton on Saturday October 31st.
Liverpool’s St George’s Hall have announced the return of the popular Catacombs Tours from Monday 16th – Saturday 21st March, exploring the darker heart of Liverpool’s most celebrated and historic building. The theatrical events sent chills down the spine of thousands of people who attended the two runs of tours last year. Tickets are now on sale and should sell fast.
Theatrical company Lovehistory Ltd. are set to return with a whole host of actors portraying new characters and new stories from Liverpool’s murderous past. Experience The Catacombs of Liverpool’s Darkest History and peel back the layers of yesteryear to reveal what lies within the heart of St. George’s Hall’s dark past.
Blue, one of Britain’s most successful pop groups, have announced a brand new tour for spring 2015, the tour, which starts in the Guildhall in Portsmouth on Saturday 21st March, will come to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Thursday 2nd April.
Lee Ryan, Antony Costa, Duncan James and Simon Webbe catapulted to fame in 2001 with their Top 5 single All Rise. The affable quartet quickly ascended to the top of the charts with three number 1 albums, scored highly-respectable collaborations with Elton John and Stevie Wonder, and even represented the U.K. in 2011 at the Eurovision Song Contest.