Theatre in Liverpool
Theatre show previews and reviews
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Physical Fest 2021: UK’s only international physical theatre festival returns to Liverpool this June
The UK’s only international physical theatre festival, Physical Fest, returns to Liverpool this June for an 8-day extravaganza of live & online performance, conversation & workshops, brought to you by the city’s own Tmesis Theatre. Highlights include award winning clown, Lucy Hopkins with her hilarious, Ceremony of Golden Truth, along with incredible circus/dance artists Joli Vyann who will perform a beautiful – and free – outdoor piece. The recently restored Albert Walker Hall – a beautiful hidden gem at the Linacre Methodist Mission in Bootle – is…
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By the Waters of Liverpool Play Set To Return In Autumn
By the Waters of Liverpool has announced the continuation of its UK Tour this September. The Helen Forrester play, based on the best-selling book will run from September 2021, visiting seventeen venues across the UK. The original seventeen date tour was cut short in March 2020, but re-opens again at the Lowther Pavilion in Lytham on Thursday 9 September and concludes at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton on Sunday 14 November. The critically acclaimed show…
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Liverpool’s Royal Court: Music, laughter and memories
Liverpool’s Royal Court is one of the region’s much loved theatres, staging musicals, comedies and more in both its main auditorium and Studio Theatre. Throughout the years, it has played a major role in the lives of people in both Liverpool and beyond. Looking back on my own memories of the theatre, I explore the venue’s history, some of its memorable productions and its work with communities in the city. I was 17 years old…
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Liverpool Theatre Festival Announce 9 Day Open Air Event
Liverpool theatre producer Bill Elms has created the 9 day outdoor live event, Liverpool Theatre Festival, to support the city’s devastated theatre scene in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. Liverpool Theatre Festival will take place between Friday 11 September and Saturday 19 September and is being staged in association with the team behind St Luke’s Bombed Out Church. The event will take place within the church walls, in the grounds of St Luke’sin the heart of Liverpool city centre and will…
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Ancient Greece Comes To Liverpool In Surreal Clown Odyssey This April
Liverpool’s international theatre troupe, Teatro Pomodoro, are returning to the city with a new show this April, entitled ‘Sirens, Men and Crabs: A Shipwrecked Odyssey.’ Debuting at the Unity Theatre from April 23rd to 25th, this brand new show will turn Ancient Greece upside down in a surreal clown odyssey. The show welcomes audiences to a world where the Sirens are the unsung heroines, Ulysses will never be the hero he wants to be, and Giant Crabs are taking over. Having been developed with the…
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All You Need Is LSD Live At Unity Theatre: Review
Told By An Idiot are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year with a little bit of LSD, maybe not literally, but creatively, in the form of their stage production, All You Need Is LSD – and what a celebration it is. Written by acclaimed British playwright Leo Butler and performed by Told By An Idiot, the show takes a break from reality and delves into the mind bending history of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide on the…
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Preview: Lizzie Nunnery New Play – “To Have To Shoot Irishman”
As part of Liverpool’s Irish Festival, Almanac Arts presents the world premiere of Liverpool’s Lizzie Nunnery’s new play with songs, “To Have To Shoot Irishman”. She is an acclaimed playwright and singer-songwriter, having initially burst to prominence with 2007’s “Intemperance”and last years “Narvik” (Best New Play, UK Theatre Awards) plus a whole heap of TV and theatre commissions. “To Have To Shoot Irishman” is inspired by the murder of Irish pacifist Francis Sheehy Skeffington by…
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Beauty & The Beast At The BLACK-E Liverpool This Christmas
This Christmas, The Black-E Liverpool will transform in to an enchanted castle as Liverpool based theatre company Drops of Light CIC present their festive offering for 2017, Beauty & the Beast. Book your tickets for the show throughout October and pay no booking fee. Beauty and the Beast is written by Jessica Lea and directed by Sam Donovan. Jessica currently writes for Hollyoaks and Eastenders and enjoys writing for children’s television with credits including The…
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Physical Fest Brings Williamson Square To Life With Colourful Street Theatre This Bank Holiday
Now in its 13th year. Liverpool’s international physical theatre festival is the only festival in Europespecialising solely in physical theatre and the Street Theatre Day line-up has now been announced. Catch Highly Sprung’s acclaimed performance Urban Astronaut between 12 noon to 2pm. It is a walkabout and physical theatre performance that provides glimpse of a future that might be… Where problems surrounding air pollution have grown to a crisis point, is there any way back? The answer is found in a simple encounter with a young girl…
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Homegrown Festival @ The Lantern Theatre; 18th -22nd January
Homegrown @ The Lantern is selection of local companies and theatre groups based in the Merseyside area. The Lantern Theatre first ran this festival in August 2015 with the intention to give local companies the chance to perform developing work with no financial risk. There is no hire fee or cost to the companies who perform at the festival and all ticket monies are given to the companies involved. This festival is currently funded solely by the Lantern Theatre…
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Let It Be – The Fastest Selling Show In Royal Court History
The Beatles have got another number one as Let It Be becomes the fastest selling show in Royal Court Liverpool’s history. The West End smash hit opens next week and has had Box Office phones ringing louder than ever. Last week it became the quickest show to sell more than 10,000 tickets, knocking the 2010 Christmas hit Little Scouse On The Prairie back into second place. It also surpassed the biggest show of all Brick…
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Exchanges Flags To Become An Open Air Theatre This Summer
Liverpool’s historic square, Exchange Flags, is to become an open air theatre over the summer hosting productions including The Lion King, Pride & Prejudice, Jane Eyre and The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes from theatre production company Chapterhouse. Theatre-goers will be encouraged to bring their own blankets, cushions and low-backed seating to enjoy the shows and to make the most of the scenic surroundings. The events will come in time for the opening of the new…
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Liverpool Light Night Returns 15th May
LightNight, Liverpool’s one-night arts and culture festival returns to illuminate the city for a sixth year on Friday 15 May from 4pm until late as the launch event of One Magnificent City. You, your friends and your family are invited to explore Liverpool as our world-class galleries, museums and public spaces stay open late for a free showcase of the city’s arts and culture. Follow your own trail of unexpected happenings as the city centre…
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Brand New 'Matchbox Comedy' At The Lantern Theatre 11th Feb
Matchbox Comedy Club is a brand new, carefully curated showcase of alternative comedy featuring everything from sketch and stand up to clown and storytelling – a collection of new material and work-in-progress sets. Resident compere Alastair Clark introduces acts you won’t see anywhere else in Liverpool in an original, vibrant, anything goes evening of fun and frolics – a little matchbox full of joy. Matchbox Comedy Club is produced by THAT Comedy Productions and Alastair…
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The Enigmatical Return of Spring-Heeled Jack
Victorian Liverpool was a gas-lit metropolis full of dark alleys and shadowy, tree lined streets. Into such a city sprang a notorious criminal monster, the terrifying Spring-heeled Jack. Already responsible for many attacks, often on young women in London and across the country, he was likened to the devil and wore a black cape over a white oilskin outfit. Described as having red glowing eyes, he was known to spit blue flames into the faces of his victims before…
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Light Night Review
There is a certain charm Liverpool has that is impossible to ignore, and the city certainly lived up to its reputation last Friday night. The annual culture festival, Liverpool Light Night, took place across the city at over 40 venues, showcasing the best arts and culture exhibitions the city has to offer. The exhibitions showed incredible variety, ranging from Chinese calligraphy to ice sculpting,reminding the public just why Liverpool held the ‘city of culture’ title back…
