Category Archives: Previews

Liam Hale Presents An Evening Of Comedy And Music This September.

There is no doubting that Liam Hale is one of the country’s finest, and regrettably mostly undiscovered, comedic minds.  If you were fortunate enough to witness in his performances as part of the University of Liverpool’s drama performances a decade ago, then you know that the burgeoning talent that shone through in roles and plays that played to his absolute strengths and gave rise to a man who then took Edinburgh by storm.

Back For One Night Only, What He Said Comes To The Casa This November.

What He Said – A collection of short plays exploring male mental health is back for one night only on 19th November 2022 in celebration of International Men’s Day.

This November, the second show from Pique Niche Productions is returning to The Theatre at the Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool. What He Said showcases four plays from Northwest based writers. Each play explores mental health from a male perspective including the severe illnesses and death of loved ones, custody issues and the sense of belonging following the end of a romantic relationship, and political turmoil.

Radical Revival Of Comedy, The Importance Of Being Earnest, Comes To The Liverpool Playhouse This Month.

A radical revival of Oscar Wilde’s comedy The Importance of Being Earnest visits the LiverpoolPlayhouse from Tuesday 11th to Saturday 15th October. Created by English Touring Theatre, Director Denzel Westley-Sanderson busts the myth that Black history started with migrants coming down the Windrush’s gangplank, and instead employs wealthy Black Victorians to reinvent this eternally witty study of manners and the corrosive nature of rigid societal conventions.

Winner of the 2021 RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award, Denzel breaths fresh energy into this tale of dysfunctional families, class, gender, and sexuality.

Britain’s Post-War Prime Minister’s Life Brought To The Stage At The Epstein Theatre This Month.

Clement Atlee Play Coincides With Labour Party Conference In The City.

A new play documenting the fascinating time in post-war history when Government changed in power from Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill to Labour’s Clement Attlee, comes to Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre this month.

The play arrives in the city to coincide with the Labour Party Conference, being held in Liverpool the same week – a deliberate and clever move by playwright and author Francis Beckett.

Clement Attlee runs for two shows at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th September, at 8pm.

Murder And Mystery’s afoot As The Scousetrap Is Set At The Royal Court Theatre.

Join the Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre this autumn as they uncover a sinister plot being hatched on home soil. The Scousetrap is a brand-new show, which has everything from crime-drama to thriller to comedy. This murder mystery written by Kevin Fearon and Cal McCrystal, takes place in Liverpool in 1940. The Germans are trying to invade the city and the city’s greatest private detective, Miss Marble, has been called in to help. The cast are in rehearsals putting together a show that is going to have our audience gripped, and no doubt there’s going to be murder.

Angie Waller Brings Her Tough Old Bird To The Unity Theatre This September.

From Nana Funk, the great-great-grandmother of good times, comes a heartfelt musical journey of exploration, inspired by real life events and stories.

Tough Old Bird explores how women are viewed in society as they have the absolute gall to get older! Have you ever noticed those adverts promising to ‘defy the effects of aging’? Ooh Nana hates them. What about when we get old? Where’s the instruction manual? Who deems what is ‘acceptable behaviour’? What happens when your voice isn’t listened to, or you become slowly invisible?

Join Nana as she asks the big questions! Aging well doesn’t mean behaving yourself.

Rare Shakespearean Classics Performed By Award Winning Liverpool Cast This August.

Liverpool’s PurpleDoor brings two of Shakespeare’s least performed plays to West Kirby, as part of a double-bill celebrating the best emerging talent in the region.

One cast will present The Two Gentlemen of Verona and King John across a limited season in August, plays which are so rarely performed it might be your only opportunity to see them!

They’re some of Shakespeare’s earliest work,’ says director Karl Falconer, ‘and they’ve got all of the ingredients that you come to know and love from his classics. There’s mystery, there’s intrigue, comedy, and a dog!

Four Short New Plays Come To The Casa in Liverpool This July.

Pique Niche Productions return to Liverpool’s Casa Theatre on Hope Street with their second show. This time the evening is under the banner of What He Said, a collection of four short plays from north-west based writers and which explores mental health issues from a male perspective, including the severe illnesses and death of loved ones, custody issues, the sense of belonging following the end of a romantic relationship, and political turmoil.

The aim of Pique Niche’s new production is to raise awareness affecting men in today’s society, and the four stories represent different aspects of that experience.

Jools Hollands & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Return To Liverpool As Part Of 2022 Tour.

As the U.K.’s most popular pianist and bandleader, Jools Holland O.B.E. has performed and recorded with some of the most talented musicians and songwriters in the world, including Eric Clapton, the late George Harrison and Luther Vandross, Sting, BB King and Paul Weller.

Jools is respected not only as a performer, but also an authority on all music. His BBC 2show Later…with Jools Holland is now broadcasting its 46th series featuring artists from all time periods, countries, and genres.

Mam! I’m ‘Ere! Returns To Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre This Summer.

Life In Theatre Productions and Liverpool’s Royal Court proudly present the return of the smash hit comedy Mam! I’m ‘Ere!

After lockdown forced theatres to close during the summer of 2020 and 2021, Mam I’m ’Ere! is finally back on the Royal Court’s main stage this summer.

Mam I’m ’Ere first hit the Royal Court stage back in 2015 and without a shadow of doubt, audiences absolutely loved it. A complete twist on Mamma Mia (but with absolutely no ABBA songs) this show will have you singing and dancing in the aisles as you Celebrate Good Times in our Disco Boogie Wonderland!