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The Royal Court Theatre Celebrates Its 80th Birthday In Style, And Pays Homage To Sir Ken Dodd.

Cast: Jake Abraham, Sam Avery, Roy Brandon, Eithne Browne, The Christians, Jamie Davies, Pauline Daniels, Les Dennis, Paul Duckworth, Davy Edge, Caitlin Evans, Michael Fletcher, Stephen Fletcher, Lynn Francis, Olivia Galvin, Lindzi Germain, Jamie Hampson, Jasmine Joel, Brittany McKay-Ellison, Lauren McQueen, Abigail Middleton, Mark Moraghan, Paislie Reid, Jack Rigby, Andrew Schofield, Hayley Sheen, Angela Simms, Alan Stocks, Keddy Sutton, Francis Tucker, James Tudor, Glenn Wild, Stephen Williamson, Lenny Wood, Rachael Wood.

The Royal Court Community Choir directed by Jay McWinen.

Band: Howard Gray, Greg Joy, Alex Smith, A. P. Stefansson.

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(704 words, estimated 2:49 mins reading time)

Mark Moraghan, Emma Dears And Maria Lovelady Revealed In First Wave Of Cast Announced For Premiere Of New Twopence Sequel.

The first wave of cast for the new stage play sequel of Helen Forrester’s much-loved Twopence To Cross The Mersey has been announced. By The Waters Of Liverpool will be given its U.K. premiere this Autumn in Liverpool, where the famous books are set.

The play follows the smash-hit success of Helen Forrester’s Twopence To Cross the Mersey and is being brought to audiences by the team behind both the musical and stage play versions of the award-winning true story.

The Forrester family has been cast, and it’s a warm welcome for three much-loved actors who return to their roles.

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(807 words, estimated 3:14 mins reading time)

Lennon’s Banjo, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Eric Potts, Jake Abraham, Mark Moraghan, Lynn Francis, Daniel O’Brien, Stephanie Dooley, Alan Stocks, Roy Carruthers.

Special guest appearance by Pete Best.

Memorabilia is big business, some of it only worth the money to the person that truly wants to covet it, to see it take pride of place in a darkened room and never let anyone ever see it again. The private collector to whom a piano played by Billy Joel, Elton John or Tori Amos is as valuable, if not more so, than keeping the instrument used to create art out of sight of millions; a type of dystopian pleasure, a greed that undeniably stokes the furnaces of ownership but also in which hangs tales of intrigue, of lost items and found loves.

Lennon’s Banjo, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Mark Moraghan, Stephanie Dooley And Alan Stocks To Join Cast Of Lennon’s Banjo.

“The very first tune I ever learned to play was “That’ll Be The Day”. My mother Julia taught it to me on the banjo, sitting there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords.”

A further three actors have been confirmed to join the cast of Lennon’s Banjo, which makes its world stage premiere at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre in April.

Mark Moraghan, Stephanie Dooley and Alan Stocks join fellow actors Eric Potts, Jake Abraham, Lynn Francis and Roy Carruthers in a comedy play that is already making headlines around the world.

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(821 words, estimated 3:17 mins reading time)

You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Official History Of Liverpool Football Club. Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 9/10

Cast: Jake Abraham, Lindzi Germain, Howard Gray, Emily Linden, Mark Moraghan, Stephen Pallister, Rachael Rae, Daniel Ross, Francis Tucker, Lenny Wood.

The gentle voice of match day D.J. George Sephton greets the audience to the Royal Court as if he was welcoming all to a day on which Championships were being decided, trophies were being collected and the memory of a thousand greats were going to line up alongside the pitch and show the reason why Nicky Allt’s You’ll Never Walk Alone is one of the most important plays you will ever see performed in Liverpool.

You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Official History Of Liverpool Football Club. Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(648 words, estimated 2:36 mins reading time)

James Bond Night, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It only takes a second for the iconic theme tune to get underway before you realise just how much music from the James Bond series of films means to the collective conscious of the enormous crowd at the Philharmonic Hall and the wider world.

Whether you watch the films in the privacy of your own home or in amongst the massed thrall at your local cinema, one of the key ingredients that makes the film such a blistering event is the score, the musical prelude that heightens up the tension and gives the audience the prickly sensation of what is in store for M.I.5’s greatest ever spy.

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(374 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

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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(270 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

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

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

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.

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

(470 words, 1 image, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

You’ll Never Walk Alone, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Cast: Pauline Daniels, Chris Grahamson, Howard Gray, Jamie Hampson, Adam Keast, Dan McIntyre, Mark Moraghan, Anthony Watson, Lenny Wood.

It seems to anyone from outside the city of Liverpool, that whenever they come here for their shopping trips their days out or just to catch the ferry to Ireland that all Liverpool folk talk about is football.

From little old ladies waiting for the bus in Queen’s Square, to the bars and clubs of the town centre and even discussions in barbers and hairdressers from Aigburth to Bootle to Kirby, it’s either red or blue and nothing else matters.

You’ll Never Walk Alone, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Our Day Out, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre.

Cast: Kieran Cunningham, Pauline Daniels, Stephen Fletcher, Mark Moraghan, Georgina White, Sophie Fraser, Chris Mason, Abby Mavers, Jack Rigby. Mia Molloy.

We have all been on one, no matter of our age. The school day out is one of those times that if pushed we will remember detail for detail, whether it was a day trip to the local seaside to let off steam or an exercise in futility where the teachers tried to show that they could be down with the kids and be their friends for one day.

Our Day Out, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre. full post

(432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)