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 with no funding assistance.
The team behind The Lantern Theatre believes that it is their responsibility to support local grass root theatre and the arts and this is one of their initiatives to drive this forward.
Places at the festival are awarded on an application basis. For the first one they had 10 applications, this year they had over 20 applications and they hope this continues to grow, with a third festival planned for August 2016.
The 2nd Homegrown festival will run from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd of January 2016. There will be two performances per night. Ticket prices will be £6.50/5.50 per show or £10.50/7.50 multi-pass for both shows.
The companies, plays and schedules for this January’s Festival are:
The Valley Players – Jekyll & Hyde
http://www.lanterntheatreliverpool.co.uk/?p=1532
Keyhole Theatre Company – Pieces
http://www.lanterntheatreliverpool.co.uk/?p=1537
Altru – Perspectives
http://www.lanterntheatreliverpool.co.uk/?p=1534
Alsop Drama – Now & then by David Compton
http://www.lanterntheatreliverpool.co.uk/?p=1529
Geoff O’Connell – Tony Hancock’s The Bedsitter
http://www.lanterntheatreliverpool.co.uk/?p=1538
Blue Park Theatre Co – Part Vampire
http://www.lanterntheatreliverpool.co.uk/?p=1539
Schedule
Monday 18th
7pm – Jekyll & Hyde
8.15pm – Part Vampire
Tuesday 19th
7pm – Perspectives
8.15pm – Jekyll & Hyde
Wednesday 20th
7pm – Pieces
8.15 – Now & then by David Compton
9.10pm – Johnny O’Connell classical set
9.30pm – Part Vampire
Thursday 21st
7pm – Perspectives
Friday 22nd
7.30pm – Tony Hancock’s -The Bedsitter
8.15pm – Pieces