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Something About Simon – The Paul Simon Story Returns To Where It All Began, As Gary Edward Jones Brings The Hit Show Back To Liverpool.

The return of the popular show follows critically acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and New York City.

A new stage show celebrating the life and music of American singer songwriter Paul Simon has announced tour dates for 2020 following a number of successful runs in the UK and the States. The show returns to Liverpool, the city where the shows journey began, at the Epstein Theatre on Saturday 22nd February.

Something About Simon – The Paul Simon Story has won critical acclaim on home soil and overseas, and now the team behind the one-man show are taking the show on the road again.

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Aerialists, Dear Sienna. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

A tightrope held between two states of mind is not one that is easily traversed, the fall awaits one conscious or the other and the only way to survive the possible inevitable plunge is to look ahead, pay no attention to anything else around you, and live your life as if it were the only one that matters, a letter to the faithful, a telegram to the world which starts, not in let down with the greeting Dear John, but instead with the upbeat and personal salutation of Dear Sienna.

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The Highly Acclaimed YEP Team Bring A Timely Production Of Animal Farm To The Everyman Theatre This February.

Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) will perform a Laurence Wilson adaptation of George Orwell’s controversial novella Animal Farm from 12th-15th February at the Everyman.

Featuring YEP actors with direction from Everyman & Playhouse staff in collaboration with set design and stage management students from LIPA, the playcontinues the company’s run of politically aware productions.

In a world where news headlines are dominated by Brexit, austerity and corruption, YEP are presenting the Orwellian classic, based on events in Stalinist Russia, for 2020 audiences.

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Critically Acclaimed Drama, Classic Hits and Award-Winning Comedy On At The Epstein Theatre This February.

Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre promises a month of critically acclaimed drama, classic hits, award-winning comedy, magic with a twist and the return of an acclaimed show born at The Epstein. 

For drama lovers, Riot Act kicks off a 10-date U.K. tour at The Epstein on Wednesday 5th February, marking LGBT+ History Month. Direct from the West-End, this critically acclaimed show, written and performed by Alexis Gregory and directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair M.B.E.,is a hard-hitting, hilarious and moving exploration of 6 decades of the LGBT rights movement. 

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Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em Comes To St. Helens As Part Of U.K. Tour.

Highly acclaimed tour of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em comes to St. Helens Theatre Royal from 2nd –6th June, starring Joe Pasquale and producers have today announced the cast.

The producers are delighted to announce the casting of Moray Treadwell as Mr. Luscombe/Mr. Worthington, David Shaw-Parker as Father O’Hara and Ben Watson as Desmond/Constable. They join the previously announced Joe Pasquale as the loveable but accident-prone Frank Spencer, Sarah Earnshaw as his long-suffering wife Betty and Susie Blake as his disapproving mother-in-law, Mrs. Fisher. Also, in the cast are Peter F. Gardiner and Jayne Ashley. Get ready for the ultimate feel-good night out with Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 – Saturday 6th June 2020.

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Once The Most Radical. Now The Only Radical, As Simon Munnery Reprises His Cult Comedy Creation Alan Parker At The Royal Court Studio.

The bedsit anarchist returns with the old gold, the old truths and some new truths (based on the old truths) for a farewell tour on March 25th

For over 35 years, Munnery has performed around the world, experimenting with and innovating the stand-up form. In the 1990s, his Alan Parker: Urban Warrior character took the comedy circuit by storm, garnering Munnery his own B.B.C. Radio 1 series (29 Minutes of Truth), which Time Out called “the funniest thing on Radio One” and a residency on I.T.V.’s Saturday Live. 1996 saw him collaborate with Graham Linehan and Stewart Lee for a B.B.C.2 show London Shouting in his Alan Parker guise, and the character also became a regular contributor to NME magazine.

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Peter Andre To Star In Grease For Two Nights At The Liverpool Empire.

Following his success starring in the U.K. and Ireland tour in 2019, Peter Andre will star in the 2020 U.K. tour of the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical Grease, at certain performances. As well as reprising the role of Teen Angel, Andre will also play Vince Fontaine and the Sergeant, joining the previously announced Dan Partridge as Danny Zuko. Further casting to be announced including who will be playing the role of Teen Angel, Vince Fontaine and the Sergeant when Peter Andre is not performing.

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The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy, Is Headed For Liverpool This Coming August.

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Music & Lyrics Limited are delighted to announce a new U.K. & Ireland Tour of The Addams Family, a musical comedy, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the creators of multi award-winning Jersey Boys, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams.  This follows a highly successful premiere tour in 2017. 

The 2020 Tour will play the Liverpool Empire from 11th to 15th August and will once again be directed by Matthew White.  Casting is to be announced.

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Motown Legend Martha Reeves And The Vandellas To Headline Hale Barns Carnival 2020.

Festival Enters Its Fourth Year With Three Headline Concerts.

Three headline acts have been announced for Hale Barns Carnival 2020 – and due to high demand, a third evening concert has been added to the increasingly popular community festival.

Last year organisers’ were thrilled with a record number of visitors to the event, which raised more than £100,000 for the local community.

This year’s event takes place across the weekend of Friday 17th July, Saturday 18th July and Sunday 19th July 2020 and this year’s event boasts its biggest headliners yet, including Motown royalty.

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Zombie Classic Night Of The Living Dead Recreated In Bold New Theatre Production.

A unique shot-for-shot stage version of George A. Romero’s classic 1968 zombie movie Night of The Living Dead – Remixvisits the Playhouse theatre in February.

Following Heart of Darkness, Imitating The Dog’s latest production takes on Romero’s apocalyptic vision of paranoia, the breakdown of community and the end of the American dream.

The original film is credited for not only reimagining the modern horror film but using the genre to address social issues of the time including race and the Vietnam War.

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