The show that stormed EchoTwo @ Liverpool’s Echo Arena for five nights last Christmas is back by popular demand for a three week run at the Echo Arena’s sister venue The Auditorium. Dave Kirby’s grown-up festive treat and the only Christmas-themed show in town Dreaming of a Barry White Christmas, will run from Monday 15th Dec – Sat 3rd January 2015 and tickets are on public sale on Fri 2nd May!
Category Archives: Previews
Cast Announced For Kneehigh And Everyman’s Dead Dog In A Suitcase (And Other Love Songs).
Kneehigh and the Everyman and Playhouse join creative forces this summer with a radical re-working of Jon Gay’s political and musical play, The Beggar’s Opera. Called Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs), the brand new show will open at the newly rebuilt Everyman theatre from Saturday 21st June to Saturday 12th July before Kneehigh return to Cornwall with the production in The Lost Gardens of Heligan from 30th August.
This new show from writer Carl Grose features a brilliant company of Kneehigh actor musicians including Giles King, Patrycja Kuwaska, Ian Ross and Audrey Brisson.
Gianni Russo, Carlo Rizzi In The Godfather, To Perform At The Static Gallery This June.
Flying in from New York, actor, singer and raconteur, Gianni Russo, best known for his role as Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather, travels to Liverpool on the 26th June to perform a very special tribute to old blue eyes Frank Sinatra at The Static Gallery as part of the International Festival for Business Cultural Programme in Liverpool.
Described by the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York as “A one-man block party, who’s known for his role in The Godfather, Gianni is an accomplished singer unlike any other. Wildly entertaining with a changing cast of guest performers, his show attracts an eclectic mix of moguls, models, students, restaurateurs, actors, filmmakers and some of the biggest names in the music business.”
Claire Sweeney And Mandy Muden To Bring New Comedy To The Royal Court This June.
This May, the Royal Court Liverpool will be co-producing a brand new comedy written by and starring Claire Sweeney and Mandy Muden!
Sex And The Suburbs is a brilliant show for anyone who has ever been in a relationship. Packed with laughs and songs, the show delves into the stories of real women everywhere.
Mandy Muden stars as Penny Crowe, host of a late-night radio phone in and Britain’s leading Agony Aunt. Claire Sweeney is her co-host Willow Wallace and together they take calls about every date from hell and the occasional one from heaven.
Out Of Joint Puts The N.H.S. Under The Microscope At The Playhouse With This May Hurt A Bit
Renowned theatre company Out of Joint puts the N.H.S. front and centre in their latest play as they bring Stella Feehily’s This May Hurt a Bit to Liverpool. Featuring national treasure Stephanie Cole, the critically acclaimed hit will be putting the patient and the institution under the microscope from Wednesday 7th to Saturday 10th May.
A month after stating, “We will stop the top-down reorganisation of the N.H.S. that has got in the way of patient care”, the government launched the biggest top-down reorganisation the service had seen in its 65-year history. With wit, tenderness, and splashes of the surreal, Stella Feehily’s new play follows one family’s journey through the digestive system of the NHS, and asks: what’s the prognosis?
Jennifer Bea’s Beside The Seaside To Return To The Unity Theatre This May.
One fine day, a girl named Mags,
decides a trip is needed, fun to be had.
Along with her three new friends,
they all head to the lights of pier end.
So fasten your belts, hold on to your seats,
you’re in for a comedic funfair treat!
Written by Jennifer Bea, Beside The Seaside returns to the Unity Theatre in Liverpool for a final time in May and for those who didn’t catch the performance on its initial run are in for a treat as Teapot Tantrum Theatre brings Mags and her friends to the coast in search of fun and adventure.
St. George’s Hall Great Hall To Host L ’Orchestra dell’Arte In May.
The Great Hall within Liverpool’s St George’s Hall will once again be filled with live classical music on Saturday 17th May in the third concert in the series for Organ and Orchestra.
The St George’s Hall orchestra-in-residence L ’Orchestra dell’Arte, are this season, bringing three concerts under the musical direction of their conductor Edward Peak. Edward is widely known to music lovers in the region from his career with the R.L.P.O and B.B.C.
Liverpool Theatre Company, What We Did Next, Celebrates Its Fifth Birthday.
City centre based theatre company, What We Did Next CIC, turns five in May. Established in 2008, the company celebrates five years since its inaugural production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, at the Kazimier in May 2009.
The company is marking this milestone with a concert featuring songs from their previous productions, as well as other musical theatre numbers and several adaptations of pop classics. The concert will be performed by the WWDN Singers, a choir set up as part of the company, giving members an alternative to being involved in full-scale productions. This free, non-auditioned choir gives the company a focus between shows and extends the company’s appeal.
The Legendary John Cooper Clarke To Perform At Camp And Furnace.
With an incredible 2013 under his belt, John Cooper Clarke has embarked on his hotly anticipated national 2014 tour with a phenomenal schedule (increased due to public demand) taking him right through to November. The tour includes a night at Camp and Furnace on the 14th November.
One of Britain’s best loved and most important performance poets, John Cooper Clarke is as vital now as he was in the 70s. His acerbic, satirical, political and very funny verse, delivered in a unique rapid-fire performance style, resonated with the punk movement. J.C.C. toured with all the seminal bands at that time; The Sex Pistols, The Clash & Buzzcocks, and in the U.S.A. with Elvis Costello. This led to him drawing large crowds in his own right. Joy Division frequently supported J.C.C., and New Order later opened for him on their first Australian tour.
Burjesta Theatre Presents Reign Of Vampires At The Casa On Hope Street.
In the 19th century Karl Marx used the vampire as a metaphor for the capitalist class he saw around him. Burjesta Theatre have taken that idea and applied it to the times we live in today and thrown in a little bit of Blade, a sprinkling of Jason Bourne and a great soundtrack of music to get your feet tapping and your hips swaying as Burjesta Theatre present Reign of Vampires at the Casa on Hope Street on Saturday 10th, Monday 12th, Wednesday 14th, Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May.
‘There’s screams in the mountains…
There’s screams from the dance hall…
Tho’ in the cemetery all has gone quiet…’