Michael Wynne’s remarkable new play Hope Place, a tender portrayal of family life and how memories, real and imagined, can shape our lives makes its world premiere at the Everyman from 9th to 31st May. The play was specially commissioned for the opening season at the new Everyman Theatre and elegantly captures the living history that is, the Liverpool Everyman. The production features a host of well-known Liverpool actors, including Joe McGann and Eileen O’Brien and is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh.
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Farm Feast Launches In Spectacular Style At Leaf – With “Livestock” Music Headliner Announced.
Farm Feast – a fully-fledged festival of food and drink, music and farming fun which takes over Wirral’s Claremont Farm this May Bank Holiday (May 25th and 26th 2014) – launched at Liverpool’s Leaf venue on Thursday night with some great music provided by Acoustic Milkfloat.
Set in the idyllic rolling fields of Claremont Farm, Farm Feast boasts a wide range of family-friendly activities and events suitable for all ages, from mouth-watering demonstrations to live music from established and new local artists. Elements of the old festival that visitors know and love, such as the farmers’ market, a wide variety of stalls from the region’s top food and drink producers and exhibitors, and the ever popular ‘Sheep Show’ will also be making their way back to the site.
Dyad Productions Return To Southport’s Atkinson Theatre With The Unremarkable Death Of Marilyn Monroe.
An August day in 1962, America wakes to the news that its young blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe had died. The woman who had been a breath of fresh air and had made films such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the exhilarating Some Like It Hot, the superb Niagara and The Misfits had passed away in an overdose and the decline of innocence in the American culture was started.
Young Everyman Playhouse Return With The Grid.
Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) take to the Everyman main stage for the first time in the new building with The Grid, a new play devised around the internet and technology. An ensemble cast of 54 young people present a futuristic exploration about how technology is becoming all encompassing, and pose the question of what it really means to be human in the 21st Century. The production runs from Tuesday 22nd to Saturday 26th April.
Northern Broadsides Commemorates The First World War Centenary With An August Bank Holiday Lark At The Playhouse.
Northern Broadsides are set to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War with the world premiere of Deborah McAndrew’s moving new play An August Bank Holiday Lark, coming to the Liverpool Playhouse from Tuesday 29th April to Saturday 3rd May.
Taking its title from a line in Philip Larkin’s poem MCMXIV, An August Bank Holiday Lark explores the impact of the First World War on a rural community in East Lancashire. Set in the idyllic summer of 1914, the play charts the preparations and celebrations of the Rushbearing Festival, featuring – in true Broadsides’ style – music, song and dance, clogs and Morris Dancing.
10cc’s Graham Gouldman To Perform At The Epstein Theatre This May.
Due to the success of 2013’s Heart Full of Songs tour, 10cc’s Graham Gouldman is set to hit the road again this spring with 20 intimate concerts across the country, which includes Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre on Thursday 29th May. The band features fellow 10cc band member Mike Stevens and Iain Hornal.
Anyone attending a 10cc concert in recent years will likely have witnessed the sublime acoustic opening set, featuring Gouldman and the guys performing some of the hits he penned for other artists. The success of these opening sets encouraged Gouldman to take the idea one step further and Heart Full of Songs became a stand-alone acoustic entity.
Liverpool Pride Returns This August With Glam Fairy Tales As Its Theme.
Liverpool Pride organisers are delighted to announce that one of the city’s most popular events will return on Saturday 2nd August 2014.
This year marks the fifth anniversary for Liverpool Pride, which was established in 2010 and takes place each year to coincide with the date of murdered gay teenager Michael Causer 6 years ago.
After a poll, the public have spoken and the theme for this year’s Liverpool Pride is Glam Fairy Tales, with those attending encouraged to come dressed in their most wild and wonderful interpretations of the theme.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival Returns For 2014 With Nine day Extravaganza!
The ever-popular Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) returns to the city for a 13th consecutive year from 7th-15th June 2014.
Boasting a huge range of events, the nine day long festival will take place at various high profile venues across the city including The Bluecoat, F.A.C.T., Unity Theatre, St George’s Hall and Sefton Park Palm House. This year LAAF will coincide with Liverpool’s International Festival for Business.
This eclectic festival will cover a plethora of cultural mediums and genres, with family activities, visual arts, film, performance, music, dance, food, a book launch and interactive workshops. People of all ages and cultures will find something to interest them.
Alex Hulme To Perform At This Year’s Threshold Festival.
One of the many reasons to attend this year’s Threshold Festival in Liverpool surely has to watching Folk-Pop singer Alex Hulme.
Gaining plaudits in the form of Sir Paul McCartney and Billy Ocean and critical acclaim from the B.B.C., Alex Hulme performs as if his life depends on it. His striking lyrics marry superbly alongside his velveteen rich vocals.
Jason Donovan And Emma Williams To Star In Annie Get Your Gun At The Empire Theatre.
The producers of the recent Barbican production of South Pacific and the Sadlers Wells production of West Side Story present a major new production of this Tony Award-winning version of Irving Berlin’s classic musical, Annie Get Your Gun, starring Emma Williams as Annie Oakley, Jason Donovan as Frank Butler and Norman Pace as Buffalo Bill. This production will be performed at the Empire Theatre from 5th – 9th August 2014 as part as a national tour.