Category Archives: Previews

The Selecter To Return To Liverpool As Part Of Their 35th Anniversary Tour.

Iconic Ska Legends The Selecter have announced that they will celebrate their 35th anniversary with an extensive 26-date U.K. tour in February, March and April 2014, performing their seminal debut album Too Much Pressure in its entirety for the first time ever, the tour will also take in 02 Academy in Liverpool on 1st March.

Released on the legendary 2-Tone label, Too Much Pressure was a Top five selling album featuring a host of timeless classics, including Three Minute Hero, Missing Words and course Too Much Pressure – all of which were released on Top 40 charting singles.

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Lesley Joseph To Make Pulses Gallop With Hot Flush At The Empire Theatre.

Temperatures will rise, hormones will rage and pulses will gallop with the news that HOT FLUSH!, the naughtiest comedy musical in town, starring Birds of a Feather icon Lesley Joseph, will tour the U.K in Spring 2014 and will be at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool on April 6th.

There won’t be a dry eye in the house from laughing as HOT FLUSH! takes the audience on an hilarious journey which delves into the friendships, the secrets, the laughter and tears and the ups and downs of 4 ordinary women …. and the many men in their lives! HOT FLUSH! really is the ultimate girl’s night out!

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Three Of A Kind Set To Thrill The Unity Theatre.

Music nights at the Unity are always very special with the emphasis on promoting local, live talent and giving artists a real platform to show what they’re all about. On Thursday 30th January the theatre is highlighting

Three Of A Kind, an evening of jazz, blues and soul rock ‘n roll to show the more electric side of this very talented city and headlined by the sensational Dave O’Grady, a man whose voice is nothing short of brilliant.

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Epstein Theatre Reveals Eclectic 2014 Spring Season.

As the people of Merseyside welcome in 2014, it is also time to welcome the exciting new schedule from The Epstein Theatre, as they reveal their Spring Season line up. After celebrating the theatre’s landmark 100th anniversary in 2013, this year continues to deliver an exciting and diverse range of shows, keeping up the high standards in entertainment that the venue has come to be known for.

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The Chinese Year Of The Horse Is Celebrated In Style At The Unity Theatre.

On February 1st China Pearl, in association with the Unity Theatre, will celebrate the Chinese Year of the Horse by bringing a new eclectic Chinese cultural programme of authentic, innovative, exquisite and electrifying dance and music featuring traditional, contemporary and fusion styles.

The performances include China Pearl Chinese dance group, Chinese dancer Fenfen Huang – Dancer, choregrapher, creative producer and cultural educator with over 10 years’ working experiences internationally, Chinese dancer Susie Lu, Chinese harpist Yuxuan Su – A harpist with over a decade of performing experience internationally, Funky Mentals Break Dance group and Chinese singer Aaron Deng. It is also a chance to learn different aspects of Chinese culture including history, ethnicity and modernity.

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Ian Anderson To Weave New Magic At The Philharmonic Hall In May.

After two magic years on the road with the Thick As A Brick shows, legendary Prog Rock icon Ian Anderson embarks upon a U.K. tour, following the release of his new concept album Homo Erraticus in April.

The 22-date U.K. tour kicks off in late April, before moving on to Europe and the United States of America.The show will feature Homo Erraticus –an ‘epic voyage into the Progressive Rock pantheon of strangeness’ according to Anderson – in its entirety followed after the intermission by a collection of the artist’s favourite Tull classics. The performance will be illustrated and complemented by video and theatrical settings ‘to bring a tear to the eye’, an enthusiastic Anderson declared.

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The Renowned Martini Lounge Set Ignite Burlesque Passions At St. George’s Hall.

Liverpool’s renowned Martini Lounge Burlesque and Variety Show will be turning up the heat this February as four fabulous femme fatales, including Liverpool’s Millie Dollar, are set to ignite St. George’s Hall on the 22nd February 2014 in one awe inspiring, classy and delightfully ludicrous night of entertainment.

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Liverpool Based Actress Denise Kennedy Brings The Story Of Bella Burge To The Unity Theatre.

Liverpool-based actress Denise Kennedy premieres her new show with live music, song, dance, and boxing, and tells the amazing true story of the world’s first female boxing promoter, Bella Burge, a woman who, after having toured the music halls as Marie Lloyd’s dresser, entered the male-dominated world of boxing.

She succeeded in taking over the running of south London boxing venue Blackfriars Ring from her husband, the ex prize-fighter Dick Burge – a promise made to him on his deathbed – until it was destroyed in a World War Two air raid in 1940.

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Folk Legends, Tom Paxton And Janis Ian, To Perform At The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Two of America’s greatest songwriters visit the U.K. together in March 2014.

Each with ties to the classic Greenwich Village folk scene, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian are nearly a generation apart yet share a slew of folk influences as well as an affinity for fearlessly tackling controversial issues.

Always armed only with his acoustic guitar, Paxton emerged in the days of hootenannies and wrote his share of what were then called protest songs. However he also wrote songs about love, humour and for kids. Many became oft-covered standards, including Bottle of Wine, Ramblin’ Boy and The Last Thing on My Mind.

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Merseybeat’s Best Female Vocalist Is Celebrated In A Brand New Musical.

The life and career of Liverpool-born singer Beryl Marsden is to be celebrated on stage in a brand new musical ONE DREAM:  The Beryl Marsden Story.

Following its sell-out pilot performances at the world famous Cavern Club on Mathew Street, ONE DREAM is now moving to the city’s Epstein Theatre from 14th-16th March this year. The performances mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Beryl’s live recording of Everybody Loves a lover on the L.P. ‘Live at The Cavern’.

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