Category Archives: Previews

Kalandra To Perform At The Zanzibar Club On The 17th January.

On Friday 17th January, the Zanzibar Club will be playing host to some great young talent within its walls as bands such as Electric Lips, The Inkhearts will be joining the cracking Kalandra.

Fronted by Katrine Ødegård Stenbekk, Kalandra are a six-piece folk rock band that have made Liverpool their home and contains musicians from England, The Isle of Man and Norway. It is this Norwegian influence, carrying on a wonderful tradition of musicians such as Kaya Herstad Carney, Grethe Borsum and Ragz Nordset from that proud country that have made the city even more exotic and fable like than ever before.

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The Capstone Theatre Reveals Its Spring 2014 Programme.

Audiences of The Capstone Theatre are in for a real treat this spring with the finest in live music, dance and theatre as well as the highly anticipated return of the Liverpool International Jazz Festival.

As Liverpool’s leading International Arts Venue for world and avant-garde music, they begin on Friday 24th January with Delicatessen: A Selection of Early English Songs. Join them for an intimate evening of favourite English Restoration and Baroque songs performed by celebrated soprano soloist Kate Semmens and the acclaimed harpsichordist Steven Devine. There’s more historic music on Friday 7th February with a visit from The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen; who take their name from one of London’s first ensembles to regularly perform concerts in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

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Experience What’s Beneath St. George’s Hall With Lovehistory.

St George’s Hall is set to present a series of unique tours from Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd February 2014 that will delve into the darker heart of Liverpool’s most celebrated and historic building. These stunning theatrical performances will send chills down the spine of all who partake as they are guided through Liverpool’s murderous past. Experience The Catacombs of Liverpool’s Darkest History and peel back the layers of yesteryear to reveal what lies within the heart of St George’s Hall’s dark past.

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The Lantern Theatre Presents Catherine Hayes’ Skirmishes This January.

Most of us have parents, and parents tend to grown old sooner or later. If they become ill or senile, who should take up the burden of care?

Lantern Theatre Liverpool tackle the increasingly relevant issue of parental care in Catherine Hayes’ play Skirmishes in the theatre’s first in house production. Running from the 21st to 25th January the play brings to light the issue of caring for a parent as they age and the strain that such care can have on a family.

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Hue And Cry, Big Country And Toyah Wilcox Amongst The Highlights Of New Season Of Music At Eric’s.

After Hue and Cry’s blistering set at the Philharmonic Hall as part of the tremendous evening of 80’s music in 2013 and the superb evening supplied by the brothers at Eric’s in 2012, it can be no surprise that the duo will be coming back to Liverpool to present another night of their excellent music on April 5th.

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Three Home Grown Greats Make Thier Way To The Unity Theatre.

The Unity Theatre has three home-grown shows coming to the Hope Street venue during the next month. Opening with a new production, Virtually Reality examines how advancements in bio-technology and artificial intelligence will shape the future of the world we live in. The Bells is a reinvigorated adaptation of the classic and rarely performed Victorian melodrama set in a mountain village with a terrible secret… The Judgement Of Hakim examines security and privacy in this new play directed by Spike Theatre’s Mark Smith – how far are we willing to find the truth?

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Edinburgh Fringe Success, Ballad Of The Burning Star, Comes To The Unity Theatre.

Armed with music, killer heels and a lethal troop of divas, an enraged Israeli executes a story of victimhood, persecution, aggression and love. With shrapnel-sharp voices and moves as smooth as an oiled tank chain, this cabaret troop invites you on a journey into the core of the conflicted Jewish State.

Following the sell-out success of its premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2013, Theatre Ad Infinitum takes its new award-winning musical play Ballad of the Burning Star on tour, including two nights at Unity Theatre, Liverpool on the 11th and 12th March 2014. Ballad of the Burning Star is the story of one Jewish boy’s struggle to come to terms with the conflict raging in his homeland, Israel – and it’s all told in a daring, satirical and provocative way – – starting with a bomb ….

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American Comedian Jeff Dunham To Perform In Liverpool in 2014.

American stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham has announced he will bring his brand new Disorderly Conduct Tour to the U.K. next year. He will perform one of the four shows in Liverpool in what will be some of biggest performances in the U.K. to date.

Jeff Dunham’s television specials and series have been the highest rated programming in Comedy Central history, his D.V.D. sales have reached seven million units, his videos have received over a half a billion views on You Tube, and his live concerts have become mega-events played in front of sold-out arenas worldwide

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Bombay Bicycle Club To Perform In Liverpool As Part Of Their 2014 Tour.

North London’s most prolific and underrated band, Bombay Bicycle Club, have announced an additional show for their 2014 U.K. headline tour that takes them to Liverpool’s O2 Academy on the 15th March. This stands to be the band’s first major tour in two years and the news comes following an announcement revealing details of their fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, due out on February 3rd 2014 through Island Records. Joining them on their tour is young British singer/songwriter Rae Morris, who’s From Above E.P. was released to critical acclaim and available to purchase now.

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Laid Bare Theatre To Take Project XXX Round The North-West.

Laid Bare Theatre will take multimedia theatre show Project XXX on a 10 performance date tour of the Northwest region in January and February 2014.

Amy, a teenage feminist blogger decides it is time to prove that sex on the web is not just for men.  During a rainy summer in a northern seaside town, Amy decides to show that sexual choice is firmly in the hands of women by persuading new love interest Callum to film her first time.

Meanwhile, Callum has his own issues to deal with, including a mother on the edge of a nervous breakdown and an obsession with faded porn star Jaze.

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