Shiny New Festival returns to Lantern Theatre Liverpool from the 14th – 20th July 2014 for its third consecutive year! Offering up three performances each night from the Northwest’s finest new writers and comedians, Shiny New Festival brings local artists a much-needed platform to showcase their homegrown work to fresh audiences.
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Daniel, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Philip Shaun McGuinness, Wesley Wharton, Nick Crosbie.
It does take someone with extreme passion and an undeniable knowledge of certain genres in which the call change the way they are perceived, to make more relevant to modern society, speaks loudest. The latest film which stared Australian actor Russell Crowe, the much talked about Noah, is one example, perhaps poor one, of a story that in The Bible was, even for the atheist, is one that can be a stirring read. Natasia Hodge, musician, actor, singer, director and soon to be company head of B Tales, takes the story of Daniel from the Old Testament, and unlike Noah, delivers a fine piece of work in which, thanks to the excellent cast and the sublime writing of Laura-Kate Barrows and some clever effects and excellent additional music, is itself just as stirring as the Biblical text laid down.
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.
Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Peter Mitchelson.
As Peter Mitchelson recovers from his interview at the B.B.C. Merseyside studios on Hanover Street, it’s possible to understand how much the Shiny New Theatre Festival means to him. Watching his through the glass giving answers to the radio presenter about the ten day festival at the Lantern Theatre on Blundell Street only makes you admire him more for what he does for all the acts that are taking their performances to the theatre and trusting Peter with a little piece of their souls.
Assemble, Theatre Review. 81 Renshaw Street, Liverpool.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Jackie Jones, Nuala Maguire, Marie Westcott, Sarah Keating, Becky Brooks, Sophie Smith, Josie Sedgewick Davies, Maggie Quinlan.
Four plays written, edited, practised and performed inside 24 hour whilst all the while at the back of the minds of all involved with Lady Parts Theatre the small nagging doubt that this perhaps can be a jump too far for all participating in the project. Assemble was the rallying call and assemble with flying colours they did, all present and correct, suitably attired and as a bonus were just magnificent.
Lady Parts Theatre Set Themselves 24 Hour Challenge.
There is nothing like a challenge and when you give yourself a maximum of 24 hours to create 4 new short plays, involving 4 Playwrights, 5 Directors, 4 stage Crew and 7 actors, not only is the clock ticking, it is racing with anticipation.
On Sunday 23rd June Lady Parts Theatre will be showcasing four plays at 81 Renshaw Street, Liverpool in which they will have had only 24 hours in which they will be given the theme and then by 10 am the actors will have to receive the scripts before staging the play that night.
The Unity Theatre To Host Acclaimed Young Writer Laura-Kate Barrow And Trolly Shaped Bruise.
Kate and Danielle are in a police waiting room. The name waiting room has never seemed more appropriate. Danielle is used to waiting, stuck in a rut with a grey house and draining call centre shifts. Kate can’t remember the last time she stayed still; especially not with someone else. Trolley-Shaped Bruise takes place over the course of the night and is a glimpse into the lives of these recent graduates who have found the real world isn’t all they had hoped it would be. Through a combination of storytelling and real time conversation Trolley-Shaped Bruise explores new found friendship and running from the marks of the past.