The executive director of the Unity Theatre is to step down after 22 years. Sue Williams has announced her intention to leave her the role at the end of 2017 in order to pursue new interests. During her time at the Hope Place venue, Sue oversaw the building’s refurbishment in 1997 and helped develop ... Read More...
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What’s on in Liverpool Event listings: 11 – 24 August 2017 26-27 August Liverpool Prosecco Festival Camp & Furnace Prosecco lovers unite as Camp & Furnace promises ‘the ultimate celebration’ of the popular drink. Get ready to immerse yourself in fizz for an afternoon or evening as connoisseurs fly in from Northern Italy. 27 August Absolute Opera Lady Lever Art Gallery An hour-long ... Read More...
Young theatre makers of the future could be given a real-life experience of working in the industry as an award-winning programme returns. Applications are now being accepted for the Young Everyman & Playhouse (YEP) Programme which helps develop aspiring actors, directors, technicians, producers, writers and marketers. The six-strand programme will begin in ... Read More...
7 ways to make the most of summer outdoors in Liverpool There’s nothing like a summer in Liverpool - and being holed up in a stuffy office or glued to a Netflix box set is nothing like summer! So get outside and enjoy the outdoors with our top ways to make ... Read More...
Teatro Pomodoro interview: The award-winning Liverpool-based performance group Forged together at a prestigious Paris clown school, Teatro Pomodoro is a Liverpool-based international group performing a striking fusion of theatre, dark comedy and live music. After bagging a top Brighton Fringe award for their latest production, members Carmen Arquelladas, Leebo Luby and Simone Tani ... Read More...
6 Things to look forward to in Liverpool this summer Festival | Fusion Festival 2-3 September - Otterspool Promenade Where can you go this summer to see one of the UK’s biggest ever boy bands and a hugely successful girl group perform on the same stage? Fusion Festival of course. The music extravaganza returns ... Read More...
Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre is one of 10 UK buildings to feature in Royal Mail’s latest set of Special Stamps. The collection is being released to celebrate sites which represent the renaissance of contemporary architecture in the UK in recent years. Unveiled today, it features a stamp showing the RIBA Stirling Prize winning ... Read More...
A new star has been chosen to play the lead role in ‘Cilla - The Musical’ following a national talent search. The musical stage adaptation of acclaimed TV mini-series ‘Cilla’, based on the early life of Cilla Black, will make its world premiere at the Liverpool Empire in September. Kara Lily Hayworth ... Read More...
Liverpool’s Royal Court is to annually receive Arts Council England funding as it becomes a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) next year. The newly announced recognition for the theatre, which will take effect from April 2018, will give it the same national status as city venues including Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Liverpool ... Read More...
The Epstein Theatre is launching its own youth theatre aimed at people from across Merseyside aged between 14-19. Theatre management is holding open auditions on 8 July at Hope Street Limited for any young people interested in joining the theatre which will begin this September. Organisers say The Epstein Youth Theatre will ... Read More...