Well then – clowning, bouffon and dark comedy are all in the mix in Cabaret From The Shadows, an intriguing new performance in the intriguing new performance space of the Invisible Wind Factory.
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The Secret Life of Mia is a promenade performance aiming to its audience on an intimate journey into the secret world of women starving for beauty. It runs from 6 to 10 October in Liverpool with several performances each day; and from 18 to 26 October in St Helens.
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Ghost hunter and time traveller Thaddeus Bent began life as a recurring character in the Legion of Doom’s monthly Comedy Knights at Mello Mello. These days, like that dear departed venue, the sketch trio are no more…
Shake it up Baby is a new Liverpool-based romantic comedy, performed as part of the Beatles-themed Ticket to Write festival last weekend. And there was definitely a sense it is just the beginning for this warm, crowd-pleasing tale about a woman looking for love later in life.
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The ‘extraordinary’ untold stories of the Chinese Labour Corps will be unearthed in Liverpool as part of an ongoing campaign to shed light on a forgotten part of British and Chinese history.
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Suzan Holder is the writer of Shake It Up Baby, one of the plays in this year’s Ticket To Write festival coming to the Unity Theatre in Liverpool next week. The festival’s artistic director Francesca Goodman and producer Max Emmerson are both up-and-coming talents to watch, since their acclaimed revival of Shout: The Mod Musical made it from LIPA, to the Edinburgh Fringe, then on to the Royal Court earlier this year.
“People who want ‘traditional’ Shakespeare – I don’t know what that is,” laughs Nick Bagnall. “I like to think if Shakespeare was here today he’d be using all he possibly could to be telling stories. When he was around, there was music, song, dance, audience interaction, all of it, he was always playing with theatre.”
The Lantern Theatre on Blundell Street in Liverpool closed its doors for the last time in July, but we knew it wasn’t the last we were going to see of them. Although a new premises has not yet been found for the much-loved fringe venue, they’re moving into their next phase in style, with a season of some of their recent successes about to enjoy a short stay at the Unity.
