The acclaimed stage production of Helen Forrester’s, By The Waters Of Liverpool was cut short last March after just three venues into a seventeen venue tour; but now producers have announced the continuation of their UK tour in Autumn 2021.
Writer and Co-producer Rob Fennah said: “When we launched By The Waters Of Liverpool last year the response was so overwhelming we were determined not to let the pandemic get the better of us. We have a mantra when things get tough, ‘don’t give up – don’t give in!’
“By The Waters is not only returning to the stage in September, it is going to be bigger, bolder and more glorious than ever.
Co-producer Bill Elms added: “With the vaccine roll-out going so well, we can now see the light at the end of a dark tunnel for the theatre industry and we just hope people will feel safe enough to come back in their droves; embracing theatre and live performance more than ever before.”
The stellar cast featured star names from stage and screen, including Sian Reeves, Mark Moraghan, Parry Glasspool, Lucy Dixon, Eric Potts, Lynn Francis, Danny O’Brien, Roy Carruthers, and Chloe McDonald.
By The Waters Of Liverpool opened on Tuesday 3rd March 2020 at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton – just a few miles from the author’s birthplace in Hoylake. It was there a blue plaque was unveiled by actors Sian Reeves and Mark Moraghan to coincide with the opening of the tour which received a raft of 4-5-star reviews.
After an enforced 18 month break due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the tour will now continue to run from September 2021, opening in Lytham, then visiting towns and cities across the UK, including Lancaster, Darlington, St Helens, Warrington, Bolton, Stockport, Crewe, Halifax, Coventry, Winchester, Rhyl, Hayes, Chesterfield, Malvern, Southport and Wirral.
By The Waters Of Liverpool is a stunning period drama produced by the team that brought the smash hit Twopence To Cross The Mersey to the stage, produced by Pulse Records Limited in association with Bill Elms, written by Rob Fennah and directed by Gareth Tudor Price.
By The Waters Of Liverpool is set in the 1930s after Helen’s father went bankrupt during the Depression. Her family were forced to leave behind the nannies, servants and comfortable middle-class life in the South West of England. The Forrester’s chose Liverpool to rebuild their shattered lives, but they were in for a terrible shock. Taken out of school to look after her young siblings, Helen is treated as an unpaid slave. So begins a bitter fight with her parents for the right to go out to work and make her own way in life. But by 1939 and with Britain on the verge of war, Helen now aged 20, has still never been kissed by a man. But things start looking up for her when she meets a tall strong seaman and falls in love.
Helen Forrester’s best-selling volumes of autobiography include Twopence To Cross The Mersey, Liverpool Miss, By The Waters Of Liverpool, and Lime Street At Two.
The new production of By The Waters Of Liverpool also features sizeable chunks from Helen Forrester’s Liverpool Miss and Lime Street At Two plus flashbacks to Twopence To Cross The Mersey.
Adapted by Rob Fennah, Directed by Gareth Tudor Price and produced by Pulse Records Limited in association with Bill Elms. Fully endorsed by the Helen Forrester Estate
Website: www.bythewatersofliverpool.com
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LISTING INFORMATION
HELEN FORRESTER’S BY THE WATERS OF LIVERPOOL
LOWTHER PAVILION – LYTHAM
Thursday 9th – Saturday 11th September 2021
West Beach, Lytham St Annes, FY8 5QQ
Website: www.lowtherpavilion.co.uk
Box Office: 01253 294221
LANCASTER GRAND THEATRE
Monday 13th – Tuesday 14th September 2021
St Leonardgate, Lancaster, LA1 1NL
Website: www.lancastergrand.co.uk
Box Office: 01524 64695
DARLINGTON HIPPODROME
Wednesday 15th – Thursday 16th September 2021
Parkgate, Darlington, DL1 1RR
Website: www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk
Box Office: 01325 405405
ST HELENS THEATRE ROYAL
Monday 20th – Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Corporation Street, St Helens, WA10 1LQ
Website: www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com
Box Office: 01744 756000
WARRINGTON PARR HALL
Thursday 23rd – Friday 24th September 2021
Palmyra Square, Warrington, WA1 1BL
Website: www.parrhall.culturewarrington.org
Box Office: 01925 442345
BOLTON ALBERT HALLS
Monday 27th – Tuesday 28th September 2021
Victoria Square, Bolton, BL1 1RU
Website: www.alberthalls-bolton.co.uk
Box Office: 0843 7080500
STOCKPORT PLAZA
Wednesday 29th – Thursday 30th September 2021
Mersey Square, Stockport, SK1 1SP
Website: www.stockportplaza.co.uk
Box Office: 0161 477 7779
CREWE LYCEUM
Friday 1st – Saturday 2nd October 2021
Heath Street, Crewe, CW1 2DA
Website: www.crewelyceum.co.uk
Box Office: 01270 368242
VICTORIA THEATRE – HALIFAX
Monday 11th – Tuesday 12th October 2021
Fountain Street, Halifax, HX1 1BP
Website: www.victoriatheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 01422 351158
THE ALBANY THEATRE – COVENTRY
Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th October 2021
Albany Road, Coventry, CV5 6JQ
Website: www.albanytheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 02476 998964
THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER
Friday 15th – Saturday 16th October 2021
21-23 Jewry Street, Winchester, SO23 8SB
Website: www.theatreroyalwinchester.co.uk/
Box Office: 01962 840440
PAVILION THEATRE – RHYL
Monday 18th – Thursday 21st October 2021
East Parade, Rhyl, LL18 3AQ
Website: www.rhylpavilion.co.uk
Box Office: 01745 330000
BECK THEATRE HAYES
Monday 25th – Tuesday 26th October 2021
Grange Road, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 2UE
Website: https://becktheatre.org.uk
Box Office: 020 85618371
POMEGRANATE THEATRE – CHESTERFIELD
Monday 1st – Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Corporation Street, Chesterfield, S41 7TX
Website: www.chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk
Box Office: 01246 345222
MALVERN THEATRES
Friday 5th – Saturday 7th November 2021
Grange Road, Malvern, WR14 3HB
Website: www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
Box Office: 01684 892277
THE ATKINSON – SOUTHPORT
Tuesday 9th – Friday 12th November 2021
Lord Street, Southport, PR8 1DB
Website: www.theatkinson.co.uk
Box Office: 01704 533333
FLORAL PAVILION – WIRRAL
Saturday 13th – Sunday 14th November 2021
Marine Promenade, New Brighton, CH45 2JS
Website: www.floralpavilion.com
Box Office: 0151 666 0000