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Liza Goddard And Caroline Harker in Chilling Thriller The Croft at The Liverpool Playhouse

14Jun

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Liza Goddard And Caroline Harker in Chilling Thriller The Croft at The Liverpool Playhouse

An unforgettable theatrical thriller, The Croft, is heading to Liverpool, starring screen and stage favourites Liza Goddard (Doctor Who), Caroline Harker (The Railway Children), and Gray O’Brien (Coronation Street). The production will bring Ali Milles’ critically acclaimed play to the Playhouse from Tuesday 1st to Saturday 5th July. The Croft is produced by Original Theatre, who also produced Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong which toured to the Playhouse last year. The Croft starring Liza Goddard (Noises Off, Doctor Who, Bergerac) as Enid, Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost, Steel Magnolias, The Railway Children) as Suzanne and Gray O’Brien (Coronation Street, Casualty, Rebus: A Game Called Malice) as David with Gracie Follows (Birdsong) as Laura, Russell Layton (ART) as Ronald, Simon Robert...

Star Cast Announced For Cinderella At Epstein Theatre Liverpool This Christmas

14Jun

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Star Cast Announced For Cinderella At Epstein Theatre Liverpool This Christmas

The world’s most loved fairytale is set to entertain Epstein Theatre audiences this Christmas – and today the first fabulous cast members can be revealed. Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn will have a ball playing the title role of Cinderella at the Hanover Street venue. And after appearing digitally in panto’s for the last two years, she will be joined live on the Epstein stage by panto royalty Leanne Campbell, returning by popular demand, who will be waving her magic wand over the Regal Entertainments Ltd show as the Fairy Godmother. Cinderella runs from Friday, 5th December to Sunday, 4th January 2026 at the historic Grade II listed theatre. Tickets, from £20, are on sale from www.epsteintheatre.com Beloved by generations as the greatest fairytale of them all, Rega...

Refugee Week 2025 Brings First-Ever Community Film Festival to St Helens

14Jun

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Refugee Week 2025 Brings First-Ever Community Film Festival to St Helens

Refugee Week, the UK-wide celebration of arts, culture, and community, returns from 16th to 22nd June 2025 under the theme ‘Community as a Superpower’. An annual event aimed at celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of asylum seekers and refugees living in the UK, St Helens will mark the occasion with a range of events and activities coordinated by St Helens Borough Council’s Refugee Resettlement Service. One of the headline events this year will be the inaugural St Helens Refugee Community Film Festival, which will spotlight powerful stories of migration, asylum, and resilience. The festival features several award-winning films, each accompanied by talks and related activities exploring their themes and relevance. The festival is a collaboration between St H...

Open-air theatre returns to Chester’s Grosvenor Park this summer

4Jun

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Open-air theatre returns to Chester’s Grosvenor Park this summer

Open-air theatre returns to Chester’s Grosvenor Park this summer as part of a fantastic festival of fun including a pair of enchanting theatrical treats on the main stage. The 2025 Grosvenor Park season, presented by Storyhouse, will run from 28th June to 31st August. Friday, 4th July marks a return to the park for Jane Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth. Adapted for the stage by Deborah McAndrew and directed by Conrad Nelson, the sparkling and witty Regency tale won acclaim from both critics and Grosvenor Park audiences when it was premiered in 2021 and is back by popular demand. Prepare to be swept away by Austen’s most famous love story as spirited Lizzie Bennet and the brooding Mr Darcy find themselves entangled...

29May

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Join Us For Edinburgh Fringe 2025

North West End UK are once again heading to Edinburgh for this year’s Fringe festival from the 1st – 25th August and we are looking for additional reviewers to help us cover as many shows as possible in 2025. Could this be you? 2024 saw us review in excess of 200 performances across the many venues hosting the annual event and we want to do even more this year. Previous experience is not required, but we will ask you to submit an ‘audition’ piece in advance of the festival in order for us to establish your ability to construct a review. Due to the nature of the festival, we request reviews to be submitted to our editorial team within 24 hours of attending a show and we will provide full details on how to make your submissions and the format they should be written in. There is ...

27May

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The Greater Manchester Improv Festival 2025

The first Greater Manchester Improv Festival will showcase the best of the region’s growing improv comedy and theatre scene. The festival will take place at the award-winning Kings Arms, Salford 6th-8th June 2025. With sixteen shows and four workshops (including a taster session for anyone wanting to try improv themselves) there's something for everyone. Tickets for all events just £5. "We have everything from improvised murder mysteries to musicals, showcasing new teams and seasoned festival acts," says Greater Manchester Improv Festival organiser Bron Edge, who also runs the award-winning Totally Improvised Company. "The Manchester Improv scene has exploded in the last few years so we decided it was time to bring together as many acts as we could fit into a weekend stuffed full of tal...

27May

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Win a signed Dr Who Clapperboard

53two is giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity to win a priceless Dr Who clapperboard, signed by 9 members of the cast! MUST END MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY 31st MAY 53two, Manchester's fully accessible and leading arts venue, is thrilled to announce an exclusive raffle, giving Dr Who’s immense fanbase the chance to win a genuine and extremely rare piece of Dr Who memorabilia. This clapperboard was used during the filming of season two, featuring the 15th Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa and was donated to them by their patron and star of Dr Who, Ruth Madeley. This priceless clapperboard is an iconic symbol of the show and represents a unique collector's item for enthusiasts of the long running BBC series. With added value being signed by 9 members of the cast; Anita Dobson, Jemma Redgrave, Varad...

3 nights of theatre celebrating the Workers Theatre Movement

26May

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3 nights of theatre celebrating the Workers Theatre Movement

Playing at The Hope Street Theatre – Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June, 7.30pm. In the 19320 and 30s, all over Britain, working-class theatre groups sprang up all over Britain, under the umbrella of the Workers Theatre Movement. A production that celebrates the Workers theatre Movement and its upsurge of Cultural Activism will be showcasing at one of Liverpool’s best small City-Centre Theatres, the Hope Street Theatre. Included in the 3 nights are a one act play about a 30s Socialist Theatre group, “Unity” by Tom Mclennan, and 3 modern Living Newspapers by local actors, inspired by the work of these Socialist Theatre pioneers. The show – called “Workers Playtime” – can be booked via the Hope Street Theatre website and box office. Tickets £8/£6 from ww...

Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages to tour UK Fringe Festivals this summer

26May

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Bloody Marvellous: A Comedy Show about the Middle Ages to tour UK Fringe Festivals this summer

Bloody Marvellous brings together Luke Connell’s academic and comedic personalities to offer something distinctive: a comic tour of the medieval world. Rather than the tired medieval themes of kings and battles, it is about medieval ideas, stories and inventions. Featuring props, songs and games, Bloody Marvellous introduces audiences to creatures like sea-centipedes and manticores, dogs with names like Havegoodday, and characters like Eilmer the flying monk. Luke shows off the old world’s taste in tourist tat, and tries to convince audiences that medieval medicine – with treatments involving things like dragons’ blood – was more exciting than the modern kind. The show will be performed at the Newcastle, Durham, Buxton and Greater Manchester Fringes in July before it hits the Edinburgh ...

The National Youth Music Theatre leads innovative new Birmingham partnership project alongside ambitious outdoor theatre finale of its 2025 Season

26May

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The National Youth Music Theatre leads innovative new Birmingham partnership project alongside ambitious outdoor theatre finale of its 2025 Season

The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) proudly announces FairGround, a bold and inclusive arts festival for children and young people from all backgrounds across the whole of Birmingham. Hosted at City Academy, FairGround will offer free creative workshops in partnership with other leading arts organisations and schools in the city. The festival is committed to providing tailored opportunities for participants that reflect the diverse needs and experiences of its participants. Among those opportunities will be specialist drama and music workshops for newly arrived children who attend CORE Hello - a groundbreaking education programme which supports children from around the world to integrate positively into Birmingham schools and the community. FairGround features a series of four creat...