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Summer Sizzles at Lucem House Cinema Plus+ with Penguins, Pixar, and Powerful Drama
28Jul By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Summer Sizzles at Lucem House Cinema Plus+ with Penguins, Pixar, and Powerful Drama

It’s hotting up for Lucem House Community Cinema Plus+ in St Helens as another busy month awaits with their Monday Matinee and Family Film Club looking perfect to pique children’s interest now that schools are out for the summer. The Penguin Lessons (12A, 2024) Friday 1st August Doors open at 19.00 Screening at 19.30 Admission £6  At the height of the 1976 coup in Argentina, a disillusioned English boarding school teacher unofficially adopts a stray penguin which becomes the school pet and transforms his life. Based on the memoir of the same name, this comic drama from the director of The Full Monty is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Starring Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce. Monday Matinée The Wizard of Oz (U, 1939) Monday 4th August Doors open at 13.00 Screenin...
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Kaleidoscope Festival Returns to Storyhouse Chester For 2025
4Jul By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Kaleidoscope Festival Returns to Storyhouse Chester For 2025

Storyhouse’s vibrant and inclusive Kaleidoscope Festival returns to Chester this summer from Monday 7th July to Friday 11th July 2025, promising another unforgettable week of creativity, performance, and community spirit – all proudly created by and for learning-disabled artists and audiences. Now in its seventh year, Kaleidoscope Festival 2025 offers a programme of activities, performances, and special events across Chester, shining a spotlight on the imagination and talent of the learning-disabled community. Festival Highlights The festival launches on Monday 7th July with the spectacular Chester Disability Pride Parade, one of only a few such parades in the UK. Starting at 11am outside Chester Town Hall, the vibrant procession celebrates the achievements and visibility of the l...
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Sensational Show Celebrating The Music of Billy Joel Extends UK Tour into 2026
30Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Sensational Show Celebrating The Music of Billy Joel Extends UK Tour into 2026

Following sold out tours across the UK and Europe, celebrated singer-songwriter and pianist Elio Pace and his incredible band are extending the run of their sensational, award-winning show The Billy Joel Songbook to include a Liverpool date. Originally announced as a 20-date run across England, Scotland and Wales this September and October, due to sensational public demand, the tour has now been extended into next year, with 14 brand-new dates added, including a performance at the Liverpool Philharmonic on Wednesday April 1st. Tickets for the 2025 shows are available now, with 2026 dates now on sale at https://www.eliopace.com/tours Paying homage to one of the most iconic musicians, singer-songwriters and composers of the 20th century, The Billy Joel Songbook is billed as the grea...
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Still Loud. Now Leading. Introducing RAWD: A Charity for a New Era of Disability Pride
30Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Still Loud. Now Leading. Introducing RAWD: A Charity for a New Era of Disability Pride

This July, RAWD launches as a registered charity – a bold new step in a decade-long journey of championing disabled creativity. RAWD launches with a programme of trailblazing events throughout  Disability Pride Month. At a time when disabled people are facing mounting challenges through renewed cuts to welfare and essential services it’s more important than ever that disabled voices are turned up. In a climate where rights are being rolled back, RAWD is doubling down on protest, pride and power. We're not just celebrating, we are leading the change. At the heart of RAWD’s Charity Launch is “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”, a radical new performance created in collaboration with award-winning Ugly Bucket Theatre. This urgent and electrifying show explores the history and future of...
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Full Cast Announced for The Addams Family UK Tour
25Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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Full Cast Announced for The Addams Family UK Tour

Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and John Stalker Productions with co-producers ADAMA Entertainment and Guy James are delighted to announce the full cast of THE ADDAMS FAMILY The Musical Comedy UK tour which will run at Birmingham Hippodrome from 10th – 12th July 2025, Curve, Leicester from 15th July – 10th August, Lowry, Salford from 12th – 16th August 2025, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from 19th – 23rd August and Blackpool Opera House from 26th – 30th August. Joining the company are Jak Allen-Anderson (Pippin, Theatre Royal; Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre) as ensemble and cover Lurch, Abigail Brodie (Guys and Dolls, Savoy Theatre, UK Tour; Hello Dolly!, Leicester) as ensemble and cover Morticia, JR Ballantyne (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West End) as ensemble and ...
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New Beatles Musical To Receive World Premiere At The Epstein Theatre
19Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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New Beatles Musical To Receive World Premiere At The Epstein Theatre

A new musical which tells the story of the Beatles’ revolutionary time in Hamburg will receive its world premiere at the Epstein Theatre this September. Shake It Up Baby! - written by Liverpool playwright Ian Salmon (Girls Don’t Play Guitars) – is set to be staged from 26th September to 11th October as part of the Hanover Street venue’s new autumn season. Tickets are now on sale priced from £22.50. A cast of Liverpool actor-musicians will be led by Andrew Schofield as Allan Williams, the fabled ‘man who gave the Beatles away’, and the musical is directed by Stephen Fletcher.  In August 1960, five teenage lads – who thought they knew all the world but had no idea – jumped in the back of a van and left their homes in Liverpool to head to the most dangerous city in Europe. Fr...
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Liza Goddard And Caroline Harker in Chilling Thriller The Croft at The Liverpool Playhouse
14Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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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...
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Star Cast Announced For Cinderella At Epstein Theatre Liverpool This Christmas
14Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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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...
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Refugee Week 2025 Brings First-Ever Community Film Festival to St Helens
14Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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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...
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Open-air theatre returns to Chester’s Grosvenor Park this summer
4Jun By NewsdeskNo Comments
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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...
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