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Shellshocked will keep audiences guessing at Leeds Playhouse

20Jan

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Shellshocked will keep audiences guessing at Leeds Playhouse

Cat and mouse thriller Shellshocked will keep audiences guessing as it launches the Spring/Summer 25 season in the Bramall Rock Void studio theatre at Leeds Playhouse. Shellshocked has a strong Leeds connection in its creative team and enjoyed a hugely successful sold-out Edinburgh Fringe Festival run, winning rave reviews in The Scotsman and Theatre Weekly. It’s set after the Second World War exploring the horrors of those who served and the horrors of those who did not. It also investigates loyalty, relationships, and the desire to make great art. “We are absolutely thrilled to be presenting Shellshocked at Leeds Playhouse,” said Leeds playwright Philip Stokes. “The play is inspired by the city and set in Morley. It’s a very Leeds-centric piece, referen...

Rita, Sue & Bob Too! UK Tour Opens Starring Jake Quickenden

10Jan

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Rita, Sue & Bob Too! UK Tour Opens Starring Jake Quickenden

The smash hit stage version of cult classic comedy Rita, Sue & Bob Too! is set to embark on a new 10-week nationwide tour, opening next month. TV favourite Jake Quickenden heads the stellar cast as Bob in the Regal Entertainments production which will visit 10 venues across the UK between Tuesday 4th February and Saturday 12th April 2025. The tour opens at St Helens Theatre Royal on Tuesday 4th February and then travels to Hunstanton, Stockport, New Brighton, Birmingham, Southport, Billingham, Rhyl and Barnstaple before ending at the Liverpool Olympia from 9th – 12th April. Over 10,000 tickets have already been sold across the tour proving its continued popularity. Andrea Dunbar’s hilarious and gritty tale of love, lust and tested friendships is based on the 1987 British fi...

8Jan

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Exposed at Hope Street Theatre

New Year is a time of joy, but it can also be a difficult time for those who have experienced or are experiencing loss. Stagewright Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Exposed, Laura Tellwright’s debut one-woman show directed by Faye Caddick, at The Hope Street Theatre in Liverpool, explores the often-unspoken experiences that surround loss and grief and the deeply personal vulnerability that inevitably follows for so many people. When thirty-something Charlotte suddenly loses her dad to cancer, her whole life dramatically changes. Charlotte invites an audience to observe her journey through grief, heartache, crippling mental health, finding joy, and sharing secrets she’ll take to the grave, in this powerful, painful but truthful comedic monodrama that exposes grief for what it rea...

Cast Announced for Homecoming of Masterpiece

18Dec

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Cast Announced for Homecoming of Masterpiece

The cast for James Graham’s adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff, coming to the Liverpool Empire Theatre in March 2025, is announced today. Following sold out seasons at Liverpool’s Royal Court and the National Theatre, and in London’s West End at the Garrick Theatre, the production hits the road in 2025, returning to Liverpool at the iconic Empire Theatre in the venue's 100th birthday year. It's 80s Liverpool. Chrissie, Loggo, George, Dixie and Yosser are used to hard work and providing for their families. But there is no work and there is no money. What are they supposed to do Work harder, work longer, buy cheaper, spend less? They just need a chance. Life is tough but the lads can play the game. Find the jobs, avoid the ‘sniffers' and see if you can have a laugh...

Evita takes to the London Palladium stage

11Dec

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Evita takes to the London Palladium stage

Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and The Jamie Lloyd Company announce Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, directed by Jamie Lloyd, opening at The London Palladium. The production runs 14th June – 6th September 2025, with press night on Friday 27th June. Full cast and creatives to be announced. Tickets to go on sale in 2025, dates to be announced. Sign up for priority booking here: www.evitathemusical.com Michael Harrison said “It’s an honour to return to The London Palladium next summer, with my 14th production at the theatre. I’m even more delighted, alongside The Jamie Lloyd Company, to be presenting Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s glorious musical, Evita, and to be collaborating again with Jamie following Sunset Blvd.” Jamie Lloyd said, “After...

First images have been released during rehearsals for The Tempest.

28Nov

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First images have been released during rehearsals for The Tempest.

The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring Sigourney Weaver making her West End debut. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the production opens on Thursday 19th December, with previews from 7th December 2024, running until 1st February 2025. Sigourney Weaver, Mason Alexander Park, Selina Cadell, Tim Steed & Forbes Masson. Credit - Marc BrennerSigourney Weaver (Prospero), Mason Alexander Park (Ariel) & cast of The Tempest. Credit - Marc BrennerSigourney Weaver (Prospero) & Mason Alexander Park (Ariel). Credit - Marc Brenner Sigourney Weaver (Prospero) is joined by Jude Akuwudike (Alonso), Jason Barnett (Stephano), Selina Cadell (Gonzalo), Mathew Horne (Trinculo), Mara Huf (Miranda), Forbes Masson (Caliban), Mason Alexander Park ...

Tickets for West End transfer of Broadway’s smash hit production of The Great Gatsby are on sale now

22Nov

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Tickets for West End transfer of Broadway’s smash hit production of The Great Gatsby are on sale now

Producer Chunsoo Shin is thrilled to announce his smash hit new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby will make its West End debut at The London Coliseum next spring, one year on from its Broadway opening in April 2024. Preview performances of The Great Gatsby will begin on Thursday 11th April with a press night on Thursday 24th April (7pm). The show will run until Sunday 7th September 2025. Tickets go on sale today (Friday 22 November) via www.londongatsby.com F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless, seminal novel comes to the West End stage in a dazzling new musical. The Great Gatsby opened at The Broadway Theatre in April 2024 direct from a record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey in late 2023. One of the ...

KENREX to transfer to Southwark Playhouse

18Nov

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KENREX to transfer to Southwark Playhouse

Aria Entertainment and Sheffield Theatres are thrilled to announce that the world premiere of KENREX will transfer from Sheffield Theatres’ Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse to Southwark Playhouse Borough from 14th February – 16th March 2025, with press night on Tuesday 18th February 2025. Following a sold-out run in Sheffield where it garnered multiple five-star reviews, KENREX is part True Crime, part Western, with a foot-stomping live Americana soundtrack, KENREX is devised by Jack Holden (Olivier-nominated Cruise) and Ed Stambollouian. '911, what's your emergency?' 'My husband... they shot him... they all did.' July 10th 1981. Skidmore, Missouri. A man is shot dead in broad daylight. There are sixty witnesses — but no one saw a thing. Photo: Manuel Harlan Jack Holden (Marriag...

31Oct

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Woman | Women – Rowena Gander

A new stage production is fusing performance art and physical theatre to explore how lesbian relationships do not follow traditional societal expectations. Woman | Women is a physical and comedic show that takes an academic deep dive into the fast-paced nature of same sex relationships between women. The autumn tour also features pre-show discussions on sexuality and creativity in an open conversation format. The show, which will tour Ormskirk, Liverpool, and Prescot this November, is the brainchild of acclaimed international performance artist and academic, Rowena Gander. During each show Rowena will ambitiously find and navigate a new and featured duet (relationship) unique to each venue. The real time relationship questions links between pace, compatibility, attachment, ...

It’s A Wonderful Life – Old Fruit Jar Productions at Liverpool’s Royal Court and St George’s Hall

28Oct

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It’s A Wonderful Life – Old Fruit Jar Productions at Liverpool’s Royal Court and St George’s Hall

Time and tide wait for no man – so the saying goes – and it’s almost time for the angels at Old Fruit Jar Productions to get their wings with their production of It’s A Wonderful Life scheduled to premiere at Liverpool’s Royal Court Studio on 19th November through to 30th November before transferring to St George’s Hall on 10th December through to 13th December. For those who don’t know the original, it’s Christmas Eve, Bedford Falls and George Bailey, a down-on-his-luck banker, believes life has left him behind. But when his guardian angel appears, George is astounded to witness what life could be like without all of the good deeds he’s done. Maybe life wouldn’t be as wonderful without him… It was a delight to catch up with the team at their recent rehearsals where Artistic Director...