Imaginary Friends – Unity Theatre
As part of his current 2025 tour, award-winning writer and director Daniel Bye’s "Imaginary Friends" opened at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool on April 3rd.
The show seamlessly transitions from a lively and engaging comedic introduction to a deep connection with the audience. Bye expertly constructs a nuanced framework that resists easy classification into a single genre. Embracing his identity as a TV comedian, the show starts in a traditional yet captivating manner, featuring a solitary figure, a microphone, and sharp observational humour that immediately draws the audience in. Bye begins with a trigger warning that the performance includes themes of grief and loss, toxic masculinity, the end of the world, profanity, and Piers Morgan. Throughout the show, he introduces imaginary friend...