COMING UP: Rutherford & Son, Liverpool Playhouse, 21-25 May
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- Created: 21 May 2013
The incomparable Northern Broadsides return to Liverpool with an adaptation of Githa Sowerby’s powerful domestic drama Rutherford & Son. Under the direction of the esteemed Jonathan Miller, and featuring Barrie Rutter in the lead role, this critically acclaimed production comes to the Playhouse from 21 to 25 May.
REVIEW: Organised Chaos, Lantern Theatre, May 10
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- Created: 16 May 2013
Organised Chaos is a production company which aims to find undiscovered and emerging talents in the North West. Currently on tour with their double bill Broken and A Lot Of It About they stopped off at the intimate Lantern Theatre. With minimal setting and a stage, which is actually just a floor, it was all about the acting. Our reviewer Mark Johnstone reviews both plays…
NEWS: 'The 39 Steps' coming to Floral Pavillion this June
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- Created: 13 May 2013
The 39 Steps, currently celebrating its sixth year at the West End’s Criterion Theatre, will tour the UK in 2013. Based on John Buchan’s 1914 spy thriller The Thirty Nine Steps, and adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow (Desmond Oliver Dingle/The National Theatre of Brent), the Olivier and Tony Award winning production.
NEWS: Suranne Jones to star in Jonathan Harvey's ‘Beautiful Thing’
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- Created: 14 May 2013
Liverpool-born writer Jonathan Harvey comes back to his home town as Suranne Jones leads the cast of his acclaimed play Beautiful Thing, a glorious urban love story set over a long hot summer on a Thamesmead housing estate. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this limited national tour comes to the Liverpool Playhouse direct from the West End between May 28 and June 1.
REVIEW: Birds of a Feather, Empire Theatre, 7 May
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- Created: 09 May 2013
One of Britian’s favourite sitcoms Birds of a Feather has made a welcome return but this time to the stage. For one week only the show, with its original cast (pictured), is playing at the Liverpool Empire. Our reviewer Rachel Donohoe went along…