Jack Dee: Jack’s Joke Show

Celebrating 40 years in stand-up comedy, Jack takes us on a memoir of all his favourite old stories. Jokes and funny anecdotes have intrigued Jack for as long as he can remember.  Now he has assembled the best of them to form a new show that offers a glimpse of the influences that led him into and helped shape his comedy career. Guaranteed no new material.

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OBSCURE FILM X BUTTON MASHER!: SCALARAMA ALL DAYER

Obscure Film and Button Masher! are proud to collaborate on this all dayer event which intends to capture the feeling of being a real part of the heyday of the Scala cinema, without which there would be no Scalarama!!! This event features two feature length films, a DJ set and more surprises.

Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits is a 2023 documentary directed by Jane Giles and Ali Catterall who will introduce our screening. This feature-length documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation of artists, musicians, authors and filmmakers during Britain’s turbulent Thatcher years. 

Scala!!! Will be followed by a DJ set from 81 Renshaw residents, spinning film scores and deep cuts.

Finally, we will screen Thundercrack! (1975), directed by Curt McDowell, an extreme cult classic which has been simply described as ‘US sex comedy in which a lonely woman’s life is changed by unexpected visitors on a stormy night’, a synopsis that does not capture how tremendously influential and scarring the film has been to the viewers who saw it at Scala. 

Accessibility info:

  • 81 Renshaw Street is a street level venue, the screening is held in the back room which is up a few stairs. This is a traditional viewing experience with seats. The film will begin at the advertised time with a brief intro. No smoking or vaping within the venue. Under 18s will not be admitted.

Warnings:

  • Flashing images in both films
  • BBFC Certificate for Thundercrack!: 18 (real sex, nudity, sexualised objects, swearing, outdated terms, references to bestiality, drug use, voyeurism, violence)
  • BBFC Certificate for Scala!!!: 18 (horror imagery, nudity, violence, swearing, references to outdated attitudes, references to self harm)

An evening of Kate Bush at Liverpool Cathedral

 

An Evening of Kate Bush – performed live by a full band, vocalists and string quartet in the ethereal surroundings of the UK’s most stunning Cathedrals and Minsters.

Let Me In are back with a brand new show, exploring the evocative music of Kate Bush, on a UK Cathedral tour in late 2026.

After three years of sell out productions, including An Evening of Radiohead and An Evening of Pink Floyd, Let Me In Presents are proud to announce a brand new show, featuring a 10 piece band, accompanied by the ever-present Mike Nowland String Quartet.

The show will move through Kate Bush’s music chronologically, starting with the groundbreaking debut album – The Kick Inside – and delving deep into classics such as Hounds of Love and Never For Ever, until we reach the maternal warmth of 2005’s multi-award winning comeback record – Aerial, touching on everything in between.

Expect the classics – Running Up That Hill (recently featured in Netflix’s Stranger Things), Cloudbusting, Wuthering Heights, but also some rarities and hidden gems, including The Ninth Wave suite, from Hounds of Love, in it’s entirety.

This is a deep exploration of Kate’s music, curated by avid fans of her music for avid fans of her music.

 

Matt Forde: Project Holy Moly

Join leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal, The Matt Forde Focus Group) as he embarks on a mission across the political galaxy and tries to find out exactly what planet they’re all living on.

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A Skull in Connemara

Back in 2024, Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore hurled a bucket of blood-spattered comedy across the Everyman’s stage. Now its director, Chris Sonnex, returns with A Skull in Connemara – McDonagh’s fearsomely funny dig through the dirt of rural County Galway.

Mick and Mairtin have been hired as gravediggers – not to bury, but to exhume the bones of those who died years before. Every year, this macabre task makes space for more bodies – but in this tiny village, rumours and secrets are never far below ground. It may seem like the past has been buried, but you never know what might get dug up with the dead.

Volatile, unsettling and wickedly comic, A Skull in Connemara is a dark and daring creation – an outrageous gem from the award-winning writer of In Bruges, The Pillowman and The Banshees of Inisherin.

Myra Dubois: Siren

After taking the global internet by storm with viral clips of her shows, dazzling the West-End as ‘Ruth’ in the hit show ‘Titanique’ and a barnstorming sell-out tour of Australia, the UK’s self-declared “siren from South Yorkshire” MYRA DUBOIS has heard the call of UK and Ireland. AdMyras unite; she’s on her way!

“Siren” is Myra’s brand new show, and her most spectacular yet! With a full cast featuring the all-dancing FABULOUS MYRETTES and fan favourite, Myra’s sister ROSE LAVENDER joining in with the fun.

Join the star of her own boudoir Myra DuBois for one of her world-famous concert presentations of laughter and song, all wrapped up with her peerless razor-sharp crowd work.

As seen on Britain’s Got Talent (ITV); The John Bishop Show (BBC1); Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (Five); Pointless Celebrities (BBC); The Weakest Link (BBC); Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC); Queens For The Night (ITV); and the major motion picture Everyone’s Talking About Jamie (Amazon Prime).

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Desperate Scousewives: Nessa’s Story

Following its sell-out run earlier this year, the Scousewives are back with the next show in the series starring Brookside’s Sarah White. 

Desperate Scousewives: Nessa’s Story is written, directed and stars Lynne Fitzgerald. The talented cast also includes Samantha Alton, Jennifer Airey and Leslie Longley. 

It’s Christmas Eve on a Liverpool street where nothing ever goes to plan. 

A prisoner is on the run, the girls are locked out in the freezing cold, and chaos is already unfolding before the night has begun. Lily is on tag and trying to stay out of trouble, Susan is as sharp-tongued and sarcastic as ever, and Trisha once again finds herself the butt of everyone’s jokes. 

As the night descends into festive carnage, secrets are revealed, friendships are tested, and the whole street is thrown into absolute chaos. 

Fast, funny and full of attitude, Desperate Scousewives Nessa’s story is the perfect Christmas night out. 

Laughter guaranteed. Behaviour not. 18+ Not for the faint-hearted! 

 

Alfie Moore: Acopalypse Now

The Four Horsemen of Economic Unrest, War, Global Warming and AI are galloping towards us. Are we on the road to hell? And can we avoid the potholes? In his brand new tour show ‘Fair Cop’ Alfie has the antidote to the breakdown of law and order, fake news and the price of baked beans. 

 

He’s encountered more than his fair share of egotistical dictators in his policing career and learnt when pragmatism, and more than a dash of laughter, can defuse even the most menacing showdown. 

 

Join Alfie as he’s saddles up to see off those bullies on their pesky ponies. Doomsday is no laughing matter, but this show certainly is. 

 

“offbeat, revealing and very funny”  – You Magazine 

“Brilliantly funny…genuinely hilarious” – David Mitchell 

“His charisma shines through as bright and colourful as a twirling blue light” – Times 

Harvest Auction

This Autumn Equinox, join in our annual Harvest Auction Fundraiser! Come along for our legendary, magical eve of comedy, fun and togetherness, win some locally grown and made harvest delights, and help raise funds for communities close to our heart:

  • Squash’s own ‘Soup it Forward’ initiative, making sure neighbours in need can eat free in the Squash cafe, especially going into the colder months
  • local charity Habibti Liverpool who support the medical staff and children at Al Sabeen Hospital, in Sanaa, Yemen
  • our neighbours Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre – education, arts, heritage and wellbeing community hub – who urgently need roof repairs in time for winter

If you’re a grower or a cook…donations of home or allotment-grown fruit & veg and preserves, ferments, or other delicious homemade seasonal treats would be so welcome! Donations can be dropped off at Squash on Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th or Tuesday 22nd September between 10am and 4pm.

 

 

 

BlackFest Presents: Comedy & Short Experimental Performances

 

Join the team for an incredible night featuring performances from BlackFest Creatives Collective.

From Stand-up to spoken word sequences by Sandstone Silver presented by host and comedian: Daniel Hippolyte Carmichael from Skelmersdale, graduated in 2012 with a BA (Hons) in Drama. Having worked as a comedian, writer and actor for the last decade. “He’s got naturally funny bones, over six and half foot, that’s a lot of funny!”

Patrick Monahan Short stand up from young performer Jaqson Johnston-Lynch. A stand up comic that has a dry sense of humour, also a lover of dry food. Presenting Sarah Levine one of Liverpool’s fastest-rising comedy talents. A mixed-race single mum with zero filter, she’s sharp, sexy, fearless, and not afraid to say what everyone else is thinking.