Event type: Performance

Winter Comedy Takeover at Liverpool Ir...

Welcome to the Winter Comedy Takeover at Liverpool Irish Centre! Get ready for a night filled with laughter and fun as top comedians take the stage to entertain you for what will be the best stand-up comedy night in Liverpool & North West.

So, join them on Sat Nov 23 2024 at 19:00 at the very welcoming Liverpool Irish Centre for a hilarious evening you won’t want to miss. Gather your friends and family for a night of comedy that will have you laughing all night long. See you there!

Scotland’s Amazing Mark Nelson is headlining on the back of successful Edinburgh Fringe & Blackfriars sell out show.

The brilliant Hatty Preston opens the night – one of top female comics in the UK, a firm favourite of Hotwater Comedy Club (best club on the planet) & regular host & guest of the Have A Word Podcast with Adam Rowe & Dan Nighingale .

Supported by the hilarious Amit Mistry, Rach Fitz and Daniel Wild.

Your Comedy Takeover resident host is the very funny Mark Devine.

The bar is wallet friendly with one of the cheapest pints of great Guinness in Liverpool on a Saturday night at only £4!

Late bar closing at midnight with your chance to enjoy the craic listening to music late after the show.

Free parking and the Irish Shop will be open for your chance to stock up on goodies from Ireland.

Liverpool ONE Halloween Party

Ghosts, pirates, witches – and everything in between – are set to take over Liverpool ONE as part of a spooktacular Halloween party.

The event, which takes place on Sunday 27 October from 11am until 5pm, offers a full day of family-friendly thrills and entertainment, from spooky characters and performances to the hugely popular children’s Halloween competition.

The annual children’s Halloween competition is back! Every year families bring their A-game to enter the fancy dress competition on the stage, with the chance to win £200 to spend at Liverpool ONE brands for the best costume, as well as second and third prizes and spot prizes through the day.

Visitors can enter the competition on South John Street from 12pm with the last entry at 3pm.

As part of the packed line-up, the much-loved local drumming group Katumba will bring a Halloween twist to their performance, taking to the streets to get everyone in the spooky ‘spirit’.

New for this year, the group will also hold special workshops for visitors to learn their moves and even join in during a performance.

Zombie dancers from MD Productions will be on hand to run dance masterclasses with party-goers, before entertaining everyone throughout the day with hauntingly good performances.

And watch out for selfie opportunities and fun performances, as characters take to the streets to delight and entertain families!

LATINX

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of vibrant culture, powerful performances, and artistic brilliance!

LUMA CREATIONS proudly presents a spectacular showcase of extraordinary Latin American artists, all coming together to celebrate Latin American Heritage Month in the most dynamic way possible.

Immerse yourself in a night filled with live music, captivating dance, moving poetry, and storytelling. This is more than a performance—it’s a chance to connect with the Latin American community and engage with renowned artists and cultural activists.

The evening will feature performances by:
– Magaly Flores, Director of Colibri Mexican Folkdance UK
– George Peguero, Cuban singer-songwriter
– Grupo LUMA, presenting original, soul-stirring songs
– Victor Rios, Director and Founder of Film Locos
– Valentino, young Colombian/Costa Rican singer/songwriter and Valeria Cazas, Bolivian dancer, choreographer, and presenter
– Along with the talented LUMA Creations Dance Ensemble and many more.

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Don’t miss this inspiring celebration—where art and culture unite to tell stories of Latin American

Woman I Women

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, and scarcity mindsets in lesbians and how those components impact the relationship a lesbian has with herself.

Mersey Morris – dance at the mus...

Morris dancing is the name given to the traditional dances of England, covering many types of dance. Join Mersey Morris at 12.30pm as they perform several of these dances accompanied by live music played by a multi-talented band of musicians.

After the performance there will be the chance to have a go yourself. You can join Mersey Morris for a free hour-long workshop starting at 2pm. Meet the team and learn a dance.

There has been a Morris dance side in Liverpool for almost 100 years, when the Liverpool Morris Men were founded. Mersey Morris is the proud inheritor of this tradition and has been in existence since 1962, when the Liverpool men joined with the Wirral Morris Men. Two years ago they adopted open membership and now welcome all into their number.

Morris dance is a great source of fun and fitness. Mersey Morris are always looking to welcome new talent to the team. Please speak to one of the team if you are interested in joining.

An Evening Of Magic & Mind Readin...

Magician Luke Coburn Is Filming His Brand New 60 Minute Stage Show Full Of Jaw Dropping Magic. Experience Magic With Cards, Money, Phones And Even Some Mind Reading!

The Shows Will Take Place On Sunday 6th October At Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool. The main aim of this event is to capture the show on film, so tickets are available for FREE.

NO UNDER 16s WILL BE PERMITTED

Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes

Following a recent step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark Thomas is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes as takes his tour to Liverpool!

Mark’s now famous mix of standup, theatre, journalism and the odd bout of performance art has made him one of our oldest surviving alternative comics. Often referred to as the ‘godfather of political comedy’ (amidst many other things), Mark has been performing comedy for nearly 40 years.

If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents. In his time, he has won 8 awards for performing, 3 for human rights work… and 1 he invented for himself. He has made 6 series of the Mark Thomas Comedy Product and 3 Dispatches for Channel 4, made 5 series of the Manifesto for Radio 4, written 5 books and 4 playscripts, curated and authored 2 art exhibitions with artist Tracey Moberly and was commissioned to write a show for the Royal Opera House.

He has forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and protest, become the Guinness Book of Records world-record holder for number of protests in 24 hours, taken the police to court three times and won (the fourth is in the pipeline), walked the length of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank (that’s 724km), and generally mucked about trying to have fun and upset (shall we say) the right people.

An evening with poet and musician Tom ...

Tom George has been performing his work in Liverpool for over 20 years. His work is inspired by modern life, human connection, spirituality and the natural world.

Tom’s recently-published book ‘Keys to the Forest’ was described as ‘touching and true’. At this event, Tom will read a selection of his poems and play songs on acoustic guitar. His books and CDs will be available.

Ellie Taylor: Palavering!

Comedian, presenter and actor Ellie Taylor is coming to Liverpool Playhouse on her brand new stand-up tour in Spring 2025!

Star of Ted Lasso, Live at the Apollo and The Mash Report, as well as host of Bake Off The Professionals, Ellie is back with a new stand up show!

Covering everything from how to keep the spark alive in marriage (hint: it involves pressure washers), her new life with almost double the amount of ratbags (children) not to mention her stint as nation’s sweetheart on Strictly (very much her own words), it’s a show guaranteed to put a spring in your step and a laugh in your mouth which is almost certainly, not a phrase.

Head along to watch a nice lady giddily over-share because she’s thrilled to be out the house!

Jenny Eclair: Jokes Jokes Jokes Live!

In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to Liverpool Playhouse with a brand-new autobiographical show.

From drama school, (mostly drinking cider and eating sausage rolls), sleeping with men who looked like they lived under a carpet, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, grumpy old woman, podcaster and nana!

Still gigging to sell-out crowds forty years later, Jenny invites you to look back at what she can remember before she forgets everything. Warning, punk poetry, animal impressions and baritone nursery rhyme singing may feature.