Event type: Performance

Bridget Christie: Who Am I?

Bridget Christie is hot, but not in a good way…

The 51 year old critically-acclaimed stand-up leaks blood, sweats, and thinks that Chris Rock is the same person as The Rock.

The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winning comedian cannot ride the motorbike she bought to combat her mid-life crisis because of early osteoarthritis in her hips and RSI in her wrist; and wonders why there are so many films, made by men, about young women discovering their sexuality, but none about middle-aged women forgetting theirs. It’s a menopause laugh-a-minute with a confused, furious, sweaty lady who is annoyed by everything.

Brand new show from the Rose d’Or and South Bank Sky Arts Award winner, star of her own Netflix special, Taskmaster favourite, Channel 4 sitcom The Change and BBC Radio 4 series, Bridget Christie Minds the Gap and Mortal.

Troy Hawke

Having sold every ticket available at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe and being listed as one of the top 40 best reviewed comedy shows, star of the viral Greeters Guild online series (with over a million followers across all platforms) Troy Hawke brings his new show ‘Sigmund Troy’d!’ on tour.

Fresh from finding and proving decisive links between IKEA, the CIA and the Nazis, 1930s throwback homeschooled investigator Troy Hawke returns to battle a new enemy on behalf of all people everywhere – the bastard saboteur in his own mind…

Troy’s accolades include: 2019 and 2022 Edinburgh Fringe total sellout run (including 1000 capacity extra show), 2019 and 2022 Top 40 Edinburgh Festival best reviewed comedy shows, 2022 Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show Winner, 2020 Leicester Comedy Festival best show nominee, 2019 and 2020 Perth Fringe World Comedy Weekly Award winner and main award shortlist.

be gay do rhyme

An evening of rap-infused exploration and performances, featuring previews from Transcend Theatre’s (How to Kill a Rose, Unity Theatre) upcoming production be gay, do crime. All topped off with a DJ set from Ireland’s finest Liverpool-based queer artist, Bron.

Hosted by Transcend’s Felix Mufti (Sex Education, Netflix) and featuring performances from the cast of be gay, do crime, as well as opportunity to play and explore with Bron’s Open Decks set.

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Head along, have a dance, and dismantle the system!

Tickets on sale now.

Wheelchair accessible

Seated and standing room

Performances will be captioned and there will be BSL throughout

Quiet space available for use throughout the evening

My Therapist Ghosted Me

Vogue Williams and Joanne McNally bring their hilarious, chart-topping and award-winning podcast, My Therapist Ghosted Me, to Liverpool.

My Therapist Ghosted Me’s inception came as a result of Joanne McNally’s therapist doing exactly that: ghosting her. First, not answering the phone; then not answering the clinic door; and finally refusing to speak to Joanne after she tracked her down (admittedly her therapist was, at that time, scattering her aunt’s ashes at Enfield crematorium).

Angel Field Festival 2023: The Rest of...

Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful dose of dance, theatre, circus and games. A cabaret of life and near death. Two middle-aged lives in an eclectic, spontaneous, predictable and random decline.

Jo is an old dancer, George an old clown. International artists with 100 years of life experience between them, armed with a soundtrack of floor-fillers, a book of raffle tickets and a sprinkling of eco-friendly optimism. Joyful, celebratory and hilarious.

The struggle is real.
It’s the beginning of the end.
But we’re still here.

“whatever your age, it will make you very happy indeed” – Lyn Gardner

Age guidance: 14 + – Contains middle-aged themes and strong language.

Henry Normal plus special guest Pete R...

The Broken Spine Ltd are delighted to announce that on April 5th, national treasure Henry Normal, is taking a small detour from his national book tour to make a whistle-stop visit to Cooper’s Bar, Southport.

Henry is a poet, writer, TV and film producer, founder of the Manchester Poetry Festival (now the Manchester Literature Festival), and co-founder of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. Henry co-wrote and script edited The Mrs Merton Show and the spin-off series Mrs Merton and Malcolm. He also co-created and co-wrote the first series of The Royle Family and has collaborated extensively with Steve Coogan.

After setting up Baby Cow Productions Ltd (Philomena, Gavin and Stacey, and I’m Alan Partridge) in 1999, Henry Executive Produced all and script edited many of the shows during his tenure as MD.

Henry will be joined by his friend and special guest, poet Pete Ramskill.

Join them in this beautiful, intimate venue close to Southport’s revered Lord Street for a poetry reading, some belly laughs, and fabulous homemade pizza for this special, one-off gig presented by The Broken Spine Ltd.

Kitty: Queen of the Washhouse

This critically acclaimed show, directed by Margaret Connell, and written by John Maguire, tells the ‘‘against all odds” story of how a 19th century working-class Irish emigree became a community champion, earning the title “Saint of the Slums”.

Incorporating music and song as well as creative visual effects, the audience is immersed in Kitty’s life story, invited to explore the political and social climate of the period, and to celebrate a truly inspiring female hero.

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Actress Samantha Alton’s turn as the famous heroine has cemented her as a theatrical tour de force, and one of the city’s finest players.

The one-woman show by ArtsGroupie about icon Kitty Wilkinson, will be staged at The Reader, Calderstones, Mansion House, 5 March, performances start 3pm and 7pm.

What songs may do…

A highly anticipated dance production featuring the music of Nina Simone is heading to Liverpool this March.

What songs may do…is the first full-evening production by award-winning choreographer, former National Dance Company Wales dancer and Rendez-Vous dance artistic director: Mathieu Geffré.

Revealed by Nina Simone’s songs, this duet exposes with an unapologetic passion the fractured relationship of a once romantic couple as they delve into their past in an attempt to rebuild their future together.

Through Simone’s music, this dance piece shines a light on our deep rooted connection to memories through music and proposes the power of what songs may do. Poetic, passionate, physical and emotional, What songs may do… is an inclusive dance piece that celebrates love in all its diversity.

Community Chronicles

Join Collective Encounters for Community Chronicles, a culmination of four years’ work with local people and organisations in Bootle, Birkenhead, and Knowsley. Community Chronicles explores four themes: isolation, struggle, community and hope. It asks what do these words mean in challenging times?

Community Chronicles will be performed by local people who have taken part in Collective Encounters’ community theatre activities over the last four years. It tells their tales and the tales of others who are no longer or can’t be with us. It also involves you: this is a participatory event so come prepared to share your story too.

Community Chronicles is part performance/part workshop running from 5.30pm – 7pm.

Recommended for ages 14+.

Access: The Black-E is a wheelchair accessible venue. Audio description is interwoven into the performance.
If you require captioning or BSL interpretation, please let us know when you book your place.

Please reserve your ticket if you would like to join

Roger McGough: Alive and Gigging

Roger McGough, the ‘Living proof of himself,’ and President of the Poetry Society not only helped kickstart the musical careers of Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, but inspired hundreds, if not thousands of young poets (well, quite a few), on their poetic journeys.

85 years old and at that awkward age now between birth and death, he puts on a brave face and takes to the stage with a show featuring new poems as well as old favourites.