Event type: Theatre

Abrakebabra is just a normal chippy in the Swan. Chips, fish, scallops and donner meat all served up with a smile. Well, sometimes served up with a smile. 

What’s less normal are the people behind the counter. You see Finn and his grandad Grant have a little sideline in spells and hexes to go with your meat pie. Grant’s a wizard, you see. Yeah, a proper wizard, but he’s more Dumbledork than Dumbledore. 

After receiving a warning for using magic in a built-up area, Grant is supposed to be keeping his head down. But after a tiny transmogrification mistake concerning the local drug dealing entrepreneur he’s in danger of losing his head entirely. He was only trying to help. 

Get yourself to the Royal Court Studio to see Paddy Clarke’s brand new comedy that sees what happens when the worlds of wizardry and fast food collide. 

Winner winner wiccan dinner!

The acclaimed series of work in progress nights at Unity continues into 2025 by popular demand with monthly instalments of never before seen work.

Over the last year Unity has established itself as the go to venue for fresh, and innovative new work with a sell out series of work in progress evenings and unmissable variety nights.

Get your tickets now to avoid dissapointment.

The Line Up 

Flinger by Steve Wallis

I’m a Liverpool performer and dog-walker who came to a clown workshop at the Unity last year. I left the workshop with 5 minutes of material and am now trying to pad that out  grow that to 10 minutes. During the workshop it emerged, that I was mainly trying to find out whether I could make a dog-ball-flinger look a bit like a flamingo. You be the judge!

Feed The Scousers by Jakob Taylor

‘Feed The Scousers is a playful postulation on Scouseness as both a cultural identity and way of being. Come with me, as I attempt to stage and represent a true celebration of the city of Liverpool and its inhabitants, Scousers. Exploring such through my own lived experience and historicity’

Jakob is a theatre maker and dramaturg from Liverpool. Following the conclusion of his master’s studies in London he is hoping to build upon the foundation of his academic studies and develop his creative practice starting with the re-imagining of his final performance piece ‘Feed The Scousers’

Casu Martzu by Simone Tani

A clown’s journey through a world of maggot-infested blue cheese. Featuring Teatro Pomodoro’s Simone Tani and live music by Marco Riola, this duo of Sardinians living in Liverpool brings laughter, tunes, and a taste of their magical Mediterranean island to the Unity Theatre.

The Fanny Diaries by Erin McDaid

Have you ever wondered what your fanny would say if she could talk? Would she be pleased and proud of your antics? Or would she give you a stern talking to? ‘The Fanny Diaries’ is an original comedy, following twenty-four-and-a-half-year-old Camilla’s journey, as she tackles the trials and tribulations of the hell that we call womanhood. If that isn’t enough, dealing with a whirlwind of failed romances and unsatisfactory sexual interactions, as well as facing her upcoming smear test, which leads to unexpected news, could all send her spiralling.

Seafloor by Jake Angerer

A monologue about a young man and a baby pigeon (or – an extract from a work in progress by a very slow writer).

Jake is a part time writer. Some of his work has appeared in the Raven Review, Creepypod and The Last Line. He enjoys writing horror.

When Darren takes on a dare to sneak into the haunted hospital, he vanishes without a trace. Now, his mates are on a mission to figure out what happened. As they follow spooky clues and things start getting weirder, tensions rise. Is the hospital really haunted? Will they find Darren?

With tourists, buskers and scallies causing chaos – plus a rogue seagull and a Greggs sausage roll thrown into the mix – Ghost Town is spooky, comedy thriller, written and directed by Paislie Reid, in collaboration with the brilliant young voices of 20 Stories High Youth Theatre.

Created as part of the Cities Exchange, a collaboration between 20 Stories High, Beyond Face, Company Three and Zoo Co.

Are you brave enough to uncover the truth? Grab your tickets now… before it’s too late.