Unleash your inner rebel at Unity Theatre with the Merseyside Kings as they present ‘The Cabaret of Manarchy’—a night of unpredictable chaos, side-splitting humour, and magnetic drag artistry.
This isn’t just a cabaret; it’s an unmissable moment in local queer history. Prepare yourself for an evening of raw creativity, jaw-dropping performances, and plenty of surprises from Liverpool’s finest drag kings and performers.
Celebrate the unique spirit of drag kings and embrace the glorious unpredictability that makes this show unlike anything you’ve seen before. With bold acts, witty banter, and electric energy, you’ll laugh, cheer, and fall in love with this new collective.
The cabaret kicks off at 7:30 PM, followed by a post-show mixer in the bar at 9:30 PM, where you can meet the kings and party with the community. Be part of the moment. Be part of the anarchy. Get your tickets now!
Battle Lines is a play about working class struggle historically and today. Many of the issues workers face today – low pay, zero hours, bogus self-employment, have arisen because of past Governments’ efforts to break and restrict organised labour and the Trade Union Movement.
The Miners’ Strike that ended 40 years ago was a pivotol event, and one from which younger workers today can take many lessons from. Banner Theatre, in both words and song, explore the struggles of the past and the present.
Theatre Porto is a relatively new theatre located in the old Whitby Hall in Whitby Park. There is some disabled parking adjoining the theatre, but free parking is generally in the main Whtby Park Car Park, with 200 metre walk up to the Hall.
Doors open at 6.30 pm and the play will start a little after 7pm. There will be an interval with light refreshments available. Finish around 9.15 pm.
There are no age restrictions, but the play is aimed teenagers and above.
The Citadel is a powerful, timely drama tackling the challenges of contemporary Britain and the struggles of a legitimate asylum seeker trying to make a home here.
Set in Merseyside and wedged somewhere between Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge and Charles Fuller’s, A Soldier’s Play, The Citadel exposes the tensions between people of colour when jobs are at stake.
Doors: 6pm
Show: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Q&A: 8:30pm – 9pm
The performance is presented on a ‘pay what you decide’ basis, with the opportunity to make donations on the evening.
The Citadel is the first play to be developed by Merseyside Script Lab – a new initiatlve supporting plays and playwrights from across the region.
A hilarious and heartfelt show that explores Northern masculinity and society through raucous interactive cabaret.
Four Northern lads are given the impossible task of rebuilding Northern masculinity in one night. Only one of them can become the BIG STRONG MAN and save the North. Which one? That’s up to you!
Surrealist comedy comrades, The Growth House, invite you for a night of Poundland level extravagance, side-splitting comedy and electrifying performances. Featuring song, dance, improvisation, boyband parodies, lip syncs, karaoke and a bear, BIG STRONG MAN is an unforgettable alternative comedy night out.
Once upon a time, in the land of fairytales, Chester the Castle Jester has muddled up all invitations to The Royal Ball
Join him as he goes on an adventure to meet Cinderella at The Royal Castle, The Little Mermaid Under The Sea, Princess Rapunzel in the Tallest Tower, Princess Beauty in her little bookshop in Paris and The Snow Queen in the freezing village of Snowydale to deliver all the invitations by hand to make they all make it to The Enchanted Princess Ball.
This Royal Princess Extravaganza is a fast paced, high energy and engaging musical toe tapping adventure that is perfect for the whole family featuring stunning sets, sparkling costumes and lots of songs, dance, laughs and audience participation!
Following on from the fabulous success of the award winning The Haunting of Blaine Manor, Joe O’Byrne returns with his first tale in the critically acclaimed series of Supernatural meets Northern Noir Tales from Paradise Heights – ‘Stephen King meets Jimmy McGovern’.
Diane’s Deli: A Tale from Paradise Heights
Sean Ginty is a café owner in Paradise Heights. A quiet and unassuming man who wears a watch that stopped over 25 years ago. He’s a father figure to both his staff; literary student Jake, and Gabrielle, an artist and scarred survivor of a horrific fire that left her orphaned some years ago. It seems to be a quiet idyllic existence. But who is the mysterious Angel of The Heights, and more disturbingly – is something haunting the café?
DS Mackey, from the local police, is a burnt out and bitter man with an eye for opportunity and the other eye on Sean; he is more than curious about his past.
When a woman turns up in the café late one night, a chain of events is set in motion that will have devastating effects on all their lives…
After a successful tour in the North East, Charlie Prothero’s short play “Boxing” comes home to the river Mersey accompanied by two others: “Shallow End” and “Checked Out”. Three short stories told back to back, set in three different boxes: a changing room, a Travelodge, a confession booth. Funny, moving, unexpected and quintessentially Scouse- these are stories about the small boxes we make for ourselves each day, and our attempts to stay in them.
Friday 14th March, 7:30pm, Unity 2
A comedy anthology for fans of Inside No. 9 and Mike Leigh. Laughter, tears, smiles, Travelodges, priests, relationships, swimming pools, good grief, pop music and love… it’s all in our Boxes.
Dogtale Theatre are a brand new Merseyside theatre company, making their debut on the scene with “Boxes: Three Stories”. Their work focuses on new writing and new folk, telling interesting stories in exciting ways. If you’re a new creative or performer with a story to tell, get in touch and say hello!
With Everton football club moving to a spectacular new home at Bramley Moore next August. On The Banks Of The Royal Blue Mersey is a comical celebration of the history of the club its players and it’s unbelievable history.
Local writers Steve Bird (Keeping Faith, Chasing Rainbows & Mothers Ruin) and Paul Daley (The Bitters & The Manopause) have created a comedy that charts the history of Everton from its first home in Anfield to the building of Goodison Park and all the iconic and memorable moments, that will live long in every Everton fans memory.
It’s a tale you couldn’t make up, so Steve and Paul have…
Directed Lee Clotworthy (Out The Woodwork) and a cast filled with Merseyside’s finest acting talent On The Banks Of The Royal Blue Mersey promises to be a laugh aloud celebration of Everton past present and future.
After Nine sold out productions in Liverpool, they are bringing the show to the Wirral for one night only.
Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences.
The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True.
Few musicals have received quite such acclaim as the multi-award winning BLOOD BROTHERS.
Niki Colwell Evans will return as Mrs Johnstone when the UK Tour of Bill Kenwright’s award-winning production of the international smash hit musical Blood Brothers comes home to the Liverpool Empire Theatre in March – the same month the iconic theatre celebrates its 100th birthday.
New to the cast for Spring are Sean Keany as Narrator and Liverpool-born Cameron Patmore as Perkins. The Empire Threatre are particularly thrilled to welcome Liverpool Theatre School graduate Patmore to the iconic musical.
Bill Kenwright’s production surpassed 10,000 performances in London’s West End, one of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone. It has been affectionately christened the ‘Standing Ovation Musical’, as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail).
Thrilling, bold, witty and emotive, this genre-defining event is still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turning tradition on its head.
Matthew Bourne’s audacious, rule-breaking reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago. It has now become the most successful dance theatre production of all time, creating new audiences and inspiring generations of young dancers. In celebration of that ongoing impact, Swan Lake will take flight once more in a major new revival for the next generation of dancers, and for audiences who will experience it for the very first time.
First staged at Sadler’s Wells in London in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake took the dance theatre world by storm becoming the longest running full-length dance classic in the West End and on Broadway. It has since been performed across the globe, collecting over thirty international accolades including the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production and three Tony Awards for Best Director of a Musical, Best Choreography and Best Costume Design.
The matinee performances will be at 2.30pm and evening performances will be at 7.30pm.
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