Event type: Theatre

Fringe Film Festival

A special Sunday night at the movies featuring local short films on a variety of topics.

All films will be up for Fringe Festival awards.

Head along to The Studio Below for a night of screen sensations.

Ghosted!

4th Wall Productions invite you into the mystery world of Liver-Ghoul – Meet four strangers on a ghost tour all seeking answers.

Held back by the past and fearing the future, are the real ghosts those still living, and can they find joy in life again? It promises to be a night of confessions and curiosity.

A Turn for the Better

How can local healthcare better serve the whole community?

This family friendly cabaret performance, co-created with marginalised communities in Liverpool, reimagines hidden stories of health inequity with humour and hope. Through fable and myth we create a vision for more inclusive medicine and community care. Join us to stand up for universal healthcare.

Suitable for all ages. Babies and toddlers welcome!

Tickets are ‘Pay What You Can’ and priced from £2 to £12 (under 5s free).

If you have a group who would benefit from seeing the show but you have a limited budget, please get in touch: info@collective-encounters.org.uk

The Girl Who Could Fly 2.0

Stephen Porter’s sell-out event comes to Liverpool Fringe.

‘The Girl Who Could Fly 2’ is a (very) darkly comic play in which the author’s alter ego (Saint Vespaluus) tries to piece together the reasons for his dreadful act of near self destruction after waking up in a Manchester hospital in the mid 1980s.

Poetry, prose and stand-up are all use to startling effect in this brilliant one-person show.18+

Adult themes, strong language, suicide references.

The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong

Wooden Bridge Productions brings this retelling of a great historical injustice to Liverpool’s Unity Theatre. The Life and Times of Paddy Armstrong details the story of Paddy Armstrong, who in 1975 was falsely convicted of helping to carry out the Guildford and Woolwich bombings: 

Fifty years after his wrongful conviction, at the age of 74, Paddy is facing into his twilight years and wrestling with a thousand turbulent memories. In Paddy he relives the journey that forever altered his destiny.

A one-man show, starring Don Wycherley as Paddy, the play is inspired by Paddy’s memoir Life After Life, a Guildford Four Memoir (2017). Paddy is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of forgiveness, reminding us that the privilege of freedom and love, family and everyday life can restore us and mend the scars of even the most savage injustice.

Don Wycherley brings unflinching honesty, pathos and humour to his portrayal of Paddy, a man failed and scarred by a flawed system yet refusing to be defined by it. Paddy will make you laugh, it will probably make you cry and ultimately you will leave the theatre uplifted by this unforgettable play starring one of Ireland’s most loved actors.

★★★★★ “Don Wycherley is incandescent in this journey from disaster to redemption” – Irish Times 

A note

We recommend that anyone with lived experience of the Troubles — from any community — considers carefully whether this work is right for them at this time. Support services are available before and after the performance and a list of external services will be made available on the night.

High Tea

High Tea is a one act play, written by Victoria Fradgley.

Set against the weight of Irish family history, the play explores how love curdles into resentment, how our memory can betray us, and whether reconciliation is possible when the past refuses to stay buried.

Land is the fault line that has shaped this family’s history — fought over, bled for, and worshipped above all else. With both parents gone, two estranged sisters are forced to face each other once more, drawn back by the land that bound them and broke them. As they battle over ownership, decades of silence give way to long-buried secrets and inherited wounds.

Devotion turns to resentment, love to rivalry, and the past rises up to demand its due.

This is a story of blood ties and boundaries, of what we inherit, and of the cost of putting land before family.

One daughter left, one daughter stayed. Both lives were changed forever.

This is a 3 hander all female cast. One actor’s voice is a memory; two characters remain on stage throughout the play.

Presented by Tús Nua in association with DTFilms. To contact Tús Nua email tusnuatheatre@outlook.com

Care note: High Tea contains some strong language and themes of family estrangement, mental health and pregnancy loss. We encourage attendees to consider carefully whether this work is right for them at this time. Though we don’t anticipate creating significant emotional discomfort, you are the expert in you, so please treat yourself carefully.