The parks are full of families, the pubs are full of mates, but it’s in the aisles of Tesco where Riley lights up.
She’s at that weird, in-between age where you can still carry off a crop top yet a whole bottle of wine has serious consequences the next morning. Craving human connection, Riley takes a chance and for a moment, everything is just about perfect. Then the door slides shut.
When David Attenborough floods her home with the story of the world’s loneliest whale, she gets it. That mournful song. That sinking feeling…
Deep Blue is a raw, tender and comic exploration of what it means to belong, punctuated by an original indie-rock soundtrack.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
Original Production by Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals, Dori Berinstein, James L. Nederlander, Independent Presenters Network, Roy Furman, Amanda Lipitz, Broadway Asia, Barbara Whitman, FWPM Group, Hendel/Wiesenfeld, Goldberg/Binder, Stern/Meyer, Lane/Comley, Bartner-Jenkins/Nocciolino and Warren Trepp; Produced in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber.
On the back of their Edinburgh Festival run and double British Podcast Award nominations, the true crime podcast with a twist of lime takes to the road for its first full tour.
Each episode sees the boozed-up panel of writer/comedian hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins and Taylor Glenn test out their drunk detective skills and solve true crime cases, along with a star-studded roster of guests, who have included Katherine Ryan, Ricki Lake, Deborah Frances -White, Sara Pascoe, and Shazia Mirza among many others.
Plus, the audience gets the chance to have any unresolved crimes against them solved by their sloshed sleuths….whatever happens, they won’t make things worse.
Chio Chio tells the story of a village in the middle of a Latin American rain forest where a beautiful bird of paradise lives.
Chio Chio sings the most beautiful songs until she can sing no more. Two young villagers are tasked with travelling to the other end of the rainforest to ask the keeper of the forest for help to get Chio Chio’s voice back. Throughout their journey, they meet amazing characters and face a number of difficult challenges.
Chio Chio is a puppet show with live music and an incredibly colourful, magical set made of recycled materials, and tackles themes such as environmental responsibility, diversity, identity, and finding your own voice.
Local theatre company Enter Pursuing a Bear are returning to the Hope Street Theatre this August.
After performing a sell out run of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit last year we are set to return with our first original play. Written by up and coming local poet & spoken word performer Alice Colvin-Cousley (aka Joan Cooper Snark), Loose Ends is a bold one-room play – The Breakfast Club meets An Inspector Calls.
Four strangers from differing classes and backgrounds attempt to drink and make merry on their last night in halls against the backdrop of a missing girl – but each of them are carrying secrets.
Performances will take place on the 4th and 6th August at 7:30pm. Advance tickets are available at https://bit.ly/3HVO2BZ with concessions for students.
The Three Inch Fools arrive at Speke Hall with a bang.
Cue an explosive evening of short fuses and tall tales, as five actors try to pull off the most infamous conspiracy in history.
This summer, touring the UK, The Gunpowder Plot comes to life in a brand new, calamitous production fit for all the family. Expect uproarious intrigue, endless costume changes, and many, many false moustaches in this highly flammable historical tale.
★★★★★ – “So entertaining… laugh-out-loud funny”
★★★★★ – “Great fun for the whole family…my kids are still talking about it!”
★★★★★ – “The ultimate British theatrical experience” – Hastings Independent Press
Bring your own blankets, cushions, and camping-chairs and join us on our outdoor adventure at Speke Hall. Come prepared for the weather – the performance will continue come rain come shine!
Based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
George wishes he wasn’t the scruffiest giant in town. So when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it’s time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he’s the smartest giant in town… until he bumps into some animals who desperately need his help – and his clothes!
This heart-warming tale about friendship and helping those in need is brought to life in a musical, puppet-filled adventure, following on from Little Angel Theatre’s bestselling adaptations of Julia Donaldson’s picture books including The Singing Mermaid and The Everywhere Bear.
Liverpool Pride 2022 / Edinburgh Fringe Preview.
Winner of Les Enfants Terribles Award 2022.
On a night out in a gay bar, Connor meets Rob.
One’s a newcomer, the other has been on the scene far too long. But when a kiss leads to a brutal attack – who’s the victim and who’s the perpetrator?
Fusing spoken word, music, dance and video art, No Place Like Home is a tragic odyssey into gay club culture and the places we can call home. Get ready to laugh, cry and dance with somebody who loves you.
A comedy about love in all its forms, this is Shakespeare’s most poetic and colourful play by some distance.
The King of Navarre and his friends swear an oath, to study, to discipline, and to keep away from all women and temptations of love, for three years. Just as they do so, the Princess of France arrives with her ladies-in-waiting.
Forced to camp outside the Kingdom because of the King’s new oath and laws, the ladies toy with the men, who quickly become enamoured with their French counterparts. Games and trickery abound as the men try to win the love of the women, learning plenty about love and themselves in the process, before an unexpected ending…
Please bring along a blanket or something to sit on! Wine and picnics are very much recommended.
Tickets:
Adults – £12
Concessions – £10
Under 21s – £5
Tickets available now from https://www.offtheground.co.uk/
Oscar Wilde’s genius humour meets contemporary culture in a theatrical rollercoaster packed with shade, wit and plenty of gags.
2021 Sir Peter Hall Directors Award-winner, Denzel Westley-Sanderson breathes fresh new life into Wilde’s sharpest and wittiest comedy: The Importance of Being Earnest.
This is a classic satire, vibrantly retold about dysfunctional families, class, gender and sexuality.
