Event type: Theatre

7:30pm

World-premiere performance at Unity Theatre, Liverpool. 

Jemma Rhodes is a novelist known for her fantasy fiction. But after a long stretch of creative paralysis, she finds herself unable to write, or to move forward. Convinced that distance might restore her voice, she plans an exotic retreat. Instead, a meeting with her literary agent delivers an unexpected alternative: travel to London to co-write the autobiography of Grady, an iconic British musician whose carefully constructed public persona conceals a fiercely guarded private life. 

In London, what begins as a professional collaboration soon grows more intimate. Grady is charismatic, evasive, and used to shaping his own mythology. Jemma, perceptive yet emotionally armored, must sift truth from performance as she pieces together the story behind decades of fame. Through meetings and late-night conversations, they begin to dismantle one another’s defenses. As Grady confronts the fractures and grief he has long avoided, Jemma is forced to face the stagnation and loss she has kept buried beneath her own fiction. 

As the writing deepens, so does their connection. Yet both have built identities around independence and self-protection. To risk love would mean relinquishing the solitude that has kept them safe. The question becomes not simply whether they can tell Grady’s story honestly, but whether they are brave enough to begin a new one together. 

7:30pm

There’s no place like home… apparently. Claire has tried moving cities. She’s tried finding queer community. She’s therapised herself to the point of almost actually wanting to live. Man, she’s even tried clicking her heels three times, but nothing seems to work.

The thing is, Claire is always being told to ‘go back home’, and they’ve had enough, so this time they’re really doing it. Through a combo of full-on oversharing, dramatic storytelling, and a bit of audience participation (consider yourself warned), this darkly comic solo show explores intersectional identities, marginalised communities, and the unconventional ways that we find home.

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Prepare to be flown into a proper Liver‑tale, where an evil prin has had an awful day and decides, “I’ll take your voices away!” A group of cheeky children journey through the Every‑Man of Ever‑After Woods, past the Walton Wand Shop, through The Cavern of Creatures and into the Lark Lane Labyrinth to recapture their voices and face their greatest fears!

Come witness a story of friendship and self‑discovery, blending the mythical with the fabulously Scouse, packed with physical theatre, clowning, comedy and celebrations from the YEP 14-17 Actors.
YEP is supported by Backstage Trust, Brabners, Lady Anne Dodd, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Hemby Trust and The Steel Charitable Trust

7:30PM

The Leap is a movement and storytelling piece that weaves together physical theatre, puppetry, and personal history. Partly inspired by the performer’s own family story, it traces the journeys of Portuguese emigrants who crossed the Pyrenees barefoot in the 1960s, leaving behind poverty in search of a different future. The Leap explores what we carry with us, what we leave behind, and how these journeys shape our sense of identity and belonging.