Up Next is back!
This year Up Next will be returning to its bread and butter with a single weekend of non-stop performance of new work and events.
Up Next Festival’s identity and energy thrives on a wide variety of work from a wide variety of artists. Work in previous festivals has ranged from side-splittingly funny cabaret acts to heart-felt testimonial pieces, to groundbreaking interactive light installation pieces that took the audience on an apocalyptic journey. There is no limit to the work or specification to Up Next, that’s what makes it so unique and special. Work can be from any art form or any stage of development, so come and enjoy us for an unforgettable weekend of new work.
The line-up of artists: Dean Horrocks, Leebo Luby, Violet Arts, third floor theatre, Gemma Bond, Alice Mason, Claire Beerjeraz, Cordelia Stevenson, S J Horay, Liam D Gillies, Joe Ward Munrow, The Clockwork Collective, Charles Sandford, Fiona Scott, Chris Tomlinson, Robert Farquar & Kalli Tant, Sarah Jane Pringle, Jade Franks, Ladderman, Bilal Zafar Ranjha & Abhijeet Singh, Hindley & Amos, Headstrung Puppets
All theatre shows are available to book now. Scroll for full event listings…
Booking Tickets:
- Single Tickets: Individual tickets for all events are £6. See individual line-up here or scroll below
- Festival Pass: After selling out each year, our limited-edition Festival Pass returns for this year’s weekender. The Festival Pass is just £60 for all shows and gives you access to all events.
BOOK A FESTVAL PASS HERE
Show Schedule
Thu 6 March
- 16:00-17:00: Masc On by Dean Horrocks, Bicycle Face by Violet Arts, Man With A Porpoise by Leebo Luby
- 19:00-20:00: non (In French) by third floor theatre, Told By A Witch by Gemma Bond
- 20:30-21:30: Renaissance by Cordelia Stevenson, Saint Jason by S J Horay,
- Rooted by Claire Beerjeraz, Algo Aggro by Alice Mason
Headstrung Puppets will be wondering the spaces on Thurs eve with their latest puppet creation Crab!
Fri 7 March
- 13:00 – 14:00: An Absurdist Play Set On A Boat (reading) by Liam D Gillies
- 16:30 – 17:30: Scheme and The Phantom by Joe Ward Munrow
- 18:00 – 19:00: The Last Chance to Celebrate the Creator by The Clockwork Collective, The Raven by Charles Sandford
- 19:30 – 20:10: Flamenco or Bust! by Fiona Scott
- 20:30 – 21:30: Stella by Chris Tomlinson, Robert Farquar & Kalli Tant
Sat 8 March
- 12:00 – 13:30: Lennie, Ronnie and Me (reading) by Sarah Jane Pringle
- 16:00 – 17:00: Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x) by Jade Franks
- 17:30 – 18:30: A Work In Progress by Ladderman
- 19:15 – 20:00: Siren Blues by Decolonial Dogs
- 20:30 – 21:30: Not Drunk But Disorderly by Hindly & Amos
Headstrung Puppets will be wondering the spaces on Sat afternoon with their latest puppet creation Crab!
Panel Discussions
- Fri 7 March, 15:00-16:15: Meet Our Local Theatres – (Nathan Powell & Tommo Fowler from Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Lane Paul Stewart and Siobhan Noble from Shakespeare North Playhouse, Eli Randle from Unity Theatre and Jess Bolger from The Royal Court).
- Sat 8 March, 14:00-15:30: Theatre Company Q&A – A chance to hear from local successful companies and artists about how they make, develop and tour work and ask questions, with Rowena Gander, Ugly Bucket, Dora Colquhoun and Teatro Pomodoro