Join Amanda Huxtable, director of Takeaway, for a workshop on how a play can speak to a people and a place, reflecting her process of directing a piece rooted in Liverpool.
This is a great workshop for aspiring Writers, Directors or anyone just interested in how a play comes together.
The workshop runs from 11:30am – 1pm. If you’d like to see the matinee performance of Takeaway (2:30pm), they have a discount code for those attending the workshop – use promo code TASTY10 for £10 tickets.
No experience needed. Just bring yourself, a notebook and a pen. If you have any access requirements, please let them know, email boxoffice@everymanplayhouse.com or call 0151 709 4776.
Join acclaimed theatre maker Andy Smith and award-winning applied arts practitioner Lynsey O’Sullivan for a day of play, discussion, and action.
This day will see three performances of plays from the ongoing project PLAYS FOR THE PEOPLE: A CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY, HOW CAN WE BE MORE ANTI-RACIST? and THE ACTIONS. These plays tackle the climate emergency, inequality and political activism. They are plays designed to be read aloud together and then discussed. They are plays where the people in the room play the people in the play. Plays that ask questions of acting in both a theatrical and ethical sense.
Audience-participants for this special event will each be given a copy of a new publication containing the plays. Over the course of the day, through the activity, they will be trained in how to undertake performances themselves. Following it, they can then organise them for their own communities and constituencies, free of any charge.
All are welcome. Lunch will be provided. They’d like people from diverse places to join us – arts and educational institutions, community and grassroots organisations, freelance artists and interested individuals. For this reason, tickets are being offered on a pay what you can afford basis between £15 and £45.
They suggest a price of £15 for freelancers and individuals, £25 for teachers, youth workers and those representing smaller arts organisations, and £45 for participants representing bigger institutions such as arts centres and universities. Please do consider paying what you can, as it will allow us to offer bursary places and support for those who for whatever reason are not able to afford to attend.
All Things Considered Theatre’s Be.Spoke programme offers women a creative space to play, bounce and explore their creative performances.
All of the work is original material and based on lived experience.
This work is funded by The Arts Council England.
The Liverpool Improvisation Festival is back once again! Now an annual highlight in the Unity calendar, they cannot wait to welcome improvisers from far and wide to the Unity stage.
The Unity will become a hive of all thing’s improv, when shows open on Thursday the 24th of April and run through till late on Saturday the 26th of April (10pm).
The Liverpool Improvisation Festival (LIF) brings the best of the world’s improvisation to Liverpool and the best of Liverpool to the world. With local, national, and international talent, including 18 spontaneous shows across 3 days and a day filled with 7 expertly led workshops, LIF2025 has something for everyone!
After a personal tragedy, a floundering TV comic starts listening to the wrong voices in his head. His moral compass is getting derailed. He kind of knows it. But all these ideas for his new show are brilliant.
Is it ok to go too far so long as you’re on the right side of history? How far would you go?
Daniel Bye’s award-winning stand-up storytelling is at its best in this startling new show. Book now for a wild ride through the warped mirror of twenty-first century culture.
PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS SHOWS:
“Bye is an exceptional storyteller” – Exeunt Theatre Magazine
“Funny, wise, impeccably performed. […] Bye is one of the most astute and thoughtful contemporary theatremakers around.” **** – The Stage
“Fascinating, terrifying and thought-provoking” **** – The Guardian
“Captivating and illuminating” **** – The Independent
“Unforgettable. Beautifully written.” **** – The Scotsman
“Riveting, funny and thoughtful” **** – The Guardian
Some actors still think improv means being fast thinking and clever; breaking the rules and doing the unexpected. Not necessarily; in fact, not often. ‘Take the boring choice’ is a powerful mantra.
Improv is the foundation of any performer’s training – the ability to be alive in the moment, to fully listen and engage with your scene partner/s, and to start understanding story (and a character’s journey) from the inside out. Take away words, take away haste, and what are you left with?
This session is an introduction to the discipline of improv, designed to demystify and simplify in a relaxed and fun environment.
Join Queen Jesus in Liverpool for two nights only at St Bride’s Church in the heart of the city’s Georgian Quarter.
The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven is a unique, emotive, one-woman theatrical piece that “leaves everyone feeling blessed” as it seeks to end trans discrimination. Jesus has returned to earth as a trans woman and this is your chance to come and meet her even if you don’t normally go to church.
The show is written and performed by Jo Clifford (TAMING OF THE SHREW, EVE) – one of Scotland’s most renowned playwrights with over 100 plays to her name, Stonewall role model and recently elected an Elder of the United Reformed Church.
Described as having “one of the most remarkable journeys in recent theatre history” (Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman) the show has indeed had an incredible journey over the last fifteen years since its premiere as part of the Glasgay festival in 2009. From being the subject of hate, abuse and a mass protest outside the initial show, to hundreds of critically acclaimed and sold-out performances in the UK and Brazil. Indeed, the Brazilian version has become the most talked about work in the country and is at the epicentre of the struggle against censorship and bigotry.
This is Jo’s first time performing her show in Liverpool, and it is a chance for the audience to be blessed with a sense of shared connection. There has never been a more important time for such a simple message of hope and of love.
“I wrote The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven because I wanted to resist. Resist the profound and damaging shame and fear and guilt that has been with me almost all my life. The shame and the fear and the guilt that comes on almost all of us trans women and men born into this hostile world.” – Jo Clifford
Meet the playwright in conversation on
Friday 25th April
7.30pm
entrance by donation and no booking required
Theatre Performance
Saturday 26th April
7.30pm
Performance duration 55 minutes.
Concessions £10
Full price: £15
Sales over the cost of production donated to Open Table Liverpool.
The critically acclaimed production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show created by Jonathan Rockefeller features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets.
The production faithfully adapts four stories by author/illustrator Eric Carle: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, The Very Busy Spider and of course, the star of the show – The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The Very Hungry Caterpillar has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1969 selling more than 48 million copies worldwide. Brown Bear, Brown Bear – now celebrating 50 years – has sold more than 18.2 million copies.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is a vibrant celebration of Eric Carle’s adored classics and the perfect introduction to live theatre.
Five birthdays. Two unhappy marriages. One possessive mother.
It is 1976. Dennis tinkers in his garage, cheerfully indifferent to wife Vera’s impending breakdown. Marjorie hovers in the background, making tea and finding fault. Neil has planned a birthday surprise for his wife, but Pam doesn’t share his enthusiasm, preoccupied by frustrations of her own.
In perhaps his most emotionally charged play, Alan Ayckbourn masterfully evokes a world of hidden tensions and suppressed hostility. He skilfully navigates the tightrope between comedy and tragedy, guiding us towards a hilarious, yet chilling finale.
An Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright, Alan Ayckbourn’s ninety plays have been produced worldwide. Notable successes include: The Norman Conquests, Relatively Speaking, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval and Communicating Doors.
Following successful tours of Absent Friends (2015) and Absurd Person Singular (2020-21), Alan Ayckbourn’s 1976 masterclass in suburban comedy and heartbreak will form the centrepiece of London Classic Theatre’s 25th Anniversary celebrations.
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.
Presented in association with The Black-E.
