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STETSONS AT THE READY AS COUNTRY MUSICAL ACHY BREAKY BRIDE COMES TO TOWN

STELLAR CAST ANNOUNCED AS HILARIOUS NEW COMEDY COMES TO ST HELENS THEATRE ROYAL IN JUNE

From the producers that brought audiences Rita, Sue and Bob Too! and The Salon, Regal Entertainments are back with brand-new comedy, Achy Breaky Bride this June.

This hilarious jukebox country musical, written by Emma Culshaw and David Paul and directed bySylvie Gatrill, comes to St Helens Theatre Royal from Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 June.

The shows stellar cast has today been announced and includes:Radio City’s Leanne Campbell, Blood Brothers’ Daniel Taylor, Benidorm’s Crissy Rock and BBC All Together Now’s Divina De Campo.

The Ruby Slippers’ Emma Vaudrey and Rita, Sue and Bob Too! star Olivia Sloyan complete the line-up.

It’s never a dull day in Dolly’s Dream Dresses, St Helens’ boutique Bridal shop run by A Boy Named Sue (Taylor) and his sister Jolene (Campbell).

Radio City breakfast host Leanne Campbell is always an audience favourite. She is well-known to audiences through her many panto appearances and other stage roles, including CarolinThe Salon at St Helens Theatre Royal in 2016 and The Epstein Theatre in 2017.

Joining Leanne is Blood Brothers and West End star Daniel Taylor.

Actor, producer and director, Daniel Taylor has previously starred in the title role of Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, a role for which he received critical acclaim. He is also well known for playing Sammy in West End and national tour of Blood Brothers, and Mickey in Alan Bleasdale’s 40th anniversary production of Down the Dock Road at Liverpool’s Royal Court. Daniel also produces and plays the title role in The Tommy Cooper Show.

Also in the line-up is national treasure Crissy Rock. An award-winning actress, stand-up comedian and best-selling author, she is perhaps best known for playing Janey York in hit ITV sitcom Benidorm and jungle campmate in I’m A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here. Her theatre credits include Escorts: The Musical and Dirty Dusting.

Fresh off the judging panel of BBC’s All Together Now, one of the UK’s biggest drag artists Divina De Campo also joins the cast. Divina played Destiny in the acclaimed comedy The Ruby Slippers which visited Theatre Royal in 2016.

Emma Vaudrey is a successful stage and screen actress with credits including Lady Killers andSpringhill. She recently appeared in psychological thriller Blood Runs Deep at The Unity Theatre,and starred with Divina De Campo in 2016’s The Ruby Slippers.

No stranger to St Helens Theatre Royal stage, Olivia Sloyan completes the all-star line-up. Her theatre credits include Sue in Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Tia in The Salon, Princess Jasmine in Aladdin, and both Linda and Brenda in Blood Brothers.

Watch all the Crazy antics unfold as Sue and Jolene work non-stop from 9-5 to help these blushing brides-to-be prepare for their big days!

Will they make it down the aisle without a hitch? Will they stand by their man proclaiming I Will Always Love You? Don’t count on it!

This hilarious new musical comedy includes all the biggest classic country hits to sing along to, including: Crazy, Jolene, Rhinestone Cowboy, Rose Garden, Achy Breaky Heart and many more!

Grab your Stetsons and put on your Cowboy Boots as they are made for walking down to St Helens Theatre Royal this June. You’ll have an Achy Breaky Heart if you miss it!

For more information, please visit: www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com

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LISTING DETAILS

ACHY BREAKY BRIDE

Date: Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 June

Time: Tue-Thu 7:30pm/ Fri & Sat 8pm/ Sat Matinee 3pm

Tickets: From £18

*All prices are inclusive of a £1 per seat booking fee. On-line bookings are subject to an additional 50p per seat on-line processing fee.

THEATRE ROYAL BOOKING DETAILS

Book in person at the Theatre Royal Box Office, Corporation Street, St. Helens, Merseyside WA10 1LQ (Mon–Sat 10am–5pm). Alternatively, call 01744 756 000 or log on to:www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com.

Phil McIntyre Entertainments Ltd and Penguin Random House present

MICHAEL PALIN
LIVE ON STAGE 2019

Erebus, Python and Other Stories

MICHAEL PALIN TO RETURN TO THE STAGE WITH A BRAND NEW SHOW FOR THE PAPERBACK RELEASE OF HIS LATEST BOOK EREBUS: THE STORY OF A SHIP

TICKETS ON SALE 25 JANUARY

To celebrate the paperback publication of Erebus: The Story of A Ship,  Monty Python star and much-loved television globe-trotter Michael Palin announces a brand new one-man stage show. It will take him to 12 venues around the UK, beginning in Bournemouth on 7^th June and ending in Bath on 7^th July.

In the first part of the show, Palin brings to life the thrilling story of HMS Erebus, the tough little ship that took on the Antarctic and the Arctic in the 1840s, and which was the subject of his latest bestselling book. His richly illustrated talk conveys the triumph and tragedy of the ship’s short and doomed life, and what it was about it that made him so keen to tell its story.

In the second half, Michael tells his own life story, including how his three favourite subjects at school (Geography, History and Comedy) have shaped his life, from ‘Monty Python’ to ‘Ripping Yarns’ and the many television travel series that have taken him all around the world, from the North Pole to North Korea.

With previously unseen footage and previously untold stories, Michael shows how comedy and adventure have been natural bedfellows during a rich and diverse career.

The tour will be supported by local bookshops and signed copies of his books will be available to buy. Erebus: the Story of a Ship will be published by Arrow in paperback on 30^th May, price: £8.99

UK Tour Dates

Date	Town/ City
Friday 7 June	Bournemouth: Pavilion
Saturday 8 June	Basingstoke: Anvil
Sunday 9 June	Cambridge: Corn Exchange
Thursday 20 June	Chesterfield: Winding Wheel
Friday 21June	Milton Keynes: Theatre
Saturday 22 June	London: Cadogan Hall
Thursday 27 June	Bradford: Alhambra
Friday 28 June	Salford: Lowry – Lyric
Thursday 4July	Salisbury: City Hall
Friday 5July	Reading: Hexagon
Saturday 6July	Portsmouth: Southsea Kings
Sunday 7 July	Bath: Theatre Royal

VAULT Festival (Crescent), Leake St, Lambeth, London SE1 7AD
Wednesday 6th – Sunday 10th March 2019, 19:45

Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, the acclaimed Theatre Témoin now stage Feed at VAULT Festival – a show that brings their vibrant visual style to the world of click-bait culture, fake news and cyber gluttony. Welcome to the stimulating world of Feed where emotions are the currency and your passions and fantasies will be indulged… for a price.

A Palestinian woman takes a striking photograph of a boy. A journalist steals the image for an unrelated article. A blogger is moved to tears by the article and posts a tribute. An SEO specialist makes the blogger’s tribute go viral. Now all four are caught in a media storm, in a whirring story that moves from reality into dark fantasy as the algorithms spin to deliver ‘what people want’. As we progress through these individual’s stories, we see them spiral out of control as they get pulled into the online madness.

…a disquieting glimpse into the festering heart of the internet, told with a darkness and vibrancy that compulsively grips…. There’s a fascinating fluidity to Feed as it stretches and swells, enhancing and exaggerating until there’s blood on the floor, vicious internet trolls at the gates, and Peck is the devil incarnate (The Stage).

Theatre Témoin have always been unafraid of tackling important issues and here they explore the dark absurdity of today’s media landscape and what capitalism has turned it into. Feed uses a surreal style interweaved with Bouffon physicality to look at how algorithms and capitalism are shaping the information we receive and consume online and how this information is, in turn, shaping us

Director Ailin Conant comments, I think as a consumer I’m used to the idea that companies are after my money. But the moment you realise that your time and your feelings are for sale, and that companies will use your own arousal (be it anger or excitement or addiction) just to keep you on your screen… I start to feel like my body, my brain, my organism is being hijacked. This is the discomfort that drove us to create Feed.

Theatre Témoin is committed to engaging communities in the process of making their work and have conducted numerous R&D workshops with young people during its development. Feed is a co-production with The Lowry and The Everyman Cheltenham and is supported by Arts Council England and The Charles Irving Trust.

IN CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PIE DAY

ANNOUNCES PIE PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE THEATRE CAFÉ
Music and lyrics by six-time Grammy Award-nominee Sara Bareilles
Book by Jessie Nelson
Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly
Directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus

It is announced today that Waitress will partner with The Theatre Café, London’s first ever theatre-themed coffee shop, which will be making and selling delicious fresh pies each night at the show. Audience members will be able to buy the famous Waitress pie jars in apple crumble, chocolate salted caramel or banoffee at the Adelphi Theatre when the show begins preview performances on8 February. The Waitress pie jars were originally created by Cute As Cake of New York.

Rehearsals are now underway ahead of the show’s official opening night on 7 March. The West End premiere of Sara Bareilles’ Waitress will star Katharine McPhee (Smash) as Jenna, Emmy-nominee Jack McBrayer (30 Rock) as Ogie, Marisha Wallace as Becky, Laura Baldwin as Dawn, Peter Hannah as Earl, David Hunter as Dr. Pomatter and Shaun Prendergast as Old Joe. Currently playing its third year on Broadway, Waitress will bring with it an all-female lead creative team – a West End musical first.

The full company includes Kelly Agbowu, Laura Baldwin, Piers Bate, Nicole Raquel Dennis, Michael Hamway, Peter Hannah, David Hunter, Stephen Leask, Jack McBrayer, Chris McGuigan, Katharine McPhee, Olivia Moore, Nathaniel Morrison, Sarah O’Connor, Leanne Pinder, Shaun Prendergast, Charlotte Riby and Marisha Wallace.

Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage. Pouring her heart into her pies, she crafts desserts that mirror her topsy-turvy life such as “​The Key (Lime) to Happiness Pie” and “Betrayed By My Eggs Pie.” When a baking contest in a nearby county — and a satisfying run-in with someone new — show Jenna a chance at a fresh start, she must find the courage to seize it. Change is on the menu, as long as Jenna can write her own perfectly personal recipe for happiness.

Waitress also recently announced the first of its “Cast Album Karaoke” nights in London, meaning that theatre lovers who have always dreamt of singing on the West End stage will soon be able to make their dream a reality. The first ever karaoke nights will be held post-show on Tuesday 19 Februaryand Monday 18 March 2019. For the chance to sing one minute of any song from the show – live on stage and accompanied by the show’s musical director Katharine Woolley – interested audience members just need to sign up in the theatre before the performance.

Waitress opened on 24 April 2016 at Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theater. Based on the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, Waitress was the first Broadway musical in history to have four women in the four top creative team spots, featuring original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy®​ ​nominee Sara Bareilles (“Love Song”, “Brave”), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (​I Am Sam​), direction by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (​Pippin​, ​Finding Neverland​) and choreography by Lorin Latarro. The production is currently touring the US and has also announced it will have its Australian premiere in 2020 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre.

On its Broadway opening, Waitress was nominated for four Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical; two Drama League Award Nominations, including Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical; six Drama Desk Nominations, including Outstanding Musical; and four Tony Award Nominations, including Best Musical.

LISTINGS

WAITRESS
The Adelphi Theatre
The Strand,
London WC2R 0NS

Performances from Friday 8 February
Opening night: Thursday 7 March

Monday – Saturday evenings at 7.30pm
Wednesday & Saturday matinees at 2.30pm

24 Hour Telephone Booking line: 020 7087 7753
waitressthemusical.co.uk

Images from: https://www.thecornershoppr.com/downloads/waitress/

Twitter: @WaitressLondon
Facebook: Waitress the Musical – London
Instagram: @WaitressLondon

New Victoria Theatre, Woking – until 26th January 2019

Reviewed by Becky Doyle

4****

What a beautiful and endearing story that had me captivated from start to finish. I was initially disappointed to hear that Mathew Horne would not be playing Raymond on the chosen night and instead the role would be played by Adam Lilley. However, I took all my disappointment back within 30 seconds of Lilley walking on the stage with his skill and tact in playing an autistic character that made me empathize with both he and his on stage brother Chris Fountain (Charlie). Their relationship evolving and brotherly love and understanding coming through was what made the show what it was. The story was easy to follow and you began to see that life was never going to be the same for Charlie, nor that of Raymond.

The set was minimal yet was all that was needed and the space was used to its fullest. Between scenes the music that was played was upbeat, in time with the era and had be swaying along during the little time being taken to set up the stage between scenes.

The special moment between Raymond and Charlie, which brought the play to an end, had myself with tears in my eyes with a desire to know more. The cast was presented with a standing ovation, which was nothing, less than they deserved.

Overall, this show brought to the stage a well-known film and story that could hold relevance to so many. If you have the opportunity I wouldn’t hesitate to seeing the show yourself.

TWO MAJOR ARTS COMPANIES TEAM UP FOR ONE-OFF

GIANT OUTDOOR THEATRE EVENT IN YORKSHIRE AND LONDON

-on sale now-

Internationally-renowned Yorkshire-based theatre company Mind the Gap is preparing to present a giant piece of outdoor theatre that is set to be a world first BY the company known for its provocative and cutting-edge works.

Featuring a giant baby, 3D projection mapping, a cast of 100+ and an original music score, ZARA will perform in only two venues – Halifax Piece Hall, Yorkshire in April and Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Southwark, London in May.

Julia Skelton, Executive Director of Mind the Gap said:

“ZARA is a huge-impact piece of outdoor theatre that has been four years in the making. We have brought together an international team of directors, choreographers, producers, designers, technicians, puppeteers, musicians and actors. Right now, there are hundreds of people working on the project in the UK and we are really proud to be the company behind the idea.”

Mind the Gap is collaborating with world-renowned outdoor arts specialists Walk the Plank who have created large scale shows for a host of celebrations including the XVIIth Manchester Commonwealth Games and numerous UK and European Capitals of Culture.

“I met Mind the Gap a couple of years ago and knew immediately that we should work with them,” says Liz Pugh Creative Producer of Walk the Plank.

“I was drawn to their work and their ethos; they are bold, inclusive, and are breaking boundaries. Walk the Plank make work in public space in order to reach and engage as diverse an audience as possible, as such we are thrilled to collaborate with a company so respected in the theatre industry and within learning disability arts.”

ZARA is the pinnacle output of Mind the Gap’s Daughters of Fortune project which explores learning disability and parenthood for a mainstream audience. It began with Anna, a forum theatre piece used for research workshops and was followed by Mia a production that has met with critical acclaim, featured at 2017’s Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival where it was the only learning disability theatre company to perform, and has toured to 24 theatres across the UK. ZARA brings this award-winning project to a large-scale outdoor audience.

“I believe theatre has the power to move hearts and minds, and with this international team of leading creatives, ZARA is going to do just that,” says Artistic Director Joyce Nga Yu Lee.

“Throughout our research, the stories we heard were tender, shocking, funny, poignant and everything in between; ZARA is a fusion of these complex and untold precious stories – and then supersized! It’s an unprecedented performance that puts learning disabled parents and artists at its heart and is guaranteed to deliver an unforgettable experience.”

Zara: Daughters of Fortune has a limited run in Yorkshire and London:

Friday 19^th & Saturday 20^th April 2019

The Piece Hall, Halifax

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (home of Imperial War Museum), London

Friday 10^th & Saturday 11^th May 2019

Tickets are priced at £8 and are on sale now

Book online at www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/productions/zara–

Performance Listings:

ZARA: Daughters of Fortune

The Piece Hall, Halifax HX1 1RE

Friday 19^th and Saturday 20^th April 2019 at 7pm

Tickets: £8 / £28 for four people / £12 Balcony

Booking:  www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/productions/zara

Age guidance: Family friendly

ZARA: Daughters of Fortune

Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Southwark SE1 6HZ

Friday 10^th & Saturday 11^th May 2019 at 7pm

Tickets: £8 / £28 for four people

Booking: www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/productions/zara

Age guidance: Family friendly

Sheffield Lyceum – until Saturday 26 January 2019

Reviewed by Lottie Davis Browne

4****

“Oh this year (Sheffield) is off to sunny Spain – Y viva Espana!” Snow might be forecast for parts of Sheffield but for one week only at Sheffields’ Lyceum Theatre the sun is shining, the sangria’s are free flowing at Neptune’s Bar, in this all-inclusive brash live screen-to-stage comedy of the hit TV show Benidorm.

For those of you not familiar with the television series, the stories are set (with regularly returning tourists) in a budget all-inclusive Spanish resort – a popular with British tourists who love value-for-money, pie and peas and a pint, karaoke, a perm or silver highlights at Blow and Go Salon and of course the hot weather.

Middle-class couple Ben (Bradley Clarkson) and Sophie (Tricia Adele-Turner) have booked a luxury holiday in Altea – however due to an apparent over booking by the hotel, they are instead sent to the sister-hotel – the Solona in budget loving Benidorm – a 4 turned 3 (or should that be 3 and a half??) star hotel with equally 3 star guests. When they are mistaken as being undercover hotel inspectors, the Solana staff – spurred on by the ever bossy Joyce Temple-Savage (Sherrie Hewson) go out of their way to make the couple feel welcome. Throw in a gay Swinger friend of Jacqueline’s (panto dame regular Damian Williams) – who is smitten with Blow and Go’s Kenneth (Tony Maudsley) and you’ve got pure comedy gold. I personally adored Williams in this role – should Benidorm ever make a return to the television screen, Williams definitely needs to reprise this role!

Six of the television series regular characters make up the bulk of the cast (characters such as the raunchy swinger Jacqueline, Blow and Go’s Liam and Kenneth and womanising barman Mateo) which, for someone who has watched the show from the start of series two (quickly catching up on series one beforehand), was reassuring to see the much loved characters brought to life on stage. I thought Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) was hilarious on television but oh my goodness her character is even more outrageous live! My sides were splitting as tears of laughter rolled down my face. Adam Gillen brings a certain element of naiveness and admiration to the stage and his character as the lovable Liam, who is totally devoted to his prisoner dad (Lesley – the cross dresser), whilst his dad appears to be having a rare old time in the open prison and has made a new “friend” – Liam is missing his dad and eager for his return to Benidorm.

The plot is not a new storyline as such – a similar – if not identical – storyline has already been done in one of the earlier series (possibly series one?) – therefore I had already guessed the outcome within the first five minutes of the show starting, however this did not take away my enjoyment in anyway shape or form. The live production is as laugh out loud and crude (that Jacqueline is a saucy one!) as the television programme, however by watching it live the humour intensifies 100%

Mark Walters clever set design recreates the Solana hotel perfectly – along with salon Blow and Go and Neptunes bar. Shelley Longworth shows her true star qualities in Act Two as part of the karaoke at Neptunes bar with a knockout rendition of Faith Hills’ “There You’ll Be”. However the show stealer for me has to be Damian Williams as the loveable and hilarious “Gay Derek”.

At just under two hours running time (including an interval), Benidorm Live is a refreshing escape from the cold and depressing January “Brexit Blues” – and reminds us that nobody does comedy like us Brits! So grab your passport for the perfect post Christmas escape and get your tickets to see this must see performance!

Nominations announced for Inaugural Casting Awards in February

The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) in partnership with Spotlight is pleased to announce the nominations for its inaugural Casting Awards, which will take place on Tuesday 12 February 2019 at Ham Yard Hotel London. This new event will be the first UK Awards ceremony to celebrate the significant achievements of casting in the fields of Theatre, TV, Film and Commercials. The nominations are:

The 2019 CDG Award for Best Casting in a Theatre production sponsored by The Stage

• Alastair Coomer for The York Realist (Donmar Warehouse)
• Sophie Parrott for An Octoroon (National Theatre Transfer)
• Wendy Spon and Jacob Sparrow for Follies (National Theatre)
• Charlotte Sutton for Caroline or Change (Hampstead Theatre)
• Paul Wooller, Felicity French and Trevor Jackson for Hamilton (Victoria Palace, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd)

The 2019 CDG Award for Best Casting in a TV production sponsored by United Agents

• Kharmel Cochrane for The End of the F**king World (Netflix)
• Tracey Gillham for Inside No. 9 Series 4 (BBC2)
• Julie Harkin for Kiri (Channel 4)
• Jina Jay for Black Mirror Season 4 (Netflix)
• Kate Rhodes James Casting for Bodyguard (BBC1 & Netflix)

The 2019 CDG Award for Best Casting in a Film Sponsored by Independent Talent

• Lucy Bevan for Murder on the Orient Express
• David Grindrod, Stephen Crockett, Will Burton for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Musical Ensemble Casting
• Julie Harkin for Beast
• Jina Jay for The Darkest Hour
• Debbie McWilliams for Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

The 2019 CDG Award for Best Casting in a Commercial

• Martin Gibbons and Dan Hubbard for Waitrose ‘Snowed In’
• Martin Gibbons for McCains ‘We Are Family 2’
• Hammond Cox Casting for Cadbury ‘Mum’s Birthday’
• Orla Maxwell for Jaguar EPace ‘Mistress of Mischief’
• Belinda Norcliffe and Heidi Lawry for Walkers ‘70^th Birthday’
• Sasha Robertson Casting for Unstereotype Alliance ‘Audition for an Advert’
• Sasha Robertson Casting for ICRC ‘Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare’ 

The nominated productions premiered between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018 and have been submitted by members of the Casting Directors’ Guild, who will now vote for a winner in each category.

These awards are kindly sponsored by Spotlight, Independent Talent Group, United Agents, EON Productions and The Stage.   

METAL RABBIT PRODUCTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PARK THEATREANNOUNCE THE WORLD PREMIÈRE OF

WE’RE STAYING RIGHT HERE WITH FULL CAST

Metal Rabbit Productions in association with Park Theatre present

The World Première of

We’re Staying Right Here

By Henry Devas

Directed by Jez Pike; Set Designer: Elizabeth Wright;Lighting Designer: George Bach

Sound Designer: Dominic Brennan

Park Theatre

26 February – 23 March

Metal Rabbit Productions in association with Park Theatre present the world première of Henry Devas’ debut play, We’re Staying Right Here, a black comedy exploring issues of male depression and suicide. Jez Pike directs Tom Canton, Danny Kirrane, Daniel Portman, who plays Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones and Liam Smith.The production opens at Park Theatre on 1 March, with previews from 26 February, and runs until 23 March.

‘You’re not trapped in here… you just wouldn’t last five seconds out there.’

Everything was ticking along just fine for Matt. Stand-up comic. New father. Nice bloke.

Then the war started and Matt’s world changed.

Now, hidden away in his boarded up flat, Matt, Tristabel and Benzies spend their days bantering about life, comedy… and Paul Newman. With the pressure mounting to keep what’s out there from getting in here, one thing becomes clear. Matt must escape. The others want him to. They won’t shut up about it. These days, they won’t shut up about anything. If only Matt could make up his mind about what his role in this war is going to be.

Writer, Henry Devas, said today,“I’m over the moon to have my debut play premiering at Park Theatre this spring. The play’s aim is to explore the experience of depression and the issue of suicide amongst men whilst finding comedy and humour within one of societies darkest themes. 

Having experienced depression personally and with suicide being the number one killer of men under 50, I believe it is imperative to encourage discussion surrounding this silent, and in many cases invisible, epidemic. Through taking a unique approach to the subject, we hope to increase awareness and understanding of this legitimate illness, whilst attempting to remove the stigma that absolutely still exists.”

We’re Staying Right Here marks Henry Devas’ playwriting debut. His credits as an actor include The Mousetrap(St. Martin’s Theatre), The Winterling (Theatre by the Lake) and Bedroom Farce (Harrogate Theatre/Oldham Coliseum Theatre).

Tom Canton plays Tristabel. His theatre credits include The Country Girls (Chichester Festival Theatre), Richard II(Almeida Theatre), The Hook (Royal & Derngate Northampton) and Wuthering Heights (Gate Theatre, Dublin). His television credits include Wasted.

Danny Kirrane plays Matt. His theatre credits include Jerusalem (Royal Court Theatre/Music Box Theatre), As You Like It (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), A Little Hotel on the Side (Theatre Royal Bath), Three Sisters (Young Vic), Romeo and Juliet (UK tour) and The History Boys (National Theatre). His television credits include Wasted, Critical and Trollied; and for film, Peterloo, Fubar, Ravers, The Hatching, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Walking on Sunshine.

Daniel Portman plays Benzies. His theatre credits include The Collector (The Vaults), Black Watch(Barbican/Scotland tour) and Philoctetes (Òran Mór). His television credits include series regular Podrick Payne in Game of Thrones.

Liam Smith plays Chris. His theatre credits include Howard Barker Double Bill (Arcola Theatre), Seagulls/Every 20 Mins (Bridewell Theatre), More No Still (Print Room), Air Around Us, Hacked (Theatre503), Old Times, The Winterling, Waiting For Godot, Dracula and Knives in Hens (Theatre by the Lake).

Jez Pike is the Director of Productions at the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich. His theatre credits for the company include Hayfever, Nell Gwynn, Swallows and Amazons, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Jerusalem, King Alfred’s Kitchen and Quality Street. His other theatre credits include: The Winterling, Not About Heroes, The Shape of Things and Knives in Hens (Theatre by the Lake), Sex, Lies & Serial Killers (Theatre503) and Janis (Theatre503/Edinburgh Festival Fringe).

WE’RE STAYING RIGHT HERE                                                                                                                 Listings

Park Theatre, Park90

Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, N4 3JP

26 February – 23 MarchP

Box Office: 020 7870 6876*

www.parktheatre.co.uk

*No booking fee online. Telephone booking fee applies.

FASCINATING AIDA’S

LIZA PULMAN SINGS STREISAND

COMING TO THE EPSTEIN THEATRE THIS MAY

Acclaimed singer and comedienne Liza Pulman celebrates the legend of Barbra Streisand with her fabulous band, in her hugely successful and critically acclaimed five-star triumph, Liza Pulman Sings Streisand.

Fascinating Aida’s Liza Pulman comes to The Epstein Theatre on Friday 3 May as part of a new UK tour for 2019 after playing to packed houses across the country in 2018, which included three sell-out shows at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatre The Other Palace in Victoria, and two sell-out performances at Wilton’s Music Hall. 

The latest dates will also include a run at The Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s West End later this year.

The tour date at The Epstein Theatre gives fans another fantastic chance to see her incredible talents live on stage after her revered performance at the Liverpool Philharmonic in 2018, as she squeezes history, warmth and humour into this truly world class show.

Liza is excited to bring the show back to Liverpool, she said: “I formed my amazing 6-piece band a few years ago and hit the road with our first show ‘Songs Of Hollywood’. One of the songs I sang was Evergreen from the film ‘A Star Is Born’, and so many people told me I sounded like Barbra Streisand, which was flattering, then I started to look at how and why that might be.

“She has always been such a huge influence on my singing and on my approach to music that I wanted to celebrate that somehow, so here we are. We visited Liverpool as part of 2018’s tour and I am delighted to be bringing the show back to audiences here after such a warm and welcoming response last year.”

Alongside her musical director Joseph Atkins and The Starlight Ensemble, Liza bewitches audiences with sheer vocal virtuosity and emotional expression, bringing not only her exceptional voice and compelling storytelling, but her own personal slant on Streisand’s life and music.

A must see for music lovers and Streisand fans everywhere.

Website: www.lizapulman.com | Twitter: @liza_pulman | Facebook: lizapulmanofficial | Instagram: lizapulman

What the press have said about Liza Pulman:

“A superb evening’s entertainment. Seldom has a standing ovation been better-earned”

★★★★★ Stage Talk 

 “Incredible performances delivered with humour, grace and class”

★★★★★ Theatre Weekly 

“Amazing, her voice was truly wonderful”

★★★★★ Jewish News  

“A world class show”

★★★★★ Encore Radio

“A night of sheer joy. A classy, warmly produced, exquisitely delivered night underscored by the numbers of people on their feet at its end”

★★★★★ ChrisHighReviews.com

“Completely immerses the audience from beginning to end”

★★★★★ Love London Love Culture

“Bewitches us with sheer vocal virtuosity and emotional expression”

★★★★★ BritishTheatre.com

“Get your tickets booked, I promise you won’t be disappointed”

★★★★★ London Theatre

“Liza has got style oozing out of her pores and a belting set of lungs”

★★★★★ TheGayUK

LISTING INFORMATION

LIZA PULMAN SINGS STREISAND

The Epstein Theatre

Date: Fri 3 May 
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £25

To book tickets please call 0844 888 4411* or go online at www.epsteinliverpool.co.uk * or in person at The Epstein Theatre Box Office from 12pm – 6pm Monday – Saturday.

*Subject to booking fee. All prices include a £1 per ticket venue restoration levy

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