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Friday 2 and Saturday 3 May
Theatre is dead. Not just dead but mashed up. Only little random pieces remain. An eyelid. An appendix. Strewn across the auditorium like confetti at a madman’s wedding. What happened? Where did it all go wrong?
Legend, myth and rumour all agree that one play killed theatre. One play so mad, so disgusting, and yet so beautiful that it destroyed theatre for ever. A play madder than a bag of wasps and crazier than a bridge of socks. Now only films that have been avidly watched by the censors make it to an audience, the spontaneity of live performance has been cudgelled due to the horror of that show.
Two men have plucked up the courage to investigate. Patrick and Bronson present the first piece of live theatre in many years.
Using eyewitness accounts and physical interpretation of verbally said things, they bring to you, the sick, twisted and ultimately hilarious abomination that is; The Death of Theatre!
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £8.50/£6.50 concessions
by Tom Stoppard
Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 May
Arcadia is a beautiful and absorbing play that alternates between 1809 and the present as Stoppard explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between the classical and romantic temperament, and science in the face of the disruptive influence of love, loss, and sex on our orbits in life.
Both a poignant drama and a sharp, witty and uproarious comedy, Arcadia is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Tom Stoppard’s rich and storied writing career.
Performed by second year Acting students and Postgraduate Diploma in Acting students.
I have never left a play more convinced that I’d just witnessed a masterpiece. The Independent
This is a brilliant, brilliant play. A play of ideas, of consummate theatricality, of sophisticated entertainment and of heartache for a time never to be regained. The Sunday Times
showtime 7:30pm
tickets £7.00/£3.50 concessions
World Premiere
Homotopia and Glasgay in a co-promotion with unity
By Tim Fountain. Starring Bette Bourne
Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 May
Rock Hudson was the biggest screen idol in 1950s Hollywood, the ultimate Tinseltown hunk. But his career was perpetually under threat from Confidential magazine, every queer actor’s nemesis. Only one man stood between stardom and oblivion.
Rock is the story of Henry Willson - the man who created the Hollywood star; propelled him to stardom and would do anything to protect his money-spinning protégé. It is a behind the scenes story of fame, greed and desire set in a Hollywood obsessed with top-billing and the bottom line.
Rock brings the seamy world of 1950s Hollywood to vivid life.
Bette Bourne is one of the most compelling figures I have ever seen on a stage Financial Times
Bette Bourne is one of the UK's leading performers, whose recent incarnation as Quentin Crisp in the highly successful Bush Theatre production of Resident Alien by Tim Fountain brought an entirely new perspective and audience to his work.
Bette Bourne's legendary company, Bloolips, have produced, commissioned and presented award winning shows in London and abroad for over 30 years. Bette Bourne reflects the hopes, aspirations and concerns of a generation of gay and lesbian people in the UK and abroad.
Rock is commissioned by Homotopia and Glasgay!, and funded by Arts Council England
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £12.00/£10.00 concessions
Wednesday 14 May
Professor Richard Dyer presents a special event examining the films of Rock Hudson.
showtime showtime 6:00pm
tickets £5.00 or Free if booked with 'Rock'
Tuesday 20 May
Two former schoolteachers are living in isolation. Banned from working with children following an event that took place years earlier, they are holed up in their filthy flat, following a bizarre timetable that includes study of the Arthur Miller play 'The Crucible'.
Performed by
Annie Fitzmaurice and Erika Poole
Directed by
Paul Hunter [Told By An Idiot]
Designed by
Cathy Wren
Music by
Richard Hammarton
Surrealism, social comment and physical theatre all slide into view ... essentially a brilliantly written comedy ... with a dark and twisted heart... METRO
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £8.50/£6.50 concessions
Followed by Screening of Gideon’s Daughter
Thursday 22 May
Stephen Poliakoff, acclaimed screenwriter, playwright and director, has collected a string of national and international awards. In his first ever Liverpool appearance, Stephen will talk about his writing, his sources of inspiration, and his passions – and the audience will have a chance to join in the conversation.
Poliakoff established a reputation in mid-1970s theatre, his latest works, a series of films for the BBC, Joe’s Palace, Capturing Mary and the short A Real Summer, were broadcast to great applause and critical debate.
The discussion will be followed by a screening of Gideon’s Daughter, winner of two golden globes, starring Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, Emily Blunt, and Robert Lindsay.
For more information call WoW on 0151 703 0020
showtime 7:30pm
tickets £10.00/£8.00 concessions