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   Dynamic Theatre Productions
The show contains fourteen songs, ten characters, three actors, and a 4 piece band, Tick, Tick... Boom! takes you on the playwright/composer's journey that led to the Broadway blockbuster, Rent.Set in 1990, this traditional book musical is filled with instantly appealing melodies, and a unique blend of pop and musical theatre styles. Everyone, regardless of age, will love this youthful, endearing, and thoughtful piece, and will surely embrace the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life's most difficult challenges. John Hegely -The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet  unity are delighted to welcome back John Hegley. The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet are tales about a Frenchman with some unusual (but clean habits), which include burying his dog’s kennel and his own luggage pieces. The stories appear alongside other new works, which include: An address to aliens on the subject of transport, a poem about a non-talking parrot and some animal impersonations with the aid of a handkerchief.Hegley writes ‘My dad's dad was English and his mother was French. He was brought up in Paris and was fluent in his mother tongue.However, I only heard him speak the language once, when our grandmere visited, in Luton. Like many immigrants, dad's homeland cultural identity dwindled in the new territory. The raison d'etre of this show is an undwindling-a celebration of dual identities’. The audience are invited to sing along. But not to dance. Much. 'Typically brilliant songs and stories about a Gallic small-town hero with a dog called Chirac' The Guardian Suitable for most people over seven www.johnhegley.co.uk Showtime: 8pm Tickets : £12/£8 Thursday 11 > Book Now The Suitcase Ensemble in association with unity Theatre present : Clunk A delightful new version of The Suitcase Ensemble’s absurd and refreshing comedy. Two women and an incoherent male live together but can't quite work out why. The radio is broken, another mysterious relative has died and there's a parcel on the step. It's like this every day.
But last night I dreamt of George again... Conjuring an evocative world of mutinous rag-toys, domestic wormholes and poignant forgotten dreams, ‘Clunk’ is a darkly rebellious feast of unhinged humour, charming puppetry and existential angst. Platform4 The Tempest Platform4 present a visually stunning, dreamlike performance of The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s most enduring plays. This is a beautiful stripped down interpretation of the play that cuts to the heart of the work - with 3 actors, exquisite images and multi-layered sound-scapes. It is, at the same time, a meditation on the nature of theatre and performance.  Platform 4 has developed a reputation for creating stunning visual theatre; blending text, movement and objects with evocative sound and light, to create unique theatrical gems. “Poetic, moving and touching theatre.” Total Theatre "Platform 4 have delivered a poignant and wondrous work of intellectual puzzlement and satisfaction. “I thought that was one of the best Shakespeare productions I’ve ever seen – Superb! Very pleased my 10 and 12 year olds came to see this as their first experience of Shakespeare" Secondary School Teacher There are ideas aplenty here; there are intelligence, rigour and elegant answers to the questions that Shakespeare's late play throws up...overall it's a very stimulating experience in the theatre. Reviewsgate 2009 www.platform4.org Showtime: 8pm Tickets : £9 /£7 Tuesday 16 > Book Now Wenesday 17 > Book Now Earthfall GIG GIG is a high-octane satirical rampage through the human condition with dark humour, bold dance, live music and film from the multi award winning Earthfall. GIG is the story of a band that encapsulates the world outside with songs, film and extreme dances of love and loathing.
A Fevered Sleep / Fuel production The Forest (ages 3+) There is a place at the very heart of the forest. A place where things are not quite what they seem. People become animals, birds become music, wood becomes water, leaves become light. Everything changes (can you hear it?) everything moves (can you see it?). It’s all around you. It’s full of adventure. It’s the forest. The creators of Brilliant and And the Rain Falls Down invite you to a surprising new performance, that will take you somewhere unlike anywhere you’ve ever been. The Forest is a place where you can lose yourself or even find yourself, too, in the cracked mirror of the sky … The Forest treats its audience with respect and intelligence, recognizing that small doesn’t have to mean small-minded or obvious. The show is like a beautiful object that is constantly  assembled and reassembled by its playful cast..... Lyn Gardner, Guardian **** please click here for the full review Exquisite….It’s like the dream of a night in a forest. There’s a grace to this show that captivated and moved me…and magic on stage thanks to the good work of the directors and designers. ‘I wanted it longer’ smiled my daughter as we headed home. Dominic Maxwell, The Times **** please click here for the full review feveredsleep.co.uk Showtime : 11am & 2pm Tickets : £6 / £4 children familyticket : £18 Saturday 20 11am > Sold Out Saturday 20 2pm > Sold Out School performances run Thursday 18th & Friday 19th at 10am & 1.30pm. Please contact the ticket office for more information. Vauxy Theatre Production Liverpool – Rhyme Without Reason Recently bereaved, but cheerfully suicidal, John is visited by his concerned son. The offspring wants the parent to overcome his fatalistic urges and believes a review of his father’s earlier attempts at poetry would be good therapy. He is wrong.Through them he relives his time: the people and the places he knew, the attitudes, the hopes and the beliefs he once held, and how his greatest love was always the city of his birth.  A piece that looks at how loving concern can turn to boiling anger, how familial empathy leads to relative resentment, how a father and son grow apart by being close, Rhyme Without Reason, shows how a Liverpool father and son handle the eternal question of how to deal with life’s traumas - by just having a right kick off! He still kills himself, but has a bloody good laugh before he goes! A comedy with serious bits. Showtime : 8pm Tickets : £9 /£7 concession Tuesday 23 > Book Now Wednesday 24 > Book Now Thursday 25 > Book Now Friday 26 > Book Now Saturday 27 > Book Now  Petite Ullaloom and unitytheatre presents: Spooky Tales Dear Darling little brats children, Greetings my fine young fiends! Do you like to hear of witches, banshees and mysterious goings on? Do you thrill to tales of terror and spine tingling spookiness? You do! Well, in that case we, Edward and Martha Creep, would like to invite you to unity theatre for something a little…different. You may gasp, you may gawp, you may ask mummy and daddy to leave the bedroom light on…but we guarantee you that that this collection of putridly performed short stories, will give you a ghoulishly good time. Do say you’ll come…we are just dying to meet you! Yours,horribly, The Creeps (Only for very brave little children 9+) Tickets : £6 /£4 child Saturday 27 11am > Book Now Saturday 27 2.30pm > Book Now Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
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