PUTTING new writing at the centre of the Playhouse’s autumn season is a bold move but one that demonstrates that, even without the famously avant garde Everyman, Liverpool will not be short of a theatre that takes risks.
Local writers lead the programme, proving that this city has no shortage of talent, and it will be great to see the Studio re-opened to provide a platform for more daring work.
What it does mean, however, is that many high-quality touring productions, which have been lured to the city by the Everyman and Playhouse’s renewed reputation over the past few years, will have no place to go this autumn.
Perhaps this will give the city’s other venues a chance to snap them up.
With the Everyman out of the picture for now, this is a chance for the Playhouse to come out of the shadows.
Many great theatres have sadly closed long before reaching their 100th birthday, so we should be very proud this one still rides high.
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