Articles...
Apr 18 2008
SO, WHAT ever happen- ed to Alan Bleasdale? The Liverpool writer whose television series and stage plays were always an event has been strangely absent from both areas in recent years....
Mar 29 2008
THE future of Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre has been secured until 2011, as its current occupiers have had their lease extended for a further two years....
Mar 19 2008
RARELY has a play developed such an affinity with its audience as Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels....
Mar 14 2008
AS A teenager straight out of school, young Billy Meall arrived at the stage door of Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre clutching his portfolio of art work and with dreams of becoming a theatre designer....
Jan 18 2008
YOU might think that Willy Russell’s life is a problem-free one. He is, after all, one of Britain’s most successful playwrights, with plays produced worldwide and his musical, Blood Brothers, currently packing them in at the Liverpool Empire. Alas, like anyone else, Mr Russell does have problems....
Nov 16 2007
IT IS four hours before the curtain is due to rise at Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre, and actress Eithne Browne is already in her dressing room. "I like to be prepared," she says, admitting to a certain anxiety before any performance....
Nov 13 2007
PEOPLE-WATCHING can be great entertainment when visiting a pub and it makes for remarkably good entertainment as a play, too....
Nov 8 2007
KEN DODD, the living legend of comedy, celebrates his 80th birthday today, and is so tickled by the momentous milestone that he is sharing all the affection shown for himself with other legendary Mersey comics....
Oct 5 2007
Lenny Henry turns the tables on Philip Key as he attempts to talk to the comedian about his new tour...
Oct 5 2007
FOR nine-to-fivers who switch off the television set at 11pm and head for bed, the showbiz life must be a very different world....
