Some of the most interesting and innovative dance work being created by northern artists will be showcased at the Unity Theatre this week Northern Dances, presented by Merseyside Dance Initiative on Thursday (October 11) brings together talented c...
Everybody has things they want to do by the time they???re 30, and actor Stephen Fletcher hasn???t been doing things by halves. It has been a busy year so far and shows no sign of slowing down as he prepares his biggest project to date -- brand ne...
The Vogue Ball returns to Liverpool this weekend, and from the buzz it already sounds as if the event -- the fourth of its kind in the city -- will be the biggest and best yet. Here, in no discernable order, are ten good reasons to get your ass do...
Treasured is an amibitious new work that takes place in the nave of Liverpool's Anglican cathedral. Inspired by the centenery of the sinking of the Titanic, it uses a combination of theatre, large-scale film projection, music and aerial performanc...
The last time MADEUP spoke to Jake Mills, before the last Liverpool Comedy Festival, he was just about to graduate from Liverpool Hope Uni and was starting to ponder a full time comedy career. Flash forward 18 months and it's still as much of a th...
A last-minute addition to the Liverpool Empire's winter line-up will see burlesque performer Immodesty Blaize bring "a feather and diamond encrusted spectacular live music theatrical show" to the venue on December 2. Inspired by the glamour of ico...
Tmesis Theatre are well known for their work as a duo; for Wolf Red, performer Yorgos Karamalegos steps off stage and into the director's role, while Elinor Randle flies solo in a work that retains all their usual spine-tingling trademarks. It's a...
Putting a twist on the classic murder mystery, The Sacred Flame is a part thriller, part love story that runs at the Playhouse from October 16 to 20. Written by playwright and novelist W Somerset Maugham, the brilliance of the writer is promised t...
Manchester-based choreographer Darren Pritchard is bringing his unique work 1, a piece in which he dances one song for one audience member at a time, to Liverpool this autumn as part of the Homotopia festival line up. The founder of dance company ...
The Lantern Theatre is to turn its hand to comedy with a night of stand up next month. On Sunday, October 7, our pal Silky will be returning to Liverpool to headline A Rush of Laughter. Joined by Scott Bennett, whose accolades include being named ...
Last night was the final performance of The Yarn, a show that first took to the Unity stage in 2011, before heading to this year's Edinburgh fringe. MATE Drama Workshop, a community group based in Halewood, decided to say goodbye to their intricat...
Some very nice news today, in that MADEUP has been commended as one of the best arts and culture blogs IN THE WHOLE OF THE NORTH. Huzzah! While it hasn't made the shortlist for the Blog North Awards so won't actually win anything, the judging pane...
Kicking off the Playhouse's autumn season -- and frankly we've been a bit lost without the place -- is this new production of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist. Written in 1610, the play is as timeless in its message as it lends itself to personalisation...
As the last post illustrated, on-the-spot action shots aren't really the forte of this blog. However! That didn't stop me accidentally wandering right onto the set of the new Jack Ryan film last night for a nose. Water Street, Castle Street and th...
A film crew was out and about in and around Falkner Square last night, hence why all of the streetlights around the park were out for a few hours after dark. Here's some pics of what was going on -- you can just about see from my woeful photograph...
???Only the dreamers, who dream while awake, call back the shadows of the past and braid from unspun threads, unspun nets.??? ??? Isaac Bashevis Singer The world premi??re tour of A Day of Pleasure, a new play adapted by The Useful Donkey Theatre Company...
So our own Andrew Lancel has been announced as the man who will play Epstein, and it certainly has the potential to be an exceptionally good piece of casting. Of course! Look at that logo. The resemblance is there for all to see. Lancel, who most ...
Some of our friends at Impropriety have been stealthily making their way over to the wilds of The Wall, I mean Canada, to take part in a fantastical challenge. Whether MADEUP is telling you about this to share the good news or for the flimsy excus...
Royal Court Liverpool has announced it is welcoming back Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust with their brand new production of The Full Monty in May next year -- but first they have to find it's stars. Feel like baring all? Based on the smash hit 1...
It's not every day you go to the movies and you get a Vogue-off thrown in, but so it was at FACT last night, where before the showing of cult dance film Leave it on the Floor we were treated to a little show by House of Suarez, there to promote th...
