BOX OFFICE: 0151 709 4776 GROUP SALES: 0151 708 3733 BOOK ONLINE HOME WHAT'S ON ABOUT US WHERE BOTH EVERYMAN PLAYHOUSE WHEN ALL PERFORMANCES DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER ARCHIVE 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 WHAT'S ON RSS feed LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ROCK 'N' ROLL PANTO IS BACK AT THE EVERYMAN! Sat 29 Nov to Sat 17 Jan - EVERYMAN A great night out for all ages, this year’s Rock 'n' Roll panto is back at the EVERYMAN with even more music, mayhem and water! With Adam Keast & Francis Tucker. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO SEX AND THE THREE DAY WEEK BASED ON GEORGES FEYDEAU’S FRENCH FARCE L’HÔTEL DU LIBRE ÉCHANGE Fri 5 Dec to Sat 10 Jan - PLAYHOUSE A hilarious comedy by Liverpool writer Stephen Sharkey set in the 1970s; a time of strikes, blackouts, free love and the three day week. Marvell at the absurdity of human life and discover what went on when the lights went out. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO BLACK BY KEITH SAHA Wed 28 Jan to Sat 31 Jan - PLAYHOUSE STUDIO This provocative and engaging new show from the award winning 20 Stories High digs deep at the heart of racial tensions in the UK today. Written by award winning writer Keith Saha and featuring lyricism and live DJ set, this is a vital and challenging piece of theatre. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO CARTOONOPOLIS BY LEWIS BRAY Thu 5 Feb to Sat 14 Feb - PLAYHOUSE STUDI5 Lewis Bray – actor, writer, and best of all, brother tells the story of Cartoonopolis, a world created by his autistic brother Jack. Funded by the e&P Ignition Project which is an initiative grown out of the Talent Fund created from the ‘Everyone for the Everyman’ fundraising campaign. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO EDUCATING RITA BY WILLY RUSSELL Fri 6 Feb to Sat 7 Mar - PLAYHOUSE Willy Russell’s award winning and inspiring play comes home in a new production directed by Gemma Bodinetz to celebrate its 35th anniversary. An intimate play of big ideas and with a joyful heart, Educating Rita has lost none of its bite. With Leanne Best and Con O’Neill. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO AN EVENING WITH SIMON ARMITAGE Thu 12 Feb - EVERYMAN Playwright, novelist and broadcaster, Simon Armitage writes extensively for television and radio. He will be reading from a new selection of his work, Paper Aeroplane: Poems 1989-2014 followed by a book signing. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO MACBETH BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Tue 17 Feb to Sat 21 Feb - EVERYMAN Playful, kaleidoscopic and horrific, Filter’s radical version fuses Shakespeare’s corrosive, psychological thriller about ambition, power, witchcraft and sanity with innovative sound and music to take you on a strange, funny and scintillating journey to the epicentre of the “heat-oppressed brain”. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH IN A WEE KEN TO REMEMBER Thu 12 Mar - PLAYHOUSE An hilarious new show from John Shuttleworth, featuring onstage phone calls to Ken and Mary, plus musical interludes performed as ever on John's Yamaha organ with built-in auto accompaniment. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO COUNT ARTHUR STRONG SOMEBODY UP THERE LICKS ME Fri 13 Mar - PLAYHOUSE Fresh from donkey's years on his award winning BBC Radio 4 series and the huge success of his BBC2 TV Show, Count Arthur Strong gets back to doing what he does best. This show. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO THE THREE LIONS BY WILLIAM GAMINARA Mon 16 Mar to Sat 21 Mar - PLAYHOUSE This uproarious new comedy offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of diplomacy in action, revealing what really went on between David Cameron, David Beckham and Prince William in a Swiss hotel the night before England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sat 21 Mar to Sat 18 Apr - EVERYMAN The Everyman explodes once again with an inviting riot of mischief and wonder as Nick Bagnall delves deep into the darkness for his timeless interpretation on the delirium of love in Shakespeare’s most magical of comedies. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO THE ABSENCE OF WAR BY DAVID HARE Tue 24 Mar to Sat 28 Mar - PLAYHOUSE Headlong (1984, Spring Awakening at the Playhouse) presents a vigorous new production of David Hare’s funny, stinging political drama on a timely national tour during the build up to the 2015 General Election. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL BY JOHN BOYNE, ADAPTED BY ANGUS JACKSON Mon 30 Mar to Sat 4 Apr - PLAYHOUSE Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO SEBASTIAN FAULKS'S BIRDSONG ADAPTED BY RACHEL WAGSTAFF Tue 14 Apr to Sat 18 Apr - PLAYHOUSE Marking the 100th anniversary First World War, Birdsong is the hit, critically acclaimed stage show based on the world famous novel by Sebastian Faulks. A mesmerising story of love and courage, set both before and during the Great War. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO BLOOD WEDDING BY GRAEAE Tue 21 to Sat 25 Apr - EVERYMAN Graeae provides a platform for new generations of Deaf and disabled talent through the creation of trail-blazing theatre. David Ireland’s radical new take on Lorca’s play re-fuels this classic story with a contemporary twist. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO CROUCH, TOUCH, PAUSE, ENGAGE BY OUT OF JOINT Tue 21 Apr to Sat 25 Apr - PLAYHOUSE This is the story of two Welsh names bruised, but not beaten, by media speculation; Gareth “Alfie” Thomas, 105 caps for Wales, once its captain, now the world’s most prominent gay sportsman; and his hometown, Bridgend. Out of Joint and National Theatre Wales team up to tell a great story about sport, politics, secrets, life and learning to be yourself. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO KING LEAR BY NORTHERN BROADSIDES Tue 28 Apr to Sat 2 May - PLAYHOUSE If you’ve seen King Lear before, forget everything you know as Jonathan Miller brings his remarkable talent for detailed human observation to the play. Miller directs Barrie Rutter as Lear in Shakespeare’s tragedy about the aged king. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO RUBBERBANDITS CONTINENTAL FISTFIGHT Fri 1 May to Sat 2 May - EVERYMAN The plastic-bag wearing, award-winning, musical comedy duo –responsible for YouTube sensation Horse Outside bring their brand new ‘musical’ to Liverpool. Packed with dazzling new songs, great big hits and at least one (celebrity) puppet. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO PHOENIX DANCE THEATRE: MIXED PROGRAMME 2015 WORKS BY CHRISTOPHER BRUCE CBE, SHARON WATSON & CAROLINE FINN Thu 7 May - PLAYHOUSE Mixed Programme 2015 features a double bill by one of the most influential figures in world dance, Christopher Bruce CBE including a brand new work, Shadows created by him especially for Phoenix Dance Theatre and a restaging of Shift. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO THE CAT IN THE HAT BY DR SEUSS Thu 14 May to Sat 16 May - PLAYHOUSE Based on the much loved book by Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat is a lively and engaging first theatre experience for young children aged 3+. Expect towering hats, mischief and an imagination recharge! BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO CONSTELLATIONS BY NICK PAYNE Tue 19 May to Sat 23 May - PLAYHOUSE One relationship. Infinite possibilities. A story of love, honey, and a quantum multiverse. Moment by moment, can everything you've ever and never done exist in the same vortex of reality? An explosive play about free will and friendship from Nick Payne. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO BEATING BERLUSCONI! BY JOHN GRAHAM DAVIES Thu 21 to Sat 23 May - EVERYMAN The Miracle of Istanbul. Ten years on. Re-live the glory. In May 2005, despite threats from his wife and bank manager, middle-aged Kenny travels to Istanbul to watch Liverpool play AC Milan in the Champions’ League Final. Featuring Everyman favourite Paul Duckworth. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO MADAME BUTTERFLY WITH PERPETUUM MOBILE PRESENTED BY NORTHERN BALLET Fri 29 & Sat 30 May - PLAYHOUSE Let “Europe’s leading dance actors” captivate you through a mix of powerful storytelling and classical dance as Northern Ballet perform with two breathtaking ballets in one evening. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO ELVES & THE SHOEMAKER PRESENTED BY NORTHERN BALLET Sat 30 May - PLAYHOUSE After the sell-out successes of Ugly Duckling and Three Little Pigs at the Playhouse, and the TV adaptations for CBeebies, Northern Ballet presents their latest ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO THE SPALDING SUITE CONCEIVED BY INUA ELLAMS Tue 2 Jun to Sat 6 Jun - EVERYMAN Fresh poetry combined with contemporary movement celebrates the elegance and beauty of basketball. Seen from a British perspective, The Spalding Suite gets to the heart and soul of the gravity-defying game and delves into the hopes and dreams of those who play it. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO THE HUDSUCKER PROXY ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY SIMON DORMANDY Wed 3 Jun to Sat 27 Jun - PLAYHOUSE Based on the Coen Brothers’ joyful, wise-cracking romantic comedy which helped establish them among the most entertaining and distinctive film-makers of our time, this timely take on corporate greed is a highly theatrical, inventively staged treat. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO ARTHUR MILLER'S THE HOOK ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY RON HUTCHINSON Wed 1 Jul to Sat 25 Jul - EVERYMAN Amidst the political tensions of 1950s America, Arthur Miller's The Hook was suppressed by the FBI for fear that it could cause unrest in New York's dockyards. Now, to mark the centenary of the great playwrights' birth, we have brought it to the stage for the first time in a new adaptation by Ron Hutchinson. BOOK TICKETS MORE INFO Website Accessibility Privacy Policy Cookies Sitemap Web design by Mando Group