We're pleased to announce we have been successful in our
#CulturalRecoveryFund
grant application. This will allow us to:
🗝️Partially re-open our theatres
🎨Work with freelancers on upcoming productions
🎥Invest in digital equipment
👉
#HereForCulture
This evening, we're joining hundreds of organisations across the country in lighting our buildings up as part of the
#LightitinRed
campaign.
Light it in Red aims to highlight the challenges facing our industry, since we closed our doors in March.
It’s a big day for the theatres today as we announce
@SubaDasDirects
as our new Creative Director. He will help shape our artistic future and we’re looking forward to him bringing a fresh perspective to our theatres and our city region. 1/3
Our buildings will be purple tonight in honour of Sam Kent, our Head of Production, who peacefully passed away early this morning.
Thanks & cheers to your brilliance always
#RIPSam
It's with huge sadness that we announce that our brilliant artistic director
@gemmabodinetz
will be stepping down after 17 amazing years. Read the full story >
Today we held a small, socially-distanced goodbye toast to our artistic director
@gemmabodinetz
!
Gemma will leave the theatres on 31 December, bringing to a close 17 years at the artistic helm of
@LivEveryPlay
Thank you Gemma 💕
It’s the Everyman's 56th birthday today! A bit of a weird one this year, but we’ve all adjusted to odd birthdays recently
One thing we've taken from the past few months is that we have an amazing & supportive audience, and were going to be so happy to see you all again! ❤️💙💜
Tonight we will light up our buildings, joining hundreds others like us, as part of the
#LightitinRed
campaign.
The campaign is a chance for us to stand together in highlighting the challenges facing our industry, since we closed our doors in March.
#StandasONE
#WeMakeEvents
We are absolutely over the moon to let you know that the Everyman will be opening it's doors in November!
We are hosting the fabulous
@HomotopiaFest
as they bring some groundbreaking queer creativity to our stage, for the first time since March!
Details below 👀
If you're coming to see
@GaryBarlow
#ADifferentStage
tonight or tomorrow, can you please keep the magic for others and not take photos or videos to share...
All photography, filming & mobile phone use is prohibited in the auditorium during the show
The day is finally here!
The day we welcome the wonderful
@SubaDasDirects
as our new Creative Director.
We are overjoyed to have Suba join us...
"It really is the opportunity of a lifetime to use the few things I know to help create a better world.”
A big thank you for your patience today in booking tickets for
@GaryBarlow
. The demand has been absolutely phenomenal.
Tickets won’t be mailed out or available digitally. Printed tickets will be issued from 4.30pm on the day of each performance.
Let's welcome our New Works Associate Tommo Fowler
@TommoFowler
🎉
He is Literary Associate for
@WomensPlayPrize
, and has worked as a freelance dramaturg for companies including the
@royalcourt
, Sheffield Theatres and
@eclipsetcl
.
We're saddened to hear of the passing of Everyman founder Terry Hands.
Without him we wouldn’t be standing here on Hope Street, 56 years after his vision became a reality.
Our thoughts are with Terry’s family and friends.
From the bottom of our hearts - thank you.
🚨Calling all script writers 🚨
Have a script you'd like us to see?
Our unsolicited script submission window is now OPEN until Friday 24th April
The window opens twice a year, and all scripts received that fit our criteria are guaranteed feedback ✨
👉
Russell Brand
@rustyrockets
will be recording his Comedy Special here at the Playhouse in a couple of weeks. Be part of the audience for comedy, chaos, Q&A's and meditation.
🗓 6 & 7 Sep at 6pm
🎟 from £26
💻
We're hugely sad to announce that after 10 years, the awesome Matt Rutter will be leaving his role as the inspirational director of
@YoungEveryPlay
in the New Year.
Read more:
We are Bimini Bon buzzing to announce
@biminibabes
is coming to the Playhouse in October!
Hear how drag took Bimini from the brink of self-destruction to the mainstage in this one-person hour long special ✨
We've been nominated for 'Building of the Decade' by
@BBCNWT
!
•
Voting opens at 6.30pm this evening...watch North West Tonight to find out more and vote for us to go through to the final.
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💻
We're excited to announce that two Liverpool-based theatre makers will join our team as Artistic Advisors.
Please welcome Stephen Fletcher (
@SteFletcher1
) and Nathan Powell (
@NathanPowell141
) who join our artistic team from this week!
👉
📸 Philip Vile
The news is out!
@GaryBarlow
is coming to the Playhouse next month with A Different Stage, his theatrical one-man stage show telling his story, in his words. Tickets on sale from 10am on Wednesday 16 February >>>
We’re deeply saddened to hear the news about Bill Kenwright.
A long association with Liverpool Playhouse, he first performed as a child in The Toad of Toad Hall where his passion for theatre began...
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Thank you
@ace_national
for your continued faith & investment in our theatres. Being part of the National Portfolio ensures we can continue to deliver against our ambitious vision, with a focus on artistic innovation, talent development & social change.
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📸
@brennerphotos
Congratulations to our New Works Lead
@FrankPeschier
, who's been commended as part of the Kenneth Tynan Award for her artistic leadership & passion in platforming & celebrating voices that are often left unheard
Very well deserved, we're immensely proud!
Today, we remember the 96 people who 31 years ago today, went to a football match and never came home.
Our staff and our city will fall silent at 3.06pm to remember them, their families and everyone affected.
⭐ LIVERPOOL: THE HUMBUG STOPS HERE ⭐
It's a huge relief to know we can continue with our plans to stage this year's Christmas shows... LET'S GO!
🎩 A Christmas Carol @ the Playhouse
☃️ Everyman & Friends Cabaret
🎄 The Everyman Christmas Cabaret
💜
It's a day of relief for us, but there are so many theatre makers across the country who will have been devastated by today's announcement, with projects that take months of planning no longer able to happen.
We stand with our theatre family and send them our love & support.
With
#GeorgeOnTour
coming to the Playhouse in two weeks, we are giving away a George’s Marvellous Medicine Experiments book so you can get stuck in and create your own marvellous creations at home 👨🔬💥⚠. Simply retweet by 5pm on Monday to win!
It's been quite a week! So we wanted to end it with a thank you from
@gemmabodinetz
.
We are so grateful to EVERYONE who has donated the cost of their tickets to us. It means the world.
Safe weekends everyone x
We are really excited to announce that the application period to become our new Creative Director is now OPEN!
We’re looking for someone to shape our artistic future and bring a new perspective into our two theatres.
DEADLINE: 9am, Mon 8 Feb
We had already booked ad space, so we wanted to send a message of solidarity to our audiences, our visitors and our customers. Look after yourselves and others, we'll be back soon and we look forward to seeing you ❤️❤️❤️
The Everyman was built to minimise its environmental impact and maximise its sustainability. As well as collecting rain water on the roof which flushes the loos, we also have our very own bee hives who started producing honey last year
#12DaysofFALALALAFacts
We are positively buzzing to announce that Christmas will be coming to the Playhouse this December, in the form of A Christmas Carol!
Directed by
@gemmabodinetz
, A Christmas Carol will be her gift to the city this Christmas season 🎄
Watch our sneak peak trailer below 👀
We've just been up to the roof to see our bees. These little ladies are loving the spring sunshine, lots of colourful pollen going back into the hive 🌞🐝🌼💛
We’re thrilled to announce award-winning architects of the Everyman
@haworthtompkins
will lead a new study for the Playhouse to safeguard the future of the 156 year old theatre [1/4]
Did you know WE WANT YOUR SCRIPTS? If you live or are from the North West and would like us to read what you’ve written, you can email it to us newworks
@everymanplayhouse
.com
Can you believe it? Today our Young Everyman Playhouse programme turns 10 years old!
That's 10 years of
@YoungEveryPlay
training young people up for careers in the theatre and beyond...
#YEPis10
Read more:
Happy Birthday
@IanMcKellen
! We loved having you with us last week at the Playhouse - thank you for your generosity and support raising money for
@YoungEveryPlay
!
A massive thank you to all of our audiences who visited us at the Everyman for
#SweeneyTodd
. You've made the last five weeks fantastic and we thank you all for your continuing support to our theatres ❤️😈💈
🎶 Swwwwwing your raaazooor widdddeeee....
We're made up to have been awarded a £390,000 grant from the
@WestonFdn
!
It's a huge boost allowing us to invest in our productions and develop an improved digital theatre offer for the future.
Read more 👉
#WestonCultureFund
Yesterday would have been Pete Postlethwaite's 75th birthday, he was gone too soon but we will always remember him for his incredible King Lear on our very own Everyman stage in 2008.
Gone but never forgotten 🌺
🚨 The full cast of Top Girls is here 🚨
Our fabulous cast are: Tala Gouveia, Alicya Eyo, Nadia Anim, Saffron Dey, Sky Frances, Ailsa Joy, Lauren Lane and Natalie Thomas.
📚THE GREAT BIG BANK HOLIDAY BOOK & TICKET GIVEAWAY 🎟
Still Alice comes to the Playhouse 6-10 Nov 📆 we’ll give you TWO tickets to the show &
@waterstonesl1
will give you the book - just like and retweet to win!
➡️ Winner announced 28 Aug - good luck 👍
#giveaway
Applications are open for our Everyman & Playhouse Playwrights' Programme - a free course which has been designed to help writers explore the fundamentals of play writing ✍️
All we need is a 1 page application form, & a writing extract
More info here 👉…
📚THE GREAT BIG BANK HOLIDAY BOOK & TICKET GIVEAWAY 🎟
Jane Austen’s Persuasion comes to the Playhouse, 9-13 Oct 📆 Thanks to
@waterstonesl1
you can get the book & we’ll give you TWO tickets to the show, just like and retweet to win!
➡️ Winner announced 28 Aug - good luck 👍
🏆 We've been nominated for the UK's Most Welcoming Theatre & need YOU to vote. Liverpool is the most welcoming city, right?! Well, let's get this award to prove it 👍
Just head to the link below and tick 'Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatre'
➡️
This evening, we're once again lighting up our buildings red in support of the live events industry and everyone involved.
Find out more about
#LightItInRed
and how you can get involved at:
Happy birthday, Everyman!
59 years ago today, our co-founders Terry Hands, Peter James, Michael Freeman and Martin Jenkins raised the curtain for Henry IV Part I at the Everyman. Thanks to all of you who have been with us along the way.
With tonight's news, we'll need to review guidance over the next few days to see what it means for our plans for Daniel Kitson, Homotopia & A Christmas Carol. We'll update on Monday. For now, take care
Usually the poster cases outside of our buildings are filled with info about our upcoming shows but since things are a little different this year we've decided to make good use of the space, commissioning beautiful artwork from local artist
@Sumuyyaa
😍
👉
We're excited to announce ambitions to transform the Playhouse, with sustainability & cultural regeneration at the heart. In partnership with
@lpoolcouncil
@LpoolCityRegion
@LpoolBIDcompany
we've been exploring the theatre's long-term future & its role locally & nationally.
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THANK YOU to all the wonderful, generous playwrights and publishers who have sent us plays from female writers to balance out our Writers’ Room Library - we’re caving under the weight of burgeoning equality!
We're over the moon to announce the amazing
@josielawrence1
(Eastenders, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Mother Courage and her Children) will play Sylvie in
@JOJEHARVEY
's Our Lady Of Blundellsands - a brand new production coming to the Everyman in March 💃
The week that so many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived...
@GaryBarlow
is at the Playhouse & there's a handful of seats back on sale for each show...
#gogogo
We're really excited to announce a new member of the My White Best Friend - North cast...
@MPeakeOfficial
will be joining us for one night of
#MWBFNorth
!
Which night is Maxine performing on? Well, that would be telling... 👀
Thank you for sharing your view re our statement. We’ve found these resources really useful While we need all the financial support we can in these unprecedented times, we will happily refund you
#blacklivesmatter
📢CAST ANNOUNCEMENT!
Meet the cast for our new family musical Alice in Wonderland, which will have its world premiere at the Playhouse on 4 July, Alice in Wonderland Day✨✨[1/5]
We couldn't be happier to have a full cast for Our Town Needs a Nandos (& three of them are graduates from our YEP actors programme! 😍)
Don't miss this brilliant new play from Samantha O'Rourke, at the Everyman Thu 23 Jun to Sat 2 Jul
"I couldn't bear for you to be on your own."
"I'll be at your side. Every step of the way. Never parted."
To everyone involved in making Our Lady of Blundellsands a reality...
Thank you.
Thank you to everyone who has been so patient, positive and generous with us today.
We're still working through this fast-changing situation and we will keep everyone updated as much as we can.
Stay safe, keep smiling... like this lot.
e&P x
Have your say on Williamson Square
Sat 1 April from 11am until 6pm at the Liverpool Playhouse
A community consultation is being held to allow people to share their views on the future of Williamson Square. [1/4]
☀️One Summer to remember…
We’re partnering up with
@networktweets
to bring you a LIVE Q&A on our Facebook and Twitter pages with
@davemorrissey64
and Spencer Leigh, to celebrate the launch of One Summer on Blu Ray!
👉
Looking forward to
#AHouseThroughTime
starting
@BBCTwo
tonight. Great fun filming at the Ev with Jeff Young for later episodes. Read a bit more about the series here: