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Stephen Sharkey's Dark New Play At Everyman Theatre

The ninth world première at the Everyman Theatre in less than 3 years is a dark and brutal thriller set against the backdrop of wartime Merseyside. In his professional homecoming, award-winning Liverpool writer Stephen Sharkey brings us a story of love, family and the price of retribution. Directed by Serdar Bilis and featuring Liverpool actors Cathy Tyson, Leanne Best and Mark Arends, THE MAY QUEEN premières at the Liverpool Everyman from Friday 4 - Saturday 26 May 2007.

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Will Keen Joins Cast Of "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" At Everyman Theatre

Will Keen will take over the role of Molina due to the indisposition of Iain Glen. Keen joins Rupert Evans in Charlotte Westenra's production of Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman At Everyman Theatre. The production opens at the Donmar Warehouse, London on 25 April, with previews from 19 April, and runs until 26 May, before embarking on a 3 week tour.

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Cathy Tyson Comes Back To Everyman Theatre

Liverpool actress Cathy Tyson, who began her acting career in the Everyman Youth Theatre, joins a wonderful ensemble cast for the world première of Stephen Sharkey's The May Queen. This dark and brutal thriller set against the backdrop of wartime Merseyside also stars Leanne Best, Mark Arends, Paul Duckworth and Michael Ryan and is at the Liverpool Everyman from Friday 4 to Saturday 26 May 2007.

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Nitro Put Their Dancing Shoes On At Liverpool Playhouse Theatre

Nitro, Britain's leading Black Theatre Company, make a welcome return to the Playhouse Theatre this April with The Wedding Dance. This passionate story of aspiration and betrayal is underscored by the seductive rhythms of salsa music in Alex Wilson's specially commissioned composition. The Wedding Dance arrives at the Everyman as part of a nationwide tour from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 April.

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New Comedy King At Liverpool Playhouse Theatre

Following their previous visits with political smash hit Feelgood at the Playhouse Theatre and most recently the magnificent The Overwhelming at the Everyman, OUT OF JOINT return to Liverpool to present ALISTAIR BEATON's new play KING OF HEARTS. In this delicious new satire, love, politics and royalty collide to hilarious effect in a lively look at the relationship between Britain's establishment and it's people.

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Donmar Warehouse Announce Kiss Of Spider Woman

Iain Glen will join Rupert Evans in the upcoming Donmar Warehouse revival of Kiss of the Spider Woman, in their version of a new translation by Allan Baker of Argentine Manurl Puig's play about inmates in a Latin American jail. Following their sell-out tour last year with Ian McKellen in Mark Ravenhill's The Cut, the Donmar return with Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Liverpool Playhouse from Tuesday 29 May until Saturday 2 June 2007.

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Scotch On The Rocks At Playhouse Theatres

We continue our season in high spirits as Whisky Galore! The Making of a Fillum arrives from Nottingham Playhouse. Sir Compton Mackenzie's much-loved novel, based on real wartime events, is given a new twist as director Giles Croft bases his own adaptation on an incident which took place just hours before the start of filming for the classic Ealing comedy. Whisky Galore! The Making of a Fillum runs from 26 to 31 March at the Playhouse.

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Shared Experience Presents Kindertransport At Playhouse Theatres

At a time when mass migration and the plight of refugees are constantly in the headlines, Liverpool favourites, Shared Experience, return to the Playhouse to present a rare revival of Diane Samuels' extraordinary play about loss and survival. Kindertransport, directed by Polly Teale, is at the Playhouse from Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 March 2007.

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Teatro Kismet Brings Snow Queen To Playhouse Theatres

Teatro Kismet, in association with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, presents its magical production of The Snow Queen. This award-winning Italian theatre company, who last toured the UK with the critically acclaimed Beauty and the Beast in 2002, has a reputation for a highly physical and visual style of theatre appealing both to children and adult audiences.

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Life Imitates Art At Playhouse

To coincide with the production of Our Country's Good at the Liverpool Playhouse there will be a pre-show rehearsed reading of a new short play by Big House Arts. The event is part of a creative exchange, a partnership between Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Big House Arts, who are based in Walton Prison. The Dover Cliff Dweller is directed by Tracy Aston and performed by actors Paul Duckworth (Unprotected, Urban Legend) and Carl Cockram (Noah's Ark, The House That Jack Built).

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Stand-Up Comic Brings Story Show To Everyman Stage

Hot on the heels of a hugely successful sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival last year, writer and performer Daniel Kitson is taking his moving and funny story show C90 on tour throughout 2007. This touching tale of quirky individuals, small kindnesses and the hope of human connection is widely acknowledged as Kitson's best work yet and can be seen at the Liverpool Everyman from Thursday 1 March until Saturday 3 March 2007.

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Renowned Dance Company Return To Playhouse

Presented as part of LEAP 2007, Merseyside Dance Initiative's annual festival of dance, Henri Oguike Dance Company makes a welcome return to the Playhouse after last year's sold out performance. With a mixed bill of work incorporating two world premières, Henri Oguike arrive at the Playhouse in the midst of a nationwide tour for two performances on Friday 2 March.

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