Onstage with Natalie Anglesey

  ‘A VINAIGRETTE OF DESPAIR POURED OVER A SALAD OF JOY’: Acclaimed Actor Liv Hill Performs this 2019 Bruntwood Judges Prize-Winning Play   A Royal Exchange Theatre production GLEE & ME Written by Stuart Slade Directed by Nimmo Ismail 11 September – 30 October Press Night: 15 September, 7.30pm – The Theatre   Stuart Slade ’s Bruntwood Judges Prize-winning dark comedy GLEE & ME has its world premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre this Autumn. Critically acclaimed and BAFTA nominated actor Liv Hill will be performing this urgent one-woman show under the direction of Nimmo Ismail . Achingly funny and heart-breaking, GLEE & ME focuses on 16-year-old Lola: a sharp-witted teenager who has her whole life ahead of her - until she’s diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour, that is; a tumour that’s now rapidly turning her brilliant mind into mush. The production opens on 11 September and wi...

  CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF   A MADE AT CURVE, LIVERPOOL EVERYMAN & PLAYHOUSE AND ENGLISH TOURING THEATRE CO-PRODUCTION Supported by grant funding from the Royal Theatrical Support Trust Siena Kelly as Maggie Oliver Johnstone as Brick Teresa Banham as Big Mama Peter Forbes as Big Daddy   Leicester’s Curve theatre, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and English Touring Theatre ( ETT ) have today revealed the full company for the upcoming co-production of Tennessee Williams ’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , directed by Anthony Almeida, which will open at Curve on 3 September, with a national press night on Wednesday 8 September, and then tour venues across England and Wales.   On a sweltering Mississippi night, the lies are as stifling as the heat. Maggie has fought up from poverty, only to find herself in a passionless, burning marriage. Her husband Brick Pollitt, a former pro footballer, drinks to drown out the hurt he has bottled up inside. When the enti...

  Video on demand version of The Hound of the Baskervilles is on sale now   Box Office 01204 520661 ...

  HALE BARNS CARNIVAL 2021 A SUMMER SMASH HIT SUCCESS   Three nights of top music and festival fun raises thousands for good causes Hale Barns favourites Odyssey to play two unmissable concerts this September _________________________________________________________________________________   Hale Barns Carnival 2021 has celebrated its return with a summer weekend to remember – and has helped raise thousands for good causes in the process. Thousands of people enjoyed the carnival atmosphere over three days packed with top music and live entertainment. Organisers were determined to bring back the popular annual event, which regularly generates tens of thousands of pounds for charity, after it had to be postponed last year because of the pandemic. The carnival weekend – which was blessed with glorious sunshine and clear blue skies - was socially distanced and staged with added Covid-safe measures in place to ensure a relaxed and safe time for all the family. ...

          SUMMER IS HERE! The sun is out and just in time for the schools breaking up! Now's the moment to call in and stock up with books for the children to start you off for the summer! We have a fabulous range of new books to show you – including signed copies of David Walliams’ new book Mega Monster and Julia Donaldson’s delightful picture book The W...