53 stories by "Nigel Smith"
Nick Bagnall's new production for the Everyman is astonishingly the first professional outing for Anthony Burgess' 1980s stage adaptation of A Clockwork
Bryony Kimmings has never been shy of tackling a taboo subject. But in A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer she
In the best rock 'n' roll panto tradition, Peter Rowe's version of Sleeping Beauty weaves together several convoluted storylines. It manages to
This Peter Pan is capable of converting the worst panto-phobe. Scriptwriter Julian Lane and director Andrew Margerison have almost completely separated storytelling
Qdos has thrown everything at its Liverpool production, including a talented cast, sumptuous sets, dazzling costumes and even a flying horse. The
Iain Lauchlan and Sam Kane's great script for this Cinderella follows the Charles Perrault version of Cinderella pretty faithfully, while squeezing in
Ken Ludwig's take on Conan Doyle's most famous mystery story is given crack-shot treatment here under Loveday Ingram's direction. With five actors
In this joyous reading of Peter Pan, writer/director Michael Chapman and producer Lee Kelly have scaled new heights in their already winning
Glyn Maxwell has freely adapted Enid Blyton's Secret Seven canon, selecting his favourite elements from the books to form a seasonal story
St Helens' unassailable resident dame Si Foster, who has co-written this Snow White with Ben Engelen, has taken a gamble stepping from
Among the myriad of seasonal family shows that are, if we're honest, aimed at adults, comes this little gem that is genuinely
For their 18th rock 'n’ roll panto for Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Sarah Nixon and Mark Chatterton bring their familiar topsy-turvyness to
Staging Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum seems virtually impossible, not least because its leading character Oskar Matzerath is, quite literally, kneehigh. Who
Lucy Osborne's design makes an immediate impact on entering the auditorium for this new production of Uncle Vanya. The boughs of a
This isn't the only production of Julius Caesar this year to find parallels in current politics. While Loveday Ingram sets her take
Comedian Katie Mulgrew's first full length play, Omnibus, won the 2015 Hope Playwriting Prize and is presented while its co-producer's home, the
Rarely can Friar Laurence's line "Holy St Francis! What a change is here…" have been so loaded with meaning than in Nick
Storyhouse artistic director Alex Clifton could hardly have chosen a more appropriate work to open his astonishingly shape-shifting new theatre space in
In Lizzie Nunnery's new play The Sum, Eve is doing a balancing act between her office job at McClasker's Home Stores and
The Story Giant has gathered all but one of the world's stories in a library in his castle tower. If he doesn't
Manfred Karge's chilling, Brechtian exploration of the demoralising effects of long term unemployment first appeared at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in 1988. But
They rebuilt the Everyman Theatre and now they've rebuilt the Company. It's been 25 years since the Everyman had its own in-house
Maintaining heart and family fun in the vastness of Liverpool's Empire Theatre can be a mammoth task, but First Family Entertainment has
Royal Court fans needn't despair that the author of seven years has taken a sabbatical or that some of the usual performers
The Star was commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Star Music Hall, the building that became Liverpool's Playhouse. Author Michael
