Podcasts about Unity Theatre

In this edition of the That'll be the Day podcast, Tom Walker meets the writer and actor, Adam Fenton on the stage of the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. Tom talks to Adam about his solo-show, Tuning In, which was one of the events to mark Disability History Month. During their conversation, they discuss the challenges Adam faces as a neuro-diverse person.

Gareth Roberts hosts Damian Kavanagh, Siobhan Biggane and Sian Bennett to look ahead to Liverpool's trip to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City. Also on the show, John speaks to Unity Theatre about COVID's impact on Liverpool's community of artists and performers, and Jay Hynd from The Guide Liverpool on the work they've been doing with Merseyside independents through lockdown. For more reaction to all the news and events that matter to you, including interviews with special guests and documentaries about players and staff past and present, subscribe to TAW Player…

Daz and Steven had the pleasure of chatting with Ian Salmon. Ian is an award-winning playwright, author, journalist, and filmmaker. He is a frequent contributor on The Anfield Wrap. He is old enough to have seen Hunt and St John play. His plays include the four and five star reviewed 'Girls Don't Play Guitars' (Liverpool Royal Court), 'Those Two Weeks' (Unity Theatre), and 'The Comeback Special' (Royal Court Studio). He is also the author of 'They Say Our Days Are Numbered' on Liverpool's 2015/16 season and superhero epic 'The Legacy' (on Kindle). This episode was brought to you by KopConnect. For more information visit kopconnect.com Commercial music was written and performed by Marc Kenny & The Ragamuffins Band.

Hello and welcome back to ‘Noisey Neighbours’.   Those Two Weeks came to talk to us about their run at the Epstein Theatre.   Those Two Weeks isn’t a play about Hillsborough. It’s a play about before. It’s a play about the last time life was normal, and just how hard normal can be. It starts on the 1st of April 1989 and ends on the night of the 14th, and it’s the story of two weeks in the life of one very normal Liverpool family.   Written by the Hope Playwriting Prize Highly Commended Award recipient, Ian Salmon and directed by Naughty Corner Productions’ Mike Dickinson. The play performed at the Unity Theatre in early 2018 and now appears at The Epstein Theatre for five performances.

The Houston Equity FestivalWitwith *Tracy Ahern, Gabriel Regojo, *Susan Shofner, John William Stevens, and *Pamela Vogel*Member of Actors' Equity AssociationVivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned scholar and professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness, Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative both for her and the audience. This production plays for eight shows only in a limited run. "[A] brutally human and beautifully layered new play . . . you will feel both enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted." --The New York Times Hospital supplies provided by MEDICAL BRIDGES INCSaturday, Sep. 7 7:30 PM Buy Tickets Sunday, Sep. 8 3:00 PM Buy Tickets Thursday, Sep. 12 7:30 PM Buy Tickets Friday, Sep. 13 7:30 PM Buy Tickets Saturday, Sep. 14 7:30 PM Buy Tickets Sunday, Sep. 15 3:00 PM Buy TicketsWit by Margaret Edson MEET THE CAST*Tracy Ahern ("Motherhood OUT LOUD"/Matchbox 1, May 2017) will play Susie Monahan R.N. and *Pamela Vogel ("Leap and the Net Will Appear"/Catastrophic Theatre/Matchbox 3, February 2018) will play Vivian Bearing PH.D.. Tracy and Pamela worked together last season, in AD Players staging of the iconic movie, "The Lilies of the Field", and are excited to be collaborating on stage again, in this highly acclaimed show. Tracy’s many credits include "Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women” at Main Street Theater and Pamela’s include "Doubt" for Unity Theatre in Brenham, TX. Local actors Ron Jones, and Tracy herself, were trailblazers for Equity Member Projects. Ahern’s production of "Motherhood OUT LOUD" played to sold out houses at the MATCH! Gabriel Regojo (“Bootycandy”/Catastrophic Theatre/Matchbox 3, February 2019) will play Jason Posner M.D.. Among his notable credits are the highly praised “Sender” at Rec Room Arts, and “My Mañana Comes” at Stages Repertory Theatre. Gabriel was named one of the “Houston Chronicle’s Top 10 Best Actors in Houston” in 2017. *Susan Shofner (MATCH debut) will play E. M. Ashford. She was seen earlier this year in 4th Wall Theatre’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” and in shows at Stages Repertory Theatre and Main Street Theater as well as many productions at TUTS, (Theatre Under the Stars), including “Into the Woods” and “Bonnie and Clyde”. Susan’s regional credits are from the Paper Mill Playhouse, Off-Broadway, and the National Tours: “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and “On the Twentieth Century”. John William Stevens (MATCH debut) will play Dr. Harvey Kelekian M.D., Mr. Bearing. He has appeared recently at the Ensemble Theatre in August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Gem of the Ocean” and in “The Waiting Room”. At Theatre Southwest John was seen as Barrymore’s Ghost in “I Hate Hamlet,” as well as taken on, and won high praise for, the (almost) one-man show “Barrymore” playing the man himself. *Member Actors’ Equity Association MEET THE VIDEOGRAPHERLionell Hilliard is an Instructor at the Art Institute of Houston, in Digital Filmmaking & Video Production. He earned his M.F.A. in Film Producing from The American Film Institute and B.F.A. in Radio, Television and Film from Sam Houston State University. MEET THE DIRECTORVance Johnson helmed the Houston premiere of “Passing Strange” for Standing Room Only Productions which won the 2017 Houston Press Theatre Award for Best Musical. Recently, Vance directed the “Excellent” “Bootycandy” confidently predicted by the Houston Press (two months into 2019) to be “one of the best shows of the year”. Follow us @WitHouEqFest #WitHoustonEquityFestival #HoustonEquityFestival2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The latest production from Manchester-based new writing theatre company Box of Tricks is Under Three Moons by Daniel Kanaber, a play about a close male friendship across three decades, described to us by the director as a “platonic love story”. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Danny and director Adam Quayle during the early stages of rehearsals about the play, the development process and how this relationship fits into the current debate about masculinity. Under Three Moons will open at The Lowry in Salford from 24 to 28 September 2019 before touring to Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, Unity Theatre in Liverpool, Crewe Lyceum Theatre, Hull Truck Theatre, Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds, The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, York Theatre Royal, Live Theatre in Newcastle, Theatr Clwyd in Mold, finishing at Rosehill Theatre in Whitehaven on 2 November.

The latest production from Manchester-based new writing theatre company Box of Tricks is SparkPlug, written and performed by David Judge based on his own experiences being brought up as a mixed race child by a white stepfather in 1980s Manchester. The production is directed by Box of Tricks Joint Artistic Director and co-founder Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder and begins its 9-week tour at HOME in Manchester, where BTG editor David Chadderton spoke to David and Hannah in a dressing room during a break from technical rehearsals. SparkPlug runs at HOME in Manchester from 13 to 23 February 2019 before touring to Unity Theatre in Liverpool, Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury, Cheltenham Everyman Studio, Harrogate Theatre Studio, Live Theatre in Newcastle, York Theatre Royal, Hull Truck Theatre, Theatr Clwyd in Mold, Crewe Lyceum Studio, Spring Arts Centre in Havant, The Lighthouse in Poole, Marlowe Studio in Canterbury, Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead, The North Wall Arts Centre in Oxford, Square Chapel in Halifax, The Met in Bury and Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, before finishing at Birmingham Rep from 10 to 13 April.

Don Flanagan grew up in Ireland but moved to London in 1940. He experienced the Blitz and then served as a stoker with The Royal Navy in the Far East. After the war, he worked with the legendary Unity Theatre before moving to Oxford in 1964, serving as a lab technician at Brookes University until the late-Eighties. In this gripping podcast, Don provides a considered perspective on the social and historical changes he has witnessed in his long and varied life.

Citytalk this week sees Neil Atkinson back from Utah and ready to take stock on the summer to date with John Gibbons and Gareth Roberts. What is happening with Liverpool's midfield this summer? And why has nothing happened yet? The three chat to Rod Dixon, theatre director about his forthcoming adaptation of The Damned United at the Unity Theatre and in the Edinburgh Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Född i England, bosatt i Sverige, har fått fina utmärkelser för sitt banbrytande teaterarbete. Josette Bushell Mingo är skådespelare och regissör och konstnärlig ledare för Tyst teater vid Riksteatern som gör teater på teckenspråk. Hon är född 1964 i London, utbildad på Barking College of Technology och hon var därefter verksam som skådespelare med avantgardegruppen Kaboodle. År 2000 nominerades hon till Laurence Olivier-priset för rollen som Rafiki i musikaluppsättningen av Lejonkungen, men hon har även arbetat på The Royal Shakespeare Company och 2006 tilldelades hon utmärkelsen Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Sedan år 2004 bor Josette Bushell Mingo i Sverige,  och sedan 2005 är hon konstnärlig ledare på Tyst teater. För Tyst teaters räkning har hon regisserat både i Kanada och i Norrbotten, där hon samarbetat med Samiska teatern, Norrbottensteatern och Tornedalsteatern. För Riksteatern har hon bland annat regisserat den mycket lovordade uppsättningen av En druva i solen av Lorraine Hansberry. Och just nu turnerar hon i Sverige med Nina a story about me and Nina Simone en uppsättning som är ett samarbete mellan the National Theatre och the Unity Theatre i England och Riksteatern och som framförs på engelska. 

Fuel, Roundhouse and King’s Cultural Institute present Waiting… For the late Miguel Romero By Chris Fittock with input from Dr Maria Alvarez Performed by Javier Marzan. Commissioned by Unity Theatre, Liverpool Waiting.. For the late Miguel Romero is the third in our new series of podcasts called While You Wait, each of which is a different meditation on the idea of waiting and created by artists in collaboration with academics from King's College London. Waiting... For the late Miguel Romero has been made by Liverpool based writer Chris Fittock with input from Dr Maria Alvarez, Reader in Philosophy. Performed by Javier Marzan. Commissioned by Unity Theatre, Liverpool. While You Wait is funded by Arts Council England and a Wellcome Trust Arts Award.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, by William Shakespeare, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (2) THE MONTFORD POINT MARINE, by Samm-Art Williams, at The Black Rep, (3) THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, by Gaetano Donizetti, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (4) MASS APPEAL, by Bill C. Davis, at Dramatic License Productions, (5) DON GIOVANNI, by W.A. Mozart, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (6) MOTOWN REVUE, compiled by Ralph E. Green, at Unity Theatre, Ensemble, (7) FAULTLINES, by Lee Patton Chiles, at Gitana Productions, and (8) ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring, at Alpha Players.

Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review (1) THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, by William Shakespeare, at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, (2) THE MONTFORD POINT MARINE, by Samm-Art Williams, at The Black Rep, (3) THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, by Gaetano Donizetti, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (4) MASS APPEAL, by Bill C. Davis, at Dramatic License Productions, (5) DON GIOVANNI, by W.A. Mozart, at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, (6) MOTOWN REVUE, compiled by Ralph E. Green, at Unity Theatre, Ensemble, (7) FAULTLINES, by Lee Patton Chiles, at Gitana Productions, and (8) ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, by Joseph Kesselring, at Alpha Players.

I kväll är det premiär i Umeå på en internationell uppsättning av Ibsens allra sista pjäs När vi döda vaknar - When we dead awaken. Det är Västerbottensteatern som med regissören Josette Bushell -Mingo i spetsen ger sig i kast med Ibsens svanesång, tillsammans med Unity Theatre i Liverpool och Riksteatern. Föreställningen spelas på engelska av en ensemble med svenska och engelska skådespelare. Kerstin Berggren har tittat närmare på det internationella teatersamarbetet och i Kulturradion Snittet får lyssnarna också veta mer om den engelska organisationen PUSH, som stöttar svarta artister inom brittisk scenkonst och arbetar med att öka mångfalden hos de brittiska kulturinstitutionerna. Regissören Josette Bushell - Mingo som till vardags är konstnärlig ledare på Riksteaterns Tyst Teater, är en av grundarna till PUSH och hon har också fått ta emot Brittiska Imperieordern av den engelska drottningen. . Efter premiären i Umeå kommer When we dead awaken att turnera i England och Sver