Author: Chris Wiegand Stage editor

Next year, Liverpool will host a stage production of Hilary Mantel’s provocative short story that envisions the assassination of Margaret Thatcher in the summer of 1983. Originally published by the Guardian in 2014, “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher – August 6th 1983” was the title piece of Mantel’s short story collection that same year. The… Continue reading Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher’s assassination to be staged in Liverpool

Liverpool’s Museum is set to showcase an exhibit devoted to the late comedian Sir Ken Dodd. The exhibit, named ‘Happiness!’ after Dodd’s signature song, will display various memorabilia including his colourful tickling sticks, his ventriloquist doll Dicky Mint and writings from the notebooks Dodd filled with his jokes and comedic philosophy. The exhibition will also… Continue reading Happiness! Ken Dodd exhibition to open at the Museum of Liverpool