Author: Chris Wiegand Stage editor

The text describes how pantomimes (“pantos”) continue to play an important role even after the Christmas period, serving as a way to extend festive fun and lift spirits during the often gloomy January period. Key points from the passage include: – **Nottingham Playhouse’s Sleeping Beauty** runs until the weekend before “Blue Monday,” regarded as the… Continue reading Think panto season is behind you? Oh no it isn’t – some haven’t opened yet

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