In Just Under one week, Liverpool Theatre Festival will be returning to the bombed out church with a packed lineup of performances over 11 days. have a look at our previous write up which shows what’s on offer. One of the standout highlights of the festival is the specially commissioned play, "Sober Companion," co-written and co-starring Liverpool-born actor Joe McGann and Jake Norton.
Read MoreThe Young Everyman Playhouse Directors’ Festival is back, captivating audiences with a remarkable lineup of six brilliant short plays. This year’s YEP Directors showcase their immense talents, promising an unforgettable theatrical experience.
Read MoreAfter a much-needed break, I'm excited to be back, energized and ready to hit the ground running. Here at Likeminded we have some incredible plans in store for the coming months, including exciting new projects which we cannot wait to share with you in the coming weeks on our socials. But that's not all!
Read MoreIt was February 13th 2022. I just published my final article on Likeminded, my time was up. For 7 years I was Artistic Director of Likeminded and was so proud of what we created. The best 7 years of my life. The greatest achievement personally for me was the incredible Likeminded podcast.
Read More5 years ago myself and Ashley created Likeminded with no experience other than pure passion as our motivation to create. It’s been a pleasure directing the company the past five years and i’m very proud of the foundations I’ve created with the team for the company to build on.
Read MoreAs you may or may not know, Likeminded has launched a brand new platform called ‘Opening Nights’. Opening Nights is a dedicated Liverpool & North West Theatre Guide. Find what's on, read news and Spotlight features, see reviews and buy tickets.
Read MoreThe Opening Nights podcast will next focus its attention on Naughty Corner Production’s ninth show – Sheep written by Oliver Back and directed by Mikee Dickinson. This production was all ‘set to go’ back in April 2020 (with the actors waiting patiently in their pen) but then the pandemic slaughtered so many of theatres young, frolicking lambs at that time. So the show has now been nineteen months in the making and waiting.
Read MoreOn July 29th 2020, Ashley and I met our good friend Bob Towers at a Turkish Coffee shop on Bold Street. It was a time when restrictions were fairly eased and the future of performing arts was very bleak. Myself and Ashley also shared concerns about Likeminded’s future.
Read MoreAs we come nearer to the end of our podcast journey, we are back to what we love most after two years away. Ashley and I have been putting a plan together to get our next production; Kristallnacht, out. We released our intentions last July and what a journey it has been to get to the final stages.
Read MoreThe Likeminded Podcast begins our new Opening Nights venture exploring the preparations for Trisha Duffy’s play – Broken Biscuits which will form part of the Liverpool Theatre Festival this September. Trisha came on the podcast back in May and told us of her journey from being a curious mum taking a writing course and then joining the Lantern Writers where she was thrust into putting on her first play – Broken Biscuits.
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