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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 16 books in this booklist
£14.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781908058454 | ISBN 10: 1908058455
A love letter to British theatre, Amber-Massie Blomfield explores twenty of the strangest, most talked-about and influential theatre spaces across the UK. From ruined playhouse to proscenium arch, from an amphitheatre hewn from the rock to a converte ... more
View book details£15.50 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781783200269 | ISBN 10: 178320026x
Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Rome or Moscow, and sometimes playing itself – or a version of its own past in Beatles bio ... more
View book details£32.50 hardback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781846317477 | ISBN 10: 1846317479
From its outset, the Liverpool Playhouse has been inextricably linked to the history of the city in which it was built. The impetus to create it came from the burgeoning civic pride engendered by the city’s growing wealth and its status as ‘second ci ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781901927474 | ISBN 10: 1901927474
Fergus met Frankie on his first day at school and they’ve been in each others’ shadow ever since. As teenagers they skipped school and drank cider on the ferry over the River Mersey, dreaming about travelling the world. In September 2004 ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780553819489 | ISBN 10: 0553819488
Paul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best loved entertainers. He is known and adored by millions, whether as the creator of the acid-tongued Blonde Bombsite, Lily Savage, or the presenter of the fantastically successful, award-winning Paul O'Grady S ... more
View book details£19.99 hardback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781845115661 | ISBN 10: 184511566x
Philip French has called Alex Cox, 'British Cinema's oldest enfant terrible'; it's a description that its recipient fully approves of. He is a radical, international, independent filmmaker, who is also an insightful commentator on cinema now, and exp ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781854595768 | ISBN 10: 1854595768
A funny, vibrant and moving version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, set amongst the Jewish community in wartime Liverpool. From the award-winning writer Diane Samuels (Kindertransport) and well-known actress and writer Tracy-Ann Oberman. Liverpoo ... more
View book details£12.00 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780751539127 | ISBN 10: 0751539120
After the death of his mother, Paul and his brothers and sister spent the rest of their childhoods in a succession of children’s and foster homes where they found themselves at the mercy of adults more interested in their own welfare than providing a ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780752444536 | ISBN 10: 0752444530
A roistering look at the history of music hall in the area. This witty, warm and altogether delightful look at the history of music hall in Preston will fascinate lovers of musical history everywhere. Travelling from back-street aleho ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780713687569 | ISBN 10: 0713687568
Educating Rita was premiered at the RSC Warehouse, London, in June 1980. Voted Best Comedy of 1980, it was subsequently made into a highly successful film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters. "Educating Rita, about a working-class Liverpool girl ... more
View book details£25.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780713684902 | ISBN 10: 0713684909
The Worst It Can Be is a Disaster is the autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester which in 2006 celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Born into a Jewish family, Braham Murray struggled against his pa ... more
View book details£9.00 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780856762918 | ISBN 10: 0856762911
Winner of Amnesty International's Freedom of Expression award, presented as part of the Scotsman Awards at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival. Unprotected explores the recent developments in Liverpool that surround the sex trade industry through a docum ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781854599605 | ISBN 10: 1854599607
Liverpool, today. Bobby, Paul and Ang. Three people, four walls: the basic recipe for family life. Down the road in Curzon Park, there is a fierce sense of belonging that has nothing to do with place. Two families, two ways of life: yards apart ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780751534030 | ISBN 10: 075153403x
Famous as the loveable couch potato Jim Royle of The Royle Family, Ricky Tomlinson has launched a thousand one-liners and entertained millions without ever leaving his armchair. Now, in his bestselling autobiography, he surprises yet again with ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780952797807 | ISBN 10: 0952797806
On the corner of Liverpool's Hope Street, in 1964, a mighty tradition was born. As the world's jukeboxes hummed with the music of this great city, three young men took over a gently crumbling ex-chapel and decided to start a theatre. From the momen ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780349116150 | ISBN 10: 0349116156
It is 1950 and the Liverpool repertory theatre company is rehearsing its Christmas production of Peter Pan, a story of childhood innocence and loss. Stella has been taken on as an assistant stage manager and quickly becomes obsessed with Me ... more
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