BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10418@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250306 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250309 DTSTAMP:20250227T151028Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-up-next-festival-2 025/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Up Next Festival 2025 DESCRIPTION:Thursday 6th — Saturday 8th March\nTICKET LINK\n\nUp Next is back!\n\nThis year Up Next will be returning to its bread and butter with a single weekend of non-stop performance of new work and events.\n\nUp Nex t Festival’s identity and energy thrives on a wide variety of work from a wide variety of artists. Work in previous festivals has ranged from side -splittingly funny cabaret acts to heart-felt testimonial pieces\, to grou ndbreaking interactive light installation pieces that took the audience on an apocalyptic journey. There is no limit to the work or specification to Up Next\, that’s what makes it so unique and special. Work can be from any art form or any stage of development\, so come and enjoy us for an unf orgettable weekend of new work.\n\n \;\n\nThe line-up of artists: Dea n Horrocks\, Leebo Luby\, Violet Arts\, third floor theatre\, Gemma Bond \, Alice Mason\, Claire Beerjeraz\, Cordelia Stevenson\, S J Horay\, Lia m D Gillies\, Joe Ward Munrow\, The Clockwork Collective\, Charles Sand ford\, Fiona Scott\, Chris Tomlinson\, Robert Farquar &\; Kalli Tant\ , Sarah Jane Pringle\, Jade Franks\, Ladderman\, Bilal Zafar Ranjha &am p\; Abhijeet Singh\, Hindley &\; Amos\, Headstrung Puppets\n\n \; \n\nAll theatre shows are available to book now. Scroll for full event lis tings…\n\n \;\nBooking Tickets:\n\n Single Tickets: Individual tic kets for all events are £6.\n Festival Pass: After selling out each yea r\, our limited-edition Festival Pass returns for this year’s weekender. The Festival Pass is just £60 for all shows and gives you access to al l events.\n\nBOOK A FESTVAL PASS HERE\n \;\nShow Schedule\nThu 6 March \n\n 16:00-17:00: Masc On by Dean Horrocks\, Bicycle Face by Violet A rts\, Man With A Porpoise by Leebo Luby\n 19:00-20:00: non (In French)  by third floor theatre\, Told By A Witch by Gemma Bond\n 20:30-21:30:  Renaissance by Cordelia Stevenson\, Saint Jason by S J Horay\,\n Roo ted by Claire Beerjeraz\, Algo Aggro by Alice Mason\n\nHeadstrung Puppe ts will be wondering the spaces on Thurs eve with their latest puppet cre ation Crab!\n\nFri 7 March\n\n 13:00 – 14:00: An Absurdist Play Set On A Boat (reading) by Liam D Gillies\n 16:30 – 17:30: Scheme and The P hantom by Joe Ward Munrow\n 18:00 – 19:00: The Last Chance to Celebra te the Creator by The Clockwork Collective\, The Raven by Charles Sandf ord\n 19:30 – 20:10: Flamenco or Bust! by Fiona Scott\n 20:30 – 21 :30: Stella by Chris Tomlinson\, Robert Farquar &\; Kalli Tant\n\nSat 8 March\n\n 12:00 – 13:30: Lennie\, Ronnie and Me (reading) by Sarah Jane Pringle\n 16:00 – 17:00: Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x)  by Jade Franks\n 17:30 – 18:30: A Work In Progress by Ladderman\n 19:15 – 20:00: Siren Blues by Decolonial Dogs\n 20:30 – 21:30: Not Drunk But Disorderly by Hindly &\; Amos\n\nHeadstrung Puppets will b e wondering the spaces on Sat afternoon with their latest puppet creation Crab!\nPanel Discussions\n\n Fri 7 March\, 15:00-16:15: Meet Our Local T heatres – (Nathan Powell &\; Tommo Fowler from Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse\, Lane Paul Stewart and Siobhan Noble from Shakespeare North Pl ayhouse\, Eli Randle from Unity Theatre and Jess Bolger from The Royal Cou rt).\n\n \;\n\n Sat 8 March\, 14:00-15:30: Theatre Company Q&\;A – A chance to hear from local successful companies and artists about how they make\, develop and tour work and ask questions\, with Rowena Gander\ , Ugly Bucket\, Dora Colquhoun and Teatro Pomodoro  \n\nTICKET LINK\nUp Next Festival has been made possible thanks to the generosity of our dono rs and supporters and Garrick Charitable Trust. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/02/UP-NEXT-WEB-1024x400-1.png CATEGORIES:Performance,Theatre LOCATION:Unity Theatre\, Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.400829;-2.971716 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unity Theatre :geo:53.400829,-2.971716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR