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    • Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
    • Under the Moon
    • The Little Mermaid
    • Mermaid and Pirate Tales
    • Daughters of the Deep
    • Bisclavret: The Werewolf
    • Robin Hood’s May Day Adventure
    • Mermaids in their Element
    • Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits
    • Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
    • The Interlude of Youth
    • The Canterbury Tales
    • Medieval Stories
    • The Chester Noah
    • The Second Shepherds’ Play
    • An Evening of Early Music and Drama
    • Theatre in Education
    • Audio Books and Music
      • The Little Mermaid – Audio Book
      • The Little Mermaid – Soundtrack
      • Bisclavret: The Werewolf
      • The Canterbury Tales
  • Audio Books and Music
    • The Little Mermaid – Audio Book
    • The Little Mermaid – Soundtrack
    • Bisclavret: The Werewolf
    • The Canterbury Tales
  • Contact

Past Productions

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight

It’s New Year at King Arthur’s court when a giant green knight interrupts the festivities, challenging the knights to an ominous beheading contest.

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Under the Moon

A series of performances and dramatic readings by renaissance writers exploring fantastic journeys, new worlds, and imaginative depictions of the moon.

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The Little Mermaid

A new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairytale for the young and young at heart. Told by Madelaine Smart, with original music by Alex Cottrell.

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Mermaids in their Element

Focusing on mermaids and their element in world cultures across time, this event takes us on a journey from Babylonian sculpture to Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Daughters of the Deep

Mysterious, alluring, and often deadly, mermaids have captured the imagination of writers and artists since the dawn of civilization. This event invites you to succumb to the lure of the siren…

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Mermaid and Pirate Tales

Singing sea-maids, stolen treasure, swashbuckling sea dogs, and parrot poo galore! Join The Liverpool Players for enchanting tales of beautiful mermaids and scurvy pirates.

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Bisclavret: The Werewolf

Adapted from the twelfth-century lai by Marie de France Bisclavret explores what it means to be human in a world where chivalry, love and betrayal clash with the supernatural.

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Robin Hood’s May Adventure

The evil Sheriff of Nottingham and his cunning sidekick, Weaselwise, are plotting to capture Robin Hood and his Merry Band in this interactive children’s adventure.

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Join the Adventure

Follow the adventures of four students at The University of Liverpool as they step through a time-travelling portal. Filmed on location at Speke Hall by Mocha TV.

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Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits

Witness true love, murder, cross-dressing, fairies, regicide, ghosts, shipwrecks and a whole lot more in eight bite-size versions of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.

Read more Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight

It’s New Year at King Arthur’s court when a giant green knight interrupts the festivities, challenging the knights to an ominous beheading contest.

Read more Sir Gawain & the Green Knight

Three Minute Hamlet

Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy – with love, loss, murder, death, ghostly happenings, madness, revenge, deadly duels, and a famous skull – all performed in just three minutes.

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The Interlude of Youth

Associated with the court of Henry VIII, The Interlude of Youth offers a moral and political allegory about the riotous nature of youth and how to find salvation through Christ.

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The Canterbury Tales

Join Chaucer and a host of colourful pilgrims for an assortment of medieval tales in this thoroughly entertaining abridgement of Mike Poulton’s Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.

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Medieval Stories

The Liverpool Players present an assortment of medieval stories about brave knights, seafaring ladies, giants, dragons, and fairies. Come along to hear stories of the past…

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The Chester Noah

It’s raining, it’s pouring, and Mrs Noah won’t get on the ark! Originally performed on the streets of Chester, this medieval mystery play is given a modern twist.

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The Second Shepherds’ Play

While shepherds watched their flock by night… their prize sheep was stolen! This fifteenth-century play depicts the Nativity as you’ve never seen it before!

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An Evening of Early Music and Drama

An Evening of Early Music and Drama. Celebrate the festive season with The Liverpool Players and Sonnatas a trè.

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Theatre in Education

In addition to performing at public events, The Liverpool Players make regular contributions to educational workshops, helping both young children and university undergraduates.

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Audio Books and Music

Some of the Players’ productions have been turned into free audio books and soundtracks by Alex Cottrell of Cottrell Music. Download or listen to them here.

Read more Audio Books and Music

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