![]() ![]() The audience loved the mayhem, the eccentric Lord Strange from Knowsley, the confused poet, the cheery landlord and landlady, the adoring young girl, the scatty granny and the double-trouble aspiring actors with equal measure. The story was fast paced, passionate, comical and captivating. The cast of “Imaginarium” were local people with an age range of 16-86 and the programme (given to the audience for free) listed the cast with their occupations ‘retail worker’, ‘barrister’, ‘6th form student’, instead of a listing of their theatre and TV appearances and this portrayed this local ensemble as ‘real people’ and shared how everyone and anyone can live their dream of acting on such a prestigious stage. We were exposed to songs “our neighbourhood’s got history’ and “can’t speak like a scouser’ which were comical, endearing and made the whole theatre feel they were home and that Prescot was just that. ![]() The links to the original Prescot Playhouse (where now stands a barber shop) were explored in a very 21st century way, (mobile phones, modern music, selfies and struggling pubs) and this idea of the writer Rob Brannen and portrayed wonderfully by the artistic director Gaynor La Rocca (both who watched the show this evening with us in the audience) was a stroke of genius. The Cockpit Theatre was a very fitting place to share with us the tale of how the bard transported from Stratford upon Avon in Tudor times to this pub in the centre of the Liverpudlian town. The production team “Imaginarium” is aptly named and as an award-winning ensemble, took us effortlessly and with enviable talent, through their “Strange Tale” of worm holes, eccentric lords, brassy landladies, besotted girls and tattooed thugs, to their adored town Prescot were somehow the bard had appeared. Continuing with the opening season at Shakespeare North Playhouse, this tale explores the link between the 16th century poet and playwright to the Merseyside town of Prescot, in a fun, imaginative and engaging way. ![]()
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