John Gorman

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Announces The First Season By Suba Das

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse announces its new programme of work, the first under Creative Director Suba Das. It confirms the venues' commitment to artistic innovation, talent development, and social change, whilst reflecting and entertaining the people of Liverpool and beyond.

The Write Event Celebrates Works of Much Loved Authors at St George's Hall

???????Two new literary double bills celebrating the life and works of Wilfred Owen & Sylvia Plath and Rudyard Kipling & James Joyce are set to be staged at Liverpool's St George's Hall this March.

Gorman to Release New Story Collection

'We were hardening into ourselves back in the summer of '85, but I felt more like the fleshy skin inside an orange. My buddies were in a rush to grow up. Not me.' Gorman, is the author of the novels 'Shades of Luz' and 'Disposable Heroes.' He earned his MFA in Creative Writing at Pacific University in Forest Grove Oregon. He's a lifelong Queens resident and has served on the editorial board of Newtown Literary and has been a frequent guest at the Boundless Tales Reading Series. An active blogger and story writer, his work has appeared in over 50 journals, worldwide. In 2003, his screenplay 'For the Love of Auntie' won the best screenplay writing competition at the NY International Independent Film and Video Festival. Many of the stories in his debut collection 'Something Like Bliss' cross genre boundaries as well as myriad emotional landscapes. 'El Mariachi' is set in Mexicoa and focuses on the unrequited love a young man has for his aunt. 'A Private Language' is an updated, reconfigured 'Stand By Me,' following the lives of 4 latchkey boys that culminates in a gruesome moment that will forever change them. Some of the stories have a fabulist element. 'Rejects fro the Pretzel Factory' is a comical take on the exploitation on a sweet old lady, a former Rockette, who is roped into a greedy corporation's rebranding campaign. Karl Wenclas of New Pop Lit says 'John Gorman is part of a new wave of short story writers reinvigorating the art. Their emphasis is on clarity and fun and reality privilege and pretentiousness thrown out. The result for the reader is win-win, and the reader after all is what the short story form is about.' Gorman is available for interviews and appearances. For book signings, media appearances, interviews, and/or book signings please contact jgorm22@hotmail.com.

Liverpool's St George's Hall Kicks Off WHERE THERE'S A WILL Shakespeare Season Today

A season of classic Shakespeare plays will take place at St George's Hall Liverpool to mark the 400th Anniversary of the Bard's death.

Liverpool's St George's Hall to Host WHERE THERE'S A WILL Shakespeare Season

A season of classic Shakespeare plays will take place at St George's Hall Liverpool to mark the 400th Anniversary of the Bard's death.

New Photography Exhibition by Mike McCartney to Open at St George's Hall

Celebrated photographer Mike McCartney will stage a new exhibition at St George's Hall Liverpool this Autumn with the iconic venue as the focus.  Entitled, Mike McCartney Luvs St George's Hall, the exhibition runs from Saturday, 5 September until Sunday, 18 October.

English Touring Theatre Premiers McGough's THE MISANTHROPE in Spring 2013 Tour, Beg. Tonight

English Touring Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse will complete a trilogy of Roger McGough adaptations of classic Moliere comedies with THE MISANTHROPE in spring 2013. The Misanthrope debuted at the Liverpool Playhouse in February 2013 before its national tour.

ETT and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse to Present THE MISANTHROPE World Premiere, Feb 2013

Following the huge successes of their collaboration on Tartuffe and The Hypochondriac, English Touring Theatre and Liverpool Playhouse complete a trilogy of Roger McGough adaptations of classic Molière comedies with The Misanthrope, which premieres on Tuesday 19th February before a national tour. The 'McGoughière' team will reunite McGough with Everyman and Playhouse Artistic Director Gemma Bodinetz, who will direct this co-production with ETT.