After a hugely successful premiere run at the Liverpool Empire Theatre last October, five more venues have been added to the Spring 2020 UK Tour of Helen Forrester’s By The Waters Of Liverpool.
By The Waters Of Liverpool is a stunning period drama produced by the team that brought the smash hit Twopence To Cross The Mersey to the stage.
The news follows the recent announcement that Sian Reeves, Parry Glasspool and Lucy Dixon have joined Mark Moraghan, Eric Potts, Lynn Francis, Danny O’Brien, Roy Carruthers, and Chloe McDonald to complete the cast.
By The Waters Of Liverpool Spring 2020 Tour will open on Tuesday 3 March at the New Brighton Floral Pavilion in Wirral–just a few miles from where Helen Forrester was born and celebrates what would have been the writer’s 100th Birthday.
The production will then travel to Stockport, Warrington, St Helens, Lancaster, Crewe, Southport, Rhyl, Swansea, Darlington and Malvern, before continuing with the newly added venues of the Isle Of Man, Hayes, Winchester, Liverpool and Blackpool. 11 weeks in total.
Rob Fennah commented: “To go from premiering a brand new show last October to a full blown 11-week UK Tour visiting 16 theatres is a fantastically scary prospect. This period drama is a big production with a large cast and a huge story to tell. And for those who may be unfamiliar with Helen’s work, By The Waters Of Liverpool also features sizeable chunks from Helen’s earlier book Liverpool Miss, together with flashbacks to Twopence To Cross The Mersey. I’ve even weaved in a storyline from Helen’s fourth autobiography, Lime Street At Two. That way, the audience get a complete picture of her life. To make all this possible we use a technique called ‘story theatre’ whereby the actors form part of the landscape itself and take on multiple roles; over fifty different characters. It’s a fluid and very theatrical way of presenting such an epic tale and has proved to be a huge hit with our audiences.”
