SIZE OF COMPANY
15 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Executive Director
Deborah Aydon

Artistic Director
Gemma Bodinetz

Programme Co-ordinator
Victoria Rope

Literary Manager
Suzanne Bell

Theatre & Community Director
Rebecca Ross

ARTISTIC POLICY
The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse are in the course of a remarkable creative renaissance, boosted by Liverpool’s role as European Capital of Culture for 2008. A rich and vibrant artistic policy combines artistic excellence with deep roots in the local community. At the Playhouse, the programme centres on creative interpretations of great plays; at the Everyman, new writing is the central programme strand, and an exciting generation of new Liverpool playwrights is currently emerging. As Capital of Culture 2008 approaches, the Liverpool theatres are keen to establish contacts, collaborations and creative exchange at the international level.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'A very fine example of how theatre can top journalism as a means of raising debate… Wonderful and moving.' The Guardian (Unprotected)

'Enormously moving… heart-wrenching but always candid… compellingly dramatic.' The List (Unprotected)

'This will change people’s minds, and in unexpected ways… Nina Raine’s first-rate production brings everything home… Blazes with energetic intelligence.' The Observer (Unprotected)

CURRENT PRODUCTION
Unprotected Award-winning, searing and deeply moving verbatim drama prompted by the murder of two Liverpool sex workers, which gives a profound insight into the human lives behind the newspaper headlines. (120 mins, plus interval, 6 on stage, 15 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Eric’s By Mark Davies. New musical drama from the author of Taboo about the legendary club of the late 70s and early 80s where punk sparked a generation of Liverpool bands. Under commission for production in 2008.

Young People’s Play (title tbc) By Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Fresh, off-beat and non-issue-based play for young people aged 12–16, from the author/adaptor of Sid and Nancy and Millions. Under commission for production in 2008.

King Lear New production by Rupert Goold featuring a leading Liverpool actor with an exceptional stage and film pedigree.

WRAP-AROUND
All productions will be supported by wrap-around activity. Unprotected offers many opportunities such as issue-based debate; workshops on verbatim as a theatrical technique; issues around the arts’ engagement with their community, and potentially bespoke ways of working locally with sex workers, outreach workers, politicians and/or arts practitioners.

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Unprotected from spring 2008
Details on request for the rest