The brand-new stage production of Helen Forrester’s By The Waters Of Liverpool has opened to rave reviews.
The show, which is coming to Southport later this month, opened in New Brighton.
It now embarks on its 17-venue tour across the UK coming to Southport Theatre at The Waterfront on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. .
By The Waters Of Liverpool Spring 2020 UK Tour opened last Tuesday (March 3) at the New Brighton Floral Pavilion in Wirral – just a few miles from where the famous author, Helen Forrester was born. The tour opening also coincided with International Book Day on Thursday, March 5, followed by International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8.
The show will hit the road this week visiting multiple venues, including Southport Theatre in just over two weeks’ time.
Eric Potts and Sian Reeves in By The Waters Of Liverpool – Credit Anthony Robling
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 stellar cast features star names from stage and screen, including Sian Reeves and Mark Moraghan. The tour also features Parry Glasspool, Lucy Dixon, Eric Potts, Lynn Francis, Danny O’Brien, Roy Carruthers, and Chloe McDonald.
The new touring production is produced by Pulse Records Limited in association with Bill Elms, written by Rob Fennah and is directed by Gareth Tudor Price.
This new production of 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.
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By The Waters Of Liverpool is set in the 1930s after Helen’s father went bankrupt during the Depression. Her family were forced to leave behind the nannies, servants and comfortable middle-class life in the South West of England. The Forresters chose Liverpool to rebuild their shattered lives, but they were in for a terrible shock. Taken out of school to look after her young siblings, Helen is treated as an unpaid slave. So begins a bitter fight with her parents for the right to go out to work and make her own way in life. But by 1939 and with Britain on the verge of war, Helen now aged 20, has still never been kissed by a man. But things start looking up for her when she meets a tall strong seaman and falls in love.
By The Waters Of Liverpool has sold more than a million books. Now this is your chance to see it come to life in this brand-new stage play adaptation.
Lucy Dixon as Helen in By The Waters Of Liverpool – Credit Anthony Robling
Helen Forrester’s best-selling volumes of autobiography include Twopence To Cross The Mersey, Liverpool Miss, By The Waters Of Liverpool, and Lime Street At Two.
The Production is fully endorsed by the Helen Forrester Estate
It appears at Southport Theatre at The Waterfront on Friday 27 March and Saturday 28 March.
Tickets are from £22 plus booking fee
For tickets call the Box Office on: 01704 500036 or visit: www.waterfrontsouthport.co.uk/events/whats-on
