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It’s all firing up…
All this talk for months and now, the day is finally here, the first of Merseyside Community Theatre's shows of…

Digging the Past
"Digging the Past", an event with thriller authors Nick Drake and Paul Sussman, takes place on Saturday 4th September, in the…

Romeo and Juliet: huge response for tickets
Due to the large number of bookings that have been made for Romeo and Juliet at the Fire Station, we will no longer be taking…

Romeo and Juliet Rehearsals Update #3
After months of preparation, weeks of rehearsals, and days of panicking the opening night of Merseyside Community Theatre’s production of…

Romeo and Juliet Rehearsals Update #2
The penultimate week of rehearsals is upon us! The cast and crew are all working incredibly hard in preparation for…

Well Read in The Independent
Get Into Reading was the focus of a feature piece called 'Well Read' in Saturday's Independent magazine. All the way…

Here and Now
I’ve been reading in the news this week about the increasing evidence that people who stay in education longer are…

Romeo and Juliet Rehearsals Update #1
With just over two weeks to go until the opening night on Thursday 26th August, the cast of Romeo and Juliet…

Positive Practice in Mental Health
Since 2007, The Reader Organisation has had a Reader-in-Residence scheme (based on the Get Into Reading model) at Mersey Care…

Merseyside Community Theatre in the Spotlight (again!)
Following on from Sonja Sohn's visit to Croxteth Fire Station to meet our Merseyside Community Theatre team, Society Guardian (and,…

Acclaimed filmmaker appointed honorary professor
The award winning film director and screenwriter, Terence Davies, has been appointed honorary professor at the Department of Communication and…

In Conversation with Jonathan Franzen
On Sunday October 3rd 2010 the celebrated American writer Jonathan Franzen will be at the Whitworth Art Gallery reading from…