The Lancashire & North West Magazine | June 2022

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Liverpool Theatre Festival Returns for a Third Year

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Organisers of the awardwinning Liverpool Theatre Festival are delighted to announce its return in Autumn 2022 to take place for a third consecutive year. Little LTF, the festival’s sister event to showcase new works, will also return for a second year in Spring 2022.

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iverpool Theatre Festival was first staged in September 2020 to boost the city’s live performance and creative arts sectors following the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry. 198

After a hugely successful inaugural year, the event returned in 2021 welcoming 2,700 festival-goers across 12 days, with a programme featuring 23 performances of 16 shows. Last year also saw the introduction of fringe event Little LTF, a sevenday mini festival to champion and showcase new works and talent, which attracted 1,200 festival-goers in year one. The dates for this year’s two events have now been announced by organisers. Liverpool Theatre Festival 2022 will take place between Wednesday 31 August and Sunday 11 September

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2022. It will be preceded by Little LTF (Liverpool Theatre Festival Of New Works) from Monday 2 May to Sunday 8 May 2022. Both events will once again take place at St Luke’s Bombed Out Church in Liverpool city centre, the marquee as the backdrop for Little LTF, with the main festival taking place outdoors. The festival has been praised for its diverse range and inclusive genre of live performance pieces, which each year have featured works of comedy, musicals, drama, opera, dance, LGBTQ, and children’s productions. Liverpool Theatre Festival was created by Liverpool theatre producer www.lancmag.com


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