Mark Thomas: The Red Shed

Name: Mark Thomas: The Red Shed
Start: 2016-09-16T19:30:00
End: 2016-09-17T21:45:00
Location: Liverpool Everyman Theatre

Ben Williams, Managing Editor Last Updated 13 February 2017

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Mark Thomas: The Red Shed

Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Hope Street

16-17 September 2016

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From £14.50

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The Red Shed is the third part in a trilogy of multi award winning shows Bravo Figaro and Cuckooed. Mark returns to where he first performed, a red wooden shed in Wakefield, the labour club, to celebrate its 50th birthday. Part theatre, stand up, journalism, activism, it’s the story of the battle for hope and the survival of a community.

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