Winter/Spring season of public performances
Monday 19 January 2026
Romantic yet heartbreaking musicals, hard hitting dramas, visually stunning dance shows, a two-week festival of new music and a time-shifting sci-fi feature film make up our ambitious season of public performances.
It gets underway with Maxim Gorky’s portrayal of the last days of imperial Russia, Summerfolk. That’s followed by two musicals whose stories start in 60s, Dogfight and Vanities. Our Dance students explore Lucifer mythology in Fallen. Feature film Horizon examines the pitfalls of trying to rewrite history. 2ube Xtra is a 10 day festival of original new music. The Caucasian Chalk Circle questions the true nature of justice, while devised dance show This Life is Wild delves into the beauty and brutality of nature.
The season is presented by our Acting, Dance, Filmmaking, Music, Musical Theatre, Management, Sound Technology, Theatre & Performance Design and Theatre & Production Technology students. They, in collaboration with some of the industry’s brightest creatives, will deliver every aspect of our shows. It provides them with the opportunity to use and extend their skills in a real-world setting - and it provides audiences the chance to enjoy what the next generation of storytellers and creatives has to offer.
Tickets are now on sale.
Summerfolk
12-14 February
A group of well-off Russian friends escape the city for lazy days, long talks, and low-key existential crises.
As personal tensions rise, dreams clash with reality to reveal hypocrisy, lost purpose and moral decay.
Set in the final years of imperial Russia, Summerfolk is a telling portrait of privilege on the brink.
Performed by third-year Acting students.
Dogfight
12-14 March
On the eve of deployment to Vietnam, a group of young Marines play a cruel game - but one unexpected connection changes everything.
Dogfight follows Eddie and Rose as they navigate a night that starts with deception and unfolds into something tender and real.
Raw, romantic, and heartbreaking - Dogfight is a musical that leaves a mark.
Performed by third-year Acting (Musical Theatre) students.
Vanities: The Musical
19-21 March
Spanning the 60s and 90s, Vanities tracks the lives of three Texas cheerleaders as they grow from high school royalty to women grappling with identity and self-discovery.
Sharp, funny and touching, this musical explores friendship, identity, and the messiness of growing up.
Filled with heart and humour, Vanities is a nostalgic ride that packs an emotional punch.
Performed by third-year Acting (Musical Theatre) students.
Fallen
19-21 March
When control slips and pressure intensifies, the urge to fall is powerful.
Inspired by Lucifer mythology, Fallen is an abstract exploration of the fragmentation of identity through the Seven Deadly Sins.
A devised dance show featuring contemporary, jazz, commercial and tap, Fallen is an intense, visually striking and emotionally charged experience
Performed by third-year Dance students.
Horizon
W/C 13 April
A covert team from a fragile future launch a daring mission to stop a brilliant scientist from rewriting history.
But their intervention sets off a series of catastrophic events. Timelines fracture and the scientist’s loved ones and an unsuspecting group of paramedics find their lives irrevocably altered.
Written exclusively for our third-year Acting (Screen & Digital) students, Horizon merges three original storylines into a bold, time-shifting feature film.
Performed by third-year Acting (Screen & Digital) students.
Free admission, but booking essential. Tickets available in March.
2ube Xtra
20 April-2 May
Our two-week celebration of new original music with showcase performances from our third-year Music students.
An integral part of Liverpool's festival season 2ube Extra features local, national and international artists.
Staged in the Paul McCartney Auditorium the festival is fully produced with contributions from Filmmaking, Management, Sound Technology and Theatre & Production Technology students.
Admission free but booking essential. Tickets available in March
The Caucasion Chalk Circle
14 -16 May
A violent revolution...
A split-second choice...
Servant girl Grusha rescues an abandoned baby; when his mother returns to claim him, she finds herself placed on trial.
Brecht’s timeless morality fable is given a startling reimagining, as a war-ravaged community locks horns over the true nature of ‘justice’.
Performed by MA Acting students.
This Life is Wild
28-30 May
Rooted in the natural world, This Life is Wild explores the beauty and brutality of being human.
Set in a distorted garden of blooms and tangled, untamed brambles, the work moves through self-discovery, growth and renewal - where tenderness and resistance exist side by side.
A devised dance piece that reflects the cycle of life: what we nurture, what wounds us, and what survives.
Performed by Second year Dance students
Tickets available in March.
