Theatre News

Royal Court go Down Our Street

Crissy Rock leads the cast of a new production of Down Our Street which plays at Liverpool’s Royal Court in April.

The Liverpool actress/comedienne is best known for her role in hit TV comedy Benidorm as well as a contestant in ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. The show charts Merseyside life over 150 years. Joining Crissy will be TV and Stage actors and Royal Court regulars Suzanne Collins and Roy Brandon. Also in the cast are Micky Finn, Lynne Fitzgerald, Linzi Germain, Lesley Butler and Lenny Wood.

Writer and Director, Brian McCann says, ‘It’s an exciting production to be part of. Crissy is one of the loveliest and funniest people I’ve met, she is guaranteed to bring a lot of fun and laughter to the production. I’ve worked with Suzanne and Micky on several occasions, they’re two great friends and great actors who both bring the stage alive as soon as they step onto it.”

The play celebrates the life and times of Cammell Laird, and the people of Merseyside. for well over a century and a half, ‘The Yard’ was the employer of thousands upon thousands of people from, the Wirral, across the water in Liverpool and beyond’.

Down Our Street runs at Liverpool’s Royal Court from 12 – 27 April.