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By The Waters of Liverpool

About the Show

Adapted from Helen Forrester’s million-selling book, By The Waters Of Liverpool is a stunning period drama set in the 1930s.

The story opens in 1935. Helen is sixteen years old and fighting a bitter battle with her parents for the right to educate herself and go out to work. During the Great Depression, Helen’s father lost his fortune when the stock market crashed and the family were suddenly thrown into poverty. Leaving behind the nannies, servants and comfortable middle-class life in the South West of England, the Forrester’s chose Liverpool as the place to start over. They were in for a terrible shock. Taken out of school to care for her younger brothers and sisters while her parents struggled to re-build their shattered lives, Helen is treated as an unpaid slave and desperate to escape. By 1939, now aged twenty and with Britain on the brink of war, she has still never been kissed by a man. But things start looking up for Helen when she meets a tall strong seaman and falls in love.

Featuring a star-studded cast from stage and screen

Sian Reeves (Coronation Street), Mark Moraghan (Holby City), Parry Glasspool (Hollyoaks), Lucy Dixon (Waterloo Road) & Eric Potts (Coronation Street) join Lynn Francis, Danny O’Brien, Roy Carruthers and Chloe McDonald.

By The Waters Of Liverpool UK Tour

TOUR DATES

18 OCTOBER – 21 OCTOBER
PAVILION THEATRE, RHYL

13 NOVEMBER – 14 NOVEMBER
FLORAL PAVILION THEATRE, NEW BRIGHTON

15 OCTOBER – 16 OCTOBER
THEATRE ROYAL, WINCHESTER

23 SEPTEMBER – 24 SEPTEMBER
PARR HALL, WARRINGTON

9 SEPTEMBER – 11 SEPTEMBER
LOWTHER PAVILION, LYTHAM ST ANNES

25 OCTOBER – 26 OCTOBER
BECK THEATRE, OUTER LONDON

27 SEPTEMBER – 27 SEPTEMBER
BOLTON TOWN HALL, BOLTON

29 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER
PLAZA THEATRE, STOCKPORT

20 SEPTEMBER – 22 SEPTEMBER
THEATRE ROYAL, ST HELENS

13 OCTOBER – 14 OCTOBER
ALBANY THEATRE, COVENTRY

13 SEPTEMBER – 14 SEPTEMBER
GRAND THEATRE, LANCASTER

9 NOVEMBER – 12 NOVEMBER
THE ATKINSON, SOUTHPORT

15 SEPTEMBER – 16 SEPTEMBER
DARLINGTON HIPPODROME (FORMERLY CIVIC THEATRE), DARLINGTON

6 NOVEMBER – 7 NOVEMBER
MALVERN THEATRES, MALVERN

30 MARCH – 31 MARCH
GRAND THEATRE, SWANSEA

11 OCTOBER – 12 OCTOBER
VICTORIA THEATRE, HALIFAX

1 OCTOBER – 2 OCTOBER
LYCEUM THEATRE, CREWE

1 NOVEMBER – 3 NOVEMBER
POMEGRANATE THEATRE, CHESTERFIELD

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