The Unity Theatre is a theatre in Liverpool, England. Formed by directors Gerry Dawson and Edgar Criddle as the Merseyside Left Theatre in the 1930s, the theatre became known as the Merseyside Unity Theatre in 1944. The company was known for being

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and experimentalist, staging classics alongside contemporary left-wing theatre; an aim was to make theatre accessible to the working class. Today, the theatre provides workshops and performance space and is based in a converted

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(the former home of Liverpool Reform Synagogue) on Hope Place off Hope Street.

External links

Official Unity Theatre website
Unity Theatre Tourist attractions in Liverpool {{UK-theat-struct-stub