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New Straits Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
Liverpool fans paint PJ red to celebrate Premier League victory
PETALING JAYA: Dataran 3 Two Square was awash in a sea of red on Saturday as more than 600 Liverpool fans flooded the area to celebrate the Reds' latest Premier League triumph. Organised by KL Kopites, the official Liverpool supporters' club in Malaysia, the event featured a fully-wrapped Liverpool-themed double-decker bus, photo ops with a replica Premier League trophy, and lucky draw giveaways that had fans roaring with delight. Liverpool clinched their second title in five years in emphatic fashion on April 27, thumping Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at Anfield to give new boss Arne Slot the perfect debut season. The Dutchman's side sealed the league with four games to spare, equalling Manchester United's record of 20 top-flight titles. "It's the first time we've done a proper 'bus parade' here in Malaysia," said KL Kopites president Sashidaran Nair. "We had this planned in 2020 when Liverpool won the league under Jurgen Klopp — the bus was booked. But then COVID-19 hit, and we had to cancel everything. "This year, we're giving the fans something special. They can hop on the bus, take pictures with the trophy replica. It's all about recreating that iconic Liverpool celebration atmosphere." The event also saw over 40 prizes up for grabs, including match tickets to Anfield and autographed jerseys from Reds legends Harry Kewell and Lucas Leiva. Veteran fan Jordan Chan, 47, who's supported the club since the 1990s, said the parade was like a dream come true. "This kind of celebration gives me a whole new experience — it's like being in Liverpool," he said. For 25-year-old Megat Amir Irham Ahmad Mahidin, it was a long-awaited moment. "I didn't get to celebrate the 2019-2020 title win because of the lockdowns," he said.
BBC News
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Liverpool Royal Court: 'Theatre's rise is thanks to our inspirational city'
A theatre which has seen its annual attendance rise by 11% has said its success is down to being a "theatre for the people".Liverpool's Royal Court said local-themed productions had helped establish its reputation for shows "full of relatable characters, warmth and humour"."We've always been a Liverpool-focused theatre so the work that we create is for our audience, for Liverpool," executive producer Kevin Fearon said."We find writers who have got great Liverpool stories. The work we put on stage has to relate to our audience." Latest figures released in the theatre's annual review showed 187,319 tickets had been sold. The venue hosted some 409 performances as well as 11,437 school audience Fearon said since 2017 all of the theatre's plays had been new writing and it had a reputation for telling local stories. "The audience has to recognise characters they live with, or they know, or they work with - they have to be real people," Mr Fearon said."We have a formula for our work. It has to be Liverpool at its heart and for me that is warmth. It is a sense of humour and it is honest."If we get that right in a play the audience love it."Among its shows, the theatre staged the premiere of Alan Bleasdale's Boys From The Blackstuff, which was retold by writer James Graham in collaboration with Bleasdale. Other Liverpool-themed productions included Haunted Scouse, A Greasy Spoon and Bingo Mr Fearon also put the venue's growing success down to adapting to a changing audience and the introduction of cabaret-style dining."There's 170 seats for dining where people can have a meal and a drink before the show," Mr Fearon said."When the rest of the audience come in later the room has already got a feeling."It feels like you're in a place that's going to have a good time, that helps theatre, it's not a cold space."He said it had taken 20 years "to get it right" and constant feedback with visitors and asking them what they enjoyed."We listen to our audience," he said."Theatres across the country are finding it difficult to get audiences but we are very different to them, we write the work for our audience."What makes us all Liverpudlians is that we laugh at ourselves."A sense of humour that we have in Liverpool, that what gets us through the day and through our lives." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
