ABOUT US

BLACK LIVER are performance artist and poet Ruth Cockburn and comic actor and musician Keith Carter. Ruth is from Blackpool. Keith is from Liverpool. Hence -Black Liver.

Black Liver have become a professional touring company since 2021; playing to sell out audiences with their shows ‘Miss Nobodies’ and ‘Support Y our Local Library!’, writing and starring in BBC Radio 4’s comedy ‘Where To Mate?’ and being commissioned to create bespoke songs, workshops and stories

They were nominated for Best Theatre Production at the Buxton Festival in 2022 for ‘Support Your Local Library!’. And Best Comedy Show in 2023 for ‘A Soirée of Black Liver’. Recently they helped Blackpool’s Grand Theatre win the Children & Young People Now Award 2024’s Theatre Awards and won BBC Radio 4’s Best Sitcom award.

Their show ‘Devilled Eggs’ was funded by Arts Council England and was created to tour in both rural and urban venues. They worked closely with Showtown Museum Blackpool, Lancashire Archive and Blackpool Grand Theatre to create a show that was fun and versatile and reflected the audiences they tour to.

Black Liver’s main objective is to create a full night of entertainment that involves the audience at some point, so that they leave feeling like they’ve had a good laugh and heard a great story with heart and met characters that they feel for or recognise.