Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC legend Bill Shankly show set for Liverpool comeback
Shankly show in comeback[LNB]ONE of the highlights of Capital of Culture is on its way back to mark the 50th anniversary of football legend Bill Shankly's arrival at Liverpool.[LNB]The Shankly Show will be the first production to play at the 1,350-seater auditorium at the BT Convention Centre next month.[LNB]The one-man show, which wowed more than 10,000 theatregoers during 2008, will return for two nights only in what writer Andrew Sherlock is calling a 'pre-match warm up' to the date - December 19 - that Shankly became manager at Anfield.[LNB]Glaswegian actor Sandy West will reprise the role of 'Shanks' in the boot room-set look back at the great manager's career.[LNB]He famously stepped in at short notice to take the Shankly role after a previous actor pulled out.[LNB]Mr Sherlock said today: 'It's not simply football, Shankly lifts the city.[LNB]'I've been inundated with requests wherever I go since '08 from people who didn't get a chance to see the show, and I thought it was ideal to put it on to celebrate the 50th anniversary.
