Liverpool arts and cultural organisations including the Royal Court, Everyman & Playhouse, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bluecoat and Cavern City Tours are set to receive Coronavirus culture grants from the government.

Unity Theatre, Parr Street Studios, dot-art, Sound...

Comedian John Bishop will be Right Here, Right Now at the M&S Bank Arena – in 2022.

The Liverpool-born funnyman is bringing his world tour to the Liverpool waterfront for two dates on March 4 and 5.

The tour is due to open in Peterborough in September next year and will...

It’s been a long year without much to laugh about, so the fact that at least one Liverpool comedy club is planning on reopening its doors is good news.

Ahead of Laughterhouse restarting gigs (in Covid safe surroundings) at its Fenwick Street base, it stepped in to stage...

Daniel Kitson is set to return to the Liverpool Everyman this autumn – but will play to a completely empty theatre.

While the Yorkshire-born comedian and writer is on stage in Hope Street over four nights from November 4-7 with his new show Dot. Dot. Dot. his audience w...

Liverpool Laughterhouse is due to reopen its doors to comedy fans at the end of September.

And ahead of that the popular comedy club is announcing its return with a pair of shows as part of the new Liverpool Theatre Festival.

Comedy fans will be able to enjoy a laugh at...

Live performance has returned to the city with the inaugural Liverpool Theatre Festival taking place at the Bombed Out Church.

The nine-day outdoor festival programme was due to open on Friday, September 11 with actor Andrew Lancel performing Jonathan Harvey’s Swan Song...

Women artists are responding to the Coronavirus lockdown in an online project coordinated as part of Liverpool’s RISE programme.

A dozen micro-commissions are being brought together under the RISE banner, which aims to celebrate the talents of extraordinary women.

They i...

Even in our darkest times we still have the capacity to laugh about life – and it’s clear we’re going to need lots of humour injected in to 2020.

Help is at hand from some of the nation’s top funny men and women who are planning tours this autumn which take in various L...

The Royal Court has marked it’s first ‘Doddy Day’ by unveiling a new mural tribute to the late legendary Liverpool entertainer.

Artist Paul Curtis, who also designed the Liver Bird wings mural in the Baltic Quarter, has created two giant panels on former advertising hoa...

Jason Manford is returning to the stand-up stage with a massive new 99-date UK tour which comes to the M&S Bank Arena next autumn.

The Salford-born comedian and actor – and recent star of TV hit The Masked Singer – will appear at the waterfront venue on October 6 2021.

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Frank Skinner is bringing his Showbiz tour to the Liverpool Empire this autumn.

The writer, comedian, actor and presenter was due to appear at the theatre on April 23.

But the show - a small number of extra dates he has added following a sold-out five-week run in the Wes...

It’s always been a great theatre for comedy – both in its previous incarnation as the Neptune, and since it reopened its doors seven years ago.

And this season is no exception at the Epstein Theatre in Hanover Street, which is playing host to some Liverpool favourites a...