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Michael Palin heads Smithdown Litfest 2025 programme
Sir Michael Palin is set to headline the 2025 Smithdown Litfest – but if you haven’t secured your ticket, you may be disappointed because...


Shake it up Baby! Beatles musical cast revealed
The four actors-musicians set to play the young Beatles in a world premiere on stage in Liverpool this autumn have been revealed. Michael...


Celebrate summer in Liverpool this August
There’s a chance to enjoy Summer in the City in Liverpool this August with three separate weekends of cultural events. Liverpool BID...


Review: The Legend of Rooney's Ring at Liverpool's Royal Court ***1/2
It’s become part of Scouse folklore. So it was perhaps inevitable the (tallish) tale of the time a teenage Coleen McLoughlin chucked her...


Modern Toss stages retrospective in Liverpool
British cult cartoonists Modern Toss are staging a major retrospective of their satirical works in Liverpool this summer. The interactive...


Review: Another Seven Symphonies at the Tung Auditorium ****
If you’re going to stage a Beatles world premiere, there’s only one place you really want to do it. And Liverpool rolled out rousing...


New Brighton date for The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption was nominated for seven Oscars when it hit our cinema screens in 1994. Now the prison drama is coming to the...


Glorious! show coming to Epstein Theatre in 2026
Florence Foster Jenkins is returning to Liverpool 10 years after the city was used as a location for the film – but this time the ‘worst...


Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Liverpool Empire ****
Sixty years ago this year, a young would-be lyricist penned a speculative letter to an even younger aspiring composer. “I was told you...


Beyond Monet European premiere opens in Liverpool
An immersive experience that surrounds its audience with hundreds of Monet artworks which swirl and spring to life is now open in...
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