August - 2025

Review: The Lightning Thief at the Liverpool Empire ***1/2

It’s been quite the summer, but now the nights are drawing in there’s few things better than to settle down indoors and enjoy a good...

Liverpool Playhouse Studio is hosting the world premiere next month of an ‘intoxicating’ new two-hander which fuses music and...

December 1961 was an eventful one for four lads from Liverpool. The month started with a meeting in the office at NEMS in Whitechapel...

It’s rare for something that’s essentially a jukebox musical to have quite so meaty – or so hard-hitting – a storyline. But then the...

The five finalists set to contest this year’s John Moores Painting Prize have been chosen. They were picked by the John Moores jury from...

Football stadia will be in the spotlight in a fascinating new exhibition opening on the Liverpool waterfront this autumn. Home Ground:...

Footloose, in its original – exhilarating – film incarnation emerged as part of a collection of adolescent movies in the mid-80s (my own...

The Royal Court Studio has become one of the main spaces in Liverpool to showcase new work – not least from the playwrights who is...

The Penny Lane Weekender returns to South Liverpool with live music across three days this weekend. The annual festival event takes place...

There may still be plenty of summer ahead of us but it’s never too early to start planning for autumn attractions – including of course...