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Paul Nicholas on his Major role at the Liverpool Empire

September 1985. The wreck of the Titanic was discovered, England regained the Ashes, there was rioting in Handsworth and Brixton – and a...

There’s always a sense of occasion on the return of the Phil’s prodigal son – and while the fatted calf may have lived to graze another...

As the old saying goes – if these walls could talk. And that’s what happens, in a manner, in Ali Milles’ The Croft where those who have...

UNESCO City of Music. City with the most UK number ones per head of population. An unparalleled roster of musical artists including, of...

There’s a much-repeated adage which exhorts its listener to “find someone who looks at you like you’re...magic” (insert similar sentiment...

Wirral writer Billie Collins’ debut play, Too Much World at Once, was a continent spanning metaphorical contemplation of identity and...

It seems to be the season for live stage adaptations of TV's ‘national treasures’. Fawlty Towers heads for the Empire this autumn, and...

There have been plenty of stories on stage inspired by the Red side of Liverpool – so chapeau to the Royal Court for redressing the...

The 50s and early 60s were a golden era for what might be termed shlocky horror – a Technicolor, B-movie paradise of aliens from outer...

How do you recreate a classic cinematic spy thriller with big screen set pieces that include an aerial attack scene and a dramatic...