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Review: Harvest at LIPA ****
His outrageous comic caper One Man, Two Guvnors may remain his best-known work, but Richard Bean has enjoyed a prolific run as a...


Calderstones Mansion announces 2025 open-air season shows
Five open-air touring productions will be staged in the Garden Theatre at Calderstones Mansion this summer. Travelling theatre troupes...


Go Wild Swimming at the Hope Street Theatre
Wirral’s Off the Ground Theatre is set to return to Hope Street next month with a new production for its 30th birthday year. The West...


Liverpool Empire 100 exhibition at Central Library
An exhibition marking the centenary of the Liverpool Empire is on display at the city’s Central Library. The Liverpool Empire Theatre 100...


Review: The Merchant of Venice 1936 at Liverpool Playhouse ****
The Merchant of Venice has long been described as a ‘problem play’. Is it a comedy or a tragedy? And is Shakespeare condoning...


Unity Theatre announces Liverpool/Kiwi collaboration
Liverpool’s Unity Theatre is embarking on an international collaboration with a New Zealand youth theatre. Rising | Pike Ake – which is...


Merchant of Venice star Tracy-Ann Oberman on how Liverpool fought fascism
In The Merchant of Venice 1936, at the Liverpool Playhouse this week, Tracy-Ann Oberman plays Shylock as a steely Jewish matriarch facing...


Review: Pass the Parcel at the Royal Court Studio ****
Families are funny things, and their dynamics can be incomprehensible to outsiders – and indeed sometimes to family members too. These...


Liverpool dates for To Kill a Mockingbird tour
The smash hit stage version of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is coming to Liverpool – but fans of the classic will have to wait...


Liverpool Empire date for Fiddler on the Roof tour
Fiddler on the Roof comes to the Liverpool Empire this September as part of a national tour. The acclaimed Regents Park Open Air Theatre...
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