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Review: Blood Brothers at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2
You wait ages for one Willy Russell play – and then two come along at the same time! With Shirley Valentine back at the Everyman and...


Review: Shirley Valentine at the Liverpool Everyman *****
Four decades after she first slid chips and egg on to a plate, Shirley Valentine continues to speak directly to audiences all over the...


Review: Love's Labour's Lost (More or Less) at Shakespeare North Playhouse ****
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s early comedy, doesn’t often get staged these days. Even the RSC only seems to return to it every...


Liverpool Playhouse Studio hosts moving new play Raven
A moving new play inspired by its writer’s own experiences is being staged at the Liverpool Playhouse next month. Raven, by actor and...


Review: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at the Liverpool Empire *****
The inspiration for a radical reimagining of Swan Lake apparently came to Matthew Bourne while he watched more traditionally staged...


Shakespeare North to host John Godber's hit homage to Northern Soul
John Godber’s infectious, Northern Soul-inspired stage show is heading for Shakespeare North Playhouse this spring. Do I Love You? comes...


Review: The Parent Agency at Storyhouse ****
Musical theatre is no stranger to a precocious protagonist – think little orphan Annie or, in more recent years, Tim Minchin’s Matilda....


Review: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at the Liverpool Empire ***1/2
It was hosting a trio of young evacuees during the Second World War which sparked the idea which eventually led to CS Lewis’ famous...


Dear England gets Liverpool dates on UK tour
James Graham’s award-winning smash-hit play Dear England is heading for Liverpool as part of an inaugural UK tour. The inspiring...


Liverpool Improvisation Festival 2025 dates and shows
The third annual Liverpool Improvisation Festival (LiF) will be held in the city this spring – and organisers are promising the 2025...
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