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Review: Martha, Me and My Family at Unity Theatre ****1/2
It’s not particularly easy to find the positives in a pandemic which has decimated lives, communities and economies. But it’s probably...


Tony rocks into Liverpool this autumn
Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) is coming to the Liverpool stage this autumn as part of a UK tour. Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s musical...


Review: Richard III at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Four years ago, Adjoa Andoh directed and starred in an all-Black women cast Richard II at the Globe which mused on what it means to be...


Unity stages world premiere of new autobiographical show
Liverpool playwright and performer Saphena Aziz will premiere her new autobiographical play at the city’s Unity Theatre next week....


Liverpool Theatre Festival announces new dates and shows
Liverpool Theatre Festival is returning for 2023 – but with new summer dates. The main festival, which has previously been held in early...


Review: Great Britain at LIPA ***1/2
Richard ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ Bean penned Great Britain against the backdrop of the News of the World phone hacking trials of a decade...


Review: Cosmic at Royal Court Studio ***1/2
There have always been conspiracy theories and people happy to believe them, but the rise of the internet – and, in recent times, being...


Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Liverpool Playhouse ****
First it was a best-selling book (titled These Foolish Things), then a hit film, followed by a reality TV series populated by a cohort of...


Review: The Seagull at LIPA ****
When Anton Chekhov premiered The Seagull in the autumn of 1896, it bewildered its audience whose loud dismay (they booed and hissed the...


Review: Bingo Star at Liverpool Royal Court ***
There are ‘in house’ productions – and then there’s the Royal Court where the creative team (and wider workforce) don’t just stage shows...
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