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Review: SIX at Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
It’s the mnemonic that’s been chanted by generations of schoolchildren – divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. But just...


Sweet Mother brings hidden history to the Liverpool stage
A special slice of L8 history is brought to the stage in the city this month. Sweet Mother, coming to the Royal Court Studio, is part of...


School of Rock makes Liverpool Empire date on first UK tour
Smash hit stage musical School of Rock is heading for the Liverpool Empire as part of its inaugural UK tour. Dewey Finn and the...


Review: Blue Stockings at Storyhouse ****
Cambridge University may have nurtured some of the most exceptional minds in history, but at the end of the 19th century it was still...


Review: Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes at Liverpool Empire *****
Outside in Lime Street, the façade of St George’s Hall was glowing red. Simply an illuminating coincidence, or did they know Matthew...


Review: Band of Gold at the Floral Pavilion ***1/2
It’s a quarter of a century now since Kay Mellor’s hard-hitting, thought-provoking drama Band of Gold burst on to unsuspecting TV...


Maureen Nolan joins St Helens Easter panto cast
Maureen Nolan is promising St Helens audiences a wicked Easter. The singer and actress is set to play baddie Baroness von Vippemall in...


Step into BoJo's World at Hope Street Theatre
Wondering where Boris has got to? The answer could be found on the stage in Liverpool next month with the arrival of BoJo's World at the...


Blue Plaque honour for Twopence author Helen Forrester
A new Blue Plaque has been unveiled at the childhood home of Twopence to Cross the Mersey author Helen Forrester. The late writer’s son...


Hard hats and big laughs at the Epstein
Playwright David Spicer’s latest show gets its world premiere in Liverpool next week. Health and Safety is being brought to the stage at...
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