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Unity Theatre launches 40th birthday celebrations
Liverpool’s Unity Theatre is marking 40 years at its Hope Place base in 2020. Theatre bosses have unveiled a busy programme of work from...


Review: Amelie at Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
Amélie Poulain’s fantastical journey comes to an end in Liverpool this week as the stage musical version of the cinematic hit concludes...


Grease is the word at the Liverpool Empire in 2020
Liverpool’s summer nights will be a whole lot brighter with the return of Grease to the city in 2020. A new staging of the girl-meets-boy...


Review: Les Miserables at Liverpool Empire *****
Three decades and counting since it first manned the barricades at the Barbican, Les Misérables has become not just a piece of theatre...


The Commitments bring soul back to Liverpool
The hardest working band in the world are returning to Liverpool – but you’ll have to wait until 2021 to see them. The Commitments...


Review: Under Three Moons at Unity Theatre ***1/2
There’s more unsaid than said in Daniel Kanaber’s thoughtful new play which muses on friendship, mental health and what it means to be...


Six the Musical announces Liverpool Playhouse date
Olivier Award-nominated West End hit SIX the Musical is coming to Liverpool in 2020. The show – which reimagines the life of Henry VIII’s...


Les Mis star Killian Donnelly on bringing Jean Valjean to the Liverpool Empire
When Killian Donnelly arrived in London from Ireland a decade ago, he had 2,000 Euros to his name and a plan to “see how I get on”. Three...


Royal Court premiere for Deborah Morgan's bittersweet tale
The Royal Court’s Stage Write initiative is celebrating its third premiere production this year. Deborah Morgan’s Knee Deep in Promises –...


Review: 9 to 5 The Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
What do you get when you marry (still) pertinent issues like female empowerment and equal pay with period piece Carry On-grade slapstick...
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