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Liver Birds are flying in to Liverpool Royal Court
It was a glance up at the birds on top of the Royal Liver Building five years ago which sparked the idea for a new musical that is...


Review: The Rainbow Connection at Royal Court Downstairs ****
Liverpool writer Joanne Sherryden’s bittersweet tragi-comedy was last staged at the Unity five years ago. And like its fellow theatre in...


Hairspray dream comes true for Wirral actress Rebecca
Seven years ago, a teenage Rebecca Mendoza was in the audience when her favourite musical Hairspray came to the Liverpool Empire. Now the...


Review: Hard Times at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
Roll up roll up for Northern Broadsides’ latest visit to Liverpool, with a new production – a fresh version of Dickens’ Hard Times – and...


Review: Nina at the Unity Theatre ****
When Nina – a story about me and Nina Simone (to give it its full title) was first devised, there were plans to stage it in the...


Sting talks about The Last Ship sailing in to Liverpool
“When I see a film of a ship being launched, for some reason I tear up,” says Sting. “I can’t explain why. “There’s something about the...


Double bill of Shakespeare at Epstein Theatre
The Bard is coming to the Epstein Theatre in a double bill of comedy and tragedy. Daniel Taylor Productions presented an immersive...


Cinderella brings a ballroom blitz to Liverpool
Sir Matthew Bourne makes his annual visit to the Liverpool Empire next month with a return for his popular Cinderella. The New Adventures...


Saturday Night Fever brings disco to Liverpool Empire
How deep is your love for Saturday Night Fever? Because the disco-tastic musical which pulses to the beat of Bee Gees’ classics is coming...


Lennon's Banjo playing at the Epstein Theatre
Lofts have been scoured, garages cleared out and that old box under the bed has long been sifted through. And yet remarkable...
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