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Review: Wicked at Liverpool Empire ****
On its first visit to Liverpool in 2014, the equivalent of one in seven of the city’s population flocked to the Empire to see Wicked....


Review: Paint Your Wagon at Liverpool Everyman ****
Given it’s almost 70 years since Lerner and Loewe penned Paint Your Wagon, it’s had relatively few stage outings – certainly compared to...


Review: Council Depot Blues at Royal Court Liverpool ***
Back in 2008, Dave Kirby scored a hat-trick of successes at the Royal Court with Brick Up, Lost Soul and Council Depot Blues. The first...


Review: Those Two Weeks at the Unity Theatre ***
It's become a defining moment in Liverpool’s history. But behind the headlines and the long fight for justice, it’s important to remember...


Paint Your Wagon rolls in to Liverpool Everyman
Of all the productions staged as part of the Everyman Rep’s inaugural season, Fiddler on the Roof remains a favourite with many audience...


Review: The Kite Runner at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
When the Everyman and Playhouse first co-produced The Kite Runner five years ago, it became both the play’s European premiere and also...


Boisterous new theatre company for Liverpool
Liverpool’s Royal Court is supporting the creation of a new theatre company aimed at nurturing talent within the city’s Black and ethnic...


Something Wicked this way comes at Liverpool Empire
Amy Ross was a musical theatre student at Arts Educational in London when Wicked was first premiered on Broadway. Like her fellow...


Review: The Wedding at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
The Wedding, Gecko’s dystopian exploration of an individual’s contract with - and role within - society, opens with a succession of happy...


Review: Sunset Boulevard at Liverpool Empire ****
Ria Jones’s Sunset Boulevard ‘journey’ is almost worth a play itself. The actress was the first to perform the Andrew Lloyd Webber...
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