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Review: Moulin Rouge! the Musical at the Liverpool Empire ****
Time flies and it’s somehow now a quarter of a century since Ewan McGregor’s Christian met Nicole Kidman’s Satine at the Moulin Rouge. It seems though that truth, beauty, freedom and love don’t have a shelf life, certainly if the reported ticket sales for Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the Empire’s glitzy summer blockbuster offering, are anything to go by. The stage musical, which started its life over the pond eight years ago where it gathered armfuls of awards, takes Baz Luhrma
Hear Handel's Messiah at Liverpool Cathedral this autumn
Liverpool Cathedral will be the grand stage for a special performance of Handel’s Messiah this autumn. The epic event, which alternates annually between the cathedral and Metropolitan Cathedral, will take place on Saturday, October 3. Choirs from both places of worship will be joined by the Liverpool Mozart Orchestra in the performance which will be conducted by Liverpool Cathedral director of music Stephen Mannings and with Ian Wells on the organ. Soloists are due to include
Shows to enjoy at Liverpool theatres in July
It may be the summer months, but theatres rarely go completely dark any more and there’s still plenty to enjoy on stage in the city throughout July. Over at the Everyman, YEP (Young Everyman Playhouse) is presenting its own version of the Jekyll and Hyde story, radically reimagined by Evan Placey for the digital age. The story of ambition, addiction and the monsters we hide (online and ‘IRL’) runs from July 2-4 at the Hope Street theatre. Meanwhile roll up roll up, the Empire
Dinnerladies dishing up big laughs at the Liverpool Empire in 2027
Victoria Wood’s dinnerladies are on their way to the Liverpool Empire as part of a new stage adaptation of the much-loved TV sitcom. The show will be cooking up a storm at the Lime Street theatre from July 13-17 next year. Tickets go on general sale this Friday, July 3 at 10am. The new touring stage adaptation - commissioned by the Victoria Wood Estate, written by Beth and Emma Kilcoyne and directed by Sean Foley - will feature the original TV characters in a storyline inspir
Review: Tangfastic at the Hope Street Theatre ***
The Hope Street Theatre has proved a real asset to the city’s live performance scene since it opened, offering a versatile space for smaller companies and rising talent to showcase work (and work in progress) which previously found a home at places like the Lantern or Liverpool Actor’s Studio. Work like Tangfastic, an audaciously unpredictable and provocatively lairy black comedy penned by 2024 LIPA graduates Rio Star and Juliette Collins. The duo previously appeared together
Walker Art Gallery unveils new contemporary works
Works by artists including Michael Landy, Shaqúelle Whyte and Ebun Sodipo have gone on show in the Walker Art Gallery’s reopened contemporary galleries. The gallery spaces have undergone a refurbishment and rehang with the addition of 11 new acquisitions from the National Museums Liverpool collection. Among them is Landy’s huge 2013 kinetic sculpture Multi-Saint (above) which is inspired by Christian iconography and brings together five martyred saints - Catherine, Lucy, Pete
Review: Taking the Piste at Liverpool's Royal Court ***1/2
On paper, the story of the Kirkby Ski Slope seems wildly improbable – so wild indeed that even those folk at the Royal Court, where no plotline is too outlandish, reportedly thought playwright Kieran Lynn had jumped the shark. But this is no fictional tale of council corruption and ineptitude, it actually happened. Perhaps it’s only really surprising that it’s taken half-a-century for someone to turn it into a piece of entertainment. Taking the Piste (not to be confused with
Letter to Brezhnev cast announced by Liverpool's Royal Court
Angela Simms and Ellie Clayton are set to play friends Teresa and Elaine when Letter to Brezhnev is staged at Liverpool’s Royal Court this autumn. Cinema's much-loved 1980s Liverpool-set love story is coming to the stage in an adaptation by its original screenwriter Frank Clarke. It will be premiered at the Roe Street theatre from September 11 to October 17. The cast also includes Liam Powell-Berry as Sergei, Thomas Cotran as Peter, with Michelle Butterly, Dominic Carter, Reg
The Choir With no Name Big Gig returns to the Liverpool Everyman
The Choir With no Name returns to the Liverpool Everyman this July for its joyous annual ‘Big Gig’. Poet Joseph Roberts will be special guest at the event on Saturday, July 18 which promises to be an uplifting and unforgettable night of music, verse and community. Fellow local choir Indigo Vibe will also take part. The Choir With no Name (CWNN) involves people who are impacted by homelessness or marginalisation, and it meets weekly in the city centre to sing, build confidence
Liverpool dates for Sam Ryder in Jesus Christ Superstar
Eurovision star Sam Ryder is set to return to the stage in 2027 reprising his acclaimed performance in Jesus Christ Superstar on tour - with dates confirmed in Liverpool. The UK tour of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit sung-through rock opera is set to visit the Liverpool Empire from September 21 to October 2, 2027. Tickets go on general sale this Wednesday, June 24 at 10am. Originally released as an album, Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Broadway in 1971, where
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