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Christmas events in Liverpool for 2025
Christmas comes but once a year – even if it does seem to get earlier and earlier with festive treats and decorations popping up in shops as soon as the August Bank Holiday had finished. But now we’re through Halloween and Bonfire Night, and with the weather turning noticeably colder, it’s definitely time to break out the mulled wine, mince pies, spiced hot chocolate and the tinsel. It’s all seasonal systems go in Liverpool this year with a host of festive fun and yuletide jo
Review: The Scouse Christmas Carol at Liverpool Royal Court ****1/2
‘Will Charlie Dicko spin so fast in his grave that a sinkhole opens up?’ the Royal Court ponders in the marketing for its entertainingly larky take on the Victorian scribe’s much-loved, much-told Christmas ghost story. I’m not so sure. Because the ghost of Dickens past like a lark himself. Take the ‘lighthearted and frolicksome’ farce, Mr Nightingale’s Diary, which he penned with Punch editor Mark Lemon and performed on stage at the Philharmonic Hall in 1852 with his chums (i
Timothy Lucas is the purfect panto villain at St Helens this Christmas
Deck the halls, ring those bells and warn the partridge in the pear tree – Timothy Lucas is back on panto duty at St Helens Theatre Royal this Christmas. And this time he’s planning to be royally bad. After moonlighting at the Wolverhampton Grand last season, the irrepressible Lucas is back in harness for Regal Entertainments at St Helens, and he couldn’t be happier. “Great theatre, great people, loyal audiences,” he says. “They are good people who just back you and support y
Pantomimes and Christmas shows in Liverpool City Region for 2025
On the first day of Christmas Liverpool region's theatres gave to me...three Cinderellas, two Beanstalks and Beauty and the Beasties and a host of other shows to entertain everyone from three to 103. It's true the 'greatest fairytale of them all' appears to be the most popular choice for Christmas 2025, but away from pumpkins, glass slippers and clocks striking 12 there's a lot of choice out there this year - whether you want full-blown panto or something a bit different. In
Christmas in Liverpool for Mamma Mia! UK tour
Mamma Mia! here they go again - the smash hit Abba-infused musical is back on the road in 2026 and heading for the Liverpool Empire for a...
Young Frankenstein comes to Liverpool Playhouse this Christmas
Liverpool Playhouse will be the home of Young Frankenstein this Christmas with the outrageous musical comedy entertaining festive...
Review: Spirit of Christmas at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Just on the off chance you haven’t noticed, we’re currently in the midst of ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, complete with much...
Review: Star of Wonder at the Unity Theatre *****
Covid was a calamity for many, and in many different ways. And one casualty of the pandemic was the Unity’s wonderful annual Christmas...
Review: Sleeping Beauty at Chester Storyhouse ***
Panto season brings with it a myriad magical lands inhabited by plucky princesses in peril, loyal but hapless sidekicks, boo-able baddies...
Review: Disney's Aladdin at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2
There are plenty of Aladdins on stages up and down the land this Christmas, but none, I suspect, are half as lavish as Disney’s musical...
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