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Over the last few years, the Empire has moved away from offering its audiences traditional panto experiences and towards big budget...

Upstairs, Adam McCoy’s Dick Head (Whittington) is doing battle with Drew Schofield’s King Rat in traditional Royal Court fashion. But...

If you want to properly gauge a panto’s impact, you need to watch it with hundreds of schoolchildren sprung from their classrooms and...

In a world where technology continues to up the ante when it comes to breathtaking spectacle, it’s heartening to know there’s still a...

Liverpool’s The Choir With No Name will host a Big Christmas Singalong at the city’s Tung Auditorium next week. Audience members will be...

The Christmas Story Trail returns to Liverpool’s Calderstones Park to entertain families for the festive season. The self-led trail,...

Over the last few years, the Royal Court has provided the curtain raiser for Liverpool's Christmas season – there’s no stopping the...

She may not keep an exact count, but it’s fair to say Leanne Campbell has appeared in more pantos than most people have had hot Christmas...

Liverpool’s Royal Court is offering some extra Christmas cheer next month with a selection of Stocking Fillers in its Studio space. While...

There may be no key to the old front door – but Adam Keast is certainly celebrating the big ‘21’ at the Liverpool Everyman this season....