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International Women's Day 2026 Liverpool events
A host of events are set to take place in Liverpool to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) which takes place on March 8. The theme for the 2026 is Give to Gain – a call to help forge equality for women and girls and free them from bias, stereotypes and discrimination through ‘abundant giving’ of time, support and opportunity. The organisers' message is that “when women thrive, we all rise”. This Thursday, March 5, The Guide Liverpool and Metquarter will host a special panel
Review: Harvest at LIPA ****
His outrageous comic caper One Man, Two Guvnors may remain his best-known work, but Richard Bean has enjoyed a prolific run as a...
Review: Edward II After Brecht at LIPA ***1/2
For every monarch that has lived to a great age and died peacefully in their beds, there are others who have come to a more…unexpected...
Late at Tate to put Liverpool gallery centre stage
An evening of free art, performances, live music, talks and interactive workshops is promised at Tate Liverpool in September. Late at...
Review: Great Britain at LIPA ***1/2
Richard ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ Bean penned Great Britain against the backdrop of the News of the World phone hacking trials of a decade...
Review: The Seagull at LIPA ****
When Anton Chekhov premiered The Seagull in the autumn of 1896, it bewildered its audience whose loud dismay (they booed and hissed the...
Simon Armitage helps LIPA bring ancient verse to life in epic fashion
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has been working with LIPA students to bring to life an epic 4000-year-old poem. Gilgamesh will be staged as...
Ruby and The Vinyl comes to Royal Court Studio
A new musical comedy co-written by John Godber is being staged at the Royal Court Studio this week. Ruby and The Vinyl, which opens...
Magical musicals coming to Liverpool in 2020
Musicals fans are in for a treat with an all-singing, all-dancing abundance of top shows heading Liverpool’s way in 2020. Never mind...
LIPA shows travel to heart of migration debate
Themes of migration are explored in new work being staged this week by LIPA in collaboration with award-winning physical theatre company...
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