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Liverpool International Jazz Festival 2026 line-up

The 1980s were bookended by two great cinematic slices of audience wish-fulfilment. One was in 1987 when Patrick Swayze opined that...

Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas will be waltzing in to the Liverpool Empire to make her panto debut this Christmas. The...

Summer holidays are weighed with expectations. We save hard to be able to go away and as a result we want it to be memorable, fun, and...

John Lennon reputedly wanted his songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney to emulate that of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s. And the...

They’re billing it as the ‘happiest musical around’. And Liverpool audiences are about to see if Summer Holiday is as bright and sunny as...

If you feel the earth move under your feet in Liverpool next week it won’t be an earthquake – just the arrival of the seismic stage...

You can’t stop the beat at the Empire this week – but then why would you want to when a show is as much glorious fun as Hairspray?...

Matthew Bourne’s work has always been inspired by the silver screen – not least The Red Shoes, which he brought to the Empire 12 months...

Multi award-winning hit musical Kinky Boots is making its first visit to Liverpool next spring. The West End and Broadway smash will be...

Seven years ago, a teenage Rebecca Mendoza was in the audience when her favourite musical Hairspray came to the Liverpool Empire. Now the...