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Liverpool International Jazz Festival 2026 line-up

It’s rare for something that’s essentially a jukebox musical to have quite so meaty – or so hard-hitting – a storyline. But then the...

Footloose, in its original – exhilarating – film incarnation emerged as part of a collection of adolescent movies in the mid-80s (my own...

There may still be plenty of summer ahead of us but it’s never too early to start planning for autumn attractions – including of course...

Sixty years ago this year, a young would-be lyricist penned a speculative letter to an even younger aspiring composer. “I was told you...

September 1985. The wreck of the Titanic was discovered, England regained the Ashes, there was rioting in Handsworth and Brixton – and a...

West End hit musical comedy Mean Girls is heading to the Liverpool Empire next year as part of its inaugural UK tour. The award-winning...

It seems to be the season for live stage adaptations of TV's ‘national treasures’. Fawlty Towers heads for the Empire this autumn, and...

It’s not often you apply for one job and come out with another. But that’s essentially what happened to actor Sam Lupton when he stepped...

Midsummer arrives this month but even if it doesn’t bring traditional Puckish sprites and Rude Mechanicals, there’s still plenty of...

Smash hit musical SIX is on its way back to the Liverpool Empire. The all-singing, all-dancing queens will be on stage at th e Lime...