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Liverpool International Jazz Festival 2026 line-up

The inspiration for a radical reimagining of Swan Lake apparently came to Matthew Bourne while he watched more traditionally staged...

It was hosting a trio of young evacuees during the Second World War which sparked the idea which eventually led to CS Lewis’ famous...

James Graham’s award-winning smash-hit play Dear England is heading for Liverpool as part of an inaugural UK tour. The inspiring...

An exhibition marking the centenary of the Liverpool Empire is on display at the city’s Central Library. The Liverpool Empire Theatre 100...

Spit spot! Mary Poppins is flying in to Liverpool as part of the smash hit musical’s UK tour. The multi-award-winning stage spectacular...

The smash hit stage version of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is coming to Liverpool – but fans of the classic will have to wait...

Fiddler on the Roof comes to the Liverpool Empire next month as part of a national tour. The multi-Olivier Award-winning Regents Park...

Bat Out of Hell has a convoluted origin story. Back in the 1960s the late Jim Steinman conceived a musical set among a tribe of wild...

It’s a big year for BOST. In fact, this is the start of two big years for the Merseyside musical theatre company. In July it’s involved...

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...