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Mary Poppins flies in to Liverpool in 2026
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...
Liverpool dates for To Kill a Mockingbird tour
The smash hit stage version of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird arrives at the Liverpool Empire this spring. The production of the seminal American tale, adapted for the stage by Oscar-winning Aaron Sorkin as a tense courtroom drama, will be at the Lime Street venue from May 12-16 as part of a UK and Ireland tour. And demand for tickets for the Liverpool run has now led the Empire to add an additional matinee performance on the afternoon of Thursday, May 14. The powerful an
Liverpool Empire date for Fiddler on the Roof tour
Fiddler on the Roof comes to the Liverpool Empire next month as part of a national tour. The multi-Olivier Award-winning Regents Park...
Review: Bat Out of Hell the Musical at the Liverpool Empire ***1/2
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...
Review: Bost Musicals' Annie at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
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...
Review: Disney's Aladdin at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2
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...
Catch live comedy in Liverpool in 2025
We all know Liverpool likes a good laugh – and the city has a reputation as the birthplace of some of the biggest names in the business...
Review: Here You Come Again at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some people spent Covid lockdowns perfecting their sourdough or turning out endless tins of banana loaf. Others learned a new skill or...
Shows to see in Liverpool in 2025
A new year means new treats in store for Liverpool theatre lovers with a busy season of shows being staged at venues across the city…and a little beyond. A quarter of a century into the ‘new millennium’ – and, somehow, five years since the devastating you know what – there’s much to enjoy coming our way between January and December. Whether it’s old friends, first time visitors, acclaimed touring productions, re-worked Shakespearean classics, brilliant musicals, homegrown hit
Liverpool Empire dates for Gary Barlow Songbook Tour
Gary Barlow brings The Songback Tour to the Liverpool Empire next spring. The Take That singer-songwriter, composer and producer will...
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