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Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Liverpool Empire *****
With a scrumptious Sherman Brothers score, a faithful flying car and an enjoyably malevolent baddie, the stage version of Chitty Chitty...


Matilda the Musical comes to Liverpool Empire for Christmas 2025
Multi-award-winning smash hit musical Matilda is coming to the Liverpool Empire for Christmas 2025. The Royal Shakespeare Company...


Review: 101 Dalmatians at Liverpool Empire ****
Dodie Smith loved Dalmatians. Reports vary, but it’s thought while the author didn’t quite get to 101, she certainly had at least nine at...


Review: Peaky Blinders The Redemption of Thomas Shelby at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
Liverpool has a special place in the Peaky Blinders story – it’s here where substantial portions of the early series were filmed, the...


Review: Ghost the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
The current cinema scene may be awash with superhero franchises, action thrillers and animated sequels. But back in 1990, the two biggest...


Review: Hairspray at Liverpool Empire *****
Traditionally summer was a time when theatres closed their doors with their audiences lured away to seaside resorts or sunnier climes....


Review: Bring it On the Musical at Liverpool Empire ***
Cheerleading always feels like one of those peculiarly American things – right there with Spring Break, glee clubs, sorority houses and...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
If you were asked to nominate a classic cinematic moment from the 1980s, what would you choose? Nobody putting Baby in the corner at...


Liverpool Empire run for Boys From the Blackstuff
A celebrated production of Alan Bleasdale’s seminal Boys From the Blackstuff returns to Liverpool in 2025 – but this time it is set to be...


Blood Brothers returns to Liverpool Empire in 2025
Liverpool’s best-loved musical is set to return to the Empire stage in 2025 as the Lime Street theatre celebrates its centenary. Blood...
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