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Sting talks about The Last Ship sailing in to Liverpool
“When I see a film of a ship being launched, for some reason I tear up,” says Sting. “I can’t explain why. “There’s something about the...


Mark Thomas brings the front line to Liverpool
Mark Thomas is bringing Showtime from the Front Line to the Playhouse this week. The political comedian, writer and activist returns to...


Review: The Kite Runner at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
When the Everyman and Playhouse first co-produced The Kite Runner five years ago, it became both the play’s European premiere and also...


Review: The Wedding at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
The Wedding, Gecko’s dystopian exploration of an individual’s contract with - and role within - society, opens with a succession of happy...


The Kite Runner returns to Liverpool Playhouse
The Everyman and Playhouse’s popular co-production of The Kite Runner is returning to Liverpool for a third time. Matthew Spangler’s...


Review: A Passage to India at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
EM Forster’s works often concern themselves with personal relationships and their clash with social mores, while in A Passage to India –...


Take a Passage to India at Liverpool Playhouse
EM Forster’s classic tale set against the backdrop of the 1920s British Raj is being brought to the stage at the Playhouse this week. A...


Kim Cattrall Sky Arts portrait to hang in the Walker Art Gallery
A new portrait of Liverpool-born Kim Cattrall is set to come to the Walker Art Gallery as part of a hotly-contested Sky Arts competition....


Joe McGann replaces Jimmy Nail in The Last Ship
Jimmy Nail will no longer star in Sting’s musical The Last Ship which is coming to the Playhouse as part of it UK premiere. Instead,...


18 unmissable Liverpool theatre shows in 2018
Liverpool theatre audiences prepare to be spoilt – because there’s a rich selection of shows heading the city’s way. From musicals to...
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