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Sharon Small talks Still Alice ahead of its Liverpool Playhouse run
When Still Alice was premiered at Every Third Minute - a festival of theatre, dementia and hope – in Leeds earlier this year one man came...


Review: The Habit of Art at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
He may be advancing in age, but 50 years on after Forty Years On, Armley’s finest (and trademarked ‘National Treasure’) Alan Bennett is...


Rainbows light up Liverpool sites for Pride 2018
There may not be much rain about at the moment but there are plenty of rainbows springing up all over Liverpool. As the sun goes down the...


10 shows you should see in Liverpool this autumn
We may have enjoyed a tropical heatwave this summer, but now it's definitely time to sit down and think about Liverpool theatre world’s...


Everyman and Playhouse autumn season revealed
Deaf School, David O’Doherty, Alan Bennett and A Christmas Carol are among the line-up in the Everyman & Playhouse’s new season. The...


Review: Agatha Christie's Love From a Stranger at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
Anyone who has ever worried their friend has got involved with a wrong’un will watch Love From a Stranger with a mounting sense of...


Review: The Last Ship at Liverpool Playhouse ****
What do you do when everything that defines you – as an individual and a community – suddenly threatens to disappear? It’s a question...


Review: Hard Times at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
Roll up roll up for Northern Broadsides’ latest visit to Liverpool, with a new production – a fresh version of Dickens’ Hard Times – and...


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...
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