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Review: Macbeth at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
Lancaster-based theatre company imitating the dog has become a regular visitor to the Playhouse over the past few years, bringing with it...


Tony rocks into Liverpool this autumn
Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) is coming to the Liverpool stage this autumn as part of a UK tour. Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s musical...


Review: Richard III at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Four years ago, Adjoa Andoh directed and starred in an all-Black women cast Richard II at the Globe which mused on what it means to be...


Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Liverpool Playhouse ****
First it was a best-selling book (titled These Foolish Things), then a hit film, followed by a reality TV series populated by a cohort of...


Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo at Liverpool Playhouse ****
It’s a decade since Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of The Kite Runner first landed on the Liverpool Playhouse’s stage and five years since...


23 shows to catch in Liverpool in 2023
Liverpool is lucky to have such a wide range of theatres and performance spaces, all presenting exciting and thought-provoking theatre –...


Live Comedy coming to Liverpool venues in 2023
Liverpool’s been called a capital of comedy and has certainly punched above its weight when it comes to giving the world funnymen and...


Bridgerton star to play Richard III at Liverpool Playhouse in 2023
Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh will take on the role of the ‘hunchback’ king in Shakespeare’s Richard III which comes to the Liverpool...


Christmas shows spreading cheer in Liverpool City Region this season
Tis the season to be jolly and Liverpool City Region’s theatres are promising big laughs this Christmas – oh yes they are! From...


Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
The Importance of Being Earnest remains perhaps Oscar Wilde’s greatest play. Of course, we don’t know what he might have trumped it with....
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