musical | artscityliverpool 25/28

Kirkby Ski Slope inspires new Royal Court comedy

On its first visit to Liverpool in 2014, the equivalent of one in seven of the city’s population flocked to the Empire to see Wicked....

Given it’s almost 70 years since Lerner and Loewe penned Paint Your Wagon, it’s had relatively few stage outings – certainly compared to...

Of all the productions staged as part of the Everyman Rep’s inaugural season, Fiddler on the Roof remains a favourite with many audience...

Amy Ross was a musical theatre student at Arts Educational in London when Wicked was first premiered on Broadway. Like her fellow...

Ria Jones’s Sunset Boulevard ‘journey’ is almost worth a play itself. The actress was the first to perform the Andrew Lloyd Webber...

Danny Mac had no intention of signing up for another musical after spending last summer having a riot On The Town in London. And he...

There are certain shows and stories that strike a deeply-felt chord with Liverpool audiences. Blood Brothers is one, and Twopence to...

Tim Firth and Take That’s musical has recently seen its run extended in to 2019 – a good gauge perhaps of just what a chord this tale of...

It’s been a favourite read for generations of Liverpool children – and now Her Benny is returning to the stage. Producer Anne Dalton is...

Tim Firth and Gary Barlow are bookending the year at the Liverpool Empire. Not only is The Band coming to the Lime Street theatre this...