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Sting musical The Last Ship coming to Liverpool
A musical by Sting which was nominated for awards on Broadway is coming to Liverpool as part of an inaugural UK tour. The Last Ship,...


See toe-tapping musical Mack and Mabel at LIPA
Musical Mack and Mabel is being staged at LIPA next week. Third year dance students are performing the show in the Paul McCartney...


Take a Summer Holiday at the Liverpool Empire
Ray Quinn is set to head the cast of Summer Holiday when it comes to the Liverpool Empire this spring. The feelgood musical, based on...


Cut loose with Footloose at Royal Court Liverpool
Been working so hard? Then it’s time to cut loose with the stage musical version of that 80s movie classic Footloose. Selladoor...


What a feeling! Flashdance at the Liverpool Empire
Her welding technique may not have impressed Dave the steelworker-turned-stripper in The Full Monty. But her dance moves certainly did....


Wicked cast unveiled for Liverpool Empire
EastEnders baddie Aaron Sidwell is set to come to Liverpool in Wicked next spring. The actor, who plays Steven Beale in the soap and has...


Sunset Boulevard casting confirmed for Liverpool
Ria Jones has been confirmed to continue playing Norman Desmond in Sunset Boulevard when it comes to Liverpool next year. Meanwhile...


Review: Dirty Dancing at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some of us were the same age as Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman when Dirty Dancing first merengued inconspicuously on to cinema screens in 1987....


Hey Baby! Dirty Dancing returns to Liverpool
Put down that watermelon and dust off your dancing shoes because Johnny Castle and Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman are returning to the Liverpool Empire next week. Dirty Dancing fans are going to want to merengue down to Lime Street to enjoy the steamy stage version of the cult 1987 movie classic. It’s the summer of 1963, and 17-year-old Baby is on holiday in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister Lisa and their parents. But she shows little interest in the resort activi


Review: Cilla the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
When Bill Kenwright decided to cast the central role in Cilla the Musical through open calls, he had no idea who would walk through the...
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