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Review: Dear England at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2

It seems to be the season for live stage adaptations of TV's ‘national treasures’. Fawlty Towers heads for the Empire this autumn, and...

There have been plenty of stories on stage inspired by the Red side of Liverpool – so chapeau to the Royal Court for redressing the...

It’s not often you apply for one job and come out with another. But that’s essentially what happened to actor Sam Lupton when he stepped...

The 50s and early 60s were a golden era for what might be termed shlocky horror – a Technicolor, B-movie paradise of aliens from outer...

Smash hit musical SIX is on its way back to the Liverpool Empire. The all-singing, all-dancing queens will be on stage at th e Lime...

At the beginning of his original season in charge at Goodison, manager David Moyes dubbed Everton ‘the People’s Club’ and the name almost...

Musical feelgood favourite Legally Blonde is set to visit the Liverpool Empire next spring as part of a new national tour. The Olivier...

A new musical which proved a big hit when it was premiered at the Floral Pavilion earlier this year is set to return for 2026 with a...

There are some words which tend to get overused these days. Icon is one, and phenomenon is arguably another. Yet perhaps if anything in...

Some musicals start on stage and migrate to the big screen – and some begin as films and have an afterlife in the theatre. Calamity Jane...