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Jason Donovan joins Rocky Horror at Liverpool this Christmas
Jason Donovan will join the cast for the opening of the Rocky Horror Show at the Liverpool Playhouse this Christmas. The actor and singer...


Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Liverpool Empire *****
With a scrumptious Sherman Brothers score, a faithful flying car and an enjoyably malevolent baddie, the stage version of Chitty Chitty...


Matilda the Musical comes to Liverpool Empire for Christmas 2025
Multi-award-winning smash hit musical Matilda is coming to the Liverpool Empire for Christmas 2025. The Royal Shakespeare Company...


Review: 101 Dalmatians at Liverpool Empire ****
Dodie Smith loved Dalmatians. Reports vary, but it’s thought while the author didn’t quite get to 101, she certainly had at least nine at...


Review: Ghost the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
The current cinema scene may be awash with superhero franchises, action thrillers and animated sequels. But back in 1990, the two biggest...


Review: Hairspray at Liverpool Empire *****
Traditionally summer was a time when theatres closed their doors with their audiences lured away to seaside resorts or sunnier climes....


Review: Bring it On the Musical at Liverpool Empire ***
Cheerleading always feels like one of those peculiarly American things – right there with Spring Break, glee clubs, sorority houses and...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
If you were asked to nominate a classic cinematic moment from the 1980s, what would you choose? Nobody putting Baby in the corner at...


Review: Wicked at the Liverpool Empire *****
When Wicked landed in Liverpool for the first time a decade ago, the equivalent of one in seven of the city’s population came out to see...


Liverpool Empire to Let the People Sing in centenary year
The first amateur production of Les Miserables in the northwest will be staged at the Liverpool Empire next year as part of the theatre’s...
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