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Experience Macbeth by candlelight at Shakespeare North Playhouse this autumn

Yesterday was midsummer’s day – so without wanting to depress anyone, from now on the evenings will be getting longer again. Although if...

Everyman Theatre regulars will surely be used to director Nick Bagnall’s striking approach to the Bard by now. There was A Midsummer...

And indeed it was, 50 years ago today, that the Beatles unveiled their musical masterpiece after hundreds of hours in the studio at Abbey...

And so, after all the planning, and all the anticipatory hoopla, Liverpool’s Sgt Pepper celebrations are finally off – and, aptly for...

Liverpool music fans might have happened upon Craig Ogden 24 hours before his official RLPO appearance, taking part in the annual...

Chester’s new Storyhouse cultural centre has finally opened – and, it appears, in triumphant fashion. Not only is the building, a...

When Billy Elliot was screened in cinemas back at the turn of millennium it encouraged a whole new generation of boys to take up dance....

There’s an oft-quoted statistic that we’re all only two pay days away from the street. Those of us who get regular pay that is. And that...

Nikolai Gogol’s cautionary tale of small town greed and corruption in Tsarist Russia may be almost 200 years old. But it’s also a...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream remains one of the best-loved of Shakespeare’s plays. Magic, sprites, comedy, star-crossed (or for much of the...