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Shows to see in Liverpool in 2025
A new year means new treats in store for Liverpool theatre lovers with a busy season of shows being staged at venues across the city…and a little beyond. A quarter of a century into the ‘new millennium’ – and, somehow, five years since the devastating you know what – there’s much to enjoy coming our way between January and December. Whether it’s old friends, first time visitors, acclaimed touring productions, re-worked Shakespearean classics, brilliant musicals, homegrown hit


Review: The Scouse Red Riding Hood at Liverpool's Royal Court ****
After Dick Whittington, Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk, the Royal Court team has sunk its teeth into another famous fairytale for...


Scouse Red Riding Hood duo on delivering full-on festive fun
“We’ve got a boss little cast. And the energy in the room is mad,” says Lindzi Germain. “The show is fast and it’s fun and it’s funny,...


Christmas shows across Liverpool City Region in 2024
Untangle the tinsel and fairy lights, dig out the ‘elf on a shelf’ and break out the selection box – the most wonderful time of the year...


Review: Girls Don't Play Guitars at Liverpool's Royal Court ****1/2
When Ian Salmon’s Girls Don’t Play Guitars was first staged at the Royal Court back in 2019, few people had heard of The Liverbirds or...


Girl's Don't Play Guitars writer on the return of the hit show
Standing among his fellow shortlisted competitors, Ian Salmon was willing his name NOT to be mentioned as the inaugural Liverpool Hope...


Royal Court puts city footballing stars centre stage for 2025
Stories inspired by stars from both side of the Red and Blue footballing divide are set to be told on the Royal Court Stage in 2025....


Review: Lost Soul 2 at Liverpool's Royal Court ***1/2
Smigger, Donna, Terry and Pat have been hitting the Liverpool dancefloor for the best part of two decades – and Dave Kirby’s...


Ken Dodd Happiness Centre plans approved
Work on a new multi-million-pound centre dedicated to the life and career of the late Sir Ken Dodd is expected start next year after...


Liverpool theatres to run new Creative Mentors programme
Liverpool theatres and other cultural organisations have launched a new mentoring programme to support creatives from the Global Majority...
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