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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...


Liverpool Empire run for Boys From the Blackstuff
A celebrated production of Alan Bleasdale’s seminal Boys From the Blackstuff returns to Liverpool in 2025 – but this time it is set to be...


Review: Sisters of Mersey at Liverpool's Royal Court ****
The Sound of Music is one of playwright Jonathan Harvey’s favourite things – so perhaps it was only a matter of time before he answered...


Sisters of Mersey promise divine new comedy at the Royal Court
It’s lunchtime in the Royal Court rehearsal room and Lindzi Germain and Keddy Sutton are pondering whether they would make good nuns. “I...


Liverpool's Royal Court stages new rags to riches comedy
Liverpool playwright Barbara Phillips is making her main stage debut at Liverpool’s Royal Court this week with a new lottery-inspired...


Boys return to the Blackstuff at Liverpool's Royal Court
Few would argue that Boys from the Blackstuff – given its world premiere at Liverpool’s Royal Court last autumn – turned out to be one of...


West End run for Boys From the Blackstuff
The Royal Court’s smash hit Boys From the Blackstuff is set to go into the West End. The acclaimed stage version of Alan Bleasdale’s TV...


Review: Come Together at Liverpool Royal Court ****
If Lennon and McCartney were essentially (as Come Together explains) “two lads from Liverpool, friends, brought together by fate – at a...
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