royal court | artscityliverpool 7/15

Africa Oyé announces first acts for 2026 festival

A comedy about a politician’s extreme bid to cling on to power has won this year’s Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize. Cardiff-based...

When The Royal was premiered in 2016, Liverpool’s gleaming new Royal Hospital was nearing completion. In fact, producers at the Royal...

Kacey Ainsworth is set to join the cast of Mam I’m ‘Ere! at the Royal Court this summer. The former EastEnders – and current Grantchester...

Liverpool’s Royal Court has extended the run of its Christmas show for a second time. The Scouse Sleeping Beauty will now be staged at...

There’s no doubt it’s been a tough two years for the theatre industry – and for theatre lovers who have missed the thrill that comes with...

Rib-tickling comedy may be the only way to get through another year of Covid – so thank goodness for all the fantastic funny men and...

Liverpool’s Royal Court has extended the run of its Christmas show The Scouse Sleeping Beauty. Theatre bosses took the decision because...

More than 20 arts organisations and venues across Liverpool City Region are set to share an additional £2.56m from the government’s...

The Royal Court’s Christmas show has been struck by Covid. Four members of the cast of The Scouse Sleeping Beauty, which was due to open...

She’s been an airline pilot in Scouse of the Rising Sun, a shepherd in the Scouse Nativity, and for the last two years she’s donned...