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Enjoy some Serious Nonsense at Prescot
Prescot’s Serious Nonsense Festival returns this weekend promising three days of “nonsense, chaos and capers”. The Rev Richard Coles and...


Enjoy Rubbish Shakespeare at Prescot ahead of Edinburgh run
The Rubbish Shakespeare Company and Wing It - Impro are bringing their hilarious The Incomplete Works to Prescot before heading for the...


Shakespeare North Playhouse celebrates first birthday
Shakespeare North Playhouse is celebrating its first birthday with a weekend of performances and tours. The Prescot venue has attracted...


Prescot Elizabethan Fayre brings Tudor entertainment to streets
The Elizabethan Fayre returns to the streets of Prescot this month. The popular free annual event takes place on Saturday, June 10 and...


Open Air Theatre in Liverpool City Region this summer
The British summer is upon us – and it wouldn’t be summer without open-air theatre popping up in parks, gardens and more unusual spots....


Shakespeare North reveals Ken Dodd Performance Garden programme
Shakespeare North Playhouse has unveiled a busy 2023 programme in its Sir Ken Dodd Performance Garden. Returning performers and new...


Ladyfriends tours to Shakespeare North Playhouse
Confetti, PowerPoints – and power ballads – are all on the cards when a new touring show arrives at Shakespeare North Playhouse next...


Liverpool City Region culture award winners revealed
The winners have been announced in the 2022 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards. Liverpool actress Sunetra Sarkar hosted...


Shakespeare North Playhouse promises Macbeth, mechanicals and more in 2023
English Touring Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and Headlong are among the companies heading to Prescot as part of Shakespeare North...


Frank Cottrell Boyce and Steve Coogan at Shakespeare North Playhouse evening
Steve Coogan will interview author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce in an intimate ‘evening with’ at Shakespeare North Playhouse...
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