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Review: The Lodger at the Unity Theatre ****
Home is where the heart is. There’s no place like home. And, as Maya Angelou noted, the ache for home lives in all of us. That ache is at...


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...


Liverpool Fringe Festival 2024 full programme and venues
Liverpool Fringe Festival opens next week with this year’s event featuring more than 20 shows over 12 days. The festival, now in its...


Review: The Lieutenant of Inishmore at Liverpool Everyman ****1/2
There’s a lengthy advisory for The Lieutenant of Inishmore – Liverpool Everyman’s brutally funny new production marking the theatre’s...


Review: 8 Hours There and Back at the Unity Theatre ****1/2
Prisons, prisoners and imprisonment are all particularly hot topics at present. But in 8 Hours There and Back, Liverpool’s All Things...


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....


Unity Theatre reveals busy new autumn programme
Liverpool’s Unity Theatre has revealed its first season of shows and events under its new artistic director. Eli Randle took the reins at...


Review: Ghost the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
The current cinema scene may be awash with superhero franchises, action thrillers and animated sequels. But back in 1990, the two biggest...


Shakespeare gets a makeover by 20 Stories High
Some of Shakespeare’s best-known female characters take to the stage at the Unity Theatre this month – but not as you’re ever likely to...
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