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Liverpool arena date for Boy George in Peter Pan spectacular
Boy George is used to playing arenas – but when he comes to Liverpool this December it will be in a very different role. Oh yes it will!...


Join Kafka's Joseph K at Hope Street Theatre
Franz Kafka’s classic tale The Trial is getting a darkly comic retelling in a new production coming to the Hope Street Theatre this...


Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
“Where does imagination stop, and memory begin?” asks the magical matriarch of the mysterious Hempstock family near the start of Neil...


Review: Twice Nightly at Royal Court Studio ****
Ahhh, the smell of the greasepaint…the roar of the crowd. Treading the boards is an addictive, if precarious way to make a living, as the...


Review: Richard III at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Four years ago, Adjoa Andoh directed and starred in an all-Black women cast Richard II at the Globe which mused on what it means to be...


Unity stages world premiere of new autobiographical show
Liverpool playwright and performer Saphena Aziz will premiere her new autobiographical play at the city’s Unity Theatre next week....


Liverpool Theatre Festival announces new dates and shows
Liverpool Theatre Festival is returning for 2023 – but with new summer dates. The main festival, which has previously been held in early...


Review: Great Britain at LIPA ***1/2
Richard ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ Bean penned Great Britain against the backdrop of the News of the World phone hacking trials of a decade...


Review: Cosmic at Royal Court Studio ***1/2
There have always been conspiracy theories and people happy to believe them, but the rise of the internet – and, in recent times, being...


Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Liverpool Playhouse ****
First it was a best-selling book (titled These Foolish Things), then a hit film, followed by a reality TV series populated by a cohort of...
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