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Everyman and Playhouse reveals world premiere and new season shows
Jonathan Larkin’s new play Cherry Jezebel will be given its world premiere at the Liverpool Everyman next spring. The production by the...


Review: Grease at the Liverpool Empire ****
It’s 50 years since Grease first hit the stage, and more than four decades since John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John took the big screen...


Timothy Lucas on the Christmas circus at St Helens Theatre Royal
The circus is coming to St Helens this Christmas – but you won’t find Timothy Lucas juggling or fire breathing. “I’ll probably be the...


Covid strikes cast of Royal Court Christmas show
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...


Review: Rossiter at Hope Street Theatre ***1/2
On October 5, 1984, Leonard Rossiter was in his dressing room at London’s Lyric Theatre where he was appearing in a revival of Joe...


Keddy Sutton plans a fairy merry Christmas at Liverpool's Royal Court
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...


Hope Street premiere for Cynthia Lennon musical
A new musical version of a hit show about Cynthia Lennon comes to the Liverpool stage next month. This Girl – The Cynthia Lennon Story,...


Review: The Midnight Bell at Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
While his usual Liverpool stamping ground is up the road at the Empire, four years ago Matthew Bourne brought his playful Early...


Review: The War of the Worlds at Liverpool Everyman ****
HG Wells’ deadly fin de siècle sci-fi tale has been through any number of storytelling permutations and genres since it was published at...


Spooky storytelling in The Bunker this halloween
Head deep into The Bunker in Hope Street this Halloween for a thrilling and intimate live storytelling event. Wing It Improv & Stories is...
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