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Africa Oyé announces first acts for 2026 festival

A charity set up by the late Sir Ken Dodd is set to increase its investment in the new Shakespeare North Playhouse by almost...

The national tour of Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! has been put back by 12 months because of the ongoing restrictions caused by the...

Liverpool’s The PurpleDoor theatre company is planning to open a new one-of-a-kind performance space in the city centre next spring. The...

Liverpool’s Ginni Manning has been announced as part of a new initiative to support women playwrights in the UK. Manning, who studied...

A £200,000 pilot project to stage performances and art in outdoor public spaces is being launched in Liverpool. The city council and Arts...

Liverpool’s 20 Stories High is bringing the stage to doorsteps in the south of the city this week. The award-winning theatre company was...

It was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer, and now Friends parody Friendsical is heading for Liverpool. The show, based on the hit...

Children and young people are being given the chance to see their work staged at the new Shakespeare North Playhouse in a competition...

Chester Storyhouse is urging the Government to produce guidance now over the reopening of theatres before venues run out of time and...

Liverpool-based Succour Punch Theatre is taking to the internet with a political web-play series. The first online play in the Keep Calm...