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Africa Oyé announces first acts for 2026 festival

Cilla the Musical is returning to the Liverpool Empire where it all began – and Sheridan Smith is set to star as the Scottie Road...

Tracy-Ann Oberman will play Shylock in a new version of The Merchant of Venice at Liverpool Playhouse this autumn. The Shakespearean...

Chester Storyhouse has revealed it is postponing its next two homegrown productions because of the Covid-19 outbreak. A statement by the...

A special slice of L8 history is brought to the stage in the city this month. Sweet Mother, coming to the Royal Court Studio, is part of...

Cambridge University may have nurtured some of the most exceptional minds in history, but at the end of the 19th century it was still...

Maureen Nolan is promising St Helens audiences a wicked Easter. The singer and actress is set to play baddie Baroness von Vippemall in...

Wondering where Boris has got to? The answer could be found on the stage in Liverpool next month with the arrival of BoJo's World at the...

A new Blue Plaque has been unveiled at the childhood home of Twopence to Cross the Mersey author Helen Forrester. The late writer’s son...

Beatles playwriting competition Ticket to Write returns to the Liverpool stage this summer. Four 30-minute finalists will have their work...

Les Dennis is set to return to the Royal Court stage this spring as the theatre celebrates the history and successes of Liverpool FC....