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Kraftwerk announces Liverpool date on 2026 Multimedia tour

Shirley Valentine fans are being given an extra few days to catch the eponymous Liverpool housewife on stage in the city. The Liverpool...

Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre is set to reopen its doors – two years after the much-loved city centre venue was forced to close. A series...

Four decades after she first slid chips and egg on to a plate, Shirley Valentine continues to speak directly to audiences all over the...

Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s early comedy, doesn’t often get staged these days. Even the RSC only seems to return to it every...

A moving new play inspired by its writer’s own experiences is being staged at the Liverpool Playhouse next month. Raven, by actor and...

John Godber’s infectious, Northern Soul-inspired stage show is heading for Shakespeare North Playhouse this spring. Do I Love You? comes...

James Graham’s award-winning smash-hit play Dear England is heading for Liverpool as part of an inaugural UK tour. The inspiring...

His outrageous comic caper One Man, Two Guvnors may remain his best-known work, but Richard Bean has enjoyed a prolific run as a...

Liverpool’s Unity Theatre is embarking on an international collaboration with a New Zealand youth theatre. Rising | Pike Ake – which is...

In The Merchant of Venice 1936, at the Liverpool Playhouse this week, Tracy-Ann Oberman plays Shylock as a steely Jewish matriarch facing...