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Africa Oyé announces first acts for 2026 festival

Gaynor Faye, Laurie Brett and Shayne Ward are among the cast announced for the world premiere tour of Kay Mellor’s Band of Gold which is...

All the world comes to the stage in Liverpool this summer and autumn as the city's theatres prepare to host a stellar season of shows....

Benidorm star Tony Maudsley will return home for Christmas to tread the boards at the Liverpool Empire. The Kirkby-born actor will take...

Performing a play set in ‘fair’ Verona is always a gamble in an English summer where the light from yonder window breaking is currently...

Star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet are set to appear at a garden or park near you this summer. Imaginarium Theatre – previously known...

Oscar Wilde is coming to St Nick’s this summer as the church gardens are turned in to an open-air stage. Actor and director Dean Sullivan...

Time flies when you’re having fun, and when it comes to Spymonkey, the clock has evidently gone supersonic. Somehow the company has...

Remember the classic self-help book Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus which explained how the sexes spoke different languages – and...

David Walliams’ best-seller Grandpa’s Great Escape is flying off the page and on to the stage with a special stop in Liverpool. Nigel...

Spymonkey returns to the Liverpool Playhouse this week following its seasonal success with A Christmas Carol. The Brighton-based theatre...