theatre | artscityliverpool 55/77

Up Next Festival returns to the Unity Theatre this month

Smigger is back – and the bemused former disco king is having a midlife crisis. Audiences first met playwright Dave Kirby’s creation,...

Themes of migration are explored in new work being staged this week by LIPA in collaboration with award-winning physical theatre company...

The UK’s only festival of physical theatre returns to the Liverpool stage next week. Physical Fest will take place over six days from...

London-based playwright and children’s author - and primary school headteacher - Colin Dowland has won the third Liverpool Hope...

Liverpool actor and director Scot Williams will present a new production of the powerful drama Festen in the city this month. The play,...

One of art’s great abilities is to transcend its physical and historical boundaries to speak loudly to us about the way we are now....

The Royal Court has always been committed to bringing new work to the stage, and My Fairfield Lady is one of six shows being premiered at...

Festive favourite Miracle on 34th Street is being brought to the Liverpool Playhouse stage as a musical this Christmas. Gemma Bodinetz...

Stephen Sondheim’s dark musical masterpiece turns the big 4-0 this year, and that alone would be a good enough reason for this spare and...

Racial tensions simmer both inside and outside the home in this vibrant but uncomfortable family drama from Eclipse Theatre Company....