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Review: Akram Khan's Giselle at the Liverpool Empire ****
Contemporary and classical collide with striking results in this bold reimagining by Akram Khan of one of ballet’s oldest tales. It was a...


Take a Summer Holiday at the Liverpool Empire
Ray Quinn is set to head the cast of Summer Holiday when it comes to the Liverpool Empire this spring. The feelgood musical, based on...


Apocalyptic gig theatre at Liverpool Everyman
What do you get if you take a dash of David Bowie, a soupçon of Philip K Dick and a whole lot of Kneehigh-style chutzpah? The answer is...


Cut loose with Footloose at Royal Court Liverpool
Been working so hard? Then it’s time to cut loose with the stage musical version of that 80s movie classic Footloose. Selladoor...


Go Around the World in 80 Days at the Playhouse
Puck promised to ‘put a girdle round about the earth in 40 minutes’. But he’s a sprite, not a human. For the rest of us however there’s a...


Akram Khan's Giselle dances in to the Liverpool Empire
The English National Ballet brings Akram Khan’s acclaimed version of the classical favourite Giselle to Liverpool this week. The...


Reasons to be Cheerful at the Liverpool Everyman
If you enjoyed Eric’s at the Everyman back in 2008, the chances are you’re going to love the show coming to the Hope Street theatre next...


What a feeling! Flashdance at the Liverpool Empire
Her welding technique may not have impressed Dave the steelworker-turned-stripper in The Full Monty. But her dance moves certainly did....


Rita, Sue and Bob Too at the Liverpool Playhouse
Everyman alumnus George Costigan made the role of lothario Bob his own on the big screen. Now the play Rita, Sue and Bob Too is coming to...


Review: The Suitcase at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
“Dreamers from the village come for the milk and honey. It’s all gone,” says a philosophising street drunk towards the conclusion of this...
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