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YNWA returns to Liverpool's Royal Court
Reds fans rejoice! YNWA is returning to the Royal Court. The show, full title YNWA – The Story of Liverpool Football Club, has been...
Review: Dirty Dancing at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some of us were the same age as Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman when Dirty Dancing first merengued inconspicuously on to cinema screens in 1987....
The Tin Drum opens new Everyman season with a bang
Kneehigh’s glorious Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) has proved one of the highlights of the Everyman’s programme over the...
Hey Baby! Dirty Dancing returns to Liverpool
Put down that watermelon and dust off your dancing shoes because Johnny Castle and Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman are returning to the Liverpool Empire next week. Dirty Dancing fans are going to want to merengue down to Lime Street to enjoy the steamy stage version of the cult 1987 movie classic. It’s the summer of 1963, and 17-year-old Baby is on holiday in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister Lisa and their parents. But she shows little interest in the resort activi
Jodie Prenger on her Shirley Valentine adventure
By the time Jodie Prenger finishes the UK tour of Shirley Valentine this autumn she will have cooked more than her fair share of egg and...
Review: Cilla the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
When Bill Kenwright decided to cast the central role in Cilla the Musical through open calls, he had no idea who would walk through the...
Andrew Lancel on playing Epstein in Cilla the Musical
“I said to Kara – your life is about to change. I’ve never seen a standing ovation in the middle of a show before.” I’ve caught up with...
Liverpool date for Beautiful - the Carole King Musical
Acclaimed Broadway and West End hit Beautiful – the Carole King Musical is set to make its first visit to Liverpool next year. The...
An Officer and a Gentleman to sweep in to Liverpool
A new stage musical version of romantic movie weepie An Officer and a Gentleman is at the Liverpool Empire this week as part of its first...
Liverpool Phil date for Mod musical All or Nothing
Beatles fans have Let It Be. The Kinks’ devotees have Sunny Afternoon. And now another ‘The’ band of the 60s, The Small Faces, is being...
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