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Beating Berlusconi! announces Istanbul anniversary dates
Beating Berlusconi! is set to return to the Liverpool stage in 2025 to mark the 20th anniversary of Liverpool’s Champions League triumph...
Review: Rocky Horror Show at the Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
Half-a-century after the Rocky Horror Show, Richard O’Brien’s love letter to his 50s cinema youth, first hit the stage it remains an...
Speedo Mick celebrated in new musical at Liverpool's Royal Court
Liverpool charity hero ‘Speedo Mick’ is set to be immortalised on stage in a new musical in the city next summer. Speedo Mick – The...
Shows to see in Liverpool in 2025
A new year means new treats in store for Liverpool theatre lovers with a busy season of shows being staged at venues across the city…and a little beyond. A quarter of a century into the ‘new millennium’ – and, somehow, five years since the devastating you know what – there’s much to enjoy coming our way between January and December. Whether it’s old friends, first time visitors, acclaimed touring productions, re-worked Shakespearean classics, brilliant musicals, homegrown hit
Review: It's a Wonderful Life at the Royal Court Studio ****
Christmas is on the horizon now which means two things – panto season and the return of festive favourite It’s a Wonderful Life to the...
Review: 1984 at the Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
George Orwell’s dystopian masterwork is 75 years old now, but its author didn’t live to see its impact, dying just a few months after its...
Review: Dear Evan Hansen at the Liverpool Empire ****
On paper it’s not the most prepossessing of pitches. A musical that centres topics like mental health, loneliness, suicide and grief. Yet...
Everyman and Playhouse reveals 2025 season programme
Three new ‘homegrown’ productions in Hope Street will anchor the inaugural season from Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse’s new creative...
Lights Up on Liverpool shines spotlight on city theatres
A new exhibition in Liverpool’s Central Library aims to explore the city’s rich theatre scene and highlight working-class contributions...
Jason Donovan prepares to rock the Liverpool Playhouse this christmas
“I can’t wait to get back to Liverpool,” Jason Donovan says. “I always enjoy soaking up all that fantastic endless musical heritage and...
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