Moulin Rouge visits Liverpool in 2026 on first world tour

Multi-award-winning musical Moulin Rouge! is set to can-can into Liverpool next summer as part of its first ever world tour.

The stunning stage spectacular, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, comes to the Liverpool Empire from July 2 to August 8, 2026.

Tickets are yet to go on sale.

Set in 1899 Paris, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the story of a lovesick American writer, Christian, and Satine, the dazzling star of the titular nightclub.

When their lives collide at the Moulin Rouge, they fall hopelessly in love, only to be thwarted by the nightclub’s host and impresario, Harold Zidler, and the Duke of Monroth, the wealthy and entitled patron of the club who thinks he can buy anything he wants, including Satine.

Together with his Bohemian friends – the brilliant and starving artist Toulouse-Lautrec, and the greatest tango dancer in all of Paris, Santiago – Christian stages a musical spectacular in an attempt to save the Moulin Rouge and win the heart of Satine.

The stage musical premiered in Boston in 2018 and transferred to Broadway the following year where it won 10 Tonys, including best musical, and five Drama Desk Awards. It opened in the West End four years ago and added an Olivier to its trophy cabinet.

It features more than 70 songs, many from the movie as well as more recent hits released over the past two decades.

Carmen Pavlovic for the musical's producers Global Creatures, says: “It’s thrilling that Moulin Rouge! The Musical will be lighting up the stage at the Liverpool Empire next year as part of its world tour.

“Liverpool’s dynamic cultural spirit and its legacy of groundbreaking creativity, from iconic musicians to its thriving contemporary arts scene, make it the perfect home for the Bohemian energy of Montmartre.“We know that the city will embrace the show’s passion, artistry and spectacle with open arms.”

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is at the Liverpool Empire from July 2 to August 8 2025.