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What's on stage in Liverpool during May 2025
The merry month of May is upon us and while the days are getting warmer and the nights lighter, there’s still plenty to enjoy indoors at...
Theatre


Review: Hamilton at the Liverpool Empire *****
There are some words which tend to get overused these days. Icon is one, and phenomenon is arguably another. Yet perhaps if anything in...


Review: Making It at Liverpool's Royal Court ***
No matter the generation, no matter the venue, or show or size of the audience - the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd...


Review: Takeaway at the Liverpool Everyman ***
Creative director Nathan Powell got his feet under the table at the Everyman and Playhouse last December. But programming isn’t an...


Open-air theatre in Liverpool City Region for summer 2025
Pop the corks, dig out those picnic chairs and grab on the sunscreen because the open-air theatre season is upon us. Performances are...


Royal Court Studio to premiere wizard new play
Two wizards running a struggling chippie are at the heart of a new comedy being staged at the Royal Court Studio this summer. Sauce and...


Review: Calamity Jane at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some musicals start on stage and migrate to the big screen – and some begin as films and have an afterlife in the theatre. Calamity Jane...


Liverpool Playhouse date for Inspector Morse stage tour
Legendary literary and TV detective Inspector Morse is set to make his stage debut in a new murder mystery coming to the Liverpool...


Review: Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) at the Floral Pavilion ****1/2
From Oscar winning Hollywood film to Bridget Jones to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that Jane...


Review: War Horse at the Liverpool Empire *****
During the First World War, more than a million horses were shipped across the Channel to the battlefields of Belgium and Northern...


Epstein Theatre announces first events
The first event held at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre in nearly two years is set to be staged this month. Dancing in the Aisles, an...


Floral Pavilion welcomes Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
Olivier Award-winning stage comedy Pride & Prejudice (*sort of) is heading for the Floral Pavilion next week. The acclaimed play, which...


Review: Red or Dead at Liverpool's Royal Court ****1/2
Football and theatre - both stages on which compelling drama can unfold. Sometimes the two come together: think The Damned United, Bend...
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