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Epstein Theatre announces first events

Sir Lenny Henry is embarking on a new solo tour with a date set for the Liverpool Empire. An Evening With Lenny Henry – Who Am I Again?...

Generations of romantics have had the time of their lives watching Dirty Dancing, whether it be the original 1987 film or, over the past...

BOST is set to say Hello, Dolly! this month – but also goodbye Elsie. Much-loved Liverpool actress and director Elsie Kelly is to retire...

Little can Richard O’Brien have imagined when his Rocky Horror Show was premiered in the 62-seat fringe theatre upstairs at London’s...

Greg Fossard’s stage career started at the Liverpool Empire 21 years ago. “In this very room,” confirms the Liverpool actor, looking...

Matthew Bourne’s dazzling stage version of the Powell and Pressburger film classic The Red Shoes is set to dance back in to the Liverpool...

It’s nearly three decades since Ghost swept all before it at the box office and powered the Righteous Brothers to the top of the charts....

There are two things that are hard to believe about Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. One is that next year this modern classic is a...

On paper it seems like a writer’s colourful fantasy. And yet Kinky Boots is based (albeit loosely) on actual events in the capital of...

It may be called The Full Monty, but the physical act of stripping forms a minor and momentary part of Simon Beaufoy’s thoughtful...