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Musicals heading for Merseyside this autumn
From Annie to Wicked and Billy Elliot to The Lion King, there’s nothing like a musical spectacular. It seems we theatre audiences can’t...


Titanic The Musical steams in to Liverpool
The most famous ship in the world was conceived in Liverpool for a Liverpool company – and had Liverpool written on her stern. But the...


Review: The Play That Goes Wrong at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
When the world around you is going to hell in a handcart, you can laugh, or you can cry. So thank heavens for the ‘Cornley Polytechnic...


10 shows you should see in Liverpool this autumn
We may have enjoyed a tropical heatwave this summer, but now it's definitely time to sit down and think about Liverpool theatre world’s...


Review: Legally Blonde at Liverpool Empire ****
She may not have won over Eurovision voters, but Lucie Jones is certainly a hit as the lead in this current tour of irrepressible musical...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
The 1980s were bookended by two great cinematic slices of audience wish-fulfilment. One was in 1987 when Patrick Swayze opined that...


Liverpool panto debut for Strictly's Shirley Ballas
Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas will be waltzing in to the Liverpool Empire to make her panto debut this Christmas. The...


Review: Summer Holiday at Liverpool Empire **1/2
Summer holidays are weighed with expectations. We save hard to be able to go away and as a result we want it to be memorable, fun, and...


Review: Beautiful - The Carole King Musical at the Liverpool Empire ****
John Lennon reputedly wanted his songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney to emulate that of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s. And the...


Ray Quinn takes a Summer Holiday at Liverpool Empire
They’re billing it as the ‘happiest musical around’. And Liverpool audiences are about to see if Summer Holiday is as bright and sunny as...
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