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Liverpool's WoWFEST celebrates 25 years with month long programme

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

Life isn’t always easy – and great children’s stories don’t shy away from covering sensitive issues and asking difficult questions....

Childwall-raised screen star Jodie Comer is set to make her professional Liverpool stage debut next spring. The 32-year-old will reprise...

The days are getting longer, and spring finally seems ready to…well, spring. So why not celebrate with a good laugh during March? Here is...

A moving new play inspired by its writer’s own experiences is being staged at the Liverpool Playhouse next month. Raven, by actor and...

The Merchant of Venice has long been described as a ‘problem play’. Is it a comedy or a tragedy? And is Shakespeare condoning...

In The Merchant of Venice 1936, at the Liverpool Playhouse this week, Tracy-Ann Oberman plays Shylock as a steely Jewish matriarch facing...

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...

We all know Liverpool likes a good laugh – and the city has a reputation as the birthplace of some of the biggest names in the business...

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...