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Sunny Afternoon makes Liverpool Empire date on new tour for hit Kinks musical
Hit stage musical Sunny Afternoon is set to return to the Liverpool Empire as part of a new UK tour. The ebullient Kinks-inspired show...


Review: The Parent Agency at Storyhouse ****
Musical theatre is no stranger to a precocious protagonist – think little orphan Annie or, in more recent years, Tim Minchin’s Matilda....


Mary Poppins flies in to Liverpool in 2026
Spit spot! Mary Poppins is flying in to Liverpool as part of the smash hit musical’s UK tour. The multi-award-winning stage spectacular...


Liverpool Empire date for Fiddler on the Roof tour
Fiddler on the Roof comes to the Liverpool Empire this September as part of a national tour. The acclaimed Regents Park Open Air Theatre...


Review: Bat Out of Hell the Musical at the Liverpool Empire ***1/2
Bat Out of Hell has a convoluted origin story. Back in the 1960s the late Jim Steinman conceived a musical set among a tribe of wild...


Review: Bost Musicals' Annie at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
It’s a big year for BOST. In fact, this is the start of two big years for the Merseyside musical theatre company. In July it’s involved...


Review: Rocky Horror Show at the Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
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...


Review: Here You Come Again at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some people spent Covid lockdowns perfecting their sourdough or turning out endless tins of banana loaf. Others learned a new skill or...


Speedo Mick celebrated in new musical at Liverpool's Royal Court
Liverpool charity hero ‘Speedo Mick’ is set to be immortalised on stage in a new musical in the city next summer. Speedo Mick – The...


Review: Dear Evan Hansen at the Liverpool Empire ****
On paper it’s not the most prepossessing of pitches. A musical that centres topics like mental health, loneliness, suicide and grief. Yet...
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