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Review: Little Shop of Horrors at Storyhouse ****
Little Shop of Horrors the musical started its life in the intimate confines of an Off-Off-Broadway theatre space. And this new...


Review: Hello, Dolly! at Liverpool Empire ****
Last season BOST took a noirish journey into the sinister, unsavoury savoury world of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. This year they’ve swapped...


Review: Dirty Dancing at Liverpool Empire ***
Generations of romantics have had the time of their lives watching Dirty Dancing, whether it be the original 1987 film or, over the past...


Liverpool Playhouse to host Amelie and Little Miss Sunshine
The Liverpool Playhouse will host two charming new touring musicals this autumn. Little Miss Sunshine will drive in to town from...


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


Review: Cabaret at LIPA ****
One of art’s great abilities is to transcend its physical and historical boundaries to speak loudly to us about the way we are now....


Review: Rocky Horror Show at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
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 talks Dirty Dancing ahead of Liverpool Empire return
Greg Fossard’s stage career started at the Liverpool Empire 21 years ago. “In this very room,” confirms the Liverpool actor, looking...


Life is a Cabaret at LIPA
Kander and Ebb’s darkly thought-provoking Weimar Berlin musical Cabaret comes to LIPA this week. The show, which includes songs like...


Review: Ghost the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
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....
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