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Review: Hairspray at Liverpool Empire *****
Traditionally summer was a time when theatres closed their doors with their audiences lured away to seaside resorts or sunnier climes....


Review: Bring it On the Musical at Liverpool Empire ***
Cheerleading always feels like one of those peculiarly American things – right there with Spring Break, glee clubs, sorority houses and...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
If you were asked to nominate a classic cinematic moment from the 1980s, what would you choose? Nobody putting Baby in the corner at...


Review: Wicked at the Liverpool Empire *****
When Wicked landed in Liverpool for the first time a decade ago, the equivalent of one in seven of the city’s population came out to see...


Liverpool Empire to Let the People Sing in centenary year
The first amateur production of Les Miserables in the northwest will be staged at the Liverpool Empire next year as part of the theatre’s...


Bring It On at Liverpool Empire this summer
The Liverpool Empire’s Youth Theatre are bringing a bit of Broadway to Lime Street this summer. The talented teenagers and young actors...


Review: Showstopper! at Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
Over on social media, everyone is raving about 42 Balloons – the uplifting new musical doing brisk business down the road at the Lowry....


Review: I Should be So Lucky at Liverpool Empire ***1/2
The number and range of jukebox musicals has exploded since they first became a fixture of the theatrical scene – and particularly over...


Johannes Radebe dons those Kinky Boots at Liverpool Empire
Everybody say yeah! Strictly star Johannes Radebe is set to don the red thigh-high footwear when Kinky Boots the musical comes to...


Review: Come From Away at Liverpool Empire *****
Just like those other shell-shocking moments in time, those of us who were alive then know exactly where we were and what we were doing...
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