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Review: Aladdin at Hope Street Theatre ****
Last year Drops of Light brought an immediacy and intimacy to its production of Beauty and the Beast by performing it in the round (well,...


Louis Emerick on playing panto's biggest baddie at St Helens
There are baddies – and then there are real unreformed baddies according to Louis Emerick who is donning evil-looking iron work and...


Review: The Snow Queen at Liverpool Everyman ****1/2
Well deck the halls and put out a mince pie for Santa – the countdown to Christmas has officially started. You can always guarantee...


Strictly judge Shirley Ballas on her Liverpool Empire panto debut
“When I told my son I was going to do panto, he went ‘oh lordy, Liverpool – hold on to your hats!’” laughs Shirley Ballas. Strictly’s...


Christmas shows you won't want to miss in Liverpool this season
Mirror Mirror on the wall, what’s the best Christmas show of them all? With so many festive offerings heading this way it’s almost...


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: Cinderella at the Liverpool Empire ****
It’s Liverpool’s most lavish panto of them all – and this year it’s also the final one to open its doors. But while the Empire might be...


Review: Peter Pan at the Epstein Theatre ****
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a visit to Neverland – because after all, who can put the ‘pan’ in to panto if not for Peter? So step...


Review: The Little Mermaid at the Liverpool Everyman ****
It’s a well-known fact that Christmas doesn’t officially start in Liverpool until the arrival of the Everyman rock ‘n’ roll panto. So...


Peter Pan at the Epstein will have you hooked
One is ready to put the Pan in to ‘panto’ and the other hopes the audience will be well and truly hooked. Lewis Pryor plays the eponymous...
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