Theatre

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...

John Godber’s infectious, Northern Soul-inspired stage show is heading for Shakespeare North Playhouse this spring. Do I Love You? comes...

Musical theatre is no stranger to a precocious protagonist – think little orphan Annie or, in more recent years, Tim Minchin’s Matilda....

It was hosting a trio of young evacuees during the Second World War which sparked the idea which eventually led to CS Lewis’ famous...

James Graham’s award-winning smash-hit play Dear England is heading for Liverpool as part of an inaugural UK tour. The inspiring...

The third annual Liverpool Improvisation Festival (LiF) will be held in the city this spring – and organisers are promising the 2025...

His outrageous comic caper One Man, Two Guvnors may remain his best-known work, but Richard Bean has enjoyed a prolific run as a...

Five open-air touring productions will be staged in the Garden Theatre at Calderstones Mansion this summer. Travelling theatre troupes...

Wirral’s Off the Ground Theatre is set to return to Hope Street next month with a new production for its 30th birthday year. The West...

An exhibition marking the centenary of the Liverpool Empire is on display at the city’s Central Library. The Liverpool Empire Theatre 100...

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

Liverpool’s Unity Theatre is embarking on an international collaboration with a New Zealand youth theatre. Rising | Pike Ake – which is...

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