Theatre & Performance
Ralf Little Returns To The Playhouse For The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Ralf Little returns to the Liverpool Playhouse to lead the cast in John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. A global bestseller for over sixty years, this production marks the first-ever stage adaptation of le Carré’s work. The play visits Liverpool for a strictly limited one-week run from Tuesday 12 to...
Theatres awarded £999,999 to upgrade accessibility and begin Liverpool Playhouse transformation
Liverpool & Merseyside Theatres Trust, the charity behind the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, has been awarded £999,999 from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Arts Everywhere Fund. The investment will fund improved access equipment across both theatres and vital upgrades at the Liverpool Playhouse as a first step in its major capital ambitions. For...
Of All These Friends and Lovers
February 1964.Beatlemania has swept the world. Trapped in the eye of the hurricane, John Lennon finds himself unexpectedly alone with manager Brian Epstein. Away from the screaming crowds and flashing cameras, the two men wrestle with the weight of fame, the pressures of expectation – where confronting ambition, trust, and desire could threaten to tear...
WoWFEST: Joelle Taylor: Maryville
Joelle Taylor brings a staged reading of her new poetry collection to WOWFest; a searing, poetic excavation of 50 years of lesbian counterculture. Following-on from her TS Eliot Prize-winning poetry collection C+nto & Othered Poems, Joelle Taylor’s Maryville charts the lives of four butch lesbians through five decades of underground queer history; tracing the culture,...
WoWFEST: Launch of Buckled: a play by Helen Jeffery
Family, friendship and booze. Drinking to remember. Drinking to forget. How do you navigate sobriety in a world that revolves around drink? Join playwright Helen Jeffery for the launch of the published playtext of Buckled, released by Salamander Street Press as part of WoWFEST26. Originally commissioned by Unity Theatre for Up Next Festival and later...
Kym Marsh and Lisa Faulkner Star in Single White Female at Liverpool Playhouse
This world premiere stage production of the 90s hit movie thriller Single White Female stars actor and singer Kym Marsh (Coronation Street) and TV presenter and author Lisa Faulkner (Holby City, The Girl Before). Single White Female will thrill audiences at the Liverpool Playhouse from Tuesday 28 April to Saturday 2 May. Kym Marsh said:...
The Scouse Nativity, The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Scouse Nativity, The Greatest Story Ever Told is coming back to Liverpool’s Royal Court in an all new production for 2026. Written by Kevin Fearon, the show was first staged in 2017. The stage is set in Bethlehem, 0 AD (or 0 BC, I’m not too clued up on these things) and Terry, a...
Oh Come ’Ed Ye Faithful – The Scouse Nativity is back for 2026
The Scouse Nativity, The Greatest Story Ever Told is coming back to Liverpool’s Royal Court in an all new production for 2026. Written by Kevin Fearon, the show was first staged in 2017. The stage is set in Bethlehem, 0 AD (or 0 BC, I’m not too clued up on these things) and Terry, a...
Hollywood icon Mischa Barton Comes to Liverpool Playhouse
A new stage adaptation of one of the greatest crime novels of the 20th century, Double Indemnity stars Mischa Barton (The O.C.) in her long awaited UK stage debut. Inspired by Billy Wilder’s legendary film noir masterpiece, the production comes to the Liverpool Playhouse for one week only from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 April. Mischa...
Malory Towers
It’s back by popular demand! Emma Rice Company’s ‘magic’ Malory Towers (Guardian) is touring the UK again. Get ready for high jinks, high drama and high spirits, all set to sensational live music. Darrell Rivers is starting school with an eager mind and fierce heart. Unfortunately she also has a quick temper! Can she learn...
