What’s On

Liverpool is a vibrant city, with plenty of activities to suit all tastes. Find out what’s happening and when with our handy ‘What’s On’ calendar.

24th September 2026

John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills

Tilting at Windmills is the brand-new stand-up show from Taskmaster alumni and double Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner, John Kearns. A fragmented, digressing portrayal of a 38-year-old man’s life, alluding to books he hasn’t read, touching on the modern condition. Plus VAT! More allusive and bleak as ever, it is unreal the comedian you become. And...

29th September 2026

An Evening with Marina Hyde

Marina Hyde – Guardian columnist, co-host of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast and author of the best-selling What Just Happened? – brings us her new collection “What A Time To Be Alive – Scenes From A Strange Age”. Marina’s new book takes readers on a dizzying tour of the most absurd scenes and characters of...

30th September 2026

Henry Paker: Pencil Case

New comedy show from Henry Paker, featuring live illustration. You’ve looked behind a Wizard’s Curtain. You’ve visited a sausage factory. Do you dare to gaze inside a cartoonist’s pencil case? Leave your preconceptions about comedy/illustration at the door and expect to find them in an absolute state on the way out. As heard on Three...

2nd October 2026

Rhys James: Chop Logic

Rhys has made a discovery that could fix everything. It’s been staring him in the face the whole time, in a mirror held behind his head. If he can ignore his own problems for long enough, he might just be able to solve yours. A fast, forensic show of big ideas and gag-dense overthinking from...

2nd October 2026

Alex Stringer: Happy Hour

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prospero Place, Prescot L34 3AB

Come and spend a happy hour. The debut fringe hour from Chortle Hotshot 2025, Alex Stringer. Alex got sober in 2017 when she was 23. This is a show about what it’s like once you get sober, discovering who you really are without substances, and what if who you really are is actually also a...

3rd October 2026

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Improv Show

Fast, fabulously funny improvised games, scenes, stories and laugh out loud surrealism. An hour of sensational improvised comedy hosted by two of the UK’s masters of improvisation with their old friend, improv virtuoso, Mike McShane and a host of very special guests.

3rd October 2026

This Flight Tonight- The Songs of Joni Mitchell

The Epstein Theatre Hanover House 85.00 Hanover Street Liverpool L1 3DZ

Established in early 2023.. Acclaimed songwriters Zervas & Pepper present ‘This Flight Tonight- The Songs of Joni Mitchell’ an intimate acoustic tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as ‘California’, ‘Blue’, ‘Woodstock’ ‘Both Sides Now’, ‘Carey’, ‘Coyote’, ‘A Case Of You’, and many more… with Conga/Bass, open tuned Acoustic/Electric Guitars, Harmonies, Dulcimer,...

7th October 2026 - 10th October 2026

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prospero Place, Prescot L34 3AB

A Portrait to Die For In a society obsessed with youth and beauty, Dorian Gray is offered the ultimate prize: eternal perfection. But perfection comes at a price, one that must be paid in blood. “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?” This bold new adaptation...

7th October 2026

Maisie Adam: Whatsherface

Straight off the back of Taskmaster, A League Of Their Own, and Last One Laughing, Maisie Adam is back with her brand new show Whatsherface. Join the “tall, chaotic one with the weird hair”* as she returns with her trademark wit, firecracker gags, and probably a few angry outbursts along the way. *A genuine description...

9th October 2026

Jasmin Vardimon – Lullaby

Internationally acclaimed choreographer Jasmin Vardimon returns with a groundbreaking new production that resonates with the emotional depth of her 2003 breakthrough work Lullaby. That seminal piece, set in a hospital ward, established her as an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells and won her numerous awards. Now, she revisits and expands that world with a bold...

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