Since penning hit play Beautiful Thing in the 1990s, Jonathan Harvey has combined theatre work with TV, writing some of Coronation Street's
A childhood trip to the North Wales holiday camp of Colomendy has been a rite of passage for generations of Liverpudlians. Its
Charles Dickens' perennially popular festive novella has been endlessly retold and reworked since it was published more than 175 years ago. In
It has been a busy year for musical director George Francis, who turns 23 on the first preview of his new show,
"I used to be Snow White," Mae West famously wisecracked, "but then I drifted." While Hayley Sheen's Scouse Snow White may be
Though Robert Louis Stevenson's slight but thematically rich story of the unleashing of the dark soul has been dramatised in numerous different
After almost a century, marks left by the Second World War can still be seen across UK theatre. But it wasn't just
In the week Liverpool prepares for its annual Pride festival, Masquerade is a reminder that LGBT+ culture hasn't always been celebrated quite
As Blackpool's Grand Theatre marks its 125th birthday, Catherine Jones charts the history of this gem in Blackpool's crown that has weathered
Dave Kirby's 2006 play Lost Soul was an unashamed celebration of the middle-aged. Over the course of a decade its Motown-loving 50-something
Boisterous Theatre Company is the brainchild of writer Maurice Bessman and director Miriam Mussa. They felt that, despite improvements, creatives from ethnic
Since it opened two years ago, Chester's Storyhouse has forged a reputation as a local cultural hub. Its chief executive Andrew Bentley
While the real world is in meltdown over Brexit, this revival of Scouse comedy Brick Up 2 is more concerned with the
Three years ago, Theatre-Rites and 20 Stories High collaborated on the raw and refreshingly original Broke 'N' Beat Collective. Big Up! "
Tip Top Productions' Aladdin proves you don't need a lavish budget or star names to stage a successful Christmas show. Promising "magic,
There's only one way to follow the greatest story ever told, and that's with the world's favourite fairytale. The Royal Court has
After four decades at Blackpool Opera House, its technical manager tells Catherine Jones why working at the Winter Gardens is a family
There was a time immortality was the preserve of the famous. The rest of us were memorialised in the minds of friends
Four decades after John Godber's Bouncers was first staged at the Fringe it remains one of the most popular and performed comedies
In medieval times the Chester Mystery Plays were performed by the city's various Guilds, from water drawers to wheelwrights and glaziers to
It's shaping up to be a sun-blessed season for travelling troupes bringing live theatre to the nation's parks and gardens. Mate Productions
Inspired by Monty Python and the Beatles, Liverpool-based Robert Farquhar pens off-the-wall, anarchic, funny plays, but always with a message. He tells
He was an audience member in his student days, now he's the man at the helm. Unity Theatre's artistic director talks to
Male Shakespearean roles taken by actresses are often described as 'gender neutral', but Golda Rosheuvel's Othello at Liverpool's Everyman is very much
Back in the 70s, The Liver Birds was ground-breaking TV " a show where the lead characters were two young women who