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.
Jennifer Reid: One Night in Prescot
Folk is working class. Folk music has lost it’s way, and people have lost track of their geographical heritage. The working classes made music as a provocation and this is a tradition Jennifer continues. She is a performer of nineteenth century Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads. Think rousing songs and passionate oratory! Jennifer plays...
Pride and Prejudice at The Atkinson
Step back in time over two hundred years and meet Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters as they navigate the mire of manners of regency society. With stunning period costume, timeless wit, and a romantic original score, Chapterhouse’s Pride and Prejudice is a faithful telling of Austen’s greatest work. Join family and friends for an evening...
The Merry Wives of Windsor
“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too!” Sir John Falstaff, everyone’s favourite Shakespearean sleaze ball, has fallen on hard times. In order to fix his finances he plans to seduce the wives of two wealthy merchants. But, wise to his wily ways, the ladies take the opportunity to punish Falstaff by playing a series...
The Comedy of Erorrs
Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to venues across the UK. Join the troupe for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’ like...
Shake Scene Shakespeare Double Bill
“This high-stakes immediacy is what makes [Shake-Scene’s] work really magical.” Viv Groskop, The Stage. AS YOU LIKE IT DATES AND TIMES Thu 15 Aug, 6:30pm Sat 17 Aug, 2pm ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA DATES AND TIMES Fri 16 Aug, 6:30pm Sat 17 Aug, 6:30pm Classic stories, rollercoaster emotions, beautiful words and spontaneous, unpredictable performances created before...
Angelica Sprockets Pockets
Angelica Sprocket lives next door. Her overcoat has pockets galore! And you’ll never guess what’s in them… Prepare to be surprised, thrilled and tickled pink by Angelica Sprocket’s never-ending pockets, and the marvellous things she keeps in them. Filled with Folksy’s touch of live music, puppetry, audience interaction and madness! This fun-filled show is the...
Alas! Poor Yorick
An entertaining excavation of work and political systems through the eyes of the gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Alas! Poor Yorick draws on David Graeber, Marx and popular culture to present a relentless critique of our institutional failings, hypocritical cultural mores and political inadequacies wrapped up in a 70-minute largely silent clown show. Alas! Poor Yorick...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 440 Theatre
Four Forty Theatre are back with a British Summertime Shakespeare! Performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream in one night by only four actors in one hour! “This is an exceptionally special, hilarious, speedy tour of one of Shakespeare’s arguably greatest plays!” Experience the hilarity of one of the Bard’s best comedies condensed into a short, side-splitting...
Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time
TV favourite Ed Byrne brings his Best Reviewed Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival, British Comedy Guide’s No 1 Comedy show of 2023, and his most personal show to date to Liverpool! From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join one of our leading laugh specialists...
Danny Beard: Straight Expectations
Join Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard and their full live band for a 5-star night of killer vocals, snappy comedy, put downs and pick me ups. Get ready for a evening of scandalous behaviour, lots of laughs, and an honest insight into what life’s really like as a Z-list ‘celeb’ as the host of...
