The John Shuttleworth show doesn’t cover any ground - but that’s kind of the point.

A very different kind of show from Mark Thomas is a beautiful piece of work that doesn’t patronise his father’s illness, not ignore his frailties, as they connect over a love of opera.

Singing, dancing, goodies, baddies and very rude jokes. The rock’n'roll panto is back at the Playhouse (oh yes it is).

Three Cinderellas, two Atomic Kittens, one David Gest. From the Unity to the Empire; Playhouse to Brindley there are plenty of pantos and Christmas shows for all tastes and ages this December.

Gogol’s Russian comedy of errors gets a makeover as a broad Northern farce in A Government Inspector.

Kneehigh takes on an old comedy classic and gives it an imaginative twist. But is the result fit for the scrapyard or knacker’s yard?

This update on Sillitoe’s classic has much to commend it but seems as confused as its protagonist at the finish line.

One of Liverpool’s guiltiest pleasures is announced: The Rock’N'Roll Panto - and its two biggest stars - are back this Christmas.

The Norman Conquests is a welcome revival of a play and genre that is at once familiar and unfamiliar.

A Regency-era soap opera with a twist - the protagonists are some of British literature’s finest fuck-ups.