Catherine Jones

Fiddler on the Roof comes to the Liverpool Empire this September as part of a national tour.The acclaimed Regents Park Open Air Theatre production is set to be staged at the Lime Street venue from September 22 to 27.Tickets are yet to go on sale.It is the first UK tour of the classic musical in more than 12 years – offering Liverpool audiences what is widely considered to be a musical masterpiece in an acclaimed new production, direct from the West End.Fiddler on the Roof isn’t often seen on sta

Liverpool International Jazz Festival returns to the city next month with a packed programme of gigs, film and visual arts.

An exhibition of work by John Moores Painting Prize winner Graham Crowley will go on show at the Walker Art Gallery this spring.Graham Crowley: I Paint Shadows opens on March 14 and runs until July.The artist won the 2023 edition of the prestigious painting prize with his work titled Light Industry.This new solo display, part of the first prize, promises to offer visitors unprecedented insight into his distinctive exploration of light and shadow through painting. Meanwhile the call for entries f

By Catherine Jones Generations ‘Dine with a doc' to be held February 5

A new celebration of the life and music of John Lennon will visit Merseyside venues this spring as part of its inaugural UK tour.

In recent years the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has become the Leeds International Piano Competition’s house band, accompanying the young performers in their quest for glory.And part of the main prize is also the chance to play at Philharmonic Hall, with recitals in the Music Room for the runners-up and a full-blown concert with full orchestra for the winner.Thus, to this blustery Sunday afternoon concert with Domingo Hindoyan on the box and 2024 Leeds winner, Canadian Jaedan Izik-Dzurko - imma

The smash hit stage version of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is coming to Liverpool – but fans of the classic will have to wait until 2026.

Families are funny things, and their dynamics can be incomprehensible to outsiders – and indeed sometimes to family members too.

In The Merchant of Venice 1936, which arrives at the Liverpool Playhouse next week, Tracy-Ann Oberman plays Shylock as a steely Jewish matriarch facing down the fascists in 1930s London.

Veteran Liverpool broadcaster and author Spencer Leigh has celebrated his 80th birthday with the publication of a special new memoir.