Entertainment

Liverpool is a special place. Everyone will say something to that effect about their home but having recently come here I can say this to be an objective fact. Liverpool is strange in the best way. I’ve lived in Kent for...

Paul O'Grady's unexpected death has rocked the nation. The television icon was 67 years old when he tragically died on the evening of March 28. When given an honorary fellowship at Liverpool John Moores University, Professor Frank Sanderson described O'Grady's life as...

The line-up for a thrilling two-week festival which will take over Liverpool in the run-up to Eurovision in May has been announced. Eurofestival is a fusion collaboration between British and Ukrainian artists to demonstrate the power of music and art.   The...

Hotels are charging thousands of pounds more than normal to stay in Liverpool over the Eurovision period. An investigation by MerseyNewsLive compared hotel and other short-term accommodation prices and revealed an eye-watering price hike. Hotel prices were compared between the Eurovision...

A new play uncovering queer suffragette history is set to come to the Shakespeare North Playhouse this week. Ladyfriends will tell the untold relationship of suffragettes Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney and will be “rammed with live music and film,...

A Merseyside drama written by a former Liverpool policeman is leading the nominations for this year's BAFTA TV Awards. The Responder, written by Tony Schumacher has been nominated in six categories. These include Best Drama Series, Best Actor for Martin Freeman...

Caryl Churchill's classic play 'Top Girls' is at the Everyman Theatre, Hope Street, until March 25. The Everyman Theatre's new artistic director, Suba Das, has done something unprecedented with its latest production. The director, also in charge of the Liverpool Playhouse,...

The University of Liverpool Film Society is producing a new movie adaptation of an original play that featured at the Edinburgh Fringe festival last year. 'Bloodsucker' was written for the stage by Jessie Pots, and performed in Scotland by the...

As the UK gets ready for 'Red Nose Day' on Friday, Doctor Who fans have been thrilled to see David Tennant appearing in trailers for the charity event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE5etzosvyw   Back in October, I, like many long-time fans of the show, was delighted...

Shakespeare North Playhouse has unveiled a jam-packed season of performances in its  Sir Ken Dodd performance garden area, in tribute to the late Liverpool comedian. This season will start on May 6 with a brand-new musical comedy from Bill Elms...