DRAMA PLAYS IN LIVERPOOL
DRAMA PLAYS IN LIVERPOOL
Most Popular Drama Plays in Liverpool
Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sat 6 Mar - Fri 2 Apr 2027
Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 13 - Sat 17 Jul 2027
The Silence of the Lambs
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 15 - Sat 19 Jun 2027
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Tue 3 Nov 2026 - Sat 20 Mar 2027
The Sex Party by Terry Johnson
The Hope Street Theatre
Tue 1 - Fri 11 Sep 2026
Nell Gwynn
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 3 - Saturday 4 July 2026
London, 1660. The theatres are alive, the monarchy's restored, and women are finally allowed on stage. One woman is about to take it by storm. Orange-seller, wit, trailblazer, Nell Gwynn is a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid ...Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool
Friday 3 July 2026 - Wednesday 30 June 2027
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too! Following rave reviews and sold out runs, this outrageous comedy returns to the stage by pop...Taking The Piste
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 3 - Saturday 18 July 2026
Kirkby can be the town of the future! A symbol of regeneration in the 1970s! You know what Kirkby needs? A ski slope... Donald Storm is head of Kirkby Council and he's got an eye on creating a new destination for tourists from around the w...Outlaws - A Robin Hood Story
Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester
Friday 3 July - Wednesday 19 August 2026
The legend of Robin Hood comes alive in this outdoor theatre show. In medieval Nottingham, the corrupt King John, aided by the Sheriff of Nottingham, takes what he wants while the people suffer. But there is hope. And it wears a hood. Local...The Jury Experience - Death on the Port Side
Playhouse, Liverpool
Friday 3 July 2026
You've been called for jury duty. Step into a thrilling courtroom drama where the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, analyze evidence, and ultimately decide... guilty or not guilty? On a summer night, the son of a powerful politic...One Man Poe - The Black Cat & The Raven
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 3 - Saturday 4 July 2026
Immerse yourselves in two timeless tales from the Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe. Arguably Poe's darkest tale, The Black Cat depicts an alcoholic's last confession on the eve of his death. Then, the poem that made Poe famous:...National Theatre Live - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (15)
Lucem House, St Helens
Friday 3 July 2026
Marianne Elliott directs Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner in a striking new adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' classic novel. A thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare. Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equal...Jekyll & Hyde (Young Everyman Playhouse production)
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 3 - Saturday 4 July 2026
Young Everyman Playhouse invites you into a world where gas lamps flicker and something monstrous prowls beneath the city's polished surface. Jekyll & Hyde-radically reimagined by Evan Placey-drags this gothic classic into the digital age, ...Country Dreaming
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Sunday 5 July 2026
From the writer of the hit comedy musical Irish Annie's, Asa Murphy, comes Country Dreaming starring Siobhan Maher Kennedy, the incredible lead singer of the River City People. Country Dreaming follows the fortunes of Lou and her close gro...It Happened On A Tuesday
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 9 - Friday 10 July 2026
"It Happened on a Tuesday" is a new comedy play that merges the workplace sitcom with a whodunnit mystery, in the structure of Rashomon. In a world where everyone believes their own version of the truth, how can we ever be objective? Six em...Drink & Scran & Playdio Ham
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 July 2026
An immersive live performance created in collaboration with Crowdbreath, Catherine Rice, Andrew Schofield and Rob Jarvis present a unique performance with a proper Scouse twist. Why is Sherlock Holmes in Liverpool?Who is he with?And is ther...Murder Mystery: Last One Standing Afternoon Tea
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 July 2026
Take a trip to our isolated island of deceit, obsession, bribery, and discovered wrongdoings. Due to popular demand - The DBY Interactive Afternoon Tea Murders at the Everyman are back... You, along with a journalist and amateur detective a...Twelfth Night
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Tuesday 21 - Friday 24 July 2026
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them!" Get in a fight. Cross-dress. Throw on some yellow stockings. Love can make you do the funniest things...! The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre C...Take Me Home County Road
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 31 July - Saturday 29 August 2026
Shelley's life isamazing. Unbelievable. Couldn't be better. On Instagram, that is. Her real lifeis just... fine. Her job's alright, her mates are OK, her husband Mick will dofor now. But there's something missing. She knows, deep down,that ...The Jury Experience - Frankenstein on Trial: The Man Who Defied God
St George's Hall, Liverpool
Friday 31 July 2026
Dr. Victor Frankenstein stands trial. His creation - a being assembled from human remains and brought to life through forbidden science - has already been convicted of murder. Now, the court must decide whether Frankenstein himself should b...
Love's Labour's Lost (more or less)
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 August 2026
A brand-new comedy theatre show from Stephen Joseph Theatre, the team behind the UK Theatre Award-nominated The Comedy of Errors (more or less). A stag do in Ibiza. A hen do in Menorca, What could go wrong?... Everything! The stags have mad...Boaty Theatre Company - Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 7 - Saturday 8 August 2026
It's Much Ado About Nothing with something urgent to say-and no intention of asking permission. Featuring a cast of emerging LGBTQ+ and Northern talent, this timely production from Ellesmere Port's Boaty Theatre Company reclaims space, voi...The Great Race - New York to Paris
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 21 - Saturday 22 August 2026
Written and Directed by Elliot Bailey and Rob Hardie, and presented by Guilty Applause Ltd., the hilarious retelling of one of history's most bizarre and long-forgotten chapters returns to Liverpool. Times Square, New York, February 12th,...A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thursday 27 August 2026
Love, laughter, and a little bit of lunacy - enter a world where fairies meddle, lovers quarrel, and magic runs wild! This summer, join us for a breathtaking open-air performance of William Shakespeare's beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night's ...The Sex Party by Terry Johnson
The Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 1 - Friday 11 September 2026
Written and directed by TERRY JOHNSON Four couples gather in a suburban home for an evening of wine, cheese and more intimate pleasures. Seasoned swingers and curious newcomers alike are intrigued and unsettled by the arrival of one guest i...The Jury Experience - Death by AI: Who Pays the Price?
Playhouse, Liverpool
Saturday 5 September 2026
When a driverless car causes a fatal accident, who's truly at fault? This immersive drama pulls you into the center of a legal and ethical storm, raising questions no courtroom has ever faced before. There is no legal roadmap for this case....Macbeth
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 11 September - Saturday 3 October 2026
What would you destroy to get what you want? A dagger. A crown. The original text. One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. Ninety breathless minutes. Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn in...The Haunting of Blaine Manor
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Sunday 13 September 2026
Renowned American parapsychologist Doctor Roy Earle, famous for discrediting hauntings and exposing fake mediums, is invited to attend a seance in what is said to be the most haunted building in England, a building with a horrific history, ...Murder Mystery: Reunion of Revenge Afternoon Tea
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 September 2026
Your invite serves up a dose of hidden truth, destroyed history, revenge and desire for justice... Due to popular demand - The DBY Interactive Afternoon Tea Murders at the Everyman are back... It's 1962, and for the first time in over 30 ye...An Accusation In Liverpool
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 18 September 2026
From the Liverpool writer of "A Second Chance with Faith" (The Epstein Theatre, June 2026) Sam Jones-Arthur and Seven Blu3 are back with another original Liverpool tale. A brand new gritty Liverpool crime drama filled with twists and turns....Death of a Salesman
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday 19 September - Saturday 10 October 2026
Dreaming comes with the territory Tomorrow always promised so much for Willy Loman. He's worked hard, nurtured his dreams, put in the hours and done his best to be well liked. But as the future catches him up, why is he losing himself in ye...National Theatre Live - The Misanthrope (15)
Lucem House, St Helens
Friday 25 September 2026
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Moliere's classic dark comedy. Telling the truth isn't always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies...The Archers - Live at 75
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Monday 28 September 2026
Don your best hat, dust off your prize-winning jam recipe and join us for an unforgettable celebration of 75 glorious years of BBC Radio 4's The Archers. To mark this extraordinary milestone, The Archers is stepping out of the studio and on...Black Is The Color Of My Voice
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Monday 5 October 2026
Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and featuring many of her most iconic songs performed live. Apphia Campbell's acclaimed play follows a successful singer and civil rights activist as she seeks redemption after the untimely death o...The Picture of Dorian Gray
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Wednesday 7 - Saturday 10 October 2026
This bold new adaptation of the classic novel celebrates Oscar Wilde's dazzling wit and dark imagination. Stylish and unsettlingly thrilling, The Picture of Dorian Gray plunges you into a world where charm is currency and the truth always e...
Pride & Prejudice (sort of)
Playhouse, Liverpool
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 October 2026
Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen's most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be...The Jury Experience - Death on the Port Side
St George's Hall, Liverpool
Sunday 18 October 2026
You've been called for jury duty. Step into a thrilling courtroom drama where the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, analyze evidence, and ultimately decide... guilty or not guilty? On a summer night, the son of a powerful politic...Present Laughter
Playhouse, Liverpool
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 October 2026
Tracy-Ann Oberman stars as Geri Essendine in this new production of Noel Coward's celebrated and hilarious portrayal of the temptations and pitfalls of theatrical celebrity. Geri Essendine is a hugely successful actress (who has been 39 for...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 November 2026
THE CENTURY'S MOST POPULAR MURDER MYSTERY. The internationally celebrated novel that captivated 10 million readers is coming in a brand-new staging more thrilling than ever. This century's most popular murder mystery. The internationally ce...The Haunting of Hill House
Playhouse, Liverpool
Tuesday 3 - Saturday 7 November 2026
Don't miss this chilling theatrical adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "near perfect" (Stephen King) classic ghost story. From best-selling novel to major hit Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House now takes to the stage in this gripping n...Desperate Scousewives - Nessa's Story
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Fast, funny and full of attitude, Desperate Scousewives Nessa's story is the perfect Christmas night out. It's Christmas Eve on a Liverpool street where nothing ever goes to plan.A prisoner is on the run, the girls are locked out in the fr...Desperate Scousewives - Nessa's Story
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
Monday 9 - Tuesday 10 November 2026
Fast, funny and full of attitude, Desperate Scousewives Nessa's story is the perfect Christmas night out. It's Christmas Eve on a Liverpool street where nothing ever goes to plan.A prisoner is on the run, the girls are locked out in the fr...Christmas Carol
Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Friday 20 November - Thursday 31 December 2026
Festive lights twinkle outside 'The Counting House 'pub but inside Manager Bob Cratchit is struggling to keep the spirit of Christmas alive as Landlord Scrooge does all he can to squash it - no music, no laughter and definitely no bar credi...Murder Mystery: Murder at Blackout Afternoon Tea
Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Thursday 3 - Saturday 5 December 2026
Join a travelling journalist come amateur detective as they are evacuated into a public air-raid shelter on a cold December day in 1943. With flooding deeming the surrounding shelters unfit for purpose, and the bombs falling, there are few ...The Signalman
Playhouse, Liverpool
Tuesday 19 - Saturday 23 January 2027
Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd is delighted to present their hugely successful production of Charles Dickens' nerve-tingling ghostly masterpiece The Signalman. Set in 1880, this is the exquisitely unnerving tale of a tormented signalman...Perms Of Endearment
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 19 February - Saturday 13 March 2027
Hairlarious and heartbreaking, Jonathan Larkin has conjured up a brand-new comedy full of family stories, big personalities and the beating heart of the Dingle. Big Betty McDowd was the legendary land lady of the Viscount in the Ding...The Nature of Forgetting
Storyhouse, Chester
Wednesday 3 March 2027
Following more than 150 performances in sold-out venues across the globe, Theatre Re brings its explosive, powerful and joyous piece about what is left when memory is gone, back to the UK. Tom is living with early onset dementia. We mee...Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family
M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
Saturday 6 March 2027
Murder Trial Tonight returns after four previous sold-out seasons with its most gripping case yet. Murder Trial Tonight V: Death in the Family brings a chilling true story that shocked the world to the stage. A devoted mother and wife is fo...Remember Romeo
Playhouse, Liverpool
Wednesday 10 - Saturday 13 March 2027
Shakespeare's enduring love story, remembered and relived by imitating the dog. Two older actors, former lovers, meet again after fifty years. She is living with memory loss; he carries the memories she struggles to hold. They have unfinish...
GHOST HOUSE
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 12 March 2027
A brand-new haunting play, GHOST HOUSE follows three best friends who, after months of travelling the world, arrive at a remote island lodge for their very last stop. It should be a celebration. Instead, it becomes something far more sinist...Savage
Playhouse, Liverpool
Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 March 2027
SAVAGE. A drag extravaganza. A brand-new comedy about the Blonde Bombsite herself, Lily Savage. Inspired by the life of Paul O'Grady and created with his blessing, SAVAGE is a bold and deeply moving new play, making its world premiere in...The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time
Storyhouse, Chester
Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 March 2027
THE CENTURY'S MOST POPULAR MURDER MYSTERY. The internationally celebrated novel that captivated 10 million readers is coming in a brand-new staging more thrilling than ever. This century's most popular murder mystery. The internationally ce...Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Thursday 1 - Friday 2 April 2027
Murder Trial Tonight returns after four previous sold-out seasons with its most gripping case yet. Murder Trial Tonight V: Death in the Family brings a chilling true story that shocked the world to the stage. A devoted mother and wife is fo...Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Friday 16 - Saturday 24 April 2027
St Helens' Regal Entertainments Ltd proudly presents the return of the record breaking Adults Only hilarious 1987 cult classic Rita, Sue & Bob Too! Following rave reviews and sold out runs, this outrageous comedy returns to the stage by pop...Before I Go To Sleep
