Liverpool Theatre News & Reviews

The Best of What's On in Liverpool This Week

With so many shows listed on LiverpoolTheatres, it can be hard to decide which to go and see.

We are here to help, with our handpicked recommended shows, music gigs, classical concerts and stand-up comedy acts from what's on in Liverpool over the next seven days...

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Our Top 10 What's On in Liverpool Theatre This Week

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Spy Who Came in From The Cold

Playhouse, Liverpool
Tue 12 - Sat 16 May 2026.
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

The City of Curses - A Murder Mystery By Trial

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Thu 14 May 2026.

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North Wales Opera - Verdi's Rigoletto

St George's Hall, Liverpool + Chester Town Hall
Thu 14 & Sat 16 May 2026.
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Joelle Taylor

The Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Thu 14 May 2026.
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Eurovision Final Screening

Camp and Furnace, Liverpool
Sat 16 May 2026.

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Gozzle's Wetland Adventure

WWT Martin Mere
Until Sat 30 May 2026
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Everton v Sunderland (Last Home Game of Season)

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What's on in Liverpool Comedy This Week

BBC Comedy Festival - Sir Michael Palin + Alison Steadman

BBC Comedy Festival - Diane Morgan & Sue Johnston

BBC Comedy Festival - Lee Mack + Amandaland + Famalam & Black Ops

BBC Comedy Festival - Ruth Jones & James Corden with Christine Gernon

Andy Parsons

An Idiot's Guide to Wine

The Everly Pregnant Brothers

~ All Comedy Shows in Liverpool This Week ~

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Our Top 20 What's on in Liverpool Music Concerts This Week

Karl Jenkins Conducts The Armed Man

The Welsh legendary composer conducts his Armed Man: Mass For Peace.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Frank Dupree - Music of the Americas: USA

Kingfishr

Folk-rock trio rapidly becoming one of the most talked-about and in-demand acts in Ireland.

Liverpool Olympia
Sun 17 May 2026.

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Ultrabeat

The legendary 90s Liverpool house DJ performs an open air DJ set.

Alexander's Live, Chester
Fri 15 May 2026.

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Barrington Levy

Universally acclaimed reggae legend.

Arts Club, Liverpool
Tue 12 May 2026.

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The Hoosiers

The chart topping English pop rockers return.

Reverend and The Makers

An intimate gig from Jon McClure's Sheffield funk rockers.

Slippery People

An incredible tribute to Talking Heads.

Arts Club, Liverpool
Sat 16 May 2026 (2 shows).

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Candlelight - Tribute to The Beatles

A string quartet pay a hometown tribute to the Fab Four.

Liverpool Town Hall
Fri 17 May 2026.

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The Jazz Room - Sinatra & Armstrong

Fleetwood Bac

The world’s first Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself.

The Live Rooms, Chester
Fri 15 May 2026 + more dates
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Sky Full of Stars

A tribute to Coldplay.

Theatre Royal, St Helens
Fri 15 May 2026.

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A Tribute to The Carpenters

Gordy Marshall's The British Carpenters starring Sally Creedon as Karen Carpenter.

Theatre Royal, St Helens
Thu 14 May 2026.

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Mark Morriss

One of Britain’s finest songwriters, the phenomenal frontman of UK chart-topping indie stalwarts The Bluetones performs an intimate solo show.

Thornton Hough Village Club
Sun 17 May 2026.

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The Dualers

9-piece Jamaican Reggae & Ska band from South-East London.

The Covasettes

Manchester formed indie rockers.

Jesca Hoop

Manchester-based Californian folk star who has worked with Elbow.

St Michael in the Hamlet Church, Liverpool
Sat 16 May 2026.

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Girls Don't Synch

A hometown show from the all-female UK Garage, house and bass DJ collective.

The Leisure Society

Burton on Trent Ivor Novello-nominated folk rockers dubbed "the English answer to Grizzly Bear, Department of Eagles and Fleet Foxes."

Bassekou Kouyaté & Amy Sacko

The legendary Mali musician, the undisputed master of the ngoni, a traditional and historic small West African instrument somewhere between a banjo and a lute, is joined by his wife, the revered griot singer.

The Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Wed 13 May 2026.
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Jack Broadbent

Winner of the 2025 Boisdale Jazz/Blues Artist of the Year Award, incredible slide guitarist acclaimed by Ronnie Wood, Bryan Adams, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton and the Montreux Jazz Festival.

The Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Sun 17 May 2026.
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John 5

One of the best guitarists in the world, a solo tour from the axe-man for Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson and Rob Halford who has also recorded with KD Lang, Rod Stewart, Dave Lee Roth, Alice Cooper, Albert Lee, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Jim Root, Eric Johnson, Lynryd Skynrd, Meatloaf, Ricky Martin, Motley Crue, Tina Guo and Steven Adler.