Liverpool Theatre News & Reviews

The Best of What's On in Liverpool This Week

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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

Mean Girls

Deadly Live Hosted by Steve Backshall

Horrible Histories - Awful Egyptians

Storyhouse, Chester
Thu 22 - Sat 24 Oct 2026.
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Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors

Storyhouse, Chester
Thu 22 - Sat 24 Oct 2026.
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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds - The Concert Experience

The Secret Histories of Rome with Mary Beard

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Room on the Broom & Zog

Present Laughter

Playhouse, Liverpool
Tue 20 - Sat 24 Oct 2026
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sat 24 Oct - Sun 1 Nov 2026
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A Brief Case of Crazy

Tits Up

Aardman in Concert - 50 Years of Clay

Jah Makin It Happen

Newsham Scream Park

Newsham Park Orphanage & Asylum, Liverpool
Until Sat 31 Oct 2026.
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The Wind in the Willows

Romeo + Juliet (For Kids)

Ghosts & Spirits

The Spare Rib Burlesque & Cabaret - All Hallows Tease

Dancing in the Aisles

Twilight Rave

Buff Bingo Drag Brunch

Liverpool Olympia Tour

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What's on in Liverpool Comedy This Week

Fin Taylor

Phil Wang

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Sun 25 Oct 2026 + more dates
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The Doddy Day Happiness Show

Nurse Georgie Carroll

Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends - Kool Story Bro

Jack Rooke

Christopher Hall

The Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Thu 22 Oct 2026
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Jason Byrne

Daniel Foxx

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

Westlife

The UK's biggest-selling album group of the 21st century, celebrate their 25th anniversary.

Duran Duran

Birmingham New Wave idols whose high-end production videos to innately catchy funk rock singles propelled the band to stardom in the 80s.

Cream Classical

The Kaleidoscope Orchestra & K-Klass return to present Cream Classical with a stellar line-up of DJs and live singers.

Liverpool Cathedral
Fri 23 & Sat 24 Oct 2026.
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The Mary Wallopers

Dundalk folk stars described by The Guardian as "invoking the raucous ghosts of The Dubliners and The Pogues to startling effect".

Steve Hackett

The guitar legend performs Genesis tracks from his career with this awe-inspiring band.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Mariam Batsashvili - Boléro

Dinis Sousa conducts the RLPO in a voyage across the English Channel, celebrating four visionary French masters, with Georgian superstar pinaist Mariam Batsashvili.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Room on the Broom & Zog

The RLPO present a Family Concert as they celebrate spooky season by accompanying screenings of two beloved Julia Donaldson classics.

The Shamrocks

The Emmy-winning Belfast boys bring the roaring, rousing atmosphere of traditional Irish pubs to the stage.

Boney M featuring Maizie Williams

Montserrat-born Maizie Williams was the original dancer and singer from the very birth of the legendary 1970's German-Caribbean pop group.

Rachel Chinouriri

Alternative indie pop artist who explores life through the prism of musical stylings honed through years of experimentation and creation.

The Tumbling Paddies

Famous for their hit "The Way I Am", The Tumbling Paddies are one of Ireland’s most popular music acts.

Cast

Part of Liverpool’s incredible musical heritage, rock band Cast were formed in the city in 1993 by John Power, the former bassist with The La's, and Peter Wilkinson.

Lovely Laura & Ben Santiago

A slice of Ibiza in spectacular surroundings with Northern Irish saxophonist and Britain's Got Talent star Laura Fowles (aka Lovely Laura) and her legendary husband.

Candlelight - A Tribute to Michael Jackson

A string quartet perform the hits

St George's Hall, Liverpool
Sat 24 Oct 2026 + more dates.
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Candlelight - A Tribute to Coldplay & Ed Sheeran

A string quartet perform the hits

St George's Hall, Liverpool
Sat 24 Oct 2026 + more dates.
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Heaven 17

Sheffield new wave duo Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left the original lineup of the Human League to score amazing success in the 80s as Heaven 17.

Grandmaster Flash

Perhaps the most influential name in hip hop performs an intimate set.

China Crisis

Eddie Lundon and Gary Daly are the founder members of the Kirkby 80s synth pop band.

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Sat 24 Oct 2026 + more dates.
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Ezra Furman

Described by Consequence Of Sound as, “a ball of energy, bouncing around genre borders with glee. There’s the rebellion of ’90s indie rock, a string of sunshine-y ’80s pop, and the snarl of ’70s punk".

Squid

Brighton 5-piece indie band praised by The Guardian, NME, The Face, and countless others.

The Smyths

A tribute to The Smiths.

Pink Floyd & Radiohead performed by The Classic Double Band

A tribute to the Pink Floyd and Radiohead.

Graham Gouldman

A solo tour from the 10cc legendary songwriter.

Mike Lindup Trio

A cornerstone of Brit funk and jazz, Level 42 founder hailed by Gilles Peterson as one of his all-time favourite vocalists.

Still Drifting featuring Ray Lewis

The new show from the former frontman of The Drifters.

Téada

Celebrating 25 years on the road in 2026, one of Irish traditional music's most celebrated and hard-working folk ensembles.

Admiral Fallow

A dizzying, eclectic brew of folk, chamber pop, hushed lullabies, and post-rock.

Blue Rose Code

Edinburgh singer with colours of folk, jazz, gospel, soul and pop; an eclecticism that has seen him compared to John Martyn, Van Morrison and Tom Waits.