WHAT'S ON AT THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE, LIVERPOOL
What's On at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Below you will find what's on at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.
Opened in 1881 on the site of Cooke's Royal Amphitheatre of Arts, both Richard Burton and Judi Dench made their professional stage debuts at the Royal Court Liverpool.
Located on Roe Street, the 1,186 capacity nautical themed Art Deco style building is celebrated for debuting productions - mainly comedy dramas, plays, musicals and pantomimes with a Liverpool theme - with a 150 seat Studio space in the basement welcoming smaller theatre productions and stand-up comedy.
Below you will find what's on at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.
Opened in 1881 on the site of Cooke's Royal Amphitheatre of Arts, both Richard Burton and Judi Dench made their professional stage debuts at the Royal Court Liverpool.
Located on Roe Street, the 1,186 capacity nautical themed Art Deco style building is celebrated for debuting productions - mainly comedy dramas, plays, musicals and pantomimes with a Liverpool theme - with a 150 seat Studio space in the basement welcoming smaller theatre productions and stand-up comedy.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
What's On at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
The Derby-Days
Royal Court
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 October 2025
Ian Salmon (Girls Don't Play Guitars, The Comeback Special) has written a brand new comedy about a subject close to his heart. If you are a red, or a blue or just someone who likes to watch families raging at each other, then come and join ...The Anfield Apocalypse
Studio
Friday 17 - Saturday 18 October 2025
Rachel Louise Clark's brilliant new comedy full of scouse survivalists and infectious laughter. People are dying to see it... It's Harriet's worst nightmare. She wants to make a nice, quiet Sunday lunch for her mum, her dad and her gran bef...Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Wednesday 22 October 2025
After a sell-out 2023 UK tour and extended run in London's West End, Taskmaster loser Nick Mohammed returns as his critically acclaimed alter-ego Mr. Swallow with a brand new show. Show Pony has been described by Mr. Swallow as "payback ...David Gilna - Did I Ever Tell Ya…
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Join award-winning Irish playwright & actor David Gilnafor an unforgettable evening of storytelling as he delves into the laughter andheartbreak that shape our lives. Through themes of grief, nostalgia, and theenduring power of humour, Davi...Kieran Hodgson
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 24 October 2025
The four time Edinburgh comedy award nominee returns with his new show, Voice of America. America. What happened, man? Ever since he was a little loser kid in a little loser country (yes, England), Kieran Hodgson has been putting on an...Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase
Studio
Saturday 25 October 2025
The Black is back! The Alternative Black Cabaret Showcase in partnership with Boisterous Theatre Co. bring the biggest names and the freshest acts from around the globe; Liverpool, Los Angeles, Lafta Republic and Oldham. Resident host Ch...Glamrou
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday 25 October 2025
Renowned Iraqi queen Glamrou, and renowned Iraqi queen, Glamrou's mother, fight for the spotlight with their competing narratives of what really happened in Drag Mother. Come get lost in this drag hall of mirrors, where one queen's truth ...The Doddy Day Happiness Show
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Sunday 26 October 2025
By Jove, it's time for some rib-tickling at the sixth annual Doddy Day Happiness Show!The Squire Of Knotty Ash liked nothing more than making people laugh so to celebrate his birthday each year we bring together comedians and singers to red...Once More... With Screaming
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 31 October - Saturday 1 November 2025
The People's Players present Once More... With Screaming Eddie Peters has the world at his feet. He's an actor at thevery top of his game and one of the most terrifying men in Hollywood with astring of hit horror films to his name. Twenty y...The Scouse Christmas Carol
Royal Court
Friday 7 November 2025 - Saturday 17 January 2026
Ha! Bumbug! It's that time again when the Royal Court searches "Christmas shows" on Google and picks one to scousify! This year we're improving on the great Charles Dickens, who always wanted his shows to have more stupid jokes and live mus...It's a Wonderful Life
Studio
Friday 7 - Saturday 22 November 2025
Return to Bedford Falls this Christmas when, after a sell out run in 2024, Old Fruit Jar Productions bringback their heart-warming adaptation of a classic Christmas story. Christmas Eve, 1945... George Bailey, a down-on-his-luck banker, bel...Royal Court Stage Write Night
Studio
Tuesday 18 November 2025
An evening of script in hand readings from the Royal Court's new writing programme - Stage Write. There will be a selection of 10 minute excerpts from some of the scripts that have been submitted over the last two months. This is the chance...
Royal Court Stocking Fillers
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 28 November 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026
A show that is as much a part of Christmas as turkey, carolsand an inexplicable gift from your auntie, we are delighted to welcome StockingFillers back to the Studio! Six brand new ten-minute festive plays to entertainyou at the most wonder...Grace Petrie
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 16 January 2026
Like protest songs? Neither does Grace Petrie - and she's been singing them for 15 politically disastrous years. No longer able to meet the deadened eyes or desperate hopes of leftwing audiences, she reckons there's no better time for a...
Emmanuel Sonubi
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 23 January 2026
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee and Best Show nominee, Emmanuel Sonubi is back on tour with his new show Life After Near Death, following sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, his Curriculum Vitae European Tour, and hi...The Peaceful Hour 2
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 6 February - Saturday 7 March 2026
The Peaceful Hour 2 A Nice Day For A... Scouse Wedding It only seems like last year that Julie and Tim first met but now they are preparing for a wedding. It's not their wedding though, it's Ange and Carl who are finally tying the knot. The...Justin Moorhouse
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 13 February 2026
Get ready for an unforgettable experience as Justin returns with "The Greatest Performance of My Life". After a successful and extensively extended tour of his 2022 show Stretch and Think (which you can catch in full on YouTube), he's back ...Desiree Burch
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday 14 February 2026
Authentic, curious, and gleefully irascible, storyteller and comedian Desiree Burch leads a madcap voyage through the Middle Ages - AKA the mid-life crisis, and its mandatory metamorphosis - in her new standup hour, The Golden Wrath. Desire...Mark Watson
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Thursday 19 February 2026
Comedian and novelist Mark Watson's 12-year-old son has just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star a...Chloe Petts
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Saturday 21 February 2026
Rising star and "very funny" (Guardian) "very gay" Kent comedian Chloe Petts returns with her latest tour, Big Naturals, and she's delving where she's never delved before: this is a show about sex. The problem is that she blushes every...
Ray O'Leary and Melanie Bracewell - One Night Kiwi Invasion
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Ray O' Leary recently pulled a man from a wrecked car and asthe man lay dying, he used his last ounce of strength asking Ray - Best ShowNominee at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 'Taskmaster NewZealand' star - to tell his ...Come Together - The Lennon & McCartney Songbook
Royal Court
Friday 13 - Saturday 28 March 2026
An unforgettable evening of the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney in this stunning concert performance. Iconic Lennon-McCartney hits including I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Get Back, Yesterday, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and more broug...Pierre Novellie You sit there I'll stand here
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Wednesday 25 March 2026
It's time for Pierre to do stand - up! It's time for you towatch! Why not just embrace that, for God's sake? All earthly glories fade!Co-host of the Frank Skinner, Budpod and Button Boys podcasts and as seen andheard on World's Most Dangero...Ania Magliano - Peach Fuzz
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Thursday 26 March 2026
Fresh from starring in the latest series of Taskmaster, AniaMagliano (Live At The Apollo, Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show Nominee) bringsa brand-new show full of jokes, confessions, and occasionally unhingedobservations to venues nationwi...Conteh
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 17 April - Saturday 9 May 2026
Conteh by Aron Julius 10 years old and fighting out of a club in Kirkby. 19 years old and winning gold at the Commonwealth Games. 24 years old and becoming the light heavyweight champion of the World. But that's only half the story. In the...Cured
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Friday 22 May - Saturday 6 June 2026
For some people, a pilgrimage to Lourdes is an opportunity for prayer, contemplation and quiet self-reflection. But for Connor Fisher, a young, wheelchair-using scally,?it's just a chance to get his leg over! After lying his way onto the ...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 ...
