Category: Previews, Reviews, & Features

Come Together band performing Beatles songs on stage at the Royal Court

Theatre

Not Just Nostalgia: Come Together Blows the Roof Off Liverpool

Linze Watson March 21, 2026

Two actors on a cream sofa in Under the Mersey Moon at the Floral Pavilion

Theatre

Under the Mersey Moon Review – A Promising Story Let Down by Painfully Weak Performances at Floral Pavilion ★★☆☆☆

Linze Watson March 7, 2026

Three actors around an orange sofa on a rooftop set in The Peaceful Hour 2 at the Royal Court

This Is Culture

The Peaceful Hour 2 Review – A Hilarious, Utterly Scouse Comedy Smash at Liverpool’s Royal Court ★★★★☆

Linze Watson March 7, 2026

Two actors in a cluttered bedroom set in The Memory of Water at Liverpool Everyman

This Is Culture

The Memory of Water Review (Liverpool Everyman): A Powerful, Poignant 30th Anniversary Revival ★★★★☆

Linze Watson March 7, 2026

Image for Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes: a dancer in a green dress on a moonlit stage

This Is Culture

Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Liverpool Empire, 24.2.2026

Ed Barrett March 7, 2026

Two actors in striped costumes in Illyria's The Wind in the Willows at Claremont Farm

This Is Culture

Illyria’s The Wind in the Willows at Claremont Farm 28.8.2025

Ed Barrett February 17, 2026

Philip Lassiter's band on a red-lit stage at the Philharmonic Music Room, photo by Gary Dougherty

This Is Culture

Philip Lassiter Brings High-Voltage Funk & Soul to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Music Room – 3 February 2026

The Broken Spine February 14, 2026

Poster with the letters BS in black and red on a white sheet

#GetWriting

Why We Created an Anti-Prize: On Poetry Awards, Indie Presses, and the Myth of Prestige

Alan Parry February 8, 2026

Two actors seated at a table with a tape recorder in Inspector Morse at Liverpool Playhouse

This Is Culture

Liverpool Playhouse Review: Inspector Morse Adaptation Lacks the Edge of the TV Classic

Linze Watson January 17, 2026

Beer being poured from a tap into a pint glass

This Is Culture

Poetry & Pints: The Broken Spine Live Lands at The Grasshopper, Southport

Alan Parry January 1, 2026