WHAT'S ON AT THE PLAYHOUSE, LIVERPOOL
Here you will find what's on at the Liverpool Playhouse, which opened as a music hall in 1866 in Williamson Square as the Star Concert Hall attracting the likes of Robert Donat, Michael Redgrave, Noel Coward, Richard Burton, Patricia Routledge, Anthony Hopkins, and Richard Briers throughout its time.
After a brief time as Liverpool Repertory Theatre, it was renamed Liverpool Playhouse in 1916 and, today, the 637 capacity theatre is home to touring drama productions, comedians and "in conversation" events.
Most Popular Shows and Events at Playhouse, Liverpool
Something About George - The George Harrison Story
Playhouse
Thu 9 - Fri 10 Oct 2025
The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case
Playhouse
Sat 14 Jun - Thu 10 Jul 2025
What's On at the Playhouse, Liverpool
Ellie Taylor

The Playhouse Auditorium
Saturday 10 May 2025
Star of Ted Lasso, Live at the Apollo and The Mash Report, as well as host of Bake Off The Professionals, comedian, presenter and actor Ellie Taylor is back with a new stand up show! The viral sensation whose sketch declaring that "Women ha...The Girl on the Train

The Playhouse Auditorium
Tuesday 13 - Saturday 17 May 2025
Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she's been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witne...North By Northwest

The Playhouse Auditorium
Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 May 2025
Theatre legend Emma Rice takes on film legend Alfred Hitchcock in this riotously funny reworking that turns the original thriller on its head. It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mist...Pirates Love Underpants

The Playhouse Auditorium
Wednesday 28 - Saturday 31 May 2025
A perfect show for all of the family to enjoy. Based on the beloved book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. These pirates SO love underpants! Join our swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for ...Jenny Eclair

The Playhouse Auditorium
Saturday 7 June 2025
In celebration of the release of her hilarious memoir of the same name, comedian, novelist, and professional show-off Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show, Jokes Jokes Jokes Live! From drama school,...The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case

The Playhouse Auditorium
Saturday 14 June - Thursday 10 July 2025
Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience in Manchester. In this live theatre show, YOU are the jury-the power to deliver justice is entirely in your hands. You'll examine every piece of the puzzle, from witness t...Suzi Ruffell

The Playhouse Auditorium
Saturday 13 September 2025
It's hard to be good all the time. A good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good friend, a good person. To be ambitious but not ruthless; a success but not a sell-out. A gentle parent but not a pushover. To be smashing life and ...Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell

The Playhouse Auditorium
Tuesday 16 - Saturday 20 September 2025
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Midnight Bell comes to Salford for the first time in 2025. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound s...Something About George - The George Harrison Story

The Playhouse Auditorium
Thursday 9 - Friday 10 October 2025
Something About George - The George Harrison Story is a musical biopic tribute about the so-called "quiet" Beatle, and is back following it's hugely successful 2023 tour which celebrated what would have been George's 80th birthday. Starring...Breaking the Code

The Playhouse Auditorium
Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 October 2025
It's not breaking a code that matters, it's where you go from there. Mastermind code breaker. Maverick. Arguably one of the most important and inquisitive minds of the twentieth century. Alan Turing is famed for cracking the Enigma code at ...Sam Avery

The Playhouse Auditorium
Friday 21 November 2025
Back with a bang, award-winning comedian Sam Avery returns with his electrifying new show, Thunderstorm! In his trademark punchy style, Sam takes you on a whirlwind journey through the chaos of the modern world - from parenting disaste...How to get to the Playhouse, Liverpool
Most Popular Shows and Events at Playhouse, Liverpool
Something About George - The George Harrison Story
Playhouse
Thu 9 - Fri 10 Oct 2025
The Jury Experience - An Immersive Courtroom Case
Playhouse
Sat 14 Jun - Thu 10 Jul 2025