WHAT'S ON AT THE PLAYHOUSE, LIVERPOOL
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.
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
What's On at the Playhouse, Liverpool
Animal Farm
The Playhouse Auditorium
Saturday 5 April 2025
A powerful re-telling of George Orwell's chilling and timeless classic. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master and take over, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality for all. However ove...The Gruffalo
The Playhouse Auditorium
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 April 2025
A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood... Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories' magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Searching for h...Richard Herring
The Playhouse Auditorium
Thursday 17 April 2025
In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed. Would h...Jay Rayner
The Playhouse Auditorium
Friday 25 April 2025
Join the ever-tasteful, often hilarious, always readable writer and broadcaster Jay Rayner as he celebrates 25 years as The Observer's award-winning restaurant critic with the publication of Nights Out At Home - LIVE, a memoir-in-recipes. T...Nigel Havers
The Playhouse Auditorium
Saturday 26 April 2025
"Well, here it is - my first ever solo show. Just me, a stage, and a lifetime of gloriously ridiculous stories to share. You'll get the full Havers experience: charm, wit, and absolutely no running in slow motion. I'll be taking you on a th...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
It would be strange, would it not, if, in a city of seven million people, one man were never mistaken for another... But that is exactly what happens to Roger Thornhill, reluctant hero of North by Northwest, when a mistimed phone call to hi...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
