Event type: Performance

Tom Robinson: Now and Then

 

Legendary musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson has become a bit of a regular in the Music Room over the years, bringing much anticipated shows to our stage every year.  So, of course, we had to have him back – now for the fourth time – as part of our anniversary celebrations, and he’s bringing a real treat of an evening.   

Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories from fifty years wandering the wilder shores of the record industry. Classic hits such as ‘War Baby’, ‘Up Against The Wall’, and ‘2-4-6-8 Motorway’ rub shoulders with a Radio 1 ban for being ‘Glad To be Gay’, rocking against racism with The Clash, writing songs with Elton John, headlining Glasto with Peter Gabriel, drug smuggling in East Germany, two nervous breakdowns and a year in tabloid hell after falling in love with a woman. Plus fan favourites from his vast back catalogue, spanning Café Society in 1975 to his acclaimed 2015 comeback album, Only The Now.

 

Ian Prowse’s Tuesday Club

 

Ian Prowse’s Monday Club at the Cavern is the stuff of legend, and Ian himself is a legend in the Music Room. So it only makes sense that we combine the two as part of our Music Room 10 celebrations. Ian Prowse – the Music Room’s most frequent performer – joins us to present a curated showcase of some of his favourite artists in a very special edition of the Monday Club. 

 

Ceòl Na H-Alba: Breabach and Anna Massie

 

A Celebration of Scottish Folk Music Celebrating the Music Room’s rich history of championing folk music – and continuing our tour of incredible traditional music from across the home nations – we’re heading north of the border. Tonight, we’re welcoming back some of Scotland’s finest folk artists –  award-winning trad pioneer Anna Massie and the magnificent Breabach, who return to the Music Room for the fifth time. 

 

Picnic At Hanging Rock – Hope St Theatre

 

 

On St. Valentine’s day in 1900, a group of girls from Appleyard college embarked on a trip to Hanging Rock, Australia.

3 vanished. They have never been found.

Unravel the mystery with us at the Hope St Theatre this August.

Adapted from Joan Lindsay’s seminal 1967 novel, Tom Wright’s ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’ follows five performers as they struggle to solve an age-old mystery. Exploring fear, dread and girlhood in the Australian Outback. The play was first performed in Perth in 2018, and has since had successful runs in Sydney, Edinburgh and London. In the 50th anniversary year of the first film adaptation, we are bringing our independent adaptation to Liverpool.

 

9TH AUGUST 2025:

Matinee Show: 14:30

Evening Show: 19:30

10TH AUGUST 2025:

Evening Show: 19:30

 

Directed by Beth Frances.

STARRING: Hosanna Starkey, Juliette Collins, Holly Lawless, Lucie Rose, Lucy Hickman-Germon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orchestra Baobab

With their mix of Afro-Cuban style, pop, traditional griot music, and lilting, mellifluous rhythms, Orchestra Baobab get audiences dancing along to their classic tunes around the world.

Orchestra Baobab’s story began in the 1960s. In a fashionable club built around a baobab tree, the band developed a distinctive take on a raft of styles, and set the tempo for a new era of Senegalese and African music! Classic albums followed, and now they celebrate decades of incredible music.

Atcha Lene – let’s go!

Moolakii Club: Silent Film Soundtracks

Moolakii Club present an evening of avant-garde film and experimental electronic music, in what is fast becoming a must-attend event. The night consists of live soundtracks to obscure, surreal, groundbreaking early film, performed by electronic musicians in an immersive live setting.

Performers for the next event are:

Polypores – Intricately woven modular synth tapestries, and whirling psychedelic freak-outs with hypnotic polyrhythms and fuzzed-up drum machines. A riveting artist and performer, channelling the weird energies that make up his fractal musical universe
Guerrilla Biscuits – Electronic artist. Victorian cosmic horror, Greek mythology and modular soundscapes
Giants Of Discovery – Glitchy beats and sneaky tunes embedded in sweet, filthy grooves… a dirty electronic groove machine

The Rise Up Rebel Writers Night

 

Capoeira For All presents Rise Up Rebel, a new affinity project for black, brown, and global ethnic majority (GEM) young people, between the ages of 16 and 25, living in Liverpool which aims to use the power of story to empower, educate and inspire a new generation of black and gem writers.  

Join us for an evening of original work created by the Rise Up Rebel writers, six emerging voices sharing their raw, fearless, and imaginative pieces that span genres from dystopian sci-fi and comedy, to deeply personal accounts of resilience, identity, and healing, all performed live in The Studio at Liverpool’s Royal Court.    

Featuring work by:   

Eli Yim – a 21 year old Korean-British actor-musician who will blend pop, musical theatre and stand-up to tell their own story of their journey to A&E during a mental health crisis, taken from their autobiographical show ‘The Easy Way Out’.   

Jasmin Leila Haid – a 25 year old writer from Toxteth, whose gentle but powerful piece centres on a blocked artist in a quiet café confronting her younger self, and rediscovering the courage to create in a world that demands perfection.  

Leilani Estwick – an 18 year old writer and lover of fantasy, sci-fi and mystery. Inspired by films and books, Leilani’s epic sci-fi story follows a young girl who uncovers a secret that could save (or end) an entire universe.  

Luke Sookdeo – a 26 year old actor/theatre maker from Birmingham with a drive to share untold queer, working class stories. After researching the UK’s dark history with gay aversion therapy, Luke was inspired to write ‘Straight Jacket’ – a gripping drama that tells the story of Dexter, who’s haunted by his past and seeks revenge on the man who tortured him.

Tomas Birdie – a 27 year old aspiring actor, writer, musician, visual artist and Capoeirista, whose dystopian tale ‘Transmission’ follows a crew of misfits trapped in a failed experiment to reach a parallel universe.  

Tyler – a 17 year old writer and poet who draws inspiration to write from the honesty of everyday life and storytelling, and enjoys exploring stories of the mind.   Please note some performances include strong themes, including suicide, religious trauma, and transphobia.  

 

 

I Am Steven Gerrard at The Epstein Theatre

‘I know that it does sound weird to say, yeah? But I proper envy Steven Gerrard. You know, the football player?’

It’s Liverpool. The Champion’s League Final in Istanbul was 13 years ago. The buzz is still rife. The obsession is still real. Steven Gerrard has left Liverpool Football Club, but his legacy keeps on growing; a legacy that Shane wants to embody and emulate. Though Shane shares an ambition no different to many of those around him, it soon transpires that he yearns for something far beyond football. And in a city where ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is the mantra, why does Shane constantly feel like he’s the only one on the sideline?

Shane is back home to see his dad for the first time in three years. To heal old wounds. To attempt to find his place in a world that he has never felt a part of. To get answers. What secrets will come to light? And who will they come from? Could these revelations have saved everyone from heartache?

Following sell-out runs at The Hope Street Theatre and Liverpool’s Royal Court, Tip Tray Theatre presents I Am Steven Gerrard, a story of football, aspiration, music, Steven Gerrard, loneliness, reality television, love, religion, friends, loss, passion, enemies, Davina McCall, politics, ambition, family, virginity, past generations – and the impact they leave behind. 

Written by Sean McLoughlin, directed by Amy Roberts and starring Joe Cowin, it explores the complexities of masculinity, and what it means to be a real man in society today.

It has nothing to do with football. It has everything to do with football.

 

Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts

A chilling mystery unfolds when a young actress suddenly dies on stage during a performance, and Detective Chief Inspector Morse embarks on a gripping investigation…

What begins as a suspicious death inquiry takes a darker turn when the legendary inspector, together with DS Lewis, uncovers a connection to sinister events in his own past, twenty-five years earlier.

Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts marks the first-ever stage adaptation of the iconic detective. ITV’s long-running Inspector Morse, hailed by Radio Times as ‘The greatest British crime series of all time’, has inspired equally beloved spin-offs, Lewis and Endeavour. Starring Tom Chambers (Father Brown, Strictly Come Dancing) as Inspector Morse, this original story written for the stage is a must-see for fans of compelling detective stories and thrilling mysteries.

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Something About George

“All Things Must Pass”, they say. Well, George Harrison’s name will live on forever.

Something About George – The George Harrison Story, the musical biopic tribute about the so-called “quiet” Beatle is back following a hugely successful 2024 UK and Ireland tour.

From the creators of Something About Simon – The Paul Simon Story, comes a show that answers the question “where does life take you after being in the greatest band in the history of the world?”

Starring West End actor and musician Daniel Taylor, Something About George – The George Harrison Story tells the truly remarkable tale of one of music’s most understated icons.

Featuring a five-piece band performing beautiful songs such as “My Sweet Lord”, “Something”, “Got My Mind Set On You” and “Handle With Care”, the show includes incredible solo material and music from rock n’ roll’s greatest supergroup, The Travelling Wilburys – not forgetting more than a few Beatles’ classics along the way. From heartbreak to hedonism and song writing to instant success, Something About George will show you a life that was anything but quiet.