Step into the enchanting world of Jack Frost where children and grown ups become part of the story!
Glide across an imaginary ice rink, take part in a friendly snowball fight and create cherished memories…
Jack Frost’s Snow Time Adventure is an immersive installation for the young and very young which offers a sensory and imaginative story experience which captivates and delights.
Audiences enter a welcoming tent-like space and are transported into the magical world of Jack Frost who travels the land to bring cheer to children.
The People’s Players present Once More… With Screaming.
Eddie Peters has the world at his feet. He’s an actor at the very top of his game and one of the most terrifying men in Hollywood with a string of hit horror films to his name.
Twenty years ago, he had the worst night of his life, watching his co-star Alex die in his arms on the set of his biggest box office smash. And now he’s back to make a sequel.
Head along and join them for a spooktacular show from Liverpool Royal Court’s very own People’s Players acting group. This brand new comedy from Sarah O’Hara takes Hammer House Of Horror and hams it up to another level. Ghosts, secrets and murderous intent combine to put the willies up a willing audience who will be left screaming with laughter!
One winter morning, Peter woke up and looked out the window
Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.
Discover a world blanketed in wonder in this brand-new dance adaptation of ‘The Snowy Day’, inspired by the award winning picture book by Ezra Jack Keats. Join Peter as he crunches through the snowy streets of his New York neighbourhood, in this intimate icy adventure.
Brought to life by Polka Theatre and Can’t Sit Still, the award nominated company behind ‘Oh No, George!’, ‘The Snowy Day’ is specially designed for 1-4 year olds and their grown-ups, featuring one dancer and original music by singer/songwriter Rob Green. Join us to experience the magic of fresh snowfall in Keats’ classic, heartwarming tale.
Based on the beloved book by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort
These pirates SO love underpants!
Join their swashbuckling party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain’s Treasure chest!
Dodge hungry crocs beneath Long-John Bridge, bob upon the waves of Big Knickers Bay, spot sharks in fancy underpants and trek across Three Pants Ridge.
Filled with music, puppetry and glittering pants of gold, arrr you ready to set sail for a family adventure?
Prior to London’s West End.
1927. Constance is a very unhappy woman. “Nonsense” says her mother “she eats well, sleeps well, dresses well and she’s losing weight. No woman can be unhappy in those circumstances.” Constance is the perfect wife and mother, and her husband is as devoted to her as he is to his mistress, who just happens to be her best friend.
Adapted by Olivier Award-winner Laura Wade (Home, I’m Darling; TV’s Rivals) from Somerset Maugham’s glittering comedy, originally opened in Stratford upon Avon to marvellous reviews and sold every seat.
Directed by Co-Artistic Director of the RSC Tamara Harvey, this sparkling new version will star Kara Tointon (TV’s Mr Selfridge and Winner of Strictly Come Dancing) and features original music composed by multi award-winning jazz artist Jamie Cullum.
David Pugh and Cunard present The Royal Shakespeare Company production.
Following a sell-out 2024/2025 tour host of The Bugle, New’s Quiz, Test Match Special and Taskmaster champion Andy Zaltzman, extends his hit tour into 2026 (with extra material added due to phenomenal world chaos).
One of the UK’s leading satirical comedians, Andy assesses the state of Planet Earth and its most famous and controversial species – the human race. Attempting to concoct vaguely plausible answers to perennial questions such as What?, Who?, Where?, and above all Why?
2025 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Tayo Aluko & Friends CIC in partnership with BlackFest and Liverpool Hope University to hold a Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Day Festival on Saturday 11 October 2025 at Hope University’s creative campus.
The day will include some of Coleridge-Taylor’s works featuring singers and instrumentalists singing and playing the composer’s music. , and Tayo Aluko’s play, Coleridge-Taylor of Freetown at The Captone Theatre.
Join the BlackFest October Scratch Night Take Over as artists Shak, Chelsey, Resila and BluBoy bring exciting experimental new works using their disciplines and theatre to bring their stories to life.
Some of the artists use their writing and directing skills, some their own performance and poetry skills and some a combination of singing performing and writing. They are also creating open mic slots after the artists have performed, you can sign up before the event at andi.herring@blackfest.co.uk.
Head along and enjoy a highly varied set of work from ambitious creatives.
7:30 & 3:00pm With their mistress away, two male maids plunge into their darkest fantasies, in a twisted game, simmering with sexual tension, unravelling questions of modern slavery, gender identity, and power. The result is an absurd world where boundaries between reality and performance dissolve.
Directed by Elinor Randle, this production will fuse opera, spectacle and movement in a lavish set designed by Ashley Shairp. Samuel Perez Duran and Cameron McKendrick star as the maids, with Jane Hogarth reprising her celebrated role as the Mistress from the 1992 staging.
Bringing stalwarts of Liverpool’s theatre scene together from the last 40 years, this is the former Artistic Director’s final foray into making art at Unity Theatre.
Themes of oppression, isolation, and incarceration will be explored through a participatory programme with Afloat, a company of refugees and asylum seekers led by Phoebe McSweeney.
Workshops with care-home residents will create handmade flowers, displayed in the Unity foyer. Translation by David Rudkin. Produced by That Theatre Group.
Opening the evening is Chile’s electrifying La Charawilla, the musical persona of Daniela Sepúlveda, whose radical blend of ancestral Chilean folk traditions and punk-infused energy promises to captivate.
Eating Myself is a bold, sensory celebration of identity, food, and culture. The show is a deeply personal solo performance by Peruvian theatre-maker Pepa Duarte. A multisensory experience that will stir your emotions, challenge perceptions, and leave both your heart and appetite full.
