Noughts & Crosses

Sephy and Callum sit together on a beach. They are in love. It is forbidden.

Sephy is a Cross and Callum is a Nought. Between Noughts and Crosses there are racial and social divides. A segregated society teeters on a volatile knife edge.

As violence breaks out, Sephy and Callum draw closer, but this is a romance that will lead them into terrible danger.

This gripping Romeo and Juliet story, by acclaimed writer Malorie Blackman and adapted by Sabrina Mahfouz, is a captivating drama of love, revolution and what it means to grow up in a divided world.

Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever

Get ready for a road-trip full of fun adventures. From castles to caves, dragons to dinosaurs and ice-creams to muddy puddles – there is something for all of the family and their friends to enjoy, including Miss Rabbit, Mr Bull, Suzy Sheep, Gerald Giraffe and more!

Prepare for the brand new Peppa Pig live show packed full of songs, games and laughter, it really is the best day ever for Peppa Pig fans!

The Book of Mormon

This outrageous musical comedy from the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and Bobby Lopez, co-writer of Avenue Q and Frozen, follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries.

The New York Times calls it ‘The best musical of this century.’ The Washington Post says, ‘It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.’ And Entertainment Weekly raves, ‘Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.’ It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier Award-winning Best Musical.

Les Dawson: Flying High

Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers, The Impressions Show) stars in this funny, affectionate and poignant celebration of the much-missed comedy legend.

Join Les as he summons forth a wealth of characters and incidents from his eventful life and career, as he travels on Concorde at twice the speed of sound 68,000 feet above the Earth.

A new play from BAFTA and Olivier Award-winning writer Tim Whitnall and director Bob Golding.

School of Rock

Get ready to stick it to the man because Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End and Broadway hit musical School of Rock is coming to rock out at Liverpool Empire!

School of Rock is the global hit musical based on the iconic movie starring Jack Black. Wannabe rock star Dewey Finn is cast out by his dive‐bar bandmates and finds himself in desperate need of cash. Posing as a substitute music teacher at an elite prep school, he exposes his students to the rock gods he idolises, transforming them into a mind‐blowing rock band. While teaching these pint‐sized prodigies what it means to truly rock out, Dewey falls for the school’s beautiful, but uptight headmistress, Miss Mullins, helping her rediscover the wild child within. But, will they all find redemption at the battle of the bands?

Featuring 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, all the original songs from the movie, and a band of insanely talented kids that play live every show, School of Rock will warm your heart and blow you away in equal measure.

Matinee performances from 2.30pm and evening performances from 7.30pm.

Our Town Needs a Nandos

School is a nightmare, boys are infuriating and Maccies is the only place open after 6pm.

Growing up isn’t easy, but it’s even harder when you are from a place where no one expects anything of you – and especially if you’re queer or the new girl at school. Beth, Rachel, Zahidah, Ellie and Chloe are stuck, stuck in their drama group, stuck in school and stuck in their small town which doesn’t even have a Nandos.

Our Town Needs a Nandos is written by Samantha O’Rourke, a YEP writer alumni who wrote the play during her time as YEP writer on attachment.

2Gorgeous4U – From Ladette To Laund...

An unmissable one-woman show by acclaimed playwright Mark Davies Markham is returning to the Liverpool stage this summer after winning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike.

Comedy 2Gorgeous4U – From Ladette To Laundrette will be at the Royal Court Studio from Thursday, 2 June to Saturday, 4 June.

The show, starring Lynne Fitzgerald and directed by James Baker (Cherry Jezebel, Masquerade, Jerry Springer The Opera), was a smash hit when it opened the second Liverpool Theatre Festival last September.

It promises audiences an evening packed with laughter, throw backs to the Nineties and a soundtrack guaranteed to bring back memories of the decade.

Clare is a beautician with her own spa and treatment room in Waterloo. Happily single, she is online just in case. Her one desire in life is a wet room.

But back in the Britpop 1990s, Clare was one half of a pop duo 2Gorgeous4U with her best mate Tina. They were wild – but fell out acrimoniously.

Now they have been asked to reform for a music festival in their hometown of Liverpool. But can they put the past behind them and move on – and what was it all about anyway? All set against a musical soundtrack featuring Queen Latifa, Blur, Gabrielle, K-Klass, and plenty more.

The Monkey With No Bum – The Musical

A popular children’s book which teaches youngsters to love themselves just the way they are, has been turned into a live musical for the stage.

And Asa Murphy’s charming tale The Monkey With No Bum – The Musical is set to entertain young audiences and their families at venues across the Liverpool City Region this spring and summer.

The show, which features catchy original songs, enjoyed sold out success when it was premiered at Liverpool Theatre Festival’s Little LTF festival of new works last July – with an extra date added due to demand, and then went on to entertain Epstein Theatre audiences during February half-term.

The fun-filled show stars Lynne Fitzgerald as narrator Miss Jolly, Asa Murphy as headmaster Mr Plop and Brendan McCaffrey as Charlie the monkey.

Charlie is a fun-loving monkey, but he has one big problem – he hates his tiny flat bum. Things take an unexpected turn on his birthday when Charlie’s parents help him find the bum of his dreams. But he soon learns having a bigger, better bum may not be as important as he thinks.

The live stage show includes numbers like The Laughter SongPerfect in Every Way and The Bum Bum Song.

YEP: Save the Night

Let YEP(Young Everyman Playhouse) transport you to an intoxicating world of live performance, music and reflection in their new show, Save the Night.

The Annexe is calling. There’s a new club in town. With energy rising, friendships are thriving and hips are beginning to shake to the sound of the beat.

Celebrating ten jam-packed years of YEP, and sound-tracked by Arts Bar’s house band Tin Can VoodooSave the Night invites you to join an evening of innovative cabaret with YEP’s trademark flair.

The party is just getting started…

Bull

3 employees. 2 jobs. How far would you go to protect your career?

Thomas, Tony and Isobel are waiting to find out who has lost their job.

This razor-sharp play is about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying.

Mike Bartlett’s Olivier Award winning play Bull makes its North-West England professional debut.

Funders: Arts Council England, Everyman & Playhouse Theatres, and Young Everyman & Playhouse
Partners: Everyman & Playhouse Theatres, and Young Everyman & Playhouse