Event type: Theatre

The Wiggles

Families are invited to experience the magic of The Wiggles live in The Wiggles Tree of Wisdom Spectacular, their biggest and brightest show yet. This high-energy, all-ages concert promises a joyful celebration packed with surprises, sing-along moments and plenty of dancing from start to finish ?✨

Audiences can enjoy beloved classics including Rock-A-Bye Your Bear, Fruit Salad Yummy Yummy and Hot Potato, alongside newer favourites such as Big Red Ute and Bin Night. Whether it’s a first Wiggles concert or a family tradition, this colourful live experience is designed to create lasting memories for fans of all ages.

Whistle Down the Wind

SONG present the extraordinary and uplifting tale of Whistle Down the Wind.

Prepare to be swept away by this powerful and moving musical originally created by legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Jim Steinman.

Inspired by the beloved novel by Mary Hayley Bell, Whistle Down the Wind explores trust, redemption and the enduring power of hope. After discovering a mysterious stranger hiding in their barn, a group of local children fiercely protect him – unaware of the danger hidden behind their innocent faith.

With a soaring score, heartfelt storytelling, and moments of tender drama, SONG are thrilled to bring this compelling production to stage.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with The Really Useful Group.

Age guidance 11+ with parental discretion.

Cinderella: Christmas Pantomime 2026

 

Southport’s Most Enchanting Pantomime Yet!

Cinderella is The Atkinson’s 2026 Christmas Pantomime.

Join us at The Atkinson for another spectacular Christmas pantomime guaranteed to delight all ages. Oh, yes it will!

This festive production is brought you to by KD Theatre Productions, the hitmakers behind ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (2025), ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (2024) and ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ (2023).

Expect magic, romance and wicked sisters as Cinders goes from rags to riches!

This sparkling production promises everything you love about The Atkinson pantomime – dazzling costumes, hilarious comedy, live music and a little bit of pumpkin spice…

 

Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre

Orphaned…Oppressed…Unbreakable.

Jane Eyre’s fight for freedom, happiness and a sense of belonging, blazes from the cruelty of her childhood to the creepy corridors of Thornfield Hall, where she discovers passion, dark secrets, and a love that overcomes every obstacle.

Charlotte Brontë’s gothic romance, swept against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, with a haunting atmosphere and unforgettable emotion, tells a story of independence, resilience, and the courage to follow one’s heart.

Thrillingly brought to life in a new staging by Conn Artists Theatre Company, following on from their recent adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd, and performed with an ensemble cast of five actors with original music and songs.

The play will be directed by Nick Young (RSC and Connaught Theatre, Worthing).

Jane Eyre is a GCSE set text on AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas school examination boards.

Angel Field Festival 2026

Angel Field Festival is an exciting week-long multi-arts festival at The Capstone Theatre and Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus, taking place from Friday 17th April until Saturday 25th April. 

Not to be missed, expect an enthralling and diverse programme of music, art, dance, film, workshops and discussion.

Angel Field Festival presents, Built on Bach – Neil Cowley Trio, The Loose Moose String Band & The Speakeasy Bootleg Band: A Double Bill Concert, Electronic Music Triple Bill: Ian Boddy / Sulk Rooms / Field Lines Cartographer, Liverpool Hope University Musical Theatre Summer Showcase and loads more.

 

The Recurrence of You

 

The Recurrence of You is a brand-new collaboratively-written play by six St Helens writers.

On Sunday March 29th at 7pm Arts in Libraries will be sharing a rehearsed script-in-hand reading of the play with a conversation after (with tea and biscuits) about how the play was made and why writing a play is different to other forms of story-telling. They can also chat about the play, of course.

Venue: Chester Lane Library

 

Pixiematosis

Pixiematosis is a happy/sad tale of tiny extraordinary creatures living in a nocturnal paradise who realise, far too late, that they are being exploited for a distinctly sinister purpose.

“We loved Pixiematosis and people still talk about how brilliant it was.”Jack Robson – Crediton Arts Centre

Venue: Moss Bank Library

Conteh

Conteh by Aron Julius

10 years old and fighting out of a club in Kirkby. 19 years old and winning gold at the Commonwealth Games. 24 years old and becoming the light heavyweight champion of the World. But that’s only half the story.

In the 1970s and 80s,John Conteh was one of the best-known people in the city. He lived the highest of high lives and wrung every ounce of pleasure from his sporting success. A friend to many, perhaps too many, and some were quick to take advantage.

Aron Julius (Boys From The Blackstuff and a new star of BBC One‘s Casualty) has written and stars in this incredible blow by blow drama about the life of one of Liverpool’s sporting greats. A mix of sporting and personal highs and lows, you will understand him like never before.

Conteh. Knock out.

Cast confirmed: Aron Julius, Amber Blease, Helen Carter, Zach Levene and Mark Moraghan

Writer Aron Julius

Director Mark Womack

Set and Costume Designer Zoe Murdoch

Movement and Fight Director Becca Wilson

Lighting Designer Ian Scott

AV Designer Jamie Jenkin

Sound Designer Kate Harvey

Read the programme online for free

Performance Information 

Stalls tickets are available with a meal (served at your table before the show) for an extra £14 for one course and £20 for two courses at evening shows, or an extra £10 for one course and £16 for two courses at matinees. If you are eating with us please arrive at least an hour before the performance. 

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Tickets are available for the show alone in stalls, circle and balcony. 

BSL performance is on Tuesday 28 April  (interpreter Karl Llorca) . Audio Described performance is on Thursday 30 April (describer Anne Hornsby). To book please contact Box Office on 0151 709 4321 or email lauren@royalcourtliverpool.com. 

Captioning will be available for performances for the final week of the show. Please contact Box Office for more details. 

Circle and balcony will open at 6.45pm. There are bars in both areas for pre-show and interval drinks. Stalls will be open from 6:00pm. 

If you are bringing a large group, every tenth ticket is free. This ticket will be automatically added to your basket on purchase. Meals and building levy must still be paid on your free ticket. 

NO BOOKING FEES ON THIS SHOW 

Please note – the bar will close 15 minutes before the advertised start time. 

Each ticket price includes a £2 donation which is used to help to refurbish the building.

Please contact Box Office to book if you are a wheelchair user as we can only accommodate 5 spaces in our stalls seating area downstairs

Peter’s Field: A Folk Chronicle of Peterloo

Peter’s Field is an epic musical chronicle that tells the story of one of the most important days in working class history.  

On 16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered in the centre of Manchester. Many had walked miles to be there from all across Lancashire. They went to hear the famous radical speaker Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt who called for working people to have the vote. They were unarmed and peaceful. Local magistrates sent in the yeomanry cavalry and 15th Hussars to disperse the crowd and arrest Hunt. At least 18 people were killed and hundreds injured in the murderous scenes that followed. Women were deliberately targeted. It became known as the Peterloo Massacre. 

The magistrates and military were completely exonerated, and it would be 100 years until working people had the vote.   

Peter’s Field is born from years of research and comprises 19 original songs written by Sean Cooney, performed with Rowan Rheingans and Sam Carter, alongside a compelling spoken narrative derived from hundreds of eyewitness accounts. 

The show comes to the Music Room on Sunday 15th March with two performances – 3pm and 8pm.

Invisible

Five women meet up on a Saturday morning, as they have done every week for years, but this time they have a plan. Fast forward one year and their lives have changed irrevocably.

Invisible is a frank, fast-paced comedy drama dealing with how older women are perceived in society, the relationships they forge and most importantly their ‘invisibility’. With warmth and laugh out loud humour, the play explores sisterhood, motherhood and the effects of upbringing, as well as navigating modern life as an older woman.

This is a truly joyous play celebrating the bonds of friendship and the fascinations and pitfalls of contemporary life. Gather your tribe for a brilliant night out!