From 16-22 October, some of the world’s top improvisers will descend on the city for the annual Slapdash International Improv Festival – the longest-running festival of improvised theatre and comedy in the UK! Slapdash is a week-long celebration, hosting seven days of workshops, three nights of shows, and an array...

Now in its 14th year, Homotopia, Liverpool’s celebrated LGBT+ arts and culture festival returns this autumn.. Through visual art, performance, film, theatre, talks, readings, cabaret, dance and debate, Homotopia presents #Liberation50, relating to how the past half century has shaped and affected LGBTQI art and culture. As the 50th anniversary...

From dark comedy to lip-sync, Shakespearean cabaret to rap, Maiden Speech is a new and exciting feminist theatre festival featuring a varied selection of original works exploring feminism today. Bringing together ten exciting emerging artists, Maiden Speech promises to be a festival that entertains and provokes, engaging with questions of...

The International Emmy Award-winning, all-male dance company BalletBoyz are set to return to London’s Sadler’s Wells this autumn for the world premiere of their new show Fourteen Days before embarking on tour across the UK. The new work from the recent Rose d’Or winners has been created by four internationally...

This November, the UK premiere of Angela Betzien’s award-winning The Dark Room (Best New Australian Work, Sydney Theatre Awards) will be staged at Theatre503. This intricately layered psychological thriller takes a sober look at one of the devastating issues of contemporary Australian discourse - the abuse of defenceless children. Deep...