Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse has unveiled its 2026 season, featuring five new productions from acclaimed playwrights and creatives. The programme continues the theatres’ commitment to championing new writing, nurturing talent, and creating work with local roots and national impact.
The season opens with the world premiere of The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, a darkly funny and dangerously tense psychological thriller by Alexandra Wood, adapted from Hilary Mantel’s incendiary short story. Directed by John Young, this unmissable event promises an audacious game of power, class, and conviction.
John Young said:
“This isn’t just a play for people who have an opinion or strong feeling towards Maggie Thatcher. It’s about class, about lives that collide, people trying to understand, asking questions, coming together, and bridging that divide. I also think it’s a play about what happens when people feel they don’t have a voice, and how dangerous it is when they feel they don’t have anything to lose.”
Next, Attachment by Julia Cranney explores parenthood, hope, and adoption in a heartfelt Liverpool drama developed alongside adoptive families from Merseyside. Cranney said:
“I’m interested in the fact that there’s a ‘Disneyfied’ view of adoption. People who adopt are often put on a pedestal, but it’s so hard to be on a pedestal when you’re asking for help and nobody’s there on your level to help you.”
Young Everyman Playhouse (YEP) presents Jekyll & Hyde, a radical reimagining of Stevenson’s gothic classic by Evan Placey. Expect a daring, digital-age reinvention packed with violence, strong language, and plenty of fake blood.
In September, the Everyman revisits Arthur Miller with Death of a Salesman, a powerful story of a family at breaking point and a man wrestling with his own sense of worth.
The season also includes the return of the Everyman’s legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto with Beauty & the Beast, written by Joe Ward Munrow and directed by Nathan Powell.
Nathan Powell, Creative Director, said:
“This season celebrates everything we love about making theatre in Liverpool — bold, heartfelt, and rooted in the stories that connect us. From thrilling new writing to reimagined classics, and the joyful chaos of our Rock ‘n’ Roll panto, 2026 showcases the best of our city.”
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
