Everyman & Playhouse: 2025/26 Theatre Season

Kristy Stott, Theatre Editor

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Everyman and Playhouse: 2025/26 Theatre Season

Until 31 March 2026

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Lost Atoms at Liverpool Everyman: A broken mirror distorting the faces of a man and woman
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Liverpool’s Everyman & Playhouse 2025/26 Theatre Season is shaping up to be a vibrant, varied and unmissable line-up. Expect fresh takes on classic texts, powerful new writing and a monstrously fabulous festive treat when the Playhouse hosts its Christmas show. Once again, audiences can look forward to world-class touring productions sitting proudly alongside homegrown talent on the city’s stages. So grab the opportunity to see some of the very best theatre and performance happening in the North.

Opening the season at the Everyman, Romeo & Juliet promises a striking new perspective on Shakespeare’s most famous love story. Directed by Ellie Hurt and starring Zoe West and Alicia Forde in the title roles, this stripped-back version features a live soundscape from Dom Coyote, allowing the play’s timeless themes of love, loss and fate to speak directly to a modern audience.

Over at the Playhouse, Lost Atoms promises a hauntingly beautiful blend of movement, poetry and music. Co-created by Frantic Assembly’s Artistic Director Scott Graham and award-winning playwright Anna Jordan, it explores grief, memory and the invisible threads that connect us all. Striking visuals, a live score and Frantic Assembly’s signature physicality combine to create an unforgettable piece of contemporary theatre.

Later in the autumn, Hugh Whitemore’s Breaking the Code brings the extraordinary story of mathematician and wartime codebreaker Alan Turing to the Playhouse stage. Moving between the high-pressure world of Bletchley Park and post-war Manchester, it’s both a portrait of a genius and a powerful reflection on the laws that destroyed him. This new production ends with a specially written epilogue by Neil Bartlett, reflecting on Turing’s pardon and legacy.

Christmas brings a delightfully offbeat festive treat as Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein arrives in Liverpool on its UK tour. Packed with riotous comedy, toe-tapping tunes and a touch of spooky silliness, it’s a sparkling showstopper that’s perfect for comedy lovers and families with older kids.

And finally, Samuel Beckett’s influential masterpiece – Waiting for Godot – plays Liverpool Everyman in spring 2026, darkly comic, profoundly moving, and the perfect finale to an extraordinary season.

Our top picks

Young Frankenstein at Liverpool Playhouse

Young Frankenstein at Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, 3 December 2025–3 January 2026, From £22.00 - Book now

It’s alive. Expect charm, spot-on comic timing and fancy footwork when Liverpool welcomes the UK tour of Young Frankenstein this Christmas.

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein at Liverpool Playhouse
Hope Mill Theatre

Waiting For Godot at Liverpool Everyman

Waiting For Godot at Liverpool Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 17 March–4 April 2026, From £13.00 - Book now

Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett’s revolutionary play that changed modern theatre forever – comes to Liverpool Everyman in spring 2026.

Waiting for Godot at Liverpool Everyman
Image courtesy of Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres.

Where to go near Everyman & Playhouse: 2025/26 Theatre Season

Manchester
Food hall
Kargo MKT

Mighty food hall in Salford Quays, with around twenty street food vendors, serving a huge range of cuisines.

Asap Coffee Interior/ Counter
Manchester
Café or Coffee Shop
ASAP Coffee

If you’re looking for quality coffee and a decadent brunch in a setting that nails the Northern Quarter brief, you’d struggle to do better than ASAP Coffee.

Interior of George St Chapel
Manchester
Event venue
George Street Chapel

This beautifully restored former Independent Methodist Chapel in the heart of Oldham is as much a creative hub as a heritage landmark.

Chinatown
Restaurant
Pho Cue

Family-run Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown. Prepare to queue for Pho Cue.

Come to Swithens Farm for a great family day out in Leeds. Our farm has plenty to offer whatever age you are!Swithens Farm is a working farm. For many years now Ian and his wife Angela have built a following that they welcome in all year around. We now have a farm shop, café, playbarn and petting farm. When we first opened we only had the usual farm animals – cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and it was free entry. We now have llamas, alpacas, meerkats, rabbits, guinea pigs, donkeys and a pony.On the working farm, we breed our own cows, pigs and sheep and we sell the meat through the farm shop and the café. If you buy a sausage sandwich from the café the sausage will be from the butcher who has made the sausage by hand using our own pork. We also produce our own free-range eggs.
Leeds
Swithens Farm

Swithens Farm is a working farm. For many years now Ian and his wife Angela have built a following that they welcome in all year around.

Peak District
Restaurant
The Chequers Inn

The Chequers Inn is a 16th century, family-run, traditional country inn with an impressive dining space. The Peak District at its best.

Testbed Main Space
Leeds
Event venue
TESTBED

TESTBED is a newly renovated 10,000 sq foot event venue in Leeds that offers endless possibilities for creating unique and inspiring experiences.

Manchester
Restaurant
Salt & Pepper

Chinese inspired British food in the centre of Manchester, backed up by plenty of well-deserved local hype.

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Pests at The Kings Arms
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Pests at The Kings Arms

Wisteria Theatre Company bring a punch-packing debut to Salford. Vivienne Franzmann’s raw, claustrophobic drama about sisterhood and survival.

From £5.00

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