The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University houses the University’s Performing Arts Department and the Rose and Studio Theatres.
The Arts Centre hosts a diverse range of high-quality professional productions, including comedy, dance, drama, literature, music, film, live theatre screenings, and family-friendly shows, designed to entertain students as well as local and regional communities.
Get ready to head to the English countryside with Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger when The Wind in the Willows comes to Prescot.
from £3.00
The John Moores Painting Prize is back, and bigger than ever! Head to Liverpool’s Walker Gallery to see the best of contemporary painting.
from £2.50
Visit ‘Tom Wood: Photie Man’ at Walker Art Gallery, a retrospective of the legendary photographer’s work, from the early days to now.
9, with concessions
Get ready for the drama and grandeur of the ancient world in ‘Return of the Gods’ at Liverpool’s World Museum.
£8 with concessions
Tim Spooner’s characteristically playful animatronics are set to take over Liverpool’s Bluecoat Gallery
free entry
Get into the spirit with a mouthwatering season of food on film in Liverpool.
from £8.00
An endurance dance marathon, a “rat king”, a mirror ball… venture into Jenkin Van Zyl’s hallucinatory film-world with Surrender.
free entry
Performances, screenings, workshops, live music and conversation, Liverpool’s longest-running LGBTQ+ arts festival is back to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
from £8.00
The Town Hall Gardens is a perfect spot to recharge your batteries whilst out and about in Southport.
We’re pleased to report that The Atkinson, Southport’s very own multi-arts institution, has reopened and is looking forward to safely welcoming visitors back.
Croxteth Hall provides a magnificent and popular venue for walks within a beautiful countryside setting.
In Southport’s town centre is Victoria Park, home to the famous Southport Flower Show, Southport Food and Drink Festival and the British Musical Fireworks Championship
Southport Pier opened in 1860, making it the oldest iron pier in Great Britiain. It is also the second-longest in the country.
Situated on a private walled estate, Knowsley Hall has been in The Earl of Derby’s family for over 600 years and is usually reserved exclusively for private events and filming.
As well as being home to the Southport Air Show, there are many nostalgic seaside delights on Southport’s seafront, including the iconic pier.
A beautiful National Trust beach which emerges from glorious coastal pinewoods. The ideal spot for walking the dog and spying red squirrels.
100 spectacular cast-iron, life-size figures by Anthony Gormley spread across three kilometres of Crosby Beach, and almost one kilometre out to sea.
Stanley park has 110 acres of expansive green spaces sits two miles north-east of the city centre and features an ornamental pond, fishing lake and a play area. It’s most notable historic feature is the Isla Gladstone conservatory, a magnificent example of Victorian glasshouses.
Arts centre in St Helens.
Provocative new writing, glitzy burlesque and big budget shows, our theatre guide spans the festive season and beyond.
Keep warm with festive feasts, Hollywood stars and 90s nostalgia across the North's cinemas this December.
It might be curl-up-with-a-book season, but there's lots to get out and about for and plenty of events where you can stock up on new reads.
Spotlighting global artists who all, in one way or another, break the mould, we preview the best gigs happening this side of Christmas and beyond.
Festive frolics, monstrous theatre and magical outdoor adventures all feature in our latest picks of things to do with the family.
While rainy late autumn may not be the most energising of seasons, there is plenty of new art to see and inspire this month!
We're unapologetically entering into the Christmas spirit here at Tours and Activities with some alternative festive fun.
The best food and drink options in Manchester and the North for the upcoming winter months.
