New production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS to play Christmas season at Liverpool Playhouse in 2026
Following its major revival at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre next autumn, cult musical comedy LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS will transfer to the Liverpool Playhouse for a special Christmas season from 3 December 2026 - 9 January 2027.
This run in Manchester – from 25 September-29 November 2026 - plus Liverpool will be the longest sit-down production to play in the UK since the 2007 West End production.
Directed and choreographed by Tony and Olivier Award-nominated Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, this brand-new production will bring Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s beloved musical to life, with its killer tunes, outrageous comedy, and one very hungry plant!
Joining Carrie-Anne on the creative team is the award-winning set and costume designer Morgan Large, musical supervisor and arranger Paul Schofield, lighting designer Rory Beaton, sound designer Kelsh Buckman-Drage, and casting director Rob Kelly. Further creative team and casting will be announced next year.
Creative Director of Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Nathan Powell, said: “We’re really looking forward to welcoming this cult classic musical to the Playhouse next Christmas. Little Shop of Horrors is wonderfully odd, full of cracking tunes, and offers a brilliantly different take on festive entertainment. After bringing The Rocky Horror Show to the Playhouse in 2024 and preparing to present Young Frankenstein this Christmas, Little Shop of Horrors will be another chance to enjoy a gloriously offbeat holiday season with plenty of laughs and, yes, a rather hungry plant.”
Thomas Hopkins said: “I am truly honored to be entrusted with the opportunity to produce the first major sit-down production, not in one city but two, of Little Shop of Horrors since its celebrated West End run in 2007. With Carrie-Anne and such an exceptional creative team, it’s a dream collaboration. When the team at the Liverpool Playhouse invited us to follow our already announced ten-week run at Hope Mill, we couldn’t be more grateful. This production promises to be one of the most exciting and faithful interpretations of Little Shop of Horrors the UK has seen in many, many years.”