Editing Liverpool (section)

===Performing arts===
[[File:Empire Theatre, Liverpool 2018.jpg|thumb|The [[Liverpool Empire Theatre|Empire Theatre]] has the largest two-tier auditorium in the UK.]]
Liverpool also has a long history of performing arts, reflected in several annual theatre festivals such as the [[Liverpool Shakespeare Festival]], which takes place inside [[Liverpool Cathedral]] and in the adjacent historic St James' Gardens every summer; the Everyword Festival of new theatre writing, the only one of its kind in the country;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/Show/Everyword/69.aspx|title=Everyman and Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool – 2010|publisher=Everymanplayhouse.com|access-date=3 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712092440/http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/Show/Everyword/69.aspx|archive-date=12 July 2010}}</ref> Physical Fest, an international festival of physical theatre;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmesistheatre.com/physicalfest/physical_fest.php|title=Tmesis Theatre Company – Physical Fest '05|publisher=Tmesistheatre.com|access-date=3 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114164125/http://www.tmesistheatre.com/physicalfest/physical_fest.php|archive-date=14 November 2010}}</ref> the annual festivals organised by [[Liverpool John Moores University]]'s drama department and the [[Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts]]; and other festivals by the large number of theatres in the city, such as the [[Liverpool Empire Theatre|Empire]], [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Catherine|last=Jones|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/07/24/28m-liverpool-everyman-theatre-redevelopment-gets-green-light-with-12-8m-grant-100252-24227969/|title=£28m Liverpool Everyman theatre redevelopment gets green light with £12.8m grant|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=24 July 2009|access-date=3 August 2010|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011004757/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/07/24/28m-liverpool-everyman-theatre-redevelopment-gets-green-light-with-12-8m-grant-100252-24227969/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC News|title=Liverpool Everyman reopens after £27m redevelopment|first=Paul|last=Youngs|date=28 February 2014}}</ref> [[Liverpool Playhouse|Playhouse]],<ref name=everymanplayhouse>{{cite web|url=http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/|title=Everyman and Playhouse Theatre|access-date=23 April 2007|archive-date=10 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210164157/https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=unitytheatre>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/|title=Unity Theatre Liverpool|access-date=23 April 2007|archive-date=12 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312094929/http://www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool|Royal Court]], and [[Unity Theatre, Liverpool|Unity]] theatres.

Notable actors and actresses from Liverpool include [[Arthur Askey]], [[Tom Baker]], [[Kim Cattrall]], [[Jodie Comer]], [[Stephen Graham]], [[Rex Harrison]], [[Jason Isaacs]], [[Tina Malone]], the McGann brothers ([[Joe McGann|Joe]], [[Mark McGann|Mark]], [[Paul McGann|Paul]], and [[Stephen McGann|Stephen]]), [[David Morrissey]], [[Elizabeth Morton]], [[Peter Serafinowicz]], [[Elisabeth Sladen]], [[Alison Steadman]], and [[Rita Tushingham]]. Actors and actresses from elsewhere in the world have strong ties to the city, such as Canadian actor [[Mike Myers]] (whose parents were both from Liverpool) and American actress [[Halle Berry]] (whose mother was from Liverpool).