On the set of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Richard Burton cajoles Elizabeth Taylor into learning the part which would lead to her second Oscar – Burton would leave the ceremony empty handed again. Behind the united facade though, the cracks are beginning to show on the married couple’s personal and professional relationship.

Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013, and at London’s Old Red Lion Theatre in January 2015, Dhanil Ali’s The Liz & Dick Show now comes to Liverpool’s Lantern Theatre for two performances only, inviting audiences to witness the intimate breakdown of one of the classic love stories of the 20th Century.