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Gimp ??? a provocative title, to be sure. And a multi-layered, international dance piece should have been a big and bold start to Dadafest, one of the city???s most exciting annual festivals. But was it? To its detriment, this performance had to conte...
The team behind the Everyman's rock 'n' roll panto are putting the finishing touches for this year's show - and the last in the venue as we know and love it. Writing team Sarah Nixon and Mark Chatterton, the best panto dame in town Francis Tucker ...
A large and enthusiastic Sunday night crowd gathered for US stand up Reginald D Hunter???s biggest Liverpool gig to date. ???These dates weren???t part of the original tour. These are some extra dates we said we???d do to promote the DVD,??? he began to exp...
The tabloids have been on tenterhooks waiting for an announcement from Strictly Come Dancing partners Tina O???Brien and Jared Murillo. Are they? Aren???t they? Well, we can tell you this for nowt ??? they are! Coming to the Liverpool Echo Arena as part...
I took in two shows in the last week this blog wouldn???t normally go anywhere near in a reviewing sense, only because they are areas I know very little about. But they???re getting a write up, because it turned out the one I was expecting to impress ...
Last night was the press night for Willy Russell's Blood Brothers at the Empire, starring former Spice Girl and hometown superstar Mel C in the lead role of Mrs Johnson. It wasn't as glitzy an occasion as these sort of happenings usually are, as i...
Here's another gallery of fantastic pictures, this time from last weekend's Vogue ball held at Nation. The event proved to be one of the most talked about nights in Liverpool this year, exposing the unsuspecting audience to everything from the fab...
There???s been a lot of buzz around Judy & Liza, the new two-woman show paying tribute to the ultimate showbiz mother and daughter combo. As we all know, it???s a tale of drama, of massive highs and devastating lows ??? and some of the most famous songs...
After the show, actor and writer Jeffery Solomon told the audience he performs solo plays because it is one of the last theatrical experiences that cannot be outdone by film or TV. And after his sweet and touching 70 minute one-man performance Mot...
Here's a great selection of pics from last Sunday's Martini Lounge, in its sumptuous new home of St George's Hall's small concert room. It proved to be a more than fitting venue for the high class burlesque night, which ended up being a perfect wa...
Rehearsals began this week for the Playhouse's Christmas show, and it already sounds like just the ticket to get us into the festive spirit (once Halloween is over and done with). Featuring - it sez 'ere - "a giant toothy reindeer, a distracted fa...
"There's only eight weeks left 'til Christmas gerls, SO GO FER IT!" my aerobics instructor Wendy has taken to shouting mid-leg curl in an attempt to motivate us all. With that in mind, there was some by-the-book horseplay at the Empire this week a...
John Lennon. He???s still easy column inches in this city, easy bestseller fodder, easy inspiration for unpleasant monuments. Sometimes, too easy. Sometimes, quite enough thank you. This cynical reviewer didn???t have particularly high expectations of...
Crikey, it???s grim out there, isn???t it? Oh. Already did that last time. But no! Not this week it???s not, as some of the city???s most colourful characters prepare to come out at night for Runway - the Justice Vogue Ball. You can read all the rules and...
Crikey, it???s grim out there these days isn???t it? Colds and flu, winter drawing in, Tories and cuts??? and in theatreland in Liverpool, it???s still all incest, doomed Egyptian queens and Nazis. Time for something completely different ??? enter The Games...
Congratulations to MDI, who can now proudly add a MOBO to their list of accolades. Merseyside Dance Initiative won the BeMOBO award for its outstanding achievement in community engagement and grassroots work, at the glittering show at the arena la...
Big shows have taken over the city for the next few weeks, with most theatres now settled into the rhythm of some major productions. But it's all go at the Unity, which hosts three different touring shows this week, including the world premiere to...
There???s an argument held between highbrow critics as to how much prep one is supposed to do ahead of reviewing and whether a familiarity with the text is a must. Even the synopsis of Antony & Cleopatra is fairly convoluted stuff, so I decided not ...
It's always unfair ??? and a lot of the time, pretty lazy - to compare a stage show to the film it may be better known for. But with The Sound of Music, it???s practically impossible. This much-hyped touring production starring How Do You Solve a Prob...
Royal Court Liverpool is celebrating the life of one of Liverpool???s most legendary figures with the revival of Bob Eaton???s musical Lennon. The show will be back in the former Beatles's home city for the first time since its original run at The Eve...
