Liverpool actor David Morrissey was the guest of honour and subject of the latest 'In Conversation' evening held by Club Geek Chic. Guest blogger Chris High had a chat with him at the event. It???s been a busy year for David Morrissey, with highly a...
Greek tragedy, Steven Berkoff style and a new show based on the work of Roald Dahl by one of the League of Gentlemen are some of the highlights announced today by the Everyman & Playhouse as part of their new season. It follows on from an "outstan...
Not many comedy shows come into being thanks to a Primary Care Trust ??? let's be honest, it doesn???t sound like the funniest of starts - but Laurence Clark???s latest show isn???t your usual work of stand up. West Derby comic Clark premiered The Best Me...
In Liverpool, sometimes things happen that are so unique and so evocative you just have to go and see what all the fuss is about. I say unique ??? this is not the first outing for For the Best, but it has been specifically tailored to its new locati...
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...
