Category Archives: Interviews

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Jennifer Bea.

It takes two to truly make a conversation, to sit and chat without the meaning being lost and the understanding being stilted and diluted, watered down and the froth of life being spluttered upon and half drawn conclusions met.

Meeting up with Jennifer Bea ahead of her performance in the Jim Cartwright play Two, you cannot help but be struck by the fire that dances in the eyes, of the absolute determination to bring a character to life. Even if you have had the honour of knowing Ms. Bea for a while, that fire catches you out and you cannot help but be drawn to it, like a moth serenading a flame, you know that time is short but you revel upon every word.

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(1444 words, estimated 5:47 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Nicola Hardman.

Nicola Hardman cuts an impressive, unique figure as she sits opposite me in the Garden Café at F.A.C.T.  The young musician/actor has been busy recording some new music and her latest song, Little Fish, is a tremendous listen. It is one of those songs where underneath the sound of a catchy tune, wriggles the idea that there is so much going on under the surface, so much unseen, that like all interesting people, those with so much to tell, you cannot but want to meet them and try and find out more.

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(1618 words, estimated 6:28 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Peasant’s King.

There is something in which to revel in when watching a band perform in Liverpool for the first time, especially when after they have finished, the sweat pouring from their joyful brows and the sound of the music still reverberating round the ears a week later. When it comes to Pontypridd’s Peasant’s King, the next great hope to come out of South Wales, that feeling of intensity, of gracious Rock abandon, is to hope that you get to see them perform again and again.

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(1475 words, estimated 5:54 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Anthony Proctor.

The British Pantomime it seems is not just for Christmas, it is possible to have this truly British theatrical institution played all year round, or at least at seminal moments in the yearly calendar at least. In recent years the theatre night in which the whole family can enjoy has taken on greater resonance, especially over the Easter or spring bank holidays.

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(2009 words, estimated 8:02 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Paul Straws.

The Unity Theatre in Liverpool isn’t just a creative space for the use of local and touring theatre companies. Within its walls is another heartbeat, a twin spirit of occupation, a breathing fortitude of echoing guitar sounds, exotic drum and cello performed always by a commander of the bow, resides and has firmly taken root over the last few years.  A gig here and there throughout the year, bookended by the abundance of theatre, but nevertheless important and the acoustic evenings they put on are fully looked forward to.

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(1424 words, estimated 5:42 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Karmamoi’s Joline Forshaw.

Joline Forshaw with Daniele Giovannoni of Karmamoi. Photograph repruced with kind permisssion by Lunatic Eye.

Joline Forshaw with Daniele Giovannoni of Karmamoi. Photograph reproduced with kind permisssion by Lunatic Eye and Karmamoi.

 

Arguably the centre of the Universe has to pass through Liverpool at some juncture; nothing else really can ever explain the abundance of musical talent that comes out of the city. Even those that have to live away from their beloved home still find that the passion for bringing new music into the world an overriding and natural part of the laws of attraction. Even for those based outside the sphere of arts in their daily life seek solace in it and for Karmamoi’s Joline Forshaw this is especially true.

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(2064 words, 1 image, estimated 8:15 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With John Young From Lifesigns.

With the odd exception, the world of Progressive Rock doesn’t feature too highly in the realms of Liverpool’s astonishing contribution to the world of music. There are elements, bands, even albums that go down that road, notably and arguably The Beatles opus Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is a tremendous foray into the genre but it still doesn’t get the airplay it deserves. There may be many reasons for it, but it doesn’t disguise the fact that there are many thousands of fans who clamber for any type of band delving into the unknown from Aigburth to Bootle and the surrounding, ever growing enclave that is Merseyside.

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(1661 words, estimated 6:39 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Supplement, An Interview With Emma Dears.

As Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre prepares to open its doors and welcome audiences to the new stage play of Helen Forrester’s Twopence To Cross The Mersey, meeting with renowned singer Emma Dears is something in which to appreciate, to recognise as being part of the same story that hundreds of thousands of people everyday who make their living by the shores of the River Mersey. Whether that was in the time in which the play was set or the mirroring of the generations that have followed, if not to the extreme felt and experienced by Helen Forrester’s family, each has their own story at some point of hardship, adversity and woe. It is these stories that fuel the fire of not wanting any of those negative aspects to visit Liverpool again.

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(1139 words, estimated 4:33 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Supplement, An Interview With Eithne Browne.

When it comes to history, the theatres in Liverpool are so entrenched, so immersed in the ‘pool of life, that when it comes to putting on a production that deals in part with the chronicle of the city, with the fabric of the people who have made the streets and buildings, the city, what it is today then that history somehow takes on a more meaningful and significant expression of artistic value.

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(1436 words, estimated 5:45 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Supplement, An Interview With Angela Simms. (2015).

Angela Simms has come so far in what seems such a short space of time. Undoubtedly one of the bright young things of Liverpool theatre comedy, her performances in productions such as in the superb If The Shoe Fits, Ladies Day, Special Measures, The Hitchhikers Guide To Fazakerley and The Rainbow Connection, have had audiences flocking to see more of this talented and approachable Liverpool actor.

From working with the gifted Donna Lesley Price and Richie Grice in the superb If The Shoe Fits, to performing at the Royal Court Theatre, Angela Simms has captivated audiences with a seamless elegance intertwined an a great aptitude to her craft and boundless energy.

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(1286 words, estimated 5:09 mins reading time)