Category Archives: Theatre

The Muckers!, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Adam Nicholls, Callum Forbes.

We are tied by fortune, fate and quite often the feeling of the replacement family in the act of choosing friends, a random moment shared that leads to decades of hanging around together, perhaps. Be it pals, friends, buddies, chum or even as comrades or companion, time is there to remind us that the friendship is not just about the good times, but looking out for each other when the days verge on the edge of darkness, that we all need to look out for The Muckers!

The Muckers!, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(399 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

The Big I Am, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Nadia Anim, Emma Bispham, Richard Bremmer, Patrick Brennan, George Caple, Paul Duckworth, Marc Elliot, Cerith Flinn, Emily Hughes, Nathan McMullen, Zelina Rebeiro, Golda Rosheuvel, Keddy Sutton, Liam Tobin.

There are moments in theatre that leave you breathless, where what unfolds on stage is enough to keep you mind whirring at such a pace that sleep, that welcome landing post in choppy waters between days, is impossible, that what has been seen in that form, will leave you reliving every sequence over and over again!

The Big I Am, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(535 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Virago, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Abigail McKenzie, Mike Sanders, Mark Holland, Charlotte Melville, Allan Nicol, Hayley Thompson, Caitlin Mary Carley Clough, Oliver John Lawrensen, Jessica Olwyn, Sam Walton.

With 2018 marking the centenary of voting rights for women and signalling the advent of the #metoo movement, the timing of Make It Write Productions’ Virago – four one-act plays focussing on formidable females – is savvy to say the least, as is executive producer Sharon Colpman’s diverse selection of scripts.

Virago, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(560 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Your Best Guess, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 8.5/10

Cast: Chris Thorpe, Jorge Andrade.

There are many futures that become the legend and home for the question of what if? A certain place in to which the once thought possible becomes a loose strand fluttering in the wind of uncertainty, hangs in the air for the realm of the hypothetical and to come and gather it up. Speculative fiction is rife with such stories, the turn of a single feather, the mark of a wrong turn, all leading to roads and arguably other futures in which Your Best Guess is as good as anyone’s but makes for the most riveting of tales and astonishing deep thought.

Your Best Guess, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(387 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Venus Rising, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: James Sutton, Laura Connolly, Abigail McKenzie, Thomas Galashan.

Writer James Wilkinson (James Sutton) is tapping out and reading aloud his latest novel in a cluttered, claustrophobic study, where the shelves creak under the weight of literary masterpieces. Around him, three barely dressed figures act out his plot – and it’s not one for the faint-hearted.

You see, James isn’t crafting a Grapes of Wrath reboot on his wine-stained laptop, he’s churning out “mummy porn” (the fifth instalment of his “Venus” series, which makes Fifty Shades read like Tolstoy) and it’s already earned him a cool £4 million pounds.

Venus Rising, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(477 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Assassins, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Andrew AB, Shane Bear, Franki Burke, Rachel Davies, Izzi Feld, Trev Fleming, Shaun Holdom-Eyles, Thomas Hurst, Megan Key, Thomas Loughlin, Lily Maketansky, Lizzy Paes, Asher Pollock, Blair Smith, Chris Walsh, Andy Walker, Thomas Wiggins, Charlotte Wilson.

Musicians: Josie Conti, Mark Newberry, Caitlin Marley, Megan Rowlands, Adam Handford, Grace Loxley, Emily Magee, Jonny Knight, Chris Dickinson.

Assassins, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(504 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

The Miracle Of Great Homer Street, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jake Abraham, Les Dennis, Katie King, Catherine Rice, Bobby Schofield, Andrew Schofield.

The greatest show on Earth is back with us once again, a nation’s hopes rest on an outstretched toe connecting with the ball and being steered into the net, a black cloud of despondency as the home crowd sees their team lose in the opening game and the eventual winners, lifting the World Cup aloft in front of a stadium full of supporters, should rank highly in ways to feel the euphoric bliss of life.

The Miracle Of Great Homer Street, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(470 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

The Princess Of The Rainforest, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To inspire children in the theatre requires even greater story-telling ability than what might be perceived or even enjoyed by adult audiences, to get inside the minds of nature’s greatest critics and quite often biggest supporter when engaged properly, is of the upmost importance.

To make children care about the world around them is significant, to let their unbound imagination flourish in a way that sees them appreciate theatre as part of the solution, that is the greatest of gifts that an actor or entertainer can bestow; and in Cusan Theatre Productions’ The Princess of the Rainforest, that sense of power is handed to the children who attend in such a way that it is more than heartening to witness.

The Princess Of The Rainforest, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(346 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Bin Laden: The One Man Show, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Sam Redway.

It is only the words of Government that define what constitutes a terrorist, the label placed down upon anybody’s head who happens to be on the wrong side, in the authorities’ mind, of the argument and uses force or the threat of violence in which to achieve their aims. Sometimes it seems these forces are cut and dried, they have taken lives with no provocation, but their own idealism or religious fervour has insisted upon bloodshed and the will to make people bend to their way of thinking by the rule of bullet, bomb, and death.

Bin Laden: The One Man Show, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(512 words, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

The Seven Acts Of Mercy, Theatre Review. Blue Coat Performance Room, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Joe McGhee, Kate Bricknal, Amy Dalton, Thomas Dalton, Anthony Devine, John Dixon, Harvey Fitzpatrick, Olivia Grace, Christopher Hird, Kayleigh Anne Meredith, Josh O’Grady, Georgia Rooney, Joseph head, Marni Stanley, Samantha Westwell, Georgia Wills.

The Seven Acts Of Mercy, Theatre Review. Blue Coat Performance Room, Liverpool. full post

(494 words, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)