Category Archives: Theatre

I Thought I Might Be Jet Li But It Turns Out That I’m Not, Theatre Review. Sennheiser Studio, L.I.P.A., Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Nathan McGowran, Duncan Riches, Stephen Smith.

Life feels like just an act, a play in which we are duty bound to perform at all times, in which the moment we forget our lines, someone else is apt to dive straight in and take over, receiving the glory, the adulation from the press and the crowds who stopped to look our way, and the wry comments of speculation of what they are going to do next. Meanwhile, we stand there shouting to the world, finding the place in which we can rejoin the pace and the set down words; but knowing we will now forever be playing catch up.

I Thought I Might Be Jet Li But It Turns Out That I’m Not, Theatre Review. Sennheiser Studio, L.I.P.A., Liverpool. full post

(454 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Othello, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Emma Bispham, Patrick Brennan, Paul Duckworth, Marc Elliott, Cerith Flinn, Leah Gould, Emily Hughes, Golda Rosheuvel.

Photograph used with kind permission by the Everyman Theatre and Jonathan Keenan.

Change a moment, whisper down the ears of others around you words of sweet poison, let the drip of misinformation gather pace and be content in watching the world, which was at peace, rip itself apart and burn itself to a cinder. It is in such actions that happiness falls, that death is chased by murder and hatred festers.

Othello, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Black Men Walking, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Tyrone Huggins, Trevor Laird, Tonderai Munyevu, Dorcas Sebuyange.

By denying the inalienable truth of the past, we suffer the fools of the future, instead of celebrating the fact, we experience the danger of lies and slurs becoming the norm, it is this misrepresentation of history that brings us the insanity of Presidents and the vileness of certain groups and their unfathomable so called logic, better to admit in the open and let the fools run, that the country we live in, no matter where we live, is made of a history that is more diverse, more beautiful than we understand, that we all walk, we walk in the shadow of our ancestors.

Black Men Walking, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(444 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Lennon’s Banjo, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Eric Potts, Jake Abraham, Mark Moraghan, Lynn Francis, Daniel O’Brien, Stephanie Dooley, Alan Stocks, Roy Carruthers.

Special guest appearance by Pete Best.

Memorabilia is big business, some of it only worth the money to the person that truly wants to covet it, to see it take pride of place in a darkened room and never let anyone ever see it again. The private collector to whom a piano played by Billy Joel, Elton John or Tori Amos is as valuable, if not more so, than keeping the instrument used to create art out of sight of millions; a type of dystopian pleasure, a greed that undeniably stokes the furnaces of ownership but also in which hangs tales of intrigue, of lost items and found loves.

Lennon’s Banjo, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Love From A Stranger, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Helen Bradbury, Sam Frenchum, Alice Haig, Justin Avoth, Molly Logan, Crispin Redman, Nicola Sanderson, Gareth Willams.

Despite being one of the few works by Agatha Christie which has not had the major investment by television and film and has which received perhaps less attention than most when it comes to being adapted by theatre, Love From A Stranger is a compelling piece in which the idea of the hidden psychopath is explored and manipulated to the point of the absolute style becoming of the Queen of British Crime fiction.

Love From A Stranger, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(421 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

A Clockwork Orange, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

A Clockwork Orange, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. Photograph used with kind permission by Marc Brenner and the Everyman Theatre.

Cast: George Caple, Nadia Anim, Richard Bremmer, Nathan McMullen, Phil Rayner, Zelina Rebeiro, Keddy Sutton, Liam Tobin.

Musician: Peter Mitchell.

A Clockwork Orange, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(529 words, 1 image, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

The Last Ship, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Richard Fleeshman, Charlie Hardwick, Joe McGann, Frances McNamee, Joe Caffrey, Matt Corner, Anne Grace, Sean Kearns, Katie Moore, Charlie Richmond, Parisa Shahmir, Kevin Wathen, Marvin Ford, Penelope Woodman, James William-Pattison, Michael Blair, Susan Fay, Orla Gormley.

There have been many shameful periods in the history of the country, especially since World War Two ended and the thought of big Government in all its forms has risen its various ugly and uncaring heads to take on big organisations and labour.

The Last Ship, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(582 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. (2018).

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: James Templeton, Sharon Byatt, John Schumacher, Lucy Litchfield, Nick Wymer, Ed Barr Sim, Sam Donovan, Timothy Lucas, Chloe Taylor, Daniel Taylor, Lenny Wood, Neville Cann, Fra Gunn, Faye Griffiths, Emma Webber, Hannah Rankin, Lily Davies, James Ledsham, Luke Lucas.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. (2018). full post

(492 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

The Rainbow Connection, Theatre Review. Downstairs At The Royal Court, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Angela Simms, Danny O’Brien.

Love, so the poets, the romantics and the occasional purposeful song-writer will attest, is indeed a many splendid thing; it is the joy of lost reason, of the possible loss of everything you thought about yourself and the conquering of the soul. Love isn’t about the physical act between people, love is what you are willing to do for another human being, what you are prepared to sacrifice to make someone happy, to look upon their face and hope for all the colours that a rainbow can provide, love is the most reckless and untrustworthy emotion and we should strive to see it happen more often and with whomever.

The Rainbow Connection, Theatre Review. Downstairs At The Royal Court, Liverpool. full post

(515 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

Jack And The Beanstalk, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Ray Quinn, Lindzi Germain, Claire Simmo, Lewis Pryor, Michael Chapman, Mia Molloy.

The Pantomime is an institution, one of first experiences for many to whom the theatre is a haven to be preserved, of silliness and beauty, of hearing that loud series of giggles and laughter from younger audiences before they become self-conscious and trapped within the confines of fitting behaviour. It is when you see this in action during the Pantomime that it reminds you of what brought you into this fascinating and beguiling world in the first place, magic, the wonderful world of the delightful thrill, where anything is possible and the overall enchantment that the young mind grasps onto with relish.

Jack And The Beanstalk, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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