Category Archives: Theatre

Eddie Fortune: Karen. Comedy Review. Royal Court Studio, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Thanks to the internet, we all know a Karen, or at least a facsimile of her, the crude interpretation that could have gone by any name, but which represents the base line to which we expect certain individuals to have their say. The moment of excruciating agony when a waiter or anyone in the service industry comes up against their nemesis, the one who demands to see the manager over the most frivolous and bizarre claims, that is where the Karen comes in, all seeing, all justified, and either scary or frustrating.

Eddie Fortune: Karen. Comedy Review. Royal Court Studio, Liverpool. full post

(413 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

The Scouse Snow White, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Samantha Arends, Emma Bispham, Jamie Clarke, Michael Fletcher, Stephen Fletcher, Lindzi Germain, Hayley Sheen, Andrew Schofield, Keddy Sutton.

Musicians: Howard Gray, Ben Gladwin, Mike Woodbine, Greg Joy.

Anarchy in the hands of the theatrical and the artistic arguably achieves more than a demonstration and the gnashing of teeth; the power of laughter bringing the pompous to their knees, the smallest prick of hilarity bursting the bubble of the forever vain and the insincere pretentious. Anarchy rules, and its rules are simple, make them laugh and you will have a show that is beautiful to the core and one with a polished sheen attached to it.

The Scouse Snow White, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(458 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Weave, Theatre Review. Royal Court Studio, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Sam Alton.

We are arguably incapable of dealing with the benefit of the internet without descending to the point of the rabble rousing crowd and the actions of the school yard bully; no matter the virtue that can be found in social media, there is an open wound in which we cannot but help pick at, keep scratching at till it bleeds, and in the end we end up looking for friendship in all the wrong places.

Weave, Theatre Review. Royal Court Studio, Liverpool. full post

(440 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Sleeping Beauty, Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Danny Burns, Stephanie Hockley, Adam Keast, Gracie Lai, Greg Last, Holly Mallett, Jamie Noar, Matthew Quinn, Anna Soden, Stanton Wright.

Tis the season to be jolly…even in dreams, for sleep maybe be restful, but it is to the Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto that the pulse is raised, the glitterball comes out of hiding and the lights sparkle, all of which only can mean that music, theatre and the uplifting seasonal fantasy is back; that there is no time to nap, for Sleeping Beauty will keep you feeling alive and ready to party.

Sleeping Beauty, Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(377 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Eilidh Loan, Ben Castle-Gibb, Michael Moreland, Thierry Mabonga, Natali McCleary, Greg Powrie, Sarah MacGillivray.

The unrelenting fascination with arguably two of 19th Century’s literature finest, and most disturbing of creations, Victor Frankenstein and the Monster is one that perhaps asks the most salient, complex and frightening questions to nag at the mind and heart of all who have read Mary Shelley’s intense novel.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Road, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Hannah Aspinall, Ruby Bains, Emily Barker, Rebekah Brown, Sami Bueid, Charlotte Clarke, Jordan Connerty, Charlotte Dawson, Charlie Diable, John Dixon, Joseph Edwards, Jade Fazakerley, Grace Fordham-Bibby, Amber Higgins, Jake Holmes, Poppy Hughes, Chloe Hughes, Morgan Hughes, Connor Kelly, Luke Logan, Jenny Lowe, Molly Madigan, Grace Emily Maud, Niamh McCarthy, Callum McCourt, Jonathan McGuirk, Lewis McVey, Michael Meechan, Jack Molloy, Michael Moran, Aiden Morgan, Charlie Noponen, Yasmin Ormesher-Lunt, Jamie Pye, Phil Rayner, Matthew Roberts, Harry Sargent, Kaila Sharples, Sakura Singh-Corke, Marth Small, Natalie Vaughan, Matthew Woodhouse.

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

(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

I Wanna Be Yours, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Emily Stott, Ragevan Vasan, Rachael Merry.

The search for mutual affection is a dance to which there is no instructional video, the discovery of a soul mate is that waltz or freestyle swaying pirouette through polite society and the odd incursion into the realm of misunderstanding, is one that leaves you breathless and at times declaring a submission, the foxtrot of love ignoring all the rules you may have learned.

I Wanna Be Yours, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(383 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Amélie: The Musical, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Audrey Brisson, Sophie Crawford, Faoileann Cunningham, Rachel Dawson, Oliver Grant, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Chris Jared, Charley Magalit, Caolan McCarthy, Samuel Morgan-Grahame, Emma Jane Morton, Kate Robson-Stuart, Josh Sneesby, Jez Unwin, Johnson Willis.

To live in a world which is delightful is perhaps everybody’s secret dream, one where kindness truly is its own reward and not a payback from the mealy mouthed who see it as recompense for their actions and who take advantage of the compassionate and gentle for their own amusement.

Amélie: The Musical, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(405 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Jonathan Pie: The Fake News Tour. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The world needs satire more than ever. We have come to a crossroads in which the act of satire is decried by many as cruel, in which it has no place in a more caring society; and yet parody, wit and caricature have a place when it comes to expertly showing that the world, its political and spiritual leaders and every single one of us who inhabit this world have come to a point where we deserve to be sent-up.

Jonathan Pie: The Fake News Tour. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(463 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Les Misérables, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Killian Donnelly, Nic Greenshields, Martin Ball, Katie Hall, Tegan Bannister, Bronwen Hanson, Harry Apps, Brian James Leys, Jordan Simon Pollard, Mary-Jane Caldwell Lee Ormsby, Jamie Birkett, Emma Warren, Jessie Hart, Megan Gardiner, Ruby Lyon, Helen Aylott Teleri Hughes, Eva Mairead Connor, Francesca Lidguard, Sadie Horwich, Sophie-Louise Dann, Ava Hope Smith, Lydia Jane Prosser, Eilish Mair Williams, Joseph Sheppard, Noah Walton, Dexter Barry, Leo Miles, Michael Burgen, Will Richardson, Aaron Pryce-Lewis, Shane O’ Riordan, Zac Hamilton, Danny Colligan, Ruben Van Keer, Keoni Blockx, Corrine Priest, Janne Snellen, Joseph Anthony, Nicholas Carter, Nicholas Corrie.

Les Misérables, Theatre Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(488 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)