Category Archives: Theatre

The Bench: (Friendship Forever), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * *

Cast: Barbara Cunningham, Neil Summerville.

How far will you go for friendship? If you are fortunate enough to have that one person in your life to whom you would go to the end of the Earth for just to make them smile, then yours is perhaps the most blessed of lives, a truth of existence is that we cannot go through our time here on Earth without searching for that one person to make us happy, neither are we immune to wanting to find another in which we might be able to bring happiness too. It is a Friendship Forever in which our lives are balanced upon.

The Bench: (Friendship Forever), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

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

The Bench: (Heaven Sent), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Clifford Hume, Emma Ley, Karl Best.

There is a theatre of mystery that dogs human existence, we seem to fail to understand the connection we have to each and every person on the planet, we are so concerned with our own sense of self that we neglect the silence of a child and put it down to wilful disobedience, we forget those who raise us until the moment they are gone from our lives and we are ignorant to those who don’t scream and shout when the world has taken a bad turn, we believe that just because they aren’t complaining that they can take the misery and misfortune levelled at their soul.

The Bench: (Heaven Sent), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

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

The Bench: (Love), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Claire Coull, Neil Summerville, Emma Ley.

Love is what remains when the world no longer makes sense, it is the spark in the fire of inspiration, it is the beauty in the chaos and anarchy that makes us give everything we can to those whose lives we cherish. Love is that moment when your breath is taken away by the person you see in pain, knowing you will do anything to stop it from continuing.

The Bench: (Love), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Terry Titter: A Christmas Story. Comedy Review, Royal Court Theatre Studio.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

When one of its own isn’t around, the city feels like its pining for their return, too often the sound of laughter is taken for granted, and when the comic does not appear on stage for a time, the happiness can be seen to dissipate like thinly weaved mist being stretched and called back to the sea, to be lost in the gloom; what is needed in such times is A Christmas Story, one told by Terry Titter.

Terry Titter: A Christmas Story. Comedy Review, Royal Court Theatre Studio. full post

(479 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

A Christmas Carol, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Spymonkey’s A Christmas Carol at the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. Photograph used with kind permission by the Playhouse Theatre and Johan Persson.

Cast: Aitor Basauri, Petra Massey, Toby Park, Sophie Russell.

Musicians: Ross Hughes, Marcus Penrose, David Insua-Cao.

A Christmas Carol, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(533 words, 1 image, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Snow White And The Seven Dwarves, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kim Woodburn, Derek Acorah, Lewis Pryor, Claire Simmo, Michael Chapman, Mia Molloy, Alex Patmore, Daryl Holden.

The evil and wicked step-mother is stalking the land, seven forest-dwelling miners are set to become heroes and guardians of a princess in danger and the beautiful fairy will always have some power to make the day go with a band,  a bite of an apple will hold the key to the throne and always a kiss will seal the fate of all, it is so decreed by the magic mirror and nobody should dare question the fair Snow White as she takes her place as the fairest in the land.

Snow White And The Seven Dwarves, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Aladdin, Theatre Review. Floral Pavilion, New Brighton.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Bill Ward and Jennifer Harding at the Floral Pavilion’s Aladdin, December 2018. Photograph by Brian Roberts and used with kind permission by The Floral Pavilion.

Cast: Bill Ward, Michael McGinn, Jennifer Harding, Bradley Judge, Andrew Agnew, TJ Lloyd, Michael Chance, Kelsie-Rae Marshall, Andrew Gallo. Samuel Wright, Beth Mortimer, Daisy Smith, Annie Winstanley, Jennifer Wong.

Musicians: Peter Golding, Adam Behrens, Jonny Christie.

Aladdin, Theatre Review. Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. full post

(490 words, 1 image, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Beauty And The Beast, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Stephen Collins, Edward Day, Simone Lewis, Rose-Marie Christian.

Within us all there is the propensity to harbour both good and evil, to be kind-hearted and to allow the nature of maliciousness to shine through; there is though a realm of mischievousness which can enter both states of mind, not born out of a dark soul, but in the way that you are treated by others, one can only take so much abuse from someone before they start to kick back, when people are excluded and talked about spitefully behind their back, they become harsh, callous perhaps, they become unkind.

Beauty And The Beast, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Broken Biscuits, Theatre Review. Royal Court Studio, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Gillian Hardie, Leanne Martin, Louise Garcia.

We must always remember that we don’t truly understand, not completely, how another person feels, that despite the smiles and triumphant words shown and yelled to the world, we have no way of knowing the pain they suffer behind closed doors. The world of social media has perhaps exacerbated that sense of false bonhomie, putting on a face for the world in digital form when all you want to do is lock yourself away and deal with the grief that has been placed at your door.

Broken Biscuits, Theatre Review. Royal Court Studio, Liverpool. full post

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

Cinderalla Scouse, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Paul Duckworth, Michael Fletcher, Stephen Fletcher, Lindzi Germain, Eva McKenna, Andrew Schofield, Hayley Sheen, Keddy Sutton.

Musicians: Howard Gray, Ben Gladwin, Greg Joy, Emily Linden.

Liverpool faces every threat thrown at it by Government with one of the deadliest weapons known to humanity, the ability to laugh and fight back with savage, beautiful humour. In an age when the way we live is under constant threat, it is the greatest of attributes that we possess theatres, artists and writers who are unafraid to deliver the joke that entertains the many, whilst the undercurrent gladly riles the backs of those who see the world only in terms of doctrine and political dogma.

Cinderalla Scouse, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(527 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)