Tag Archives: Jack the Ripper

Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre And North West Acting School Combine To Bring The Unlikely Candidate To The Stage.

Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre and North West End Acting School have combined to present a brand-new play set in 19th century Liverpool – The Unlikely Candidate.

The show has been written by North West End Acting School’s Francis Tucker and will be performed by the Youth Theatre’s mentoring group which is made up of students over the age of 17. Tucker, who is best known for his performances in Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, YNWA and as the dame in the last 19 Everyman pantomimes, will also direct the show and has written all of the original music. 

Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre And North West Acting School Combine To Bring The Unlikely Candidate To The Stage. full post

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

Wynne Weston-Davies, The Real Mary Kelly. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It was once claimed that a piece of vital evidence would one day come forward that it would prove without doubt the identity of the man who brought the East End of London to its knees during the latter half of 1888 and the answer would not be shocking. It would not have the world reaching for all the hundreds of books written on the subject once more and be leafed through with the luxury of zealot like gratification on deciding who was right or wrong, but in fact would leave armchair Detectives and Ripperologists scratching their head and going, “Who”?

Wynne Weston-Davies, The Real Mary Kelly. Book Review. full post

(598 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

A Very British Murder: Part Two. Television Review. B.B.C.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Ration * * * *

As Dr. Lucy Worsley makes her way through the Victorian age of the most nefarious crime of all, the taking of another’s life, the second part of her new series, A Very British Murder, lifts the lid on the rise of the detective, whether in fiction or on the streets and houses of Britain and the detective’s arch nemesis, that of the arm chair detective.

A Very British Murder: Part Two. Television Review. B.B.C. full post

(365 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)