Tag Archives: Liverpool

The Heart Of Everton’s Badge To The Grand Old Lady, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Paul Duckworth, John Burns, Carl Cockram, Keddy Sutton, Joe Shipman, Aimee Marnell, Scott Lewis, Adam Byrne, Victoria Hammond, Erin O’ Connell.

In a city where football is the main topic of conversation, where old ladies carrying their shopping home from The Strand in Bootle, to the young children playing on the streets of Toxteth and the public houses rammed full with those who cannot get a ticket to the next game, congregate and chat about the near religious experience they had watching Kenny Dalglish, Joe Royle, Andy King, the young and older version of Wayne Rooney and Ian Rush ply their trade on the stages of Goodison and Anfield, the city of Liverpool always has room for a play about the love of the game and the characters, the fans who make it what it is.

The Heart Of Everton’s Badge To The Grand Old Lady, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(593 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Alexandra Burke Returns To The Starring Role Of Rachel Marron In The Bodyguard Coming To The Liverpool Empire Next February.

Liverpool Empire are thrilled to welcome Alexandra Burke to the venue next February where she will reprise her role of Rachel Marron in the West End smash-hit musical, The Bodyguard.

Alexandra Burke returns to the role of ‘Rachel Marron’ following her triumphant run in the show in both the West End and the subsequent sell out U.K. tour which came to the King’s Theatre in March 2015.  She first rose to fame after winning the fifth series of The X Factor and her debut number one single Hallelujah sold over one million copies in the U.K., a first for a British female soloist. She most recently appeared as Svetlana in Chess at the London Coliseum and will soon appear as Roxie in Chicago at the West End’s Phoenix Theatre. Last year she reached the final of Strictly Come Dancing. Her other theatre credits include Deloris Van Cartier in the national tour of the musical Sister Act.

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

Hancock And Co: One Man, Many Voices, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: James Hurn.

There have been institutions of comedy that have had either the whole country tuning in to watch the latest episode, or which have captured the imagination of the television viewer to the point where upon even hearing their last name said out loud, the programme’s introductory music or just a simple but much loved catchphrase can have them smiling broadly. The memory of these special people is such that even after 50 years since their untimely passing, they still have millions of fans who regularly tune in to any repeat on the television or radio.

Hancock And Co: One Man, Many Voices, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

The Illegal Eagles, Gig Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is no shame in taking it to the limit, for by admitting your love for the song, the moment in which art fuels one’s very being, it becomes the beauty in the obsession; and even if you only see that fascination come out the shadows on the very odd occasion, the only decent response is to play for all your money is worth, to take that limit and see it go beyond the stars.

The Illegal Eagles, Gig Review. Empire Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Pinocchio: The Boy Within, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Catherine Devine, Kimberley Elizabeth Greenwood, Nick Wymer, Louise Gregson, Michael Newstead, Joe Matthew-Morris, Geraldine Moloney Judge , Lee Burnitt, Caitlin Harwood, James Stephenson, Charley McCafferty, Laura Jones.

There is a time when we must all look to those we may call father and take on the mantle of being grown up in front of them, that the facade of childhood and made up stories must cease, and we must find ourselves being the adult, we must cut the strings and stand upon our own two feet.

Pinocchio: The Boy Within, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Graham Nash, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are few typically warm, lovingly affectionate, and genuinely positive welcomes to the Philharmonic Hall stage as there is joyfully reserved for what could be said to be the elder statesmen and women of the music world. The ones to whom kick started off the whole love affair with British pop music, to the ones who found fame not once, but over the course of different bands and outings, who made the crowd sing along to the best known, and sometimes more obscure, songs, the heroes of the 60s have always held a special place in the hearts of music lovers.

Graham Nash, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

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

The Silence Between Us, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Aaron Bladen, Elissa Cooper, Mica Young, Daniel Henry, Kieron Mason, Ian Smith, Laura Mutch, Catherine Kenny.

Musicians: Pete King, Daniel Greenwood, Luke Moore, Beth Pollard.

Depending on your age, you might remember the glares, even visual examinations, some men received when they came back from the fields, deserts and jungles of World War Two, perhaps even closer to home in time, the Falklands’ War, the sacrifices made on both sides of the divide in Ireland, any conflict where the senseless of killing another human being for being in a different coloured uniform is brought home in the eyes of the affected and the screams that burn into the hearts of their loved ones; these are the memories of the sneer, the accusations of somehow being less of man just because you don’t want to die.

The Silence Between Us, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Indebted: The Mix-Tape, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Side A Cast: Abel Lordan, Amaka Onaura, Emily Escott, Famia Umama, Fatima Sajal, Fred Lima, Freya Goss, Georgina Garrod, Kadisha Kayani, Kyle Walsh, Leela Maguire, Letticha Taylor, Linue Kuamona, Luke Coulson, Maya Harris, Rosie Evans, Sophia Kelly-Prandelli, Tia Hume-Jennings.

Side B Cast: Annie Mukete, Chris Maylor, Daniel Sebuyange, Emma Burns, Ezrah Watt-Haydon, Isobel Campbell, Isaac Hodgson, Jay Cast, Joel Cobblestone, Joel Hale, Josh Whitmore, Manoka Mbolokele, Nicole Kennedy, Owen Jones, Riaid Saif, Ryan Tomes, Shauna Higan, Scott Lewis, Shaundel Wright.

Indebted: The Mix-Tape, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

New Play From Unity Youth Theatre Explores The Dark Side Of Technology, Surveillance And Privacy.

On 27th and 28th July, the young people of Liverpool’s Unity Youth Theatre will perform a new play exploring the perils of the technology that increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our lives. Directed by Laura Campbell and Carl Cockram, The Uncomfortability of a Made Up Wor(l)d questions the alternate realities that we create for ourselves online, and takes the trend of constant uploading, sharing and Liking to frightening new heights.

Developing the play from scratch has allowed the 14-18 year-olds – sometimes branded tech-obsessed and addicted to screens – to share their own views on technology’s effects on society, and their fears about the dangerous territory which could lay ahead.

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(266 words, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)

Bob The Russian, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Adam Leyland, Laura Connelly, Adam Nicholls, Liam-Powell-Berry, Callum Forbes, Daniel Hubbard, Thomas Galashan, Warren Kettle, Faye Caddick, Megan Bond, Thomas Heyes, Sam Brown, Mike Manning, George Wills, Aaron Cork, Jacob Simpson.

Genius is not a word to bandy round like a bag of sweets that has been pinched from the local shop and sucked to death by a gang of young tearaways determined to have something on their resume to take onto adult hood, the moment of defiance was born, when being the daring mastermind behind such a great plan was the moment the intellect was sealed.

Bob The Russian, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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