Tag Archives: Liverpool

The Muckers!, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Adam Nicholls, Callum Forbes.

We are tied by fortune, fate and quite often the feeling of the replacement family in the act of choosing friends, a random moment shared that leads to decades of hanging around together, perhaps. Be it pals, friends, buddies, chum or even as comrades or companion, time is there to remind us that the friendship is not just about the good times, but looking out for each other when the days verge on the edge of darkness, that we all need to look out for The Muckers!

The Muckers!, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Maddie Stenberg, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

When the bell tolls, the lightning strikes and the thunder finds a way to roll across the landscape and leave the witness in awe at the sunshine and the dripping sweat of Earth that will inevitably follow afterwards, it is always good to know that your gut instincts were right, that those who follow the artist through the rain and the youthful poise, will bask in the radiance that takes them onwards, that they will become the rainbow that heralds a music dawn.

Maddie Stenberg, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool. full post

(436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Gunmen Of The Apocalypse, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The ashes of many a phoenix has been blown and scattered to the four winds, the dust getting in the music lover’s eye and causing the bitter sting of regret and unfulfilled potential; to many a phoenix, the fire was not enough to resurrect them, the burning flame that catches the soul and gives it new life, simply went cold, started to fade and those ashes, they became another memory of what was, a golden bird in flight.

Gunmen Of The Apocalypse, Gig Review. Zanzibar, Liverpool. full post

(448 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Southbound Attic Band, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool, Liverpool Calling 2018.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Southbound Attic Band, Constellations, Liverpool. June 2018. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

The Southbound Attic Band may have recently given the people of London a run for their money with a deserved display of Merseyside passion, they may have taken on what may seem like to be the world, its wife and those to whom have not had the pleasure of their company in the past, but where do you go from there, for the pleasure of their company and the wonderful outlook of the true-life observational lyric, it is to know that Ronnie Clark and Barry Jones will always stay humble, will always be the epitome of the honest raised eyebrow and have the wit of a thousand people chugging through their hearts.

Southbound Attic Band, Gig Review. Constellations, Liverpool, Liverpool Calling 2018. full post

(481 words, 1 image, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

The Big I Am, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Nadia Anim, Emma Bispham, Richard Bremmer, Patrick Brennan, George Caple, Paul Duckworth, Marc Elliot, Cerith Flinn, Emily Hughes, Nathan McMullen, Zelina Rebeiro, Golda Rosheuvel, Keddy Sutton, Liam Tobin.

There are moments in theatre that leave you breathless, where what unfolds on stage is enough to keep you mind whirring at such a pace that sleep, that welcome landing post in choppy waters between days, is impossible, that what has been seen in that form, will leave you reliving every sequence over and over again!

The Big I Am, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(535 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Virago, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Abigail McKenzie, Mike Sanders, Mark Holland, Charlotte Melville, Allan Nicol, Hayley Thompson, Caitlin Mary Carley Clough, Oliver John Lawrensen, Jessica Olwyn, Sam Walton.

With 2018 marking the centenary of voting rights for women and signalling the advent of the #metoo movement, the timing of Make It Write Productions’ Virago – four one-act plays focussing on formidable females – is savvy to say the least, as is executive producer Sharon Colpman’s diverse selection of scripts.

Virago, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(560 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Your Best Guess, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 8.5/10

Cast: Chris Thorpe, Jorge Andrade.

There are many futures that become the legend and home for the question of what if? A certain place in to which the once thought possible becomes a loose strand fluttering in the wind of uncertainty, hangs in the air for the realm of the hypothetical and to come and gather it up. Speculative fiction is rife with such stories, the turn of a single feather, the mark of a wrong turn, all leading to roads and arguably other futures in which Your Best Guess is as good as anyone’s but makes for the most riveting of tales and astonishing deep thought.

Your Best Guess, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(387 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Travis, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The mid to late 90s British music scene will perhaps always be dominated by the thought of a collection of bands to whom the world, in one way or another, idolised, venerated and almost single-handedly took all the glory, all the passion and much of the energy that would have been arguably better suited to groups, artists and song writers to whom deserved it so much more. The Man Who would, the woman who could, have served the attentions of the public better because there was nothing more than splendour in their music, no egos, no bitterness, just a serenade that was inclusive and deeply, melancholic, melody driven, assuredly beautiful.

Travis, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. full post

(438 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Venus Rising, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: James Sutton, Laura Connolly, Abigail McKenzie, Thomas Galashan.

Writer James Wilkinson (James Sutton) is tapping out and reading aloud his latest novel in a cluttered, claustrophobic study, where the shelves creak under the weight of literary masterpieces. Around him, three barely dressed figures act out his plot – and it’s not one for the faint-hearted.

You see, James isn’t crafting a Grapes of Wrath reboot on his wine-stained laptop, he’s churning out “mummy porn” (the fifth instalment of his “Venus” series, which makes Fifty Shades read like Tolstoy) and it’s already earned him a cool £4 million pounds.

Venus Rising, Theatre Review. Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Assassins, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Andrew AB, Shane Bear, Franki Burke, Rachel Davies, Izzi Feld, Trev Fleming, Shaun Holdom-Eyles, Thomas Hurst, Megan Key, Thomas Loughlin, Lily Maketansky, Lizzy Paes, Asher Pollock, Blair Smith, Chris Walsh, Andy Walker, Thomas Wiggins, Charlotte Wilson.

Musicians: Josie Conti, Mark Newberry, Caitlin Marley, Megan Rowlands, Adam Handford, Grace Loxley, Emily Magee, Jonny Knight, Chris Dickinson.

Assassins, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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