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Lennon’s Banjo, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Eric Potts, Jake Abraham, Mark Moraghan, Lynn Francis, Daniel O’Brien, Stephanie Dooley, Alan Stocks, Roy Carruthers.

Special guest appearance by Pete Best.

Memorabilia is big business, some of it only worth the money to the person that truly wants to covet it, to see it take pride of place in a darkened room and never let anyone ever see it again. The private collector to whom a piano played by Billy Joel, Elton John or Tori Amos is as valuable, if not more so, than keeping the instrument used to create art out of sight of millions; a type of dystopian pleasure, a greed that undeniably stokes the furnaces of ownership but also in which hangs tales of intrigue, of lost items and found loves.

Lennon’s Banjo, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Play About Lennon’s Missing Banjo-Fab Four Partners And Director Announced On Legend’s Birthday.

 

“The very first tune I ever learned to play was ‘That’ll Be The Day’. My mother Julia taught it to me on the banjo, sitting there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords – John Lennon.

Yesterday (Monday, 9th October) marks what would have been the 77th birthday of the legendary singer, songwriter, musician, peace campaigner and Beatle John Winston Lennon.

And in just over six months time, new comedy play Lennon’s Banjo will premiere at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre telling the fascinating and touching story behind the beginning of the singer’s musical journey, influenced by his mother Julia.

Play About Lennon’s Missing Banjo-Fab Four Partners And Director Announced On Legend’s Birthday. full post

(674 words, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)