Tag Archives: unity theatre

Polari, Poetry And Spoken Word Review. Homotopia, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The English language is as rich as anything on Earth and yet it is made so purely because it is allowed to breathe, to expand, to contract and usurp words from other cultures and to bring the art of communication into a realm that no other language can truly compete with. The ability to take one word and give it a completely different sense of occasion, to allow the sense of freedom to define the lingo, the dialect and the pattern of speech is to be celebrated and not given a stern look, not to be rallied against and see the language die in a stunted cul-de-sac.

Polari, Poetry And Spoken Word Review. Homotopia, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

The Fuck, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Liam Murphy, Gerard McLaughlin

The pick-up, the slow manoeuvring of time and physical introduction as two sets of eyes meet is a story the world over, sometimes though the need for something beyond the carefree social abandon takes the requirements of dating out of the hands of the participants and into the realm of the arena. Not so much making love on the first date but the greeting of a Spanish crowd to their hero decked in national regalia and the snorting, steam driven worship of a single moment in which The Fuck is all but consuming.

The Fuck, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(374 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Bye, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Nic Hardman, Mary Jayne, James Bray.

It has perhaps arguably long been a topic of conversation between people who find the subject of other people’s love lives and sexual experiences a thrilling and endless game to while away the time, on just how can a person fancy or fall in love with a two people from the opposite genders; the sniggering and the elbow nudging a distraction and deflection to the point which is that human beings are animals and attraction is not based solely on which side of the cup you like to drink out of at all times. For some it even comes down to a choice between friends and which one they may have to say Bye to when the fall out of choice rears its ugly head.

Bye, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Mates Rates, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Rachel McKweon, James Wray, Gareth Cobham, Richard Carlin.

Break ups are never easy, they don’t actually even just entail the two people going through the process, family aside, it effects a wide circle of friends and close personal attachments to the point where some people breaking up demand that you take sides in a fit of ownership. Whilst others feel as though they have no choice but to make a complete break of the whole situation; to the point where starting with nothing is preferable to looks of disappointment and heartbreak.

Mates Rates, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Pulse, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Paul Pope, Andie Egan Jr., David Allen.

The spirit and ethos Grin Theatre’s much talked about Queertet production of four short plays can be seen in this year’s opening production; that of John Maines’ Pulse. The spirit that lives in the Liverpool LGBT community, the feeling of acceptance and recognition is highlighted by the fun and the outrageous, the touch of the mystery and the overall entertaining that plays such as Pulse provide.

Pulse, Theatre Review. Queertet, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Ancient Routes, Theatre Review. Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Louai Alhenawi, Alia Alzougbi, Roskar Nasan, Sanaa Wehbe.

Storytelling is such an important facet of human nature that it strides, like music, across the many diverse and wonderfully different regions and countries of the world. Our own culture, derived as it is originally from many distinct and rampaging races and creeds, is full of folk tales and parables from many customs and backgrounds that it surely is a thrill when the sounds and stories of another area of the world comes and adds more influence to life.

Ancient Routes, Theatre Review. Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(406 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Tick, Tick…Boom!, Theatre Review, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Stuart Crowther, Franki Burke, Adam Handford.

New York in the early 1990s felt at times as if the whole cultural edifice was on its way to being torn down, that imagination, artistic individualism and intellectual prosperity was being neglected, shamed, destroyed by the ever rampant chase of undying consumerism. That the beautiful, even if crime infested streets surrounding certain areas that were awash with artists of every creed were being driven out and in their place those that chased every dollar, every dime and cent with religious capitalist zeal were taking over. Reaganomics had won and the starving artist had better join the party.

Tick, Tick…Boom!, Theatre Review, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Natalie McCool, Gig Review. Liverpool Acoustic Festival 2015, Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Natalie McCool at the Unity Theatre. March 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

From supporting Go West at the Floral Pavilion to the unchartered territory of Russia, from producing one of the singles of the year so far to being thought of as an icon in music, it has been an upward trajectory that that has seen Natalie McCool take on an even greater, and well deserved importance, in the annals of North West music. In the spirit of such things, to have Natalie McCool perform at this year’s Liverpool Acoustic Festival is one to take great thanks in.

Natalie McCool, Gig Review. Liverpool Acoustic Festival 2015, Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(467 words, 1 image, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Paul Straws.

The Unity Theatre in Liverpool isn’t just a creative space for the use of local and touring theatre companies. Within its walls is another heartbeat, a twin spirit of occupation, a breathing fortitude of echoing guitar sounds, exotic drum and cello performed always by a commander of the bow, resides and has firmly taken root over the last few years. A gig here and there throughout the year, bookended by the abundance of theatre, but nevertheless important and the acoustic evenings they put on are fully looked forward to.

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(1424 words, estimated 5:42 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement. An Interview With Paul Dunbar Of The Midnight Ramble.

The Unity Theatre in Liverpool has long been a home for the adventurous and the glorious. It has been and will hopefully always be the place in which the avant-garde shakes hands with the rebellious and in which the seditious, defiant revolutions can start.

These revolutions may be small, they may be missed by the greater good and the world in general but they take place none the less and alongside the plays and productions that take place within its two theatre spaces and even a nod to Kerouac having been filmed within its walls, it is music that carries the revolution nod gently along.

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(1622 words, estimated 6:29 mins reading time)