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When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Danielle Rude, James Ledsham, Barbara Wallis, Gillian Hardie.

Sharman Macdonald’s When I was a Girl I Used To Scream and Shout is a production that lifts a very large lid on a relationship between mother and daughter that is far from cordial and in which both are searching for something that the other is unable or somehow unwilling to give. The need for validation and acceptance is not forthcoming and over a small break in which the pair head back to the small Scottish seaside village somehow start to show where their relationship went wrong.

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

A Thousand Murdered Girls, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Maria Hutchison, Rachael Boothroyd, Katy Brown, Kitty Spathia, Valerio Lusito, Arancha Herreruelo-Alonso, Emma Segar, Keelin Sweeney, Alun Parry, Alan Bower, Adam Byrne, Tony Davies, Louise Garcia, Gillian Peterson-Fox.

Every so often the sound of three gunshots echoes around the Unity Theatre. The effect it has on the audience is one that is just as chilling on the soul as the realisation that what the writer Darren Guy and Director Mikyla Jane Durkan have put together is so rooted in Greek history that as an audience member it’s possible to feel shame for the lack of knowledge you have as the true story of the many women arrested and tortured in Greece after World War Two for the crime of fighting Fascism and Nazism.

A Thousand Murdered Girls, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Kidakidder Bring Acclaimed Play When I was a Girl I Used to Scream And Shout To The Unity.

When I was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout is an award winning coming of age drama, about the sexual misconceptions of 15 year old Fiona, growing up in a Scottish seaside town with her best friend Vari and repressive mother Morag and will be at the Unity Theatre from Thursday 11th July to Saturday 13thJuly.

Presented by Kidakidder, the play weaves through the past to present day, Sharman Macdonald recounts with, humour, precision and deliciously rude detail this tale of sexual misadventure and the love/hate tug of war between mothers and daughters. ‘My Mother cares about everything. Life and a ham sandwich.’

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(243 words, estimated 58 secs reading time)

A Cosy Murder, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Becky Illsley, Alice Ellerby, Natasia Hodge.

Think back to all the great detective shows and heroes, Poirot, Marple, Barnaby, Frost, Cagney and Lacey, Morse, all known for their cunning wit, dogged determination in the face of evil and murder and not quite the knack of spinning out a yarn with humour and unbelievable, almost  astonishing, acts of feat. It is highly unlikely that Jean Marple would throw herself around with the same amount of gusto that Becky Illsley and Alice Ellerby managed in their performance of A Cosy Murder.

A Cosy Murder, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(344 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Floating, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There is a reason why the foundation of the country since the end of the Second World War is built upon the cornerstone, the epitome of decency that is the N.H.S. and it is down to doctors and nurses that put up with, laugh alongside, shed tears of agony, frustration and remorse in the midst of insurmountable daily pressure from the sick and the dying and from those trusted with its care who seem to want to destroy what makes the U.K. civilised.

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

(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Batboy: The Musical To Fly Into The Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

From the composer of Legally Blonde the musical (Laurence O’Keefe), comes a love story that gives a little bite to the summer season. City centre based theatre company What We Did Next is bringing their latest production to Unity Theatre, the comedy-horror Batboy: the Musical from Wednesday 5th till Saturday 8th June.

The story concerns a supernatural creature, half bat/half boy, who is discovered in a cave in the American south and brought to the home of local veterinarian Dr. Parker. The Parker family takes him in and teaches him to behave as a normal human, attempting to integrate him into a narrow-minded town. As he tries to fit in, romantic sparks fly and he decides to run away with the veterinarian’s daughter, Shelley. However happiness is shattered as the town hears the shocking story of Bat Boy’s unholy origin.

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

A Wondrous Place, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Kathryn Beaumont, Joshua Hayes, Sally Hodgkiss, Adam Search.

From 18th century novels through to turn of the last century and the black and white kitchen sink dramas produced after the war and on to stereotyped and cliché ridden mass produced television, the idea of the north is one that can be hard to dispel, to make some of those that live in alleged splendour somewhere past the Watford Gap. Not all is grim up north and the harshness that is fostered upon the area is usually one that is made by those who are jealous of the rich tapestry of life that the northern half of England holds dear.

A Wondrous Place, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(416 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Mind The Gap, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Rachel Worsley, Rik Melling, Errol Smith, Jag Sanghera.

The London Underground is an architectural wonder, an amazing structure that is complex, sometimes overcrowded, dirty and yet a thing of beauty. Poets have written many an ode in their love for it, millions use it every single day and during World War Two it was home to those escaping the nightly bombing raids over England’s capital city. Yet somewhere along the line, the reason to talk to someone on the tube, to make contact with a fellow human being, someone sharing that journey with you was lost. No more reason to find out about someone and their life, now it is papers up, stare straight ahead and do not converse with anyone less it causes trouble.

Mind The Gap, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Susannah Freeman Brings One-Woman Show Floating To The Unity Theatre.

Everyone has a story to tell about the N.H.S. The much admired organisation is so intrinsically woven into the fabric of British life that it is impossible to ignore and now a one-woman show starring Susannah Freeman and written and directed by Sam Freeman is on tour and coming to the Unity Theatre at the end of May.

Floating is a one-woman show about life as a high-dependency nurse in the N.H.S., taking in the stresses, strains but also joys of working in the health service. Written after extensive research including interviews with serving NHS staff the play seeks to explore how we, as a nation, treat our health service, how we regard the people who work in, and our relationship with the people around us.

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(340 words, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Finding Joy, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Nanou Harry, Sarah Hawkins, Simone Lewis, Mark Winstanley.

There are times when silence speaks louder than words can ever hope to do so. Whether in anger, contempt or in happiness, the silence, the lack of communication can be deafening and more acute than a random sentence thrown together in praise or sadness.

Finding Joy, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(331 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)