Review: Bolero at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Outside it was grey and damp, but inside the Philharmonic Hall’s auditorium there was a chance to bask (or perhaps Basque) in some late...
Review: RLPO Season Opening Concert at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
The nights are drawing in and there’s an early autumnal chill in the air which can mean only one thing – a new season of music making at...
Review: Julie, Madly, Deeply at Liverpool Theatre Festival ****
In the week when we've lost real royalty, Julie, Madly, Deeply – written and performed by Sarah-Louise Young - gives the Liverpool...
Review: The Osmonds: A New Musical at Liverpool Empire ***1/2
They were, perhaps, the original boy band – and in the 1970s Osmondmania swept Liverpool just as it did nearly every other place in the...
Review: I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical at Liverpool Theatre Festival *****
Liverpool Theatre Festival started life back in 2020 to support the city’s live performance and creative arts sector which – like so much...
Review: Little Shop of Horrors at Liverpool Empire ****
The Liverpool Empire Youth Theatre is never less than ambitious when it comes to its big summer productions. In recent years it’s...
Review: YNWA Let's Talk About Six, Baby at Liverpool Royal Court ****1/2
It’s more than a decade since writer – and ardent Red – Nicky Allt turned his attention to the small matter of the history of Liverpool...
Review: The Yarn at Reynolds Park ****
What a difference a year makes. Last summer, Imaginarium Theatre brought its touring production of As You Like It to Woolton where the...
Review: White Nights at Philharmonic Hall *****
Six years ago, Vasily Petrenko spent his 40th birthday conducting his annual White Nights concert at the Philharmonic Hall. In fact,...
Review: One Man, Two Guvnors at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Richard Bean’s spirited adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s classic commedia dell’arte play The Servant of Two Masters helped turn James Corden...