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Review: Only Fools and Horses the musical at the Liverpool Empire ****
It seems to be the season for live stage adaptations of TV's ‘national treasures’. Fawlty Towers heads for the Empire this autumn, and...


Review: Speedo Mick the Musical at Liverpool's Royal Court ****
There have been plenty of stories on stage inspired by the Red side of Liverpool – so chapeau to the Royal Court for redressing the...


Review: Little Shop of Horrors at the Hope Street Theatre ****
The 50s and early 60s were a golden era for what might be termed shlocky horror – a Technicolor, B-movie paradise of aliens from outer...


Review: North by Northwest at Liverpool Playhouse ****
How do you recreate a classic cinematic spy thriller with big screen set pieces that include an aerial attack scene and a dramatic...


Review: Elgar's Cello Concerto at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
This week the Phil announced its new season for 2025-26, unveiling a programme bursting with goodies including a clutch of world and UK...


Review: Hamilton at the Liverpool Empire *****
There are some words which tend to get overused these days. Icon is one, and phenomenon is arguably another. Yet perhaps if anything in...


Review: Making It at Liverpool's Royal Court ***
No matter the generation, no matter the venue, or show or size of the audience - the smell of the greasepaint and the roar of the crowd...


Review: Takeaway at the Liverpool Everyman ***
Creative director Nathan Powell got his feet under the table at the Everyman and Playhouse last December. But programming isn’t an...


Review: Calamity Jane at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some musicals start on stage and migrate to the big screen – and some begin as films and have an afterlife in the theatre. Calamity Jane...


Review: Glagolitic Mass at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Conductor introductions can be an illuminating way into a concert programme for audiences. But when Dinis Sousa produced a microphone at...
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