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Review: Harvest at LIPA ****
His outrageous comic caper One Man, Two Guvnors may remain his best-known work, but Richard Bean has enjoyed a prolific run as a...


Review: VÃkingur Ólafsson plays Beethoven at Philharmonic Hall *****
Most people would agree it’s been quite a week for Vikingur Ólafsson . First the Icelandic pianist picked up a coveted Grammy for his...


Review: The Merchant of Venice 1936 at Liverpool Playhouse ****
The Merchant of Venice has long been described as a ‘problem play’. Is it a comedy or a tragedy? And is Shakespeare condoning...


Review: Pass the Parcel at the Royal Court Studio ****
Families are funny things, and their dynamics can be incomprehensible to outsiders – and indeed sometimes to family members too. These...


Review: Leeds International Piano Competition Winner at Philharmonic Hall ****
In recent years the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has become the Leeds International Piano Competition’s house band, accompanying the...


Review: Bat Out of Hell the Musical at the Liverpool Empire ***1/2
Bat Out of Hell has a convoluted origin story. Back in the 1960s the late Jim Steinman conceived a musical set among a tribe of wild...


Review: Bost Musicals' Annie at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
It’s a big year for BOST. In fact, this is the start of two big years for the Merseyside musical theatre company. In July it’s involved...


Review: Spirit of Christmas at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Just on the off chance you haven’t noticed, we’re currently in the midst of ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, complete with much...


Review: Star of Wonder at the Unity Theatre *****
Covid was a calamity for many, and in many different ways. And one casualty of the pandemic was the Unity’s wonderful annual Christmas...


Review: Sleeping Beauty at Chester Storyhouse ***
Panto season brings with it a myriad magical lands inhabited by plucky princesses in peril, loyal but hapless sidekicks, boo-able baddies...
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