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Review: Beethoven's Eroica at Philharmonic Hall****1/2
There are some concert programmes that send you home with a smile – and this foray into the sound worlds of Barber, Beethoven and the...


Review: Cosmic at Royal Court Studio ***1/2
There have always been conspiracy theories and people happy to believe them, but the rise of the internet – and, in recent times, being...


Review: Explorations at Philharmonic Hall ****
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has a reputation for commissioning new work and Hope Street audiences have become used to world...


Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Liverpool Playhouse ****
First it was a best-selling book (titled These Foolish Things), then a hit film, followed by a reality TV series populated by a cohort of...


Review: The Seagull at LIPA ****
When Anton Chekhov premiered The Seagull in the autumn of 1896, it bewildered its audience whose loud dismay (they booed and hissed the...


Review: Bingo Star at Liverpool Royal Court ***
There are ‘in house’ productions – and then there’s the Royal Court where the creative team (and wider workforce) don’t just stage shows...


Review: Top Girls at Liverpool Everyman ***1/2
When Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls was premiered back in 1982, it was hailed as an important addition to both the socialist and feminist...


Review: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
Having delivered his Nutcracker! in 1992, and his singular Swan Lake in 1995, it took Matthew Bourne the best part of two decades to...


Review: Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto at Philharmonic Hall *****
It’s never good news when you find yourself without a soloist days before a practically sold-out concert. So you can feel for the...


Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo at Liverpool Playhouse ****
It’s a decade since Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of The Kite Runner first landed on the Liverpool Playhouse’s stage and five years since...
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