top of page
Recent News




















Archive


Review: Jack and the Beanstalk at Hope Street Theatre ****
Fe fi fo fum, something seasonally silly this way comes. There are tall stories, and then there’s Jack and the Beanstalk, the improbable...


Review: Spirit of Christmas at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen may not be on the programme for 2022, but the RLPO’s Spirit of Christmas concerts certainly spread comfort...


Review: Goldilocks and the Three Bears at Epstein Theatre ****
Panto season is packed with fairy godmothers, sleeping princesses, diminutive miners, magic carpets and improbable runaway vegetation. So...


Review: White Christmas at Liverpool Empire ****
It’s usually snow which throws plans into disarray – but it’s the lack of the cold, fluffy stuff which causes the biggest headache for...


Review: Cinderella at the Floral Pavilion ***1/2
Is there anything more evocative of (and peculiarly distinctive about) a British Christmas than a theatre full of children screaming ‘oh...


Review: Red Riding Hood at Liverpool Everyman ***
The Everyman’s rock ‘n’ roll panto has become a Christmas tradition for many Liverpool theatregoers, and just like the Royal Court down...


Review: The New World at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Sacred music, nursery rhymes, a brave new world – and a generously populated Philharmonic Hall enjoying it all. Who needs the World Cup?...


Review: Beautiful at Liverpool Empire ****
Before bands and solo artists started to write their own music – before the Beatles basically – they relied on the prodigious output from...


Review: The Chronicles of Atom and Luna at Unity Theatre ****
If The Chronicles of Atom and Luna seems familiar to Unity regulars, there’s good reason. The new play – being toured by Essex-based...


Review: Petrenko's Manfred at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
It’s 15 years since the RLPO and Vasily Petrenko gathered on the Philharmonic Hall stage to record Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. A lot...
bottom of page