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Review: Blood Brothers at Liverpool Empire *****
There are very few shows that can boast a natural ‘home’ – and a prodigal homecoming to boot. But Blood Brothers, Willy Russell’s tragic...


Review: Beethoven's Emperor at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
He’s a superstar at home in Japan and since he first appeared in Liverpool the best part of a decade ago, Nobuyuki Tsujii has become a...


Review: Deep Blue at Liverpool Everyman ****
It’s a strange and confusing contradiction that in this modern world, despite ‘connection’ being just a tapped screen away, more and more...


Review: Strictly Ballroom at Liverpool Empire ***
The evenings are closing in and Strictly Come Dancing is back on our TV screens in a riot of Saturday night salsa, samba, spandex and...


Review: The Time Traveller's Wife at Storyhouse ***1/2
Audrey Niffenegger’s unconventional love story of a time travelling librarian and his soulmate has evoked powerful responses from readers...


Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
The Importance of Being Earnest remains perhaps Oscar Wilde’s greatest play. Of course, we don’t know what he might have trumped it with....


Review: Othello at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Frantic Assembly’s robust retelling of Othello has gone back to the pub for a third round of drinks, aggro and futile bloodshed. The...


Review: A Billion Times I Love You at Liverpool Everyman ****
Patrick Maguire’s intensely realised love story A Billion Times I Love You won the new writing award at last year’s Homotopia Festival....


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...
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