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Review: Blood Brothers at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2
You wait ages for one Willy Russell play – and then two come along at the same time! With Shirley Valentine back at the Everyman and...


Review: Shirley Valentine at the Liverpool Everyman *****
Four decades after she first slid chips and egg on to a plate, Shirley Valentine continues to speak directly to audiences all over the...


Review: Ensemble 10:10 at the Tung Auditorium ****
The Liverpool Phil’s annual artist in residence programme has nurtured a host of rewarding musical partnerships – along with lasting...


Review: Love's Labour's Lost (More or Less) at Shakespeare North Playhouse ****
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s early comedy, doesn’t often get staged these days. Even the RSC only seems to return to it every...


Review: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at the Liverpool Empire *****
The inspiration for a radical reimagining of Swan Lake apparently came to Matthew Bourne while he watched more traditionally staged...


Review: Dream Team at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
With Easter being so late this year, it’s still the best part of a fortnight until the day we British know as Shrove Tuesday – and much...


Review: The Parent Agency at Storyhouse ****
Musical theatre is no stranger to a precocious protagonist – think little orphan Annie or, in more recent years, Tim Minchin’s Matilda....


Review: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at the Liverpool Empire ***1/2
It was hosting a trio of young evacuees during the Second World War which sparked the idea which eventually led to CS Lewis’ famous...


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...
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