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Review: Wild Swans at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
You wait for one world premiere to come along and then, like buses, two turn up one after the other. And if Roberto Sierra’s Sixth...


Review: The Midnight Bell at Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
While his usual Liverpool stamping ground is up the road at the Empire, four years ago Matthew Bourne brought his playful Early...


Review: The War of the Worlds at Liverpool Everyman ****
HG Wells’ deadly fin de siècle sci-fi tale has been through any number of storytelling permutations and genres since it was published at...


Review: Sirens, Men and Crabs at Unity Theatre ****
Good things come to those that wait. And for fans of Teatro Pomodoro, the Liverpool-based international theatre troupe, it’s been an...


Review: Homebaked at Royal Court Liverpool ****
Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, a tale of the little person’s triumph over ‘the man’. And surely everyone loves a pie? So it’s...


Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Liverpool Playhouse ****
You wait for one play about simmering family secrets, lies and resentments exploding at a 65th birthday party – and then two come along...


Review: Our Lady of Blundellsands at Liverpool Everyman ****1/2
Jonathan Harvey’s hotly anticipated new play Our Lady of Blundellsands was dealt a blow when its premiere run was cut cruelly short by...


Review: Dial M for Murder at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
Is there such a thing as a perfect crime? That’s the question posed by Frederick Knott’s play Dial M for Murder which its writer then...


Review: Something About George at Liverpool Theatre Festival ***1/2
It’s 20 years this November since the much-loved, much-missed George Harrison died at the age of just 58. In his family’s words, the...


Review: Waltz Time at Philharmonic Hall ****
They had, in chief executive Michael Eakin’s words, a ‘dress rehearsal’ at the BBC Proms last weekend. But grand though the Royal Albert...
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