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Review: The Royal at Liverpool's Royal Court ****
When The Royal was premiered in 2016, Liverpool’s gleaming new Royal Hospital was nearing completion. In fact, producers at the Royal...


Review: Cherry Jezebel at Liverpool Everyman ****
More than 15 years have passed – and a lot of water has flowed under the bridge - since Jonathan Larkin’s debut play Paradise Bound was...


Review: The Lark Ascending at Philharmonic Hall ****
The evenings are finally getting lighter, the weather is about to turn positively spring-like, and audiences are beginning to get a...


Review: The Addams Family at Liverpool Empire ***1/2
Love, laughter and a possible happily ever after? Can this really be The Addams Family? An opening howl, clap of thunder and burst of...


Review: Dead Good at Unity Theatre *****
Vamos Theatre was due to pay Liverpool a visit as part of the Unity’s 40th anniversary celebrations. Then the pandemic arrived and threw...


Review: Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
When a young Matthew Bourne came to choreograph his first major re-interpretation of a ‘classical’ ballet, he turned perhaps...


Review: Musical Landscapes at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Coming together to make and listen to live music is the kind of shared experience which reminds us that there’s more that unites than...


Review: Bruckner's Eighth Symphony at Philharmonic Hall *****
When other teenagers were listening to pop music in their bedrooms, Liverpool’s future chief conductor Domingo Hindoyan had Bruckner’s...


Review: Spirit of Christmas at Philharmonic Hall ****
Back in the mists of time, John Suchet was persuaded to present the Phil’s popular Spirit of Christmas concerts for ‘just one year’....


Review: Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World at Liverpool Playhouse ****
SIX meets Bill and Ted meets Night at the Museum in this sparky new show from the producers behind the sassy smash hit that put Henry...
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