Review: My Beautiful Laundrette at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
When My Beautiful Laundrette burst on to the big screen almost 40 years ago, it was an invigorating and influential cinematic moment....
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Review: Edward II After Brecht at LIPA ***1/2
For every monarch that has lived to a great age and died peacefully in their beds, there are others who have come to a more…unexpected...
Review: Come Together at Liverpool Royal Court ****
If Lennon and McCartney were essentially (as Come Together explains) “two lads from Liverpool, friends, brought together by fate – at a...
Review: Beautiful Evil Things at Liverpool Everyman ****
History, as another play about a much-maligned character reminded me this week, is written by the victors. It’s also been largely written...
Review: Come From Away at Liverpool Empire *****
Just like those other shell-shocking moments in time, those of us who were alive then know exactly where we were and what we were doing...
Review: Richard, My Richard at Shakespeare North Playhouse ****
The rehabilitation of Richard III’s character continues apace. For every (increasingly fractious it seems) production of Shakespeare’s...
Review: Unfortunate at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Fairytale ‘baddies’ get such a bad rap don’t they? But honestly, are they all really evil, or are some maybe just a bit, you know,...
Review: Domingo Hindoyan's Bruckner at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Anton Bruckner was, by all accounts, a pretty peculiar man. He was obsessed with counting architectural features, had a troubling...
Review: Youth Orchestra reunion concert at Philharmonic Hall
Reunions can be tricky things. They often come arm in arm with huge expectations which, thanks to intervening time and tide, are...
Review: Grieg's Piano Concerto at Philharmonic Hall *****
It’s certainly a week for prodigal returns at Hope Street. Tomorrow, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s greatest son – Sir Simon Rattle –...
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