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Review: Beauty and the Beast at Unity Theatre ****
“Be our guest,” Belle trills towards the end of the Unity’s new Christmas show, before being told unceremoniously: “Wrong version!” And...


Review: Aladdin at Hope Street Theatre ****
Last year Drops of Light brought an immediacy and intimacy to its production of Beauty and the Beast by performing it in the round (well,...


Review: The Snow Queen at Liverpool Everyman ****1/2
Well deck the halls and put out a mince pie for Santa – the countdown to Christmas has officially started. You can always guarantee...


Review: Calendar Girls the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
First it was a real calendar. Then along came Tim Firth who captured the amazing true-life story in a hit screenplay. He returned to the...


Review: Dream Team returns at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
“There aren’t many concerts where you come out with a smile on your face,” I overheard one man saying to another in the street outside...


Review: Benidorm Live at Liverpool Empire ****
Benidorm the series may have finally taken its towel off the ITV sun lounger and headed for home. But it seems its spirit lives on – in...


Review: War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral ****
Benjamin Britten penned his pacifist masterpiece for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral in 1962. Liverpool Cathedral was...


Review: Elgar Cello Concerto at Philharmonic Hall ****
Tomorrow the RLPO leads massed ranks from Liverpool and Hannover in a performance of Britten’s War Requiem in a sell-out concert at...


Review: Still Alice at Liverpool Playhouse ****
Anyone who has watched a loved one in the grip of dementia will find a real resonance in this emotionally powerful new stage version of...


Review: Nativity! the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
Christmas really does get earlier every year – but a Nativity on Halloween night? That could have been an interesting mash-up, and indeed...
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