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Review: Meek at the Unity Theatre ***1/2
The meek may not be about to inherit the earth in this dystopian drama set in an Icelandic parallel universe where misogynist Christian...


Review: Let It Be at Liverpool Empire ****
Let It Be has arrived in Liverpool hot on the heels of an International Beatleweek which this year boasted visiting Fab Four bands from...


Review: In The Heights at Liverpool Empire ****
Long before he penned hip hop phenomenon Hamilton, a teenage Lin-Manuel Miranda conceived In The Heights – a musical set in the Latino...


Review: Titanic the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
It’s been more than a century since Titanic slid to the bottom of the freezing North Atlantic, but the story continues to fascinate....


Review: The Ruby Slippers at Royal Court Studio ***
With the city’s buildings being lit in rainbow colours, and Liverpool Pride taking place this weekend, it seems an ideal time to revisit...


Review: The Play That Goes Wrong at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
When the world around you is going to hell in a handcart, you can laugh, or you can cry. So thank heavens for the ‘Cornley Polytechnic...


Review: The Big I Am at Liverpool Everyman *****
So, to the Everyman Rep’s final production of 2018 – and Robert Farquhar’s audacious take on the Peer Gynt legend is quite a finale. The...


Review: The Crucible at Storyhouse Chester *****
As someone once said – for evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. But here in Arthur Miller’s chilling allegory, it...


Review: King of the World at 81 Renshaw Street ***
A certain bouffant-haired, dainty-handed president may be the butt of a million internet jokes, but the question is - who will have the...


Review: Legally Blonde at Liverpool Empire ****
She may not have won over Eurovision voters, but Lucie Jones is certainly a hit as the lead in this current tour of irrepressible musical...
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