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Review: Red and Black at LIPA ****
Remember Anthology, the series of immersive promenade performances created by the Everyman in conjunction with Slung Low Theatre Company?...


Review: The Salon at the Epstein Theatre ***
Many venues now precede their show with tannoy requests to turn off your mobile phone, or a stern warning about no photography. But at...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
The 1980s were bookended by two great cinematic slices of audience wish-fulfilment. One was in 1987 when Patrick Swayze opined that...


Review: Summer Holiday at Liverpool Empire **1/2
Summer holidays are weighed with expectations. We save hard to be able to go away and as a result we want it to be memorable, fun, and...


Review: Bouncers at the Royal Court Studio ****
Liverpool’s newest theatre company Boisterous certainly lives up to its name in this vibrant new version of John Godber’s classic...


Review: Bestbeat at the Unity Theatre ***
Sir Paul McCartney may have been at the Palace this week being made a Companion of Honour by Her Majesty. But in Liverpool this spring...


Review: Othello at Liverpool Everyman ****
Cyprus is the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite – Greek goddess of love. But where there’s love there’s also hate, as Shakespeare’s brutal...


Review: Beautiful - The Carole King Musical at the Liverpool Empire ****
John Lennon reputedly wanted his songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney to emulate that of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s. And the...


Review: Lennon's Banjo at the Epstein Theatre ***1/2
You need deep pockets if you want to own a key piece of Beatle-related memorabilia – and amazingly even now there are still items coming...


Review: Agatha Christie's Love From a Stranger at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
Anyone who has ever worried their friend has got involved with a wrong’un will watch Love From a Stranger with a mounting sense of...
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