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Review: Lost Soul 2 at Liverpool's Royal Court ***1/2
Smigger, Donna, Terry and Pat have been hitting the Liverpool dancefloor for the best part of two decades – and Dave Kirby’s...


Review: Hairspray at Liverpool Empire *****
Traditionally summer was a time when theatres closed their doors with their audiences lured away to seaside resorts or sunnier climes....


Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre *****
In an interview with his friend Robbie Ross the month before its 1895 premiere, Oscar Wilde described his latest play as ‘a delicate...


Review: Bring it On the Musical at Liverpool Empire ***
Cheerleading always feels like one of those peculiarly American things – right there with Spring Break, glee clubs, sorority houses and...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
If you were asked to nominate a classic cinematic moment from the 1980s, what would you choose? Nobody putting Baby in the corner at...


Review: Sisters of Mersey at Liverpool's Royal Court ****
The Sound of Music is one of playwright Jonathan Harvey’s favourite things – so perhaps it was only a matter of time before he answered...


Review: Wicked at the Liverpool Empire *****
When Wicked landed in Liverpool for the first time a decade ago, the equivalent of one in seven of the city’s population came out to see...


Review: Tell me How it Ends at Liverpool Everyman ****
When the full, deadly and terrifying reality of HIV and AIDS started to become widely known during the 1980s, many lesbians stepped up in...


Review: Twelfth Night at Shakespeare North Playhouse ****
Not Too Tame positions itself as ‘great night out specialists’ with high-octane storytelling at the heart of everything it does....


Review: Mind Mangler at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but it’s disaster which really fires the imagination of Mischief Theatre’s merry pranksters....
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