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Review: Mark Simpson's The Immortal at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall ****
Mark Simpson has revealed what he calls his ‘big and wild’ ambitions were ignited by the performances he watched and music he experienced as a youngster listening to concerts at the Philharmonic Hall. But while he may have dreamed a dream, one wonders if the Liverpool schoolboy really imagined he’d one day be feted as the orchestra that so influenced his youth premiered his own compositions in the same concert hall. Over the two decades and counting of his professional career
Review: Waiting for Godot at the Liverpool Everyman *****
It may be a play where, as the tagline goes, “nothing happens…then nothing happens again”, but Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterpiece on the human condition is rich in incident and Shakespearean in scope. And it also fair twangs with vividness and life in this tremendous new co-production between Liverpool, Glasgow Citizen and Bolton Octagon, which features a pair of peerless performances from Everyman alumni Matthew Kelly and George Costigan. Jean Chan’s frayed set (even th
Review: The Memory of Water at the Liverpool Everyman ****
It’s been 30 years since Shelagh Stephenson’s darkly comic play premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, going on to transfer to the West End and Broadway and winning an Olivier to boot. And while the creamy tones of Nat King Cole might punctuate scene changes in this sparky revival at the Liverpool Everyman, it’s the sound of the Spice Girls which drags us back aurally to 1996, the year of genetically modified crops, royal divorces, Dunblane, Dolly the sheep and Trainspotting. In
Hope Street Blend Festival brings live music to Liverpool audiences this weekend
The Hope Street Blend Festival will bring live music to venues up and down the popular Liverpool cultural area this weekend. The new...
Review: The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure at the Liverpool Everyman ****
Wirral writer Billie Collins’ debut play, Too Much World at Once, was a continent spanning metaphorical contemplation of identity and...
Everyman Fem de la Festival celebrates funny women
The Liverpool Everyman is set to play host to the first Fem de la Festival this spring. The three-day event from Fem de la Femme Comedy...
Review: Shirley Valentine at the Liverpool Everyman *****
Four decades after she first slid chips and egg on to a plate, Shirley Valentine continues to speak directly to audiences all over the...
Review: Leeds International Piano Competition Winner at Philharmonic Hall ****
In recent years the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has become the Leeds International Piano Competition’s house band, accompanying the...
Review: Belshazzar's Feast at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
The start of the season may have been delayed a month by work to the hall, but the Phil’s autumn schedule has certainly rip-roared into...
Autumn programme at Hope Street Theatre
Liverpool’s Hope Street Theatre is hosting a busy series of shows over the autumn with productions including dramas, comedies, spooky...
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