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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...


Review: Liver Birds Flying Home at Royal Court Liverpool **
Getting a new musical off the ground isn’t for the faint-hearted. For every Hamilton or Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, there’s a...


Review: A Clockwork Orange at Liverpool Everyman ***1/2
It seems incredible that it’s taken 30 years for Anthony Burgess’s own live version of his best-known work to be brought to the stage....


Review: Hairspray at the Liverpool Empire *****
You can’t stop the beat at the Empire this week – but then why would you want to when a show is as much glorious fun as Hairspray?...


Review: Romeo and Juliet at the Epstein Theatre ***1/2
Stabbings, poisonings, gang warfare….400 years after his own death, Shakespeare proves it’s plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose when...


Review: Matthew Bourne's Cinderella at Liverpool Empire ****
Matthew Bourne’s work has always been inspired by the silver screen – not least The Red Shoes, which he brought to the Empire 12 months...
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