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Review: Horny Handed Tons of Soil at the Unity ****
Adrian Henri, Liverpool’s late bespectacled polymath, was famed for his ‘happenings’ and his embracing of Total Art – poetry, music and...


Review: La Cage Aux Folles at the Liverpool Empire ****
Ah, who wouldn’t want to be transported to the Cote d’Azur right now? It’s summer and there’s a chilled drink, a good book and a menu...


Review: The Red Shoes at the Liverpool Empire *****
You wait for one Matthew Bourne show to come along – and two turn up in the same spring/summer season. Early Adventures at the Playhouse,...


Review: RLPO presents White Nights at the Phil *****
Yesterday was midsummer’s day – so without wanting to depress anyone, from now on the evenings will be getting longer again. Although if...


Review: Romeo and Juliet at the Everyman ****1/2
Everyman Theatre regulars will surely be used to director Nick Bagnall’s striking approach to the Bard by now. There was A Midsummer...


Review: It Was 50 Years Ago Today ****
And indeed it was, 50 years ago today, that the Beatles unveiled their musical masterpiece after hundreds of hours in the studio at Abbey...


Review: Pepperland at Royal Court Liverpool ****
And so, after all the planning, and all the anticipatory hoopla, Liverpool’s Sgt Pepper celebrations are finally off – and, aptly for...


Review: Guitar Concerto at the RLPO ****
Liverpool music fans might have happened upon Craig Ogden 24 hours before his official RLPO appearance, taking part in the annual...


Review: The Beggar's Opera at Chester Storyhouse ****1/2
Chester’s new Storyhouse cultural centre has finally opened – and, it appears, in triumphant fashion. Not only is the building, a...


Review: Billy Elliot at Liverpool Empire *****
When Billy Elliot was screened in cinemas back at the turn of millennium it encouraged a whole new generation of boys to take up dance....
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