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Review: People, Places & Things at Liverpool Playhouse ****
“It’s not a problem my using,” claims cocksure Emma (or is it Nina or Sarah?) as she checks in unwillingly to rehab at the start of...


Review: The Lark Ascending at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Earth, water, air….and plenty of fire in this emotionally stirring concert at the Phil that took a trip through the elements as portrayed...


Review: Songs for the End of the World at Liverpool Everyman ***1/2
Is it the end of the world as we know it? And do we feel fine? Maybe more confused, conflicted – and confrontational in this piece of...


Review: Footloose at Royal Court Liverpool ***
It’s the role that made actor Kevin Bacon famous – the disaffected city boy trapped in small town America where having fun is banned by...


Review: Around the World in 80 Days at Liverpool Playhouse ****
For many of us the idea of a voyage around the world is a romantic proposition. For Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg – brought engagingly to...


Review: Akram Khan's Giselle at the Liverpool Empire ****
Contemporary and classical collide with striking results in this bold reimagining by Akram Khan of one of ballet’s oldest tales. It was a...


Review: The Suitcase at Liverpool Playhouse ***1/2
“Dreamers from the village come for the milk and honey. It’s all gone,” says a philosophising street drunk towards the conclusion of this...


Review: The Tin Drum at Liverpool Everyman ****
Kneehigh are back. The purveyors of that piece of theatrical perfection, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (And Other Love Songs), have returned to...


Review: Philip Glass 80th birthday at the RLPO ****
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that an orchestra in possession of a new contemporary classical work must be in want of an...


Review: Dvorak's Cello Concerto ****1/2
While it’s true proceedings kicked off in Hope Street with the Classic FM birthday, followed by last weekend’s voyage to the New World,...
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