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Review: South Pacific, Liverpool Empire
This is the much-lauded production transferred from the Barbican Theatre in London, with the star to prove it, ex-EastEnders baby kidnapper, Ronnie Mitchell herself, Samantha Womak. The Rogers and Hammerstein...
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Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse
Streetcar! Playhouse! Bodinetz! It all seems like such an obvious, natural fit it's strange to imagine it hasn't been done before. It's some 30 years since this Tennessee Williams classic has been...
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Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Actors Studio
Producing a decent adaptation of a great tale of gothic decadence on a shoestring budget is a big task, but Script in Hand went about it with gusto. Their version of The Picture of Dorian Gray was an...
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Review: Lord of the Dance, Liverpool Empire
Lord of the Dance’s final—ever – tour did little but to showcase a light entertainment relic that is certainly in need of putting to sleep. A cultural abomination that does a disservice to any art form...
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Review: Dracula, Capstone Theatre
In 1995, Bram Stoker’s Dracula was adapted by playwrights John Godber and Jane Thornton. Godber is a visiting professor at Liverpool Hope University, which is one of the reasons why in house company...
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Review: Legally Blonde, Liverpool Empire
Would like to write this review properly; can’t quite come off the Legally Blonde high enough to come down. This seems to be what happens to a person. MADEUP probably shouldn’t be a first timer in this...
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Review: Nutcracker!, Liverpool Empire
When Matthew Bourne’s productions roll into town it is, like Anchorman Ron Burgundy, kind of a big deal. Spellbinding, imaginative new takes on well-known pieces are his stock in trade, and his sense...
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Review: Spamalot, Liverpool Empire
It wasn’t the first time in recent memory Spamalot had visited Liverpool – and it showed. Boasting (by chance rather than design) the same stars as its first visit eighteen months ago, it was hopeful...
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Review: The Art of Falling Apart, Unity
Big Wow is a theatre company like no other. Now in the habit of showcasing new comedy work every January at the Unity, their latest shows no fear of getting stuck in a rut. In fact, they do more with...
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Review: White Christmas, Liverpool Empire
Look at that picture. Just look at it. It's a chorus line in snowflake jumpers, seeming for all the world as if they could burst with festive cheer. This alone will tell you all you need to know about...
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Gallery: The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Unity
Here's a gallery of pictures from the Unity theatre's Christmas show, The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. The colourful and imaginative new production brings together some up and coming talent from the...
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Review: Into the Woods, the Black-E
It’s been a fine year for city musical theatre group What We Did Next, and their ambitious production of Steven Sondheim’s Into the Woods appeared to be be their biggest challenge to date – but boy...
