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Tales from Charles Dickens brought to life
The team behind the Tales From Haunted Liverpool series return with a brand new show this Easter: Tales From Charles Dickens. Staged in a city claimed by Dickens himself as his favourite after...
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WKLOS goes from Handel to Hammerstein
West Kirby Light Operatic Society will present their Liverpool concert debut in March, with what they rather charmingly call "a sparkling cocktail of musical favourites" titled From Handel to Hammerstein...
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Review: Romeo & Juliet, St George's Hall
As the main event of the Liverpool Shakespeare Festival, this new production of the Bard's ultimate romance could irk the purists, but packs a punch. A wrestle with the ridiculously overcomplicated...
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Interview with Romeo & Juliet star Rachel Rae
Liverpool audiences will be more accustomed to seeing Crosby actress Rachael Rae making them laugh rather than cry. With performances that have been a highlight of the Royal Court’s Christmas shows...
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Shakespeare fest is back, back, BACK!
The Liverpool Shakespeare Festival makes a welcome return to the city this summer. After a haitus in 2010 due to lack of funding, it sounds very much as if the event plans to make up for lost time...
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Review: Doug Stanhope, St George's Hall
Acts performing in the concert room of St George’s Hall are practically contractually obliged to be impressed with the surroundings. They always mention it. With that in mind, even hearing this gig...
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Review: In Conversation with Peter Serafinowicz, St George's Hall
The much-anticipated Arrested Development movie will be made this year and he “apparently” has a part; his alter-ego Brian Butterfield is lining up his own chatshow. An audience of Peter Serafinowicz...
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Serafinowicz! Stanhope!
News of two very exciting comedy happenings came our way this week that both sound like events that will really be miss-at-your-own-peril sort of nights. And as it happens, they're on at the same venue...
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Picture gallery: The Martini Lounge Halloween burlesque show
Here's a great selection of pics from last Sunday's Martini Lounge, in its sumptuous new home of St George's Hall's small concert room. It proved to be a more than fitting venue for the high class...
