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Review: Glagolitic Mass at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Conductor introductions can be an illuminating way into a concert programme for audiences. But when Dinis Sousa produced a microphone at...


Review: Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) at the Floral Pavilion ****1/2
From Oscar winning Hollywood film to Bridget Jones to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that Jane...


Review: War Horse at the Liverpool Empire *****
During the First World War, more than a million horses were shipped across the Channel to the battlefields of Belgium and Northern...


Review: Red or Dead at Liverpool's Royal Court ****1/2
Football and theatre - both stages on which compelling drama can unfold. Sometimes the two come together: think The Damned United, Bend...


Review: Boys from the Blackstuff at the Liverpool Empire ****
In the early 80s, Alan Bleasdale was a member of the Liverpool Playhouse’s ‘Gang of Four’ – the quartet who nurtured writers and new work...


Review: Pig Heart Boy at the Liverpool Playhouse ****
Life isn’t always easy – and great children’s stories don’t shy away from covering sensitive issues and asking difficult questions....


Review: Blood Brothers at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2
You wait ages for one Willy Russell play – and then two come along at the same time! With Shirley Valentine back at the Everyman and...


Review: Shirley Valentine at the Liverpool Everyman *****
Four decades after she first slid chips and egg on to a plate, Shirley Valentine continues to speak directly to audiences all over the...


Review: Ensemble 10:10 at the Tung Auditorium ****
The Liverpool Phil’s annual artist in residence programme has nurtured a host of rewarding musical partnerships – along with lasting...


Review: Love's Labour's Lost (More or Less) at Shakespeare North Playhouse ****
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare’s early comedy, doesn’t often get staged these days. Even the RSC only seems to return to it every...
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