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Review: Spirit of Christmas at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
Just on the off chance you haven’t noticed, we’re currently in the midst of ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, complete with much...
Review: Star of Wonder at the Unity Theatre *****
Covid was a calamity for many, and in many different ways. And one casualty of the pandemic was the Unity’s wonderful annual Christmas...
Review: Sleeping Beauty at Chester Storyhouse ***
Panto season brings with it a myriad magical lands inhabited by plucky princesses in peril, loyal but hapless sidekicks, boo-able baddies...
Review: Disney's Aladdin at the Liverpool Empire ****1/2
There are plenty of Aladdins on stages up and down the land this Christmas, but none, I suspect, are half as lavish as Disney’s musical...
Review: Stocking Fillers at Royal Court Studio ****
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – toys in every store, and a festive show on every stage. While there are big bad wolves on...
Review: Aladdin at The Brindley ****
If you can win over an auditorium of sugar-fuelled schoolchildren, you know you’re doing something right. So chapeau to the cast of...
Review: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 at Philharmonic Hall ****1/2
They may come from two different ‘Dream’ teams. But it seems the partnership between Domingo Hindoyan and pianist Simon Trpčeski is no...
Review: Rocky Horror Show at the Liverpool Playhouse ****1/2
Half-a-century after the Rocky Horror Show, Richard O’Brien’s love letter to his 50s cinema youth, first hit the stage it remains an...
Review: Here You Come Again at the Liverpool Empire ****
Some people spent Covid lockdowns perfecting their sourdough or turning out endless tins of banana loaf. Others learned a new skill or...
Review: Alice in Wonderland at Shakespeare North Playhouse ***
Shakespeare North Playhouse looks once again to inspiration from a much-loved classic text for its third Christmas family show. In 2022...
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