Review 34/44

Liverpool's WoWFEST celebrates 25 years with month long programme

Luke Barnes’ sharply funny yet pin-droppingly poignant coming-of-age story was a hit when Hiding Place Theatre staged it at Hope Street...

On paper it seems like a writer’s colourful fantasy. And yet Kinky Boots is based (albeit loosely) on actual events in the capital of...

We’ll all have had awkward encounters and been in hellish situations – but I’ll wager none so protractedly, toe-curlingly, cringeworthy...

Powell and Pressburger’s fantastical tale of life after – or rather, instead of – death remains a cinematic favourite after more than 70...

Liverpool is a city of 'come from aways' - a melting pot of cultures in which every family has its own tale of migration. It's also home...

It may be called The Full Monty, but the physical act of stripping forms a minor and momentary part of Simon Beaufoy’s thoughtful...

Now here’s a question. Can you have too many luscious tunes in one concert? Unless your ideal is John Cage’s 4’33’’ I’d suggest the...

You wait for one railway-set mystery to arrive and then two turn up at Merseyside theatres in quick succession. Hot on the heels – or...

Liverpool actor Daniel Taylor is carving a successful parallel career as a director/producer of powerful and plain-speaking stage...

It may have been titled ‘John Lill at 75’ but the latest in the RLPO’s season of concerts turned out to be a joyful Saturday evening...