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Review: OMD 40th anniversary with RLPO *****
Next week it’s 40 years since a couple of teenage mates from Meols knocked on Roger Eagle’s door at Eric’s and asked if they could play a...


Review: Aurora at Toxteth Reservoir *****
Most Liverpudlians aren’t even aware of its existence, but for more a than century Toxteth Reservoir helped keep the south of the city...


Review: The Lovely Bones at Liverpool Everyman ****
On the face of it, Alice Sebold’s complex 2002 novel about love, life – and death – doesn’t appear to be the easiest story to convert...


Review: RLPO Opening Night ****1/2
It’s been quite a week for Eric Lu. While other 20-year-olds were preparing to go back to college after the summer, the youthful virtuoso...


Review: Saturday Night Fever at Liverpool Empire ***
Saturday Night Fever turned a strutting John Travolta in to an international star – and took disco off the dancefloor to set it centre...


Review: Meek at the Unity Theatre ***1/2
The meek may not be about to inherit the earth in this dystopian drama set in an Icelandic parallel universe where misogynist Christian...


Review: Let It Be at Liverpool Empire ****
Let It Be has arrived in Liverpool hot on the heels of an International Beatleweek which this year boasted visiting Fab Four bands from...


Review: In The Heights at Liverpool Empire ****
Long before he penned hip hop phenomenon Hamilton, a teenage Lin-Manuel Miranda conceived In The Heights – a musical set in the Latino...


Review: Titanic the Musical at Liverpool Empire ****
It’s been more than a century since Titanic slid to the bottom of the freezing North Atlantic, but the story continues to fascinate....


Review: The Ruby Slippers at Royal Court Studio ***
With the city’s buildings being lit in rainbow colours, and Liverpool Pride taking place this weekend, it seems an ideal time to revisit...
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