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Review: The Play That Goes Wrong at Liverpool Empire ****1/2
When the world around you is going to hell in a handcart, you can laugh, or you can cry. So thank heavens for the ‘Cornley Polytechnic...


Review: The Big I Am at Liverpool Everyman *****
So, to the Everyman Rep’s final production of 2018 – and Robert Farquhar’s audacious take on the Peer Gynt legend is quite a finale. The...


Review: The Crucible at Storyhouse Chester *****
As someone once said – for evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing. But here in Arthur Miller’s chilling allegory, it...


Review: King of the World at 81 Renshaw Street ***
A certain bouffant-haired, dainty-handed president may be the butt of a million internet jokes, but the question is - who will have the...


Review: Legally Blonde at Liverpool Empire ****
She may not have won over Eurovision voters, but Lucie Jones is certainly a hit as the lead in this current tour of irrepressible musical...


Review: Red and Black at LIPA ****
Remember Anthology, the series of immersive promenade performances created by the Everyman in conjunction with Slung Low Theatre Company?...


Review: The Salon at the Epstein Theatre ***
Many venues now precede their show with tannoy requests to turn off your mobile phone, or a stern warning about no photography. But at...


Review: An Officer and a Gentleman at Liverpool Empire ***
The 1980s were bookended by two great cinematic slices of audience wish-fulfilment. One was in 1987 when Patrick Swayze opined that...


Review: Summer Holiday at Liverpool Empire **1/2
Summer holidays are weighed with expectations. We save hard to be able to go away and as a result we want it to be memorable, fun, and...


Review: Bouncers at the Royal Court Studio ****
Liverpool’s newest theatre company Boisterous certainly lives up to its name in this vibrant new version of John Godber’s classic...
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