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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...


Liverpool Cathedral filled with starlight before Christmas
Starlight is filling Liverpool Cathedral with the return of the magical sensory The Light Before Christmas son et lumière. The...


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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