Tag Archives: Alun Parry

Alun Parry, Freedom Rider. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are many voices in Liverpool, an abundance of words written about the musical city by the Mersey cannot find enough paragraphs or sentences to contain them all, to allow them to flourish and see the artist as someone who espouses a different kind of freedom, one in which the mind should be allowed to grasp and nurture the urge to see fairness and reflect the major differences between the Government lie and the Westminster village definition, and that of the truths of the area. It is a truth that has always been searched for, experienced by and audibly resonated by Alun Parry, the Freedom Rider.

Alun Parry, Live At 81 Renshaw Street. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Stripped back, raw, uncovered, exposed and all the while the image of wonderful demeanour and a smile wider than the River Mersey and just as deep and meaningful. It is the only way to think of Alun Parry, one of Liverpool’s true Folk legends and a man who puts himself out there to make sure other’s voices are heard, a gentleman who can pen a song that break your heart into a thousand lonely pieces but who can then rebuild it stronger and able to withstand the next knock on the door and the size nine bullying its way across town.

All Quiet On The Western, Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Peter Durr, Alan Gillespie, Alun Parry, Adam Byrne, Ifan James, Syephen J Higgins, Alan Bower, Eleanor Parry, Giulia Rampone, Gillian Paterson-Fox, Helen Shrimpton.

In the year that marks the 100th Anniversary of the most futile, military posturing and insane of all wars commencing, it is always worth remembering that the conflict was not fought on the grounds of justness like its successor but by people who led their countries down a path in which millions of men, women and children were killed and slaughtered. A path in which bore fruit shamed in blackness and would propagate seeds so vile that the working class of all countries who participated in, would suffer the most terrible hardships and loss.

Alun Parry, When The Sunlight Shines. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The ordinary and those that are extraordinary, the everyday and uncommon, the heroes that take on the unjust, the one –sided discriminatory and those that revel in the prejudicial and underhanded are all there somewhere within the heart and wonderfully lyrical ballads of Liverpool’s Alun Parry and perhaps never more so in his first album in far too long, When The Sunlight Shines.

A Thousand Murdered Girls, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Maria Hutchison, Rachael Boothroyd, Katy Brown, Kitty Spathia, Valerio Lusito, Arancha Herreruelo-Alonso, Emma Segar, Keelin Sweeney, Alun Parry, Alan Bower, Adam Byrne, Tony Davies, Louise Garcia, Gillian Peterson-Fox.

Every so often the sound of three gunshots echoes around the Unity Theatre. The effect it has on the audience is one that is just as chilling on the soul as the realisation that what the writer Darren Guy and Director Mikyla Jane Durkan have put together is so rooted in Greek history that as an audience member it’s possible to feel shame for the lack of knowledge you have as the true story of the many women arrested and tortured in Greece after World War Two for the crime of fighting Fascism and Nazism.

The Casa Opens Up Its Doors To Unique Weekend of Entertainment.

The Casa on Hope Street has always been a place where like minded people can gather together and rail against social injustice. In a very unique city in the U.K. it is the most unique of meeting places. Now there is another reason to check out this hive of activity on the weekend of the 20th and 21st July when Burjesta Clowns, Alun Parry, Mimi Amore and a whole host of others will be performing in a weekend spectacular.

Liverpool Sound And Vision: An Interview With Burjesta Theatre’s Julian Bond And Mikyla Jane Durkan.

Being invited behind the curtain by the directors to watch a full dress rehearsal must be a dream come true for anybody who has an enjoyment of the theatre. To watch from a corner of the room as the actors take in the words they have learned, to witness how comfortable they become as they are taken through their paces and their places, to see the wonder of theatre unfold before your eyes from almost the very start of the process is exhilarating and without doubt an honour.

The Pied Piper Of Liverpool, Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Alan Bower, Alun Parry, Geraldine Moloney-Judge, Mike Leane, Kate Mulvihill, Richard MacDonald, Mikyla Durkan, Sarah Tryer, Adam Byrne, Laura Foulkes.

The Casa might not be the first place that audiences think of plays as being performed in the Hope Street area of the city. However away from the Unity Theatre down the road and the looming cultural giant that is the new look Everyman Theatre, The Casa offers the chance for local productions to shine with actors who may be making their first tempting steps into the profession.  This was no less the case in the entertaining and thought provoking Julian Bond and Burjesta Theatre’s play, The Pied Piper Of Liverpool.

Alun Parry, We Can Make The World Stop. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 21st 2009.

Alun Parry’s new offering is wonderfully titled We Can Make The World Stop and for a while whilst listening, it really seems as though we can. From start to finish the whole album is delightfully crafted, well written and excellently sung.

The opening track and the album title shows perfectly from the start how Alun perceives the injustices within society as he observes that they have got the money but never worked a railway line or drove a bus. The feeling of solidarity pervades through the whole album but there are some songs that hold a mirror up to the cracks that have spread through society.