Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are times when Williamson Square can seem like a veritable oasis, calm in an ocean of the oncoming Christmas storm. Whilst shoppers make the most of the last weekend before the festivities begin, Williamson Square’s bandstand plays host to some of the great talent that not only braves biting cold but can grab people’s attention as they bathe beneath the neon lights of The Playhouse Theatre and shadow of the Radio City station and its imposing beacon.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Not even a fire alarm going off with the manner of absurd authority can challenge the influence that Mark Thomas has on his fans and followers, for a brief time the Bandstand in Williamson Square became his stage as he gave an impromptu talk on some of the laws areas would pass up and down the country if the people truly had their own manifesto. In other hands the slight turn of events could have been a painful but Mark Thomas is nothing but a man with a plan, a man who doesn’t let convention get in the way of a great radical thought and in his own way he turned a moment of audience despair into perhaps a brilliant act of dissent.
Marcella Rick at the Liverpool Bandstand. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * *
Perhaps one of the hardest jobs in the entertainment field is to amuse and tickle the fancy of those who have no time for what you are doing. This is especially hard when the task before the actor or musician takes place on a raw, rain filled afternoon just a few short weeks before the festive season arrives.