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Midsomer Murders, The Christmas Haunting. Television Review. I.T.V.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Fiona Dolman, Gwilym Lee, Tazmin Malleson, Les Dennis, Emily Joyce, Perdita Avery, Elizabeth Berrington, Nadia Cameron-Blakey, Pamela Betsy Cooper, Paul Blair, Anthony Farrelly, Mark Heap, James Murray, Nikesh Patel, Jonah Russell, Hannah Tointon, Susie Trayling.

It is a good job that the county of Midsomer is a fictional region. Not because of the many murders, ever intriguing, ever inventive. It is the abundance of the Detective Sergeants that pass through the doors of the Police Station in Causton that make the programme, though entertaining and almost compulsive viewing, a baffling place in which regular continuality strikes real terror in the community.

Midsomer Murders, The Christmas Haunting. Television Review. I.T.V. full post

(485 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

The Escape Artist, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo, Ashley Jensen, Jeany Spark, Tony Gardner, Katy Dickie, Brid Brennan, Monica Dolan, Anton Lesser, Roy Marsden, Alistair Petrie, Patrick Ryecart, Stephen Wright, Gus Barry.

David Tennant doesn’t seem to have been off the television during 2013 and thank heavens for that. Not content with playing the lead role as Detective Alec Hardy in the phenomenal Broadchurch, Aiden Hoynes in The Politician’s Husband, the dashing Jean-Francois Mercier in the acclaimed Spies of Warsaw and a little matter of reprising his role as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor for the 50th Anniversary of the much beloved Science Fiction programme, let alone his work on stage for the R.S.C, it’s fair to say that the Scottish actor has never seemed busier.

The Escape Artist, Television Review. full post

(457 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

American Comedian Jeff Dunham To Perform In Liverpool in 2014.

American stand-up comedian Jeff Dunham has announced he will bring his brand new Disorderly Conduct Tour to the U.K. next year. He will perform one of the four shows in Liverpool in what will be some of biggest performances in the U.K. to date.

Jeff Dunham’s television specials and series have been the highest rated programming in Comedy Central history, his D.V.D. sales have reached seven million units, his videos have received over a half a billion views on You Tube, and his live concerts have become mega-events played in front of sold-out arenas worldwide

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(197 words, estimated 47 secs reading time)

Bombay Bicycle Club To Perform In Liverpool As Part Of Their 2014 Tour.

North London’s most prolific and underrated band, Bombay Bicycle Club, have announced an additional show for their 2014 U.K. headline tour that takes them to Liverpool’s O2 Academy on the 15th March. This stands to be the band’s first major tour in two years and the news comes following an announcement revealing details of their fourth album, So Long, See You Tomorrow, due out on February 3rd 2014 through Island Records. Joining them on their tour is young British singer/songwriter Rae Morris, who’s From Above E.P. was released to critical acclaim and available to purchase now.

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(548 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Laid Bare Theatre To Take Project XXX Round The North-West.

Laid Bare Theatre will take multimedia theatre show Project XXX on a 10 performance date tour of the Northwest region in January and February 2014.

Amy, a teenage feminist blogger decides it is time to prove that sex on the web is not just for men.  During a rainy summer in a northern seaside town, Amy decides to show that sexual choice is firmly in the hands of women by persuading new love interest Callum to film her first time.

Meanwhile, Callum has his own issues to deal with, including a mother on the edge of a nervous breakdown and an obsession with faded porn star Jaze.

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(351 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Sell A Door Theatre To Present Kidnapped At The Capstone.

The Capstone Theatre is delighted to welcome back the superb Sell a Door Theatre Company for one night only on January 29th as they present a new and exciting adaptation of the classic book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped.  The play is presented by rising playwright Ivan Wilkinson and is set against the fierce social and political backdrop of 1750s Scotland.

This fast paced, swashbuckling adventure story tells the miraculous tale of Davie Balfour as he survives shipwreck and murder to dramatically escape to the Highlands of Scotland. Perfect for young and old alike and an unmissable action packed evening, after all, ‘If life was easy, where would all the adventures be…?’

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(126 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

No Sinner, Boo Hoo Hoo. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Every so often you might fall in love with a voice, not just a voice but an attitude that makes the worst storm at sea, tempest driving, fear inducing, awe inspiring, feel like a grain of sand casually flicked into the remains of a puddle slowly being eaten by the hot summer sun.

No Sinner, Boo Hoo Hoo. Album Review. full post

(442 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

The Whale, Television Review. B.B.C.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Martin Sheen, Jonas Armstrong, Charles Furness, Adam Raynor, Jolyon Coy, Jassa Ahluwalia, David Gyasi, John Boyega, Ferdinand Kingsley, Paul Kaye, Chris Starkie, Andre Aguis, Joe Azzapardi, Macram Borg, Stephen Buhagiar, Jimi Busutti, Graham Charles, Aklileu Gudetta, Ian Shaw, Bolton White, Valentino Stojanov.

In amongst the seemingly endless repeats, festive cheer, tear-jerkers and the inane, sometimes a made for television film comes along in the run up to Christmas Day that is a sparkling jewel, a reason why television actually deserves its place in the lives of all, a piece of quality so rare that it has been worth being forced to listen to other people’s conversations about the latest celebrity gossip and ghoulish-like fascination of the box in the corner.

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(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Natalie McCool, Gig Review. The District, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

No matter the venue, no matter the time of day, to catch one of the finest female performers around live is a must.

Natalie McCool has already cemented her growing reputation, not just in a city that looks to her as one of their own, but also further afield. Anybody who makes their way to see her and sees the unhindered blaze in her eyes stoking fire from the very pit of her stomach and channelling it through her incredible talent; will be taken on a journey by a woman who epitomises the very heart of music. She is a woman whose devastating, almost coy, smile can bring as many goose bumps to the skin as the simple yet haunting way that her guitar manages to with stunning effect.

Natalie McCool, Gig Review. The District, Liverpool. full post

(414 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Dominic Dunn, Gig Review. The District, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It doesn’t seem like five minutes since Dominic Dunn was hoisted upon stage at the Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and bought his music to an even wider audience. The young man from Kirkdale has been championed by one of the city’s finest in the form of Ian Prowse and no matter where he seems to be asked to perform this young 16 year old lad gives off the kind of confidence, a stark understanding of his guitar that you can only feel safe in his company.

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(389 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)