Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The audience that recently made their way down to the Playhouse Theatre in Liverpool to watch one of the leading lights in the art of ventriloquism may or not have watched a particular programme tucked away on B.B.C. Television during the summer of 2012 on Nina Conti and her relationship with British theatre maverick Ken Campbell and the secondary bond with her mentor’s voice and dolls.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Lynda Bellingham, Colin Baker.
In the wake of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who which has seen the special programme being watched simultaneously around the world by the type of television audience normally reserved for F.A. Cup finals and Royal weddings, it seems almost ludicrous now that there was a time in which the very survival of the programme was in doubt as certain people at the B.B.C. finally saw the chance to take the long running science fiction programme off the air.
Over the last 12 months, Stephen Langstaff has sold out the Epstein Theatre and played to a packed house at the newly opened East Village Arts Club in his native Liverpool. He’s enjoyed multiple plays on Radio 2 of his song Smile and has travelled the U.K. playing solo shows and mastering his live performance. Stephen has recently returned from a trip to Nashville after being invited to write songs with some of the finest writers that the Music City has to offer. Now Stephen is returning to the East Village Arts Club for what promises to be a superb night of music on Thursday 12th December.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Buckley, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, B.J. Novak, Bradley Whitford, Ruth Wilson, Melanie Paxson, Victoria Summer, Kathy Baker, Rachel Griffiths, Dendrie Taylor, Kimberly D’Armond.
Saving Mr. Banks is a film that exemplifies the thought that somewhere between novel and film the life of the author is lost in the complexity of producing a cinema hit. The life of the writer, whose soul is poured into the painful birth of producing something that in a lot of cases is a cathartic way of exorcising a childhood memory, is overlooked. Cinema audiences, perhaps comforted in many cases by the end result, neglect the person who gave them the character in the first place.
Chapter One
Saturday Night, Early December.
Rumour had it that the old man had woken up and become a modern day Prometheus, some would even have it that he got out of the bed and pushed his nurse to her death out of the 15th floor window before crashing back into the coma that he had been in since someone had tried to take his life. Other people would have you believe that the scream the nurse made as she plummeted to her death was so loud that it woke up evil spirits in the bad-lands and stirred forgotten parts of the Wirral, both of which are pure nonsense. Me? I believe he certainly stirred but as for waking up completely, the man was half dead and only the will of the Council was keeping the old man in this realm.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Cast: Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper, Jemma Redgrave, Joanna Page, Ingrid Oliver, Ken Bones, Nicholas Briggs, Jonjo O’Neill, Orlando James, Aiden Cook, Paul Kasey, Peter de Jersey, Tom Keller, Ankur Sengupta, Tom Baker, Peter Capaldi.
The Day of The Doctor…Thanks to the way the B.B.C. has taken very seriously the notion of the longest running science fiction programme of all time turning 50 years old, it’s been more like several months of snippet here, a smidgen of misinformation there, the release of a rumour, conjecture, assumption and speculation.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
History turns on the flash of a camera, of the captured moving moments in time which changes the world forever. It seems nothing now that is significant, noteworthy or even seemingly inconsequential is not captured by a reporter, a journalist or even the feed of any social network, it is all secured for future posterity. History was changed on November 22nd, for America and for the news organisations that came of age on that fateful day in Dallas as President Kennedy was assassinated.
On Saturday 30th November internationally renowned magicians, illusionists and speciality performers from across the globe all appear at the Epstein Theatre for an incredible evening of wonder that will leave audiences marvelled and amazed.
World Stars of Magic, a Paul Stone Production, is a mystical show for the whole family to enjoy and is a rare opportunity to see renowned acts of five different performers of incredible talent, each bringing suspense and amazement that will guarantee a spectacular evening’s entertainment.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: David Bradley, Jessica Raine, Sacha Dhawan, Brian Cox, Jamie Glover, Jemma Powell, Claudia Grant, Anna-Lisa Drew, Reece Sheersmith, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Sophie Holt, Nicholas Briggs, Sarah Winter, Jeff Rawle, Andrew Woodall, Ian Hallard, David Annen, Sam Hoare, Mark Eden, Lesley Manville, Cara Jenkins, Reece Pockney, Charlie Kemp, Roger May.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 91/2 /10
There is something about Josh Homme, his demeanour, the personal swagger or even just the way he stands on stage infront of many thousands of fans, that even when he declares that if the crowd can be patient with him as he is feeling under the weather, it is a gig that is just utterly and simply a wall of ferocious sound. A gig in which a thousand suns exploding simultaneously across the galaxy would barely have audiences raising the eyes upwards and the muted wonderings of what dare disturb a man in full flight.