Originally published on L.S. Media. 24th July 2012.
L.S. Media Rating * * * *
Cast: Helen Carter, Stephen Fletcher, Nick Phillips.
The course of true love never did run smooth, even less so when told over the period of five years and from two different perspectives and times. This is the premise of Jason Robert Brown’s enormously well written musical The Last Five Years.
Originally published on L.S. Media. 2nd August 2012.
Cast: Charlie Griffiths, Jodie Nesbitt, Angela Simms, Donna Lesley Price, Richie Grice, Al T. Kossy, Lesley Hughes, Trevor Fleming, James William-Watts, Michael Swift.
When a play is as terrific, expansive and well observed as If The Shoe Fits, then no matter what theatre it is put on at, it is sure to draw the crowds in their numbers and be enjoyed for what it is, a play that really draws on the underbelly of city life, its laughter, its dreams and also its seedier side which is just as much a part of humanity as the bright lights and shopping malls.
Originally published on L.S. Media. July 22nd 2012.
L.S. Media rating * * * *
Aside from the sound of leather crashing into the sturdy form of willow, there can be no better sound to a fan of cricket than Radio Four’s signature tune to Test Match Special – Booker T. and the M.G.s’ Soul Limbo. There can be no better play for a student of the sport and those that live with them than Chris Paling’s play The Final Test.
Originally published on L.S. Media. July 17th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating * * * * *
Think you know magic? Until you have seen the spectacle of Gateshead born magician extraordinaire Totally Ninja-David Alnwick on stage, you haven’t seen anything.
Originally published by L.S. Media. July 17th 2012
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Nicolle Caine, Kayla Keatley, Josie Sedgewick-Davies, Jay Podmore.
Ever wondered what it’s like to be left with an overactive imagination, a hen night that takes all the delights of your sitting room and the worry of a mate who hasn’t had a date in years? Saving Grace by Dave Griffiths packs all of these elements into one of the shows that’s a part of the Shiny New Festival going on all this week at the Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.
Originally published on L.S. Media. July 10th 2012
L.S. Media Rating * * * *
Cast: Fanos Xenofos, Dina Mousawi, Lara Sawalha, Stephanie Ellyne, Tim Morand, Zak Sawalha, Georgie Farmer.
Written by Jordanian born English actor Nadim Sawalha, Rest Upon The Wind, is a caring, dedicated piece of theatre that has all the hall marks of being written with an abundance of style and leaving very little out of the life of Khalil Gibran.
Originally published by L.S.Media. July 6th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating * * * *
Cast: Graham Wright, Mary Savage, Beth Anderson, Jessica Olwyn, Anne Irvine, Christine Axworthy, James Lydon, Aimee Marrell, Rachel Rosie, Nakib Narat , Agata Jaroscz, Jason Carragher, Agustin Arraez, Lisa Symonds, Kieran McElduff, Karl Hesketh, Richard Harrickey, Alexander Laurel, Albert Hastings, Stacey Liddell, Robert Carter, Peter Higham.
When it comes to staging an Arthur Miller play, it can go horribly wrong or incredibly right. The pressure of living up to the standards of possibly the greatest American playwright of the 20th century is not just magnified; it is peered over, analysed and broken down right down to the very facets that make even The Crucible seem daunting to appear in.
Originally published by L.S. Media. July 4th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating * * * *
Cast: Roy Brandon, Paul Duckworth, Taylor Parry. Lynn Francis, Lindzi Germain, Lewis Pryor, Connor Laverty, Dan McIntrye, Andrew Schofield, Alan Stocks, Francis Tucker.
When a theatre gets the start of what will be an excellent makeover, it deserves to reopen with one of Liverpool’s finest writers and a cast that is so well versed in raising the laughter to very highest levels of audience enjoyment.
Originally published by L.S. Media. july 3rd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Ali Bastian, Tupele Dorgu, Stefan Booth, Bernie Nolan, Jamie Baughan, Alex Wetherhill, Chloe Ames, Daniele Arbisi, Karen Aspinall, Nick Blair, Claire Rogers, Ian Oswald, Gregor Stewart, Kate Morris, Genevieve Nicole, Melanie Cripps, Jennifer Hilton, Adam Salter, Dominic Lamb, Ashley Rumble.
Chicago – the very whisper of intrigue, scandal, murder, vice and jazz that’s stalks this musical sets audiences into one of those wild surges of expectation which can make or break every performances. The bigger the expectation can lead to a much bigger and dramatic fall.
Originally published on L.S. Media. June 27th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: John McGrellis, Derek Barr, David Kennedy Jones.
God’s Official, the new production at the Unity Theatre, highlights for every fan the moment in the dead of night when the footballing gods have deserted the team you support, the sheer insanity and depraved lengths you would go to save them from sporting ignominy.