Stevenage, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 26th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ***

Thanks to Mandy Romero’s insightful look at the Hertfordshire new town of Stevenage, it’s easy to see why it can hold fascination with those that flocked to the area after the war and the hold it has on some people.

Yes, it’s doesn’t have the history or romance of Liverpool, the urbanization of Birmingham or the charm of Edinburgh, but for those that want to escape the villages that make up the U.K. or whereas Mandy would put it, to escape the places that’s more effective than any C.C.T.V. could ever hope to achieve, these new towns that sprang up over Britain after the war offered a safe haven, a chance to start again.

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(425 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

3 women, Play Review. Studio 2, Parr Street, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 23rd 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Donna Lesley Price, Kayla Keatley, Jennifer Bea.

Three women with very different lives, three extreme ways they have lived and the reactions to them were the subjects that were written about with much sensitivity, a large dollop of humour and with a fair amount of honesty, not just in the writing but in the way the select audience at the Studio 2 theatre on Parr Street reacted to the incredible portrayals of the women in question.

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(347 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Henry V. Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. April 17th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Brid Brennan, Graham Butler, Nigel Cooke, Giles Cooper, Sam Cox, Kurt Egiawan, Matthew Flynn, David Hargreaves, Beruce Khan, James Lailey, Brendan O’Hea, Jamie Parker, Paul Rider, Olivia Ross, Chris Starkie, Lisa Stevenson, Roger Watkins, Adrian Woodward, Helen Roberts, George Bartle, Hilary Belsey, Arngeir Hauksson.

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(434 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Angel Delight, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media . April 30th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Eithne Browne, Chris Darwin, Francis Tucker, and the voices of Kathy Upfold and Roger Phillips.

What do you if your husband or wife starts acting strangely, their whole demeanour and actions change so much so that you hardly recognise him. Gone is the dependable boring man you have known since before the children came along and in comes someone that all of a sudden smartens himself up and is being chased by his secretary. In this premise lays the beauty of Angel Delight.

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(503 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Annie, The Liverpool Empire Stage Experience. Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media. Augsut 16th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Tom Hogan, Grace Galloway, Vanessa Booth, Daniel Greenwood, Frankie Magee, Matthew Parkinson, Alice Carlile, Eve McKechnie, Clara Moriarty, Asha Billington, Amber Rigley, Daisy Miller, Natalie Davies, Michael Scotland, Olivia Doyle, Charlotte Hanley.

The Liverpool Empire Stage Experience is one of the success stories of recent times. It really does give the youth of Liverpool a chance to shine, and like the production of two summers ago, the excellent Bugsy Malone, Annie shone as vibrantly as the neon lights of New York or London and for the young lady who played the eponymous Annie, the delightful and wonderfully cheeky Alice Carlile, she sparkled brighter than most who have played this part on a British stage.

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(418 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

Happy, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 15th 2012.

L.S.Media Rating ****

Cast: Sean Hutchinson, Ellie Stevenson, Jack Malone, Greg Prentice, Igor Memic, Matthew Pieterse, Matthew Exley.

A perfect happy world where everyone is nice to each other and life is able to go down the path towards a serene future, it may sound like bliss, a state which we all strive…one that come with repercussions that the mood you feel is not one you that you have attained by natural means.

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(393 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

A Life in the Theatre. Theatre Review. The Actors’ Studio, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 25th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Andrew Schofield, Stephen Fletcher.

There is a realm of safety within the theatre called the dressing room where in theory an actor can relax, prepare themselves for the night ahead and be their true selves and away from the audience glare and the lights which can show every emotion.

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(543 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Oedipussy, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 15th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast:  Aitor Basauri, Stephen Kreiss, Petra Massey, Toby Park.

You can sit there all night thinking of the best way to describe Spymonkey’s Oedipussy, scratch your head and explain what you’ve seen in words that are both fitting to the company and the creators behind one of the great adaptations of Greek theatre. What it all boils down too, is that the team behind Spymonkey are pure and utter comic geniuses!

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(575 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Black T-Shirt Collection. Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 10th 2012.

L.S. Media * * * * *

Inua Ellams’ Black T-Shirt Collection is one of those rare moments of theatre where one person carries an entire production by himself and the result is nothing short of absolutely stunning.

As part of the Unity Theatre’s season of plays with Fuelfest, Inua Ellam’s play took the audience into realm of private enterprise and the shocking aftermath when a company that started with so many good intentions unravels and the people behind it see the world for its true, cruel, profit-making and inhumane ways.

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

South Pacific. Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 24th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Samantha Womack, Matthew Cammelle, Alex Ferns, Daniel Koek, Loretta Ables Sayre, Elizabeth Chong, Cameron Jack, Luke Kempner, Dominic Taylor, Nigel Williams.

There is a memorable song half way through the second act of Rogers and Hammerstein’s superb musical South Pacific that not only gets into your head so much you end up whistling or humming on the late bus home but that is also very apt for the conversation and good natured chatter as the audiences spilled out on to Lime Street after the show, there really was nothing but Happy Talk.

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(475 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)