Now Is The Winter Of This Content, Made Glorious By The Casa Theatre.

Ten diverse shows make their way to The Casa Theatre over the next few months, ranging from comedy to drama, original works to adaptations and inspiring local and national theatre,

It is a list of shows that certainly knows how to wet the lips and the appetites of Liverpool’s theatre goers.

Marilyn Monroe show ~ Marlowe’s Edward II ~ Adult Punch & Judy ~ Xmas Opera ~ Oscar Wilde ~ WWI Asylum drama ~ Grim Reaper Game Show ~ Unwanted Guest in Hell ~ 4 serial killers stuck in an office ~ Adventures in Menstruation ~ 1 park bench, 3 stories with a twist … all are on show at the Casa.

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(421 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre Spring Season Set To Bloom In 2019.

Storyhouse in Chester continues to blossom as more fantastic shows are confirmed for its spring season 2019.

Headline musicals, comedy, dance, drama and opera are set to wow audiences in the new year.

Actor Brian Blessed, dancer Brendan Cole, comedian Jason Manford, Avenue Q, comedy improv group The Noise Next Door, writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt, and English Touring Opera have all been announced for the spring season.

The announcement sees the new shows join an already strong programme including Annie, Ghost – The Musical, Wise Children, Collabro, Dara O’ Briain, Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Moscow City Ballet, Julian Clary, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat, BalletBoyz, and Zog.

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(1327 words, estimated 5:18 mins reading time)

To Have To Shoot Irishmen, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Gerard Kearns, Elinor Lawless, Robbie O’ Neill, Russell Richardson.

In our act of observance, of recording the facts of a certain situation so that if justice needs to be served, it is done so without bias, without favouritism and with impartiality at the forefront of truth, we can find ourselves in the unwarranted position of being accused of being involved with the crime at hand, or finding our name being labelled as a traitor. To observe, to witness history in the eyes of the pacifist is to know that death by other’s actions is always a possibility, it might just depend which side decides to pull the trigger.

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

Gabrielle Announces Return To Warrington’s Parr Hall As New Album Is Released.

Gabrielle has announced a U.K.-wide tour, which includes a return to Warrington’s Parr Hall, hot on the heels of her new album release.

The singer and songwriter will embark on a headline tour around the U.K. and Ireland in March and April next year, calling at Warrington on Friday 29th March.

The tour also includes a date at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire and will see her perform live in Ireland for the first time in 10 years.

Gabrielle will be performing songs from her new album Under My Skin and showcasing her signature hits such as Out of Reach, Sunshine and Dreams.

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(292 words, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)

Patrick Marber’s Award-Winning Play, Closer, Comes To The Hope Street Theatre.

The Hope Street Theatre are excited to announce their first professional in-house production will be a revival of Patrick Marber’s award-winning play Closer.

Dan Rescues Alice

Anna photographs Dan.

Larry meets Anna online.

Alice rescues Larry.

Set in London during the 90s, Closer explores the shifts in relationships as four lives intertwine over the course of four years. Patrick Marber’s stinging look at modern love and betrayal makes us ask questions as it explores the complicated themes of love, lust and loyalty.

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(312 words, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)

The Habit Of Art, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: John Wark, Alexandra Guelff, Matthew Kelly, Veronica Roberts, Benjamin Chandler, David Yelland, Robert Mountford.

Almost half a century on from his death, the writing, the conscious of one of Britain’s most revered poets, not only of the 20th Century, but arguably of all time, hangs over the nation like Banquo’s Ghost at the table, accusing in many ways the country of neglecting its soul, of pursuing a course of action in which poems such as September 1st 1939 have been forgotten in their entirety, the message of W.H. Auden becoming an almost whimsy-like fascination. It is perfectly acceptable for the poet to come to hate his own creations, become embarrassed by them, shun them even, but a nation should never forget the deep riches left by the fire, singed, but never completely turned to ash.

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(527 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

James Gordon, Monsters. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound And Vision Rating 9/10

The silver screen perhaps doesn’t dominate our lives as it once had the power to do, the epics of today perhaps not quite satisfying the taste buds, the heroes not dashing enough, the heroines of not holding the attention of the camera in the same way as the actresses who schemed and challenged conformity across the genres of Noir and horror pictures, the Monsters steeped in a place beyond nightmares; where Dracula and the Wolf-man are no longer misunderstood creatures, and instead have the right to be ugly in thought and deed.

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(407 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

J.E. Locke, Hunting A Predator. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

The world is full of evil men who grab the headlines and place terror into the hearts of those too young to understand the reasons why they have been chosen, a target for the sick, an objective for the gruesome, it is the actions of the tasteless and the humanly revolting. Yet, somehow we find ourselves in the nightmare they create, we wish to see order restored but we are fascinated, intrigued, by how their brain works, what makes a person do such depraved acts, the methods they employ and how the police become involved in Hunting A Predator. 

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

Early Morning Departure.

So close

that I could drown

in The Tamar in the attempt

in trying to reach

a buried deep home…

 

Too close the brightness of the day

that started out by hanging

on my doorstep

as the four in the morning Blues

threatened to send my over

active mind

into the screaming landscape

of anxiety filled possession.

 

The cold of autumn

on the empty dance floor of Lime Street

is briefly ignited by the warm

good morning greeting to stony Ken,

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(217 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Joe Bonamassa, Peter Frampton, King King And Joanne Shaw Taylor Keep The Blues Alive In Inaugural Mediterranean Sailing.

This Unique Five Night Music Festival At Sea Sails From Barcelona On 16th-21st And Including Stops In Beautiful Monte Carlo, Monaco And Valetta in Malta.

Following four successful Caribbean voyages and a fifth sold out for early 2019 – Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, Joe Bonamassa, and Sixthman, in partnership with AEG Presents, are proud to present Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea: Mediterranean, sailing August 16th-21st, 2019, from Barcelona, Spain to the idyllic ports of call of Monte Carlo, Monaco and Valletta, Malta. Interested Fans are encouraged to pre-register now at bluesaliveatseaeurope.com for the best selection of staterooms during pre-sale.

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