The Bench: (Heaven Sent), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Clifford Hume, Emma Ley, Karl Best.

There is a theatre of mystery that dogs human existence, we seem to fail to understand the connection we have to each and every person on the planet, we are so concerned with our own sense of self that we neglect the silence of a child and put it down to wilful disobedience, we forget those who raise us until the moment they are gone from our lives and we are ignorant to those who don’t scream and shout when the world has taken a bad turn, we believe that just because they aren’t complaining that they can take the misery and misfortune levelled at their soul.

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

The Bench: (Love), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Claire Coull, Neil Summerville, Emma Ley.

Love is what remains when the world no longer makes sense, it is the spark in the fire of inspiration, it is the beauty in the chaos and anarchy that makes us give everything we can to those whose lives we cherish. Love is that moment when your breath is taken away by the person you see in pain, knowing you will do anything to stop it from continuing.

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

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Radio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: James Purefoy, Jessica Raine, Nicky Henson, Anton Lesser, Heather Craney, Stuart McLoughlin, Clive Howard, Danny Sapani, Jaimi Barbakoff, Wilf Scolding.

It is often a frustration that comes in waves, that no matter how incredible the film Blade Runner is, how mesmerising the feel of the story is, it somehow, like all adaptations of Philip K. Dick’s glorious output, is left feeling altered, bereft of the soul of the man to whom so much is owed.

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(599 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Lauren Ray, Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In the end all that we have to do must be worth it, our best is what defines us, our search to extend the reach of our soul must be fruitful, and as a consequence it has to commit to seeing life as more than a performance, it has to be passion personified, the light must resonate as deeply from within as it shows on stage.

A person of substance is all that we are required to be, but sometimes when the light falls and the music starts, we are dominated by the blackness that envelops us, we forget to shine, we misplace the element that makes us unique.

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

Mary, Queen Of Scots. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, Gemma Chan, Martin Compston, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Brendan Coyle, Ian Hart, Adrian Lester, James McArdle, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Eileen O’Higgins, Izuka Hoyle, Liah O’Prev, Alex Beckett, Simon Russell Beale, Richard Cant, Guy Rhys, Thom Petty, Aneurin Pascoe, Adrian Derrick-Palmer, Kal Sabir, Adam Bond, Like Kidd, Claire Brown, Alan Turkington, Jordan Turk, Adam Stevenson, Scot Greenan, Ed Jones, Alex Beckett, Ian Hallard, Andrew Rothney, Grace Molony, Georgia Burnell, Luke Hobson, Ben Wiggons, Eldredd, Wolf, Eric Macnaughton, Nathen East, Sean Buchanan.

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(598 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

Glass. Film Review.

 Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Sarah Poulson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Spencer Treat Clark, Luke Kirby, Marissa Brown, Charlayne Woodard, Adam David Thompson, M Night Shyamalan.

The art of the film maker comes with the unexpected sense of the sleight of hand, the appearance out of nowhere which justifies the movie as one that was always ready to be defined by what follows it, a story which the audience has no idea is part of a greater tale, one in which the director and writer might not have realised they themselves had no idea they were be guided by outside forces to make.

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

Cats And Crows, Winter. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

From the revelation of admitting to Honest Crimes, to extoling the virtues of the depths of Winter, it seems Cats and Crows will always find a way to hold both intriguing sentiment and passionate feelings out from the musical cradle to the nesting place in which we raise our lives high above the blizzards and storms that beset us along the way.

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(401 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Claire Hastings, Those Who Roam. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

A journey undertaken is never time wasted. We don’t do enough to acknowledge the bravery of those souls who seek a path away from all that they know and who will willingly venture into the undiscovered and strangely fascinating, we act as if it no big deal to leave everything behind and taste adventure, when in actual facts it can be the hardest thing in the world to do, to say goodbye and appreciate that you might never see their faces again.

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

Joe Martin, Daddy Gene. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The argument of nature v nurture goes far beyond the debate of many social causes, it is also a question in which sees art and artists work close in hand with what they absorb from others, as well as what was probably innate within them to begin with.

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(402 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Rachel Croft, Hours Awake. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In your heart you know what you yearn, it is only your mind that seeks to divert you from a path you wish to take, how else do those hours awake at night drag you down, leave you feeling a different mood, bring strange thoughts, blurred, indecipherable visions and scenarios to mind, would it be better to listen to your heart, feel content as it beats softly against your chest, Hours Awake is a blissful state of conscious if you take note of what keeps you conscious.

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(368 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)