An on-line debate,
normally one to steer clear of
as the night time air
stirs the blood
with condescension
and free-range consumption,
but one as a son of Cornwall
I could not resist
as they played the game
of Scone or Scone,
sunken ships and enemy fire pound the wary feet
as they find no sense
of who’s right
and who is right,
my tuppence worth thrown in
like a hand grenade
with a long pause and no casual victim
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The dead shall rise, for in the land of darkness, heroes never truly rest easy, their bodies may be still, slowly fading from our view but in the chaos of war, nothing truly ever sleeps easy, the eyes, ever vigilant, will always be sense that death commands sacrifice; humanity will always require saving, protecting. For the Marvel graphic novel fan, as with the other large publishing house in which such wars are the staple diet of intrigue and perspective, death is rarely ever forever, death is just the deep inhale between states of consciousness.
Transatlantic Tale Of Love And Music Premiering At Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall.
Liverpool charity Genie In The Gutter today announce the cast of their brand-new production One Man’s Story, which is being premiered in a special fund-raising event in Liverpool this September.
Celebrating the life of the late New York musician “Bongo” Eddie Folk, this true-life tale will be staged at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Friday 7th September as part of celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the charity.
The full cast features Simon Lennon, Rachel Hartley, Billy Joe Rowan, Olivia Jones and Ian Abraham Brown.
THE SHE STREET BAND – the world’s first and only all-female Bruce Springsteen cover band are heading out on their debut tour and will play Liverpool Arts Club on 11th October.
After a festival slaying performance at Latitude Festival and a string of sold-out show in London, the show-stopping septet like no-other will be playing the Boss’s hits you love like you’ve never heard them before and will be coming.
The Casa Theatre is pleased to welcome Merlin Productions to perform The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. The classic socialist novel by Robert Tressell has been adapted for the stage and follows the fortunes of a group of painters and decorators and their families as they struggle to survive against exploitative employers, unemployment, debt and abject poverty. Where the only safety nets are charity, the workhouse, and the grave….
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist is on at The Casa Theatre on Hope Street on August 24th and 25th. Tickets are priced at £15 and are available online at casatheatre.co.uk. or over the bar.
Paul and Steven Herron, being actual brothers, have played and sang together for a lifetime. Hailing from the most north eastern borders of England, they are living proof of the old but clumsy adage, “Sharing the bath water results in musical osmosis”.
Up until 2014 they fronted Derby’s The Sons, but now they are back stronger than ever as a duo and have since created their aptly named forthcoming album The Last One’s Left. The first single Stuck in the Sun has a tongue-in-cheek video celebrating the 3 days of sunshine the brothers have collectively seen in Derby this year so far, it’ll make you want to throw your computer in the bin and dance in the temperamental English summer sun.
Richard Winsor, highly acclaimed for his dance, stage and screen work, is set to play Tony Manero, the role which famously rocketed John Travolta to screen stardom, in a new stage production of Saturday Night Fever.
As a dancer Richard Winsor hardly needs introduction: principle dancer with Matthew Bourne for ten years, he has starred around the world, leading Bourne’s celebrated production of Swan Lake, as well as Dorian Gray, Edward Scissorhands, The Car Man and Play Without Words. He landed the lead role in cult dance movie StreetDance 3D and was snapped up by the B.B.C. to play Caleb Knight in flagship medical drama Casualty, a role in which he gripped audiences for over three years until his dramatic exit last year, which shocked the star’s millions of fans as he lost his life in a knife fight.
The full cast and creative team have been confirmed for the world premiere of The Lovely Bones, one of the best-selling novels of the 21st century. Adapted for the stage by Bryony Lavery from Alice Sebold’s story and directed by Melly Still, it will open at Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 1st September 2018 before transferring to partner theatres Everyman Liverpool, Northern Stage, Newcastle and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. The show will also tour to The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Being in the same league as an iconic sibling is a double-edged sword, and for the tremendous Linda Gail Lewis, they don’t come much more iconic than the original wild man of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Jerry Lee Lewis.
There is the twin element of light and shade in which to navigate through, the outlandish beauty of the thrilling windswept wildness competes with the red rose flower in the turbulent sea tossed aside because of its association with the field of sunflowers; this is the path into which Linda Gail Lewis steps with Robbie Faulks and comes out down the line and over the gate of popular music with her exceedingly cool reputation even further enhanced, it is enough to drive you wild with excitement.
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For some, the sense of being so far inland that the water of life cannot be said to perhaps harm, drown or mistreat them, is enough to understand the world, they see it as protection from the elements, a haven in the unsinkable desert and harsh terrain. Yet by doing so they leave themselves open to seeing their retreat become a prison, their shelter removing any possibility of the pleasure that a wave crashing majestically and with full force against a fortified safe-harbour can bring as the residue of spray comes over the top and directly splashes those walking underneath.