Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Cast: Mark Gatiss, Fenella Woolgar, Ryan Whittle, Gerald McDermott, Cameron Percival, Ronny Jhutti, Michael Bertenshaw, Tony Turner, Ewan Bailey, Chris Harper, Sam Dale, Lewis Bray.
We live in a world that is rapidly losing its sense of wonder, of having everything explained and leaving the thought of fancy and intrigue hanging in the air as if somehow resembling the figure of dishonest fruit hiding knowledge from the feast of humanity.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: John Heffernan, Miranda Raison, Ryan Whittle, Lucy Doyle, Saffron Coomber, Michael Bertenshaw, Elizabeth Counsell, Tony Turner, Sean Murray.
If you can change the appearance of William Shakespeare’s work by adding a certain modern charm to the story, then any writer from literature’s illustrious past is worthy of eliciting a certain degree of similar occasion from; many will be called to the performance circle, many works will be deemed unfavourably, some unconsciously denied the modern touch and added personal extras, and some will shine like a beacon of joy, asking only companionship for a while of the supporter.
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No person is truly an island, perhaps not even a peninsula, cut partially adrift but somehow staring out to the far horizon as if with noble intentions, only a tenuous link keeping it from becoming a solitary mass and suffering from its own identity and practises. We like to think of ourselves as unified, a combined thought acting in many ways together, and when the fight is against us, we somehow pull together, weathering the storm as one.
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Cast: David Jason, James Baxter, Stephanie Cole, Brigit Forsyth, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Kulvindar Ghir, Sally Lindsay, Johnny Vegas, Tim Healy, Katie Radford, Rita Tushingham, Roger Sloman, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sophie Willan.
At any time of year it is important to remember to shop local, the CEOs of large corporations don’t need that extra few bucks in which to keep to themselves, so called high flyers who profit off the debt in which we have become accustomed too, can by the collective will of the people, find themselves a little poorer, a little less sanctimonious, a might less smug.
Life and Time are intrinsically linked, yet we are often caught out by both in different ways. We often see life as a progression of choices, that it is our own will which causes the present to be what it is, our lives shaped by determination, and yet Time’s hand is often overlooked, the quip of fate perhaps forgotten in the so called age of reason, and above all the chance encounter of a lyric shared becoming a link in which the forging of all is recognised only after Time has elapsed and lost in the fog of recognition.
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There are models of music release which were once seen as innovative but have now become the role model in which everybody employs, such is the shrinking dominance of once proud record labels that the participation of the fan has become even more demanding, crucial to a band’s or artist’s success. It is a relationship in which the fan has a say, perhaps not on style or delivery, but in the process, sponsoring in effect the realm of fortune it costs these days in which to produce a record, a piece of art.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It seems we have become fixated with destroying the past, that the new challenges of the 21st Century are not about progression, preservation of the moments in which can bring joy, which can carry meaning, but instead warrant in the eyes of those with an alternative agenda, the possibility of starting again with an image in keeping with their own judgment, even to the point of desecration, name-calling, accusations and deceit.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Cast: Lee Mack, Sally Breton, Hugh Dennis, Abigail Cruttenden, Deborah Grant, Geoffrey Whitehead, Mark Kempner,
There is always a concern when it comes to attempt to pull off the live show, especially when it a comedy, particularly when it is one comfortable in its own skin of being one that can be rehearsed to the point of exhaustion to make it seem sharp and on the ball. The trouble is with recording weeks or even months in advance is that relies far too eagerly on the set-up and not enough on the natural skill of the performer in which to bring the element of surprise, the ability to rise above the fluffed line with the spur of the moment quip or ad-lib in which to keep the momentum moving.
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No matter how far we go in life, there is always that thought at the back of the mind that makes you tremble with delight and concern in equal measure, that notion, the inkling that someone is Calling Me Home, that something is imploring you to walk back into the lives of those you may have left behind.
It is a feeling that sweeps over you like an artist’s brush delicately placed upon a canvas, each particle of paint patiently making contact with reality, creating a picture in which the only reasonable thing to do, the only proper response is to succumb to the will of fate and once again shake hands with the past.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
There are always contenders for the positions of Kings, Queens and Princess, there is no shortage of willing candidates and challengers in whom the public will doff their hats and open their hearts to, to defend their competitor and court favourite in their battle to be seen as the leader of the regal pack, the liege to whom the standard is raised.