The Sunshine Boys, Theatre Review. Epstein Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Andrew Schofield, Alan Stocks, Helen Carter, Michael Fletcher, Stephen Fletcher, Liam Tobin.

Sometimes there are no words that can ever justify the praise or warmth you wish to impart to people or future audiences on how good a play or performance is.  You just have to watch the crowd’s reaction and listening to the cheering of those that had made their way Epstein Theatre to watch The Sunshine Boys too know that the production is just simply amazing.

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(478 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Lennon, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: John Power, Matt Breen, Tom Connor, Jessica Dyas, Kirsten Foster, Ross Higginson, Adam Keast, Jonathan Markwood, Mark Newnham.

Even almost 33 years after John Lennon was cruelly and untimely taken from his fans and from the city of Liverpool and the world, his iconic memory still has the power, the absolute authority of spirit, in which to inspire and encourage rousing feelings of love and joy and ultimately the sadness of a life cut short well before his time.

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(559 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

The Real Chariots Of Fire. Television Review. I.T.V.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 4th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

With the countdown to the Olympic Games well and truly running ever downward, the amount of television space that is going to be dedicated to all things Olympiad over the next few weeks will be hard to avoid.

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

Psycobitches. Television Review. Sky Arts Television.

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

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

Cast: Rebecca Front, Catherine Tate, Katy Brand, Sheila Reid, Samantha Spiro, Selina Griffiths, Andy Nyman.

The final part of Sky Arts series of short plays finished on a particular high with the bizarre but ultimately enjoyable Psycobitches.

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(465 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

True Love: Adrian. Television Review. B.B.C. Television.

Originally published by L.S. Media. June 21st 2012.L.S.

Media Rating * * * * *

Cast: David Morrissey, Gemma Chan, Jo Woodcock, Kaya Scodelario, Neil Bell.

The final part of True Love centred on a divorced father who was willing to go the extra mile for that someone special. If Sandra, the previous episode was the weak chain in the five part series, then writer Dominic Savage pulled out all the stops to make Adrian a tour de force that really could have gone on for a lot longer than the half hour allotted to it.

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(386 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

True Love: Sandra. Television Review. B.B.C. Television.

Originally published by L.S. Media. June 21st 2012.

L.S. Media Rating * *

Cast: Jane Horrocks, Alexander Siddig, Charlie Creed Miles, Genevieve Barr.

The penultimate episode of B.B.C.’s True Love season of short, partly improvised plays by Dominic Savage sees empty nest syndrome mum Sandra question her position in the world after her daughters have finally grown up and left the family home.

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

True Love, “Holly”. B.B.C. Television. Television Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. June 20th 2012.L.S. Media Rating * * * *

Cast: Billie Piper, Kaya Scodelario, Charlie Creed Miles, Jenny Agutter, Jo Woodcock.

In the third of five episodes by writer Dominic Savage, Billie Piper shows her mettle as lonely and unsatisfied teacher Holly. Being a teacher is a thankless task, especially when your private live is unfulfilling, your mother asks the same questions about who you are seeing and then all of a sudden your private life, well it’s not so private anymore.

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(411 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

True Love, “Paul”. Television Review. B.B.C. Television.

Originally published by L.S. Media. June 19th 2012L.S.

L.S Media Rating * * *

Cast: Ashley Walters, Jaime Winstone, Lacey Turner, Aymen Handouchi.

The second of B.B.C.’s new series of partly improvised plays sees Ashley Walters as Paul, a man with a good job, a good wife and a nice house but whose fatal flaw is boredom.

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

The Other Woman. Television Review. Sky Arts Television.

Originally published by L.S.Media. June 8th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

Cast: Trevor Eve, Geraldine James, Tom Ellis, Richard E. Grant.

When art imitates life, are those that are the subject of the creative mind really aware of what they have become? This was the question that vexed Geraldine James and Trevor Eve in the latest of series of plays shown by the Sky Arts channel.

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(439 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

True Love. “Nick”, Television Review. B.B.C. Television.

Originally published on L.S. Media. June 18th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

Cast: David Tennant, Joanne Froggatt, Vicky McClure, Lacey Turner, Luke Bryant, Jo Woodcock, Peter McNeil O’ Connor.

It may be the thought of Sky Arts encroaching into old familiar B.B.C. territory with their half hour series of plays that forced the channel to follow suit and commission Dominic Savage to write five stand-alone plays that break the boundaries of television drama production.  Whatever the reason, Dominic Savage came up with the goods in the first of these to be televised over the next few nights and in Joanne Froggatt, David Tennant and Vicky McClure they hit quality drama gold.

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(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)