Thirty years without you,
It has gone in a blink of an eye,
yet still, you remain, in my thoughts,
larger than life, the story man,
Adanac and the green painted door,
The Story Man, a ready tale
of heroism that I have tried,
and failed,
to live up to.
March 1st 1988, ironic to die
on a patron saint’s day, we all do
though I guess, have to pass
through the gossamer thin web and veil
eventually, it is though whether we
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8/10
Cast: Ravi Aujla, Jo Ben Ayed, Amiera Darwish, Raj Ghatak, Oliver Gyani, Rez Kabir, Hanif Khan, Soroosh Lavasini, Umar Pasha, Gary Pillai, Jay Sajjid, Karl Seth, Danielle Woodnutt.
This is the third time that Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of The Kite Runner has appeared on this stage. A co-production between Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse, it has enjoyed tremendous success in London’s West End since its premiere here in 2013 and is now on its second U.K. tour.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
When the inspiration strikes, you have to follow the tune, no matter where it comes from, even if it means heading back to the beginning or to a time which may have been simpler but by no means less illuminating, certainly in music and art in general. To acknowledge the past heroics is one thing but to tread in the footsteps of angels and the heavy rock classic is to ensure a positive and productive outcome.
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At our lowest point, when an overwhelming feeling of loss or the realisation of the shattering of a dream takes hold, it is the solace of art in every form that finds a way to hold the mind and soul together; a glue, a bond that sees a kind of beautiful monument take shape and one that could be seen as a testimonial, a tribute to all that ever could have been and one that breathes with honour of having been part of the artist’s life.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Maddie Stenberg takes it all in her stride, a fierce boldness that radiates outwards and burns within like a volcanic fire and yet has at its heart a sense of absolute serenity, of passion for the soft spoken word and the demeanour of a Queen, regal in her stance, an assurance of her talent flowing through her like a spring tide, and in the single Take Me Home, the endowment of playing and composing songs is quite simply a joy, a recognition of the hard work done and how much the future can hold her with pride.
The snow drifts silently down,
feather touch, soft and beautiful
against the flash of the camera
which lights up the scene in Sefton Park.
An everyday photograph of a park bench
in winter, deserted, surrounded by claustrophobic emptiness,
by time standing still and in the distance
a bell calls the man home, a clock
striking midnight, magic happens
in dark lonely places, as the man
pulls his coat tight around his snow covered shoulders,
and it wouldn’t be till the morning,
when the man returned to the scene
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To never make use of the bridge that connects one community to another is to waste the chance of growth. Whether metaphorical or steeped in the heartbeat of the music that drives us to prefer one genre over another, The Bridge is a series of interlocking steps that can bring the listener to a greater understanding of how we all look towards the unknown above the deep gorge and know instinctively that the step taken towards clarification and explanation is not to be feared.
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There is the often heard and then there is the new and invigorating, the sound that perhaps once alerted the radio listener to the fact that a single or even an album that was about to played over the airwaves that would change their mind on the direction of their musical tunes in their head the following day.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Witnessing life from the bottom is never advised but it often cannot be helped, the system and the machine is far too entrenched in our lives and whilst some offer the seemingly helpful advice, the sage driven cliché of seeing life from the bright side, it never truly magnifies itself into changing perspective, it doesn’t get the soul moving, and the reason is arguably down to the fact that we are still hearing the same beat all the time.
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In The Dark we either grasp the air blindly, scrabbling around in the hope we might find a light switch in which to illuminate the path that was there all the time, or we strike out boldly, we allow our intuition to guide us, to seek out with passion and desire rather than with mystery or fear. In The Dark we can allow our imagination the free rein take our senses out for the exploration they deserve, to feel the enclosing nature of the void and whisper back to it with love of how much the embrace is needed.