Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
A contradiction should always be used for a basis of an argument when the truth is as shady as a large canopy spread over a wide area and with the Sun and the rain both beating down on it with vigorous ambition. Contradiction should not be employed when discussing Maximo Park’s Paul Smith’s latest project with the Imitations, the musically absorbing Contradictions.
For sale:
One fairly careful,
but sometimes under-valued owner
prone to breakdown on occasions
when the weather and temperament gets too hot,
has rust spots where lack of full thrust
and fifth gear has only ever been imagined
but never put in practice.
Right headlight needs work,
best not try on full beam as photophobia
may upset other users.
Stereo works well, too well, sometimes
only available on loud, especially when
the mood hits and the upbeat open road
seems clear of clutter, place objects in way,
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Eve Best, Phoebe Fox, Catherine McCormack, Lydia Leonard, Jack Davenport, Rupert Penry-Jones, James Norton, Ed Birch, Christian Brassington, Lucy Boynton, Andrew Havill, Sam Hoare, Eleanor Bron, James Clay, Deborah Findlay, Ron Heaps, Guy Henry, Edmund Kingsley, Anton Lesser, James Northcote, Emily Bruni, Edmund Digby-Jones, Guy Henry, Finn Jones, Adam Palsson, Simon Thomas, Elliot Cowan, Rosie Ede, Jenny Howe, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Marianne Oldham, Simon Thomas, Al Weaver.
The paradise island of Lampedusa, where North Africa meets Rome, home of postcard vistas, white sand beaches, and the site of the most devastating debris washing up on the shore.
Stefano follows in the footsteps of generations of fishermen but in the twenty-first century the catch is very different: his job is to pull drowned bodies of migrants out of the Mediterranean and in the bleakest corners of the U.K. Denise tramps from door to door collecting pay day loans, witnessing crippling hardship and hearing complaints about immigration.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9 out of 10
Snark Busters: High Society is a hidden object finding puzzle game available for download from the PlayStation Store for the PS3. The game initially launched for the P.C. in May 2012 with an iOS version arriving in November 2012 before making its way onto PS3 in November 2014.
The story revolves around the lead character Elizabeth Hughes, a world famous photographer, who announces her engagement to a gardener called Nicolas Fortright, but has her happiness cut short by Duchess Daffington who accuses Nicolas of having stolen a precious family heirloom; prompting Elizabeth to set out in an attempt to prove her fiancées’ innocence during her own investigation.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Beneath a blaze of lights and lasers, backed by a boom of energised electric guitar and the thumping drumbeats provided by the superb Phil Westwood, Vesbim announced their arrival on stage at The New Brighton Floral Pavilion to perform their magnificent representation of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1979 album The Wall in grand style, and never for a moment let the pace slip.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * *
Cast: David Walliams, Jessica Raine, James Fleet, Matthew Steer, Alice Krige, Clarke Peters, Jonny Philips, Paul Brennen, Mary Roscoe, Andrew Havill, Richard Dillane, Madeline Appiah, Catherine Harvey, Peter Vollebregt, Bentley Kim, Robert Whitelock, Samuel Oatley, Robert Horwell, Julian Rivett, Camilla Marie Beeput, George Taylor, Peter Gordon, Jamie Taylor, Ian Hogan.
The world has ever been thus mad and in a world of such insanity, where men’s alliances to their country and their values are turned upside down; the only thing to do is keep the faith and believe that all will come right in the end, not something that instantly comes to mind as the B.B.C. adapt the lesser of Agatha Christie’s works in Partners in Crime for the 21st Century audience.
The deal was struck one lazy January day
in the Winnie-Gate over an illegal pint
for all present . The pile of over salted chips costing
each less than a good night’s sleep
and the sound of pool balls smacking in time
off the green velvet stained with half chewed
cigarette smoke and twenty-pence bets
to the tunes of the day being played
with carefree abandon
from the cannibalised juke box,
cannibalised through our own choices
and 80s regalia and the only acknowledgment
to our deeds was the fashion for the rolled up
For the first time in the U.K., A Life With the Beatles arrives at the this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A Life With the Beatles is an amazing Magical Mystery Tour of the Beatles’ history from Neil Aspinall’s perspective, the only one who was always at their side, from 1961 to the 1970 break-up and later to become the Apple Corps President.
Neil Aspinall had been the Beatles’ road manager since the early days in Liverpool. Staying behind the scenes and away from the limelight, he was part of an incredible story; a story that only he can tell.
Celebrating five years of bringing internationally acclaimed artists and performers to Liverpool, The Capstone Theatre is delighted to announce its new autumn 2015 Season, which boasts a diverse collection of the finest cutting edge jazz, contemporary dance, gripping theatre, and film classics plus the return of the Cornerstone Arts Festival.