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Punch And Judy Versus The Devil, Theatre Review. Casa Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Yahya Baggash, Mikyla Jane Durkan, Peter Durr, Lindsay Fooks, Maggi Green, Robbie J Harper, Maria Hutchison, Angela McComb, PJ Murray, Sam Tolmie.

At one time there was always the Punch And Judy performance to entertain people, a side show that was not confined to the seaside, there was one that used be played out between Lime Street Station and St. George’s Hall in the dim and distant past; however it could be argued that for some this puppet show which relied on aspects of unsightly violence in which to carry its message of suffering and the higher question of morality was a reflection of some of our own relationships, of humanity at its most course and despairing, one in which the likes of Mr. Punch never fully felt the force of local anger and retribution.

Punch And Judy Versus The Devil, Theatre Review. Casa Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(456 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Mother Goose, Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Bob Towers, Edmund O’ Hare, Teneye Alvarado, Maggi Green, Charlotte Thomas, George Melling, P.J. Murray, Yahya Baggash, Peter Durr.

 

The song is right, it is the most magical time of the year, one in which we come together to hopefully remember what true message is, one not to be sucked into a world of commercialism, one not to be in the grip of debt, not one to be feel the need to be greedy or over burdened by the selfishness of others. Just one that allows the heart to find forgiveness to others and to yourself, one that in which children and adults alike can find the delight in time together and one which even in the depths of a snow filled scene can lead to a love that might not thought possible.

Mother Goose, Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

(462 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Medea, Theatre Review. St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Mairi-Claire Kennedy, Nathon Bibby, Faye Caddick, Rebecca Howard, Maria Hutchinson, Vicky Lodge, Natalie J. Romero, Mikyla Jane Durkan, Samantha Walton, Gillian Paterson-Fox, Alan Bowyer, Callum Wright, Gary Watson, Iffan Wyn James, Yahya Baggash.

It is a story that still resonates, still has the power to send tremor like Earthquakes through any who see it and simply turns established thought upside down and inverts the power of femininity and the female form. Euripides’ Medea is a tale so huge that in modern day thought, it still provokes the question that surely a woman cannot take the life of a child, especially her own child and yet as the news shows, Medea is not alone in the most brutal of acts.

Medea, Theatre Review. St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. full post

(566 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

All Quiet On The Western, Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Peter Durr, Alan Gillespie, Alun Parry, Adam Byrne, Ifan James, Syephen J Higgins, Alan Bower, Eleanor Parry, Giulia Rampone, Gillian Paterson-Fox, Helen Shrimpton.

In the year that marks the 100th Anniversary of the most futile, military posturing and insane of all wars commencing, it is always worth remembering that the conflict was not fought on the grounds of justness like its successor but by people who led their countries down a path in which millions of men, women and children were killed and slaughtered. A path in which bore fruit shamed in blackness and would propagate seeds so vile that the working class of all countries who participated in, would suffer the most terrible hardships and loss.

All Quiet On The Western, Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

(578 words, estimated 2:19 mins reading time)