Tag Archives: Lantern Theatre

Linda And Sue, Queertet. Theatre Review, Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published on L. S. Media. July 28th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating * * * *

Cast: Annie Edwards,  Rxanne Male, Jonathon Roberts, Jasmin Pritchard, Monique Bouley.

Love and jealousy, as intrinsically entwined together as almost any other human emotion; especially when the two lovers have a difference in age and one has a grown up son from a previous relationship and the other one has younger friends. All of this can lead to bitterness if not handled with sensitivity and care, on both parts.

Such is the premise of Chris Christou’s play for the Queertet Festival of plays at The Lantern Theatre, Linda and Sue.

Linda And Sue, Queertet. Theatre Review, Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(377 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Jennifer Bea.

It takes two to truly make a conversation, to sit and chat without the meaning being lost and the understanding being stilted and diluted, watered down and the froth of life being spluttered upon and half drawn conclusions met.

Meeting up with Jennifer Bea ahead of her performance in the Jim Cartwright play Two, you cannot help but be struck by the fire that dances in the eyes, of the absolute determination to bring a character to life. Even if you have had the honour of knowing Ms. Bea for a while, that fire catches you out and you cannot help but be drawn to it, like a moth serenading a flame, you know that time is short but you revel upon every word.

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Jennifer Bea. full post

(1444 words, estimated 5:47 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: An Interview Special With Kiefer Williams Of Grin Theatre.

As artistic Director at Grin Theatre, Kiefer Williams has an enormous responsibility in pushing the work of young writers onto the stage. Alongside Simon James, Kiefer is responsible for bringing the fantastic Queertet to the stage, a set of four plays that deal with LGBT issues in today’s modern world. The two men are certainly proud of their work and the experiences they bring to the city of Liverpool and the work they do is certainly valued as the city gears up in preparation for the Liverpool Pride 2013.

Liverpool Sound And Vision: An Interview Special With Kiefer Williams Of Grin Theatre. full post

(1045 words, estimated 4:11 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound and Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Rising Comedian Alastair Clark.

Alastair Clark sits back in the seats on the first floor of FACT on Wood Street and grins. The man who hails from Grantham in Lincolnshire is intensely likeable as a person, as many of University colleagues have threatened to attest to, he is one of the many University graduates that find themselves at the bitter end of the current recession/depression, depending on who you talk to, saddled with debt for wanting to learn and trying to make a difference.

Liverpool Sound and Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Rising Comedian Alastair Clark. full post

(1654 words, estimated 6:37 mins reading time)

Is There Anybody There?, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

Cast: Francis Williamson, Marry Hyam, Kathy Upfold, Steven Hill, Michelle Potts.

There are some things that should not be messed around with, mixing the grape and the grain, the electricity meter, the dark and mystifying occult and four women whose lives are more entangled than they have ever believed. So all human life and a little bit more is all on show for John Evans’ play Is There Anybody There? and the answers are there for all to see like a man’s ashes on a otherwise clean carpet.

Is There Anybody There?, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(353 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Mashemon, Gig Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Liverpool isn’t really known for its heavier rock or metal, neither do audiences get the chance to have any type of dalliance with any type of home-grown Progressive Rock, saving the delights for evenings with the likes of Genesis legend Steve Hackett or Jethro Tull to fill the void. Allowing the odd crumb to fall from the top table takes time and even when it can only be heard in snatches in a band it is well worth the wait.

Mashemon, Gig Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(369 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Nighthowl. Gig Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Lantern Theatre may be more used to having cutting edge and intense drama within its walls on Blundell Street but in the time that it has been open it has had its share of some exceedingly good music as well.

The winter weather may have bit hard around the country but somehow in Liverpool that never really deters people from supporting the arts, in no matter what form, in the city. The wind may have been positively Baltic as it raced up the Mersey but the music provided by Night Howl soon took any cold off the bones of those attending the first music night of 2013 in the Lantern.

Nighthowl. Gig Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(363 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Saturday Supplement, An Interview With Igor Memic.

Igor Memic. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

For anyone who was fortunate enough to catch Igor Memic’s production of Happy at the Lantern Theatre this year, not only was it a first rate play designed to make audiences think but it was one of the finest moments in surreal escapism that crowd would have been privy to see during 2012.

Igor Memic is an enigma, driven and destined it seems to go on and make the theatre a place where his name will be seen for many years. Igor was born in Mostar, Bosnia to a Bosnian mother and Croatian father. It is this exotic mix, combined with a love of London and Liverpool that makes him an impressive figure to talk to.

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(2012 words, 1 image, estimated 8:03 mins reading time)

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Rio Matchett.

Rio Matchett. Photograph by Ian D. Hall

One of the joys of being in a city such as Liverpool is the abundance of theatres that cater for all tastes and for all actors wishing to tackle the well-trodden boards and add their names to the list of watched and admired artists.

Liverpool Sound And Vision: The Sunday Postscript, An Interview With Rio Matchett. full post

(1419 words, 1 image, estimated 5:41 mins reading time)