Tag Archives: Lantern Theatre

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)

The Life Of English Soprano, Florence Easton, To be Brought To The Lantern Theatre Stage.

Relative Pitch Opera, the classical division of the award winning company Little Pixie Productions is coming to perform at The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

The Nightingale of South Bank is based on the life of the English soprano Florence Easton.

Florence was born in 1882, South Bank, Middlesbrough, she went on to become one of our most versatile English opera singers in the 20th Century. Working with companies both in England and abroad Florence settled in America after the start of World War 1. Helena Leonard sings Florence’s arias from operas including Madam Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi, Aida, Tosca and more as she tells you the fascinating story about the varied career of The Nightingale of South Bank. The performance presented by Relative Pitch Opera will be on the 2nd March 2013 at 7.30pm.

The Life Of English Soprano, Florence Easton, To be Brought To The Lantern Theatre Stage. full post

(173 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Purplecoat Productions Will Bring Titus Andronicus To The Unity Theatre Stage.

 A Shakespearean tragedy of hatred, murder and cruelty. An embittered Roman General returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths and her three sons. Sacrificing the eldest, in memory of his own sons killed in battle, he provokes the Queen’s hatred but when she marries the new Emperor of Rome, she begins to plot her murderous revenge.

Purplecoat Productions bring one of Shakespeare’s and history’s most underrated tragedies, the excellent Titus Andronicus, to the Unity Theatre on February 5th and 6th.  The company have recently thrilled audiences at the Lantern Theatre on Blundell Street with their superb version of Little Voice and aim to hit the heights once more with this production.

Purplecoat Productions Will Bring Titus Andronicus To The Unity Theatre Stage. full post

(227 words, estimated 54 secs 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.

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

(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)

Happy, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 15th 2012.

L.S.Media Rating ****

Cast: Sean Hutchinson, Ellie Stevenson, Jack Malone, Greg Prentice, Igor Memic, Matthew Pieterse, Matthew Exley.

A perfect happy world where everyone is nice to each other and life is able to go down the path towards a serene future, it may sound like bliss, a state which we all strive…one that come with repercussions that the mood you feel is not one you that you have attained by natural means.

Happy, Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(399 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Totally Ninja-David Alnwick. The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published on L.S. Media. July 17th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Think you know magic? Until you have seen the spectacle of Gateshead born magician extraordinaire Totally Ninja-David Alnwick on stage, you haven’t seen anything.

Totally Ninja-David Alnwick. The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(338 words, 1 image, estimated 1:21 mins reading time)

Half A Bottle Gone, Queertet. Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published on L. S. Media. 8th July 2012.

Cast: Ben Hallworth, Dale Grant, Nuala Maguire.

Perhaps the idea of admission of guilt or even worry is one step too far to cope with after a bottle of wine or two. Even the Half A Bottle Gone may be too much for some to comprehend the seriousness of a life that has been turned upside down by one moment’s indiscretion.

Half A Bottle Gone by Ian Walker deals with before and after, the moments where you blurt out a secret that has been tearing away at your soul and the moment when you first saw the life you lead turn dramatically inside out.

Half A Bottle Gone, Queertet. Theatre Review. Lantern Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(371 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)