Tag Archives: Liverpool Empire Theatre

Footloose, Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 9th 2011.

Cast: Max Milner, Carys Gray, Steven Pinder, Karen Ascoe, Lorna Want, Jodie Jacobs, Keisha Amponsa Banson, Tanya Robb, Matt Willis, Daniel Smith, Adam C. Booth, Giovanni Spano, Michael Palmer.

Footloose! The very word brings up images of one of the great teen movies of the 1980’s. Reason in the face of oppression for which any teenager of the time would have identified with, a stunning soundtrack and a great cast made the film a smash in box offices both sides of the Atlantic.

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(435 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Hairspray, Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Otiginally published by L.S. Media. August 19th 2011.

Cast: Les Dennis, Michael Starke, Dina Tree, Liam Doyle, Gillian Kirkpatrick, Wayne Robinson, Danny Bayne, Emma Dukes, Clare Halse, Sandra Marvin, Yvonne O’ Grady, Seliza Sebastian, Kane Andrews.

Set against the start of the heightened racial tensions that plagued America socially and politically during the early 1960’s, Hairspray is one of those musicals that stretches the audience’s idea of fun to new limits and leaves them gasping for more!

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

Tell Me On A Sunday, Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Cast: Claire Sweeney.

Tell me on A Sunday is one of the most endearing and likeable musicals created by Andrew Lloyd Webber, whether it’s the addition of Don Black’s superbly written and well observed lyrics or the fact that almost everyone can resonate and identify with the girl on stage as she finds herself thrust into a life far from home, in a strange city, strange country with nothing but her sense of humour and the thought of meeting that one person who they can share their life with.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Legally Blonde, Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media.  February 8th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Faye Brookes, Iwan Lewis, Les Dennis, Claire Sweeney, Ray Quinn, Charlotte Harwood, Hannah Grover, Sinead Long, Sophie Isaacs, Micha Richardson, Zak Nemorin, Jon Reynolds, Graham Lappin, Nia Jermin.

If you just want a one sentence or even a word to sum up Legally Blonde, then can I just say phenomenal, must see, brilliant, and every other platitude that you will no doubt see on billboards and in papers for this exceptional and heart-warming musical.

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(483 words, 1 image, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

South Pacific. Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 24th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Samantha Womack, Matthew Cammelle, Alex Ferns, Daniel Koek, Loretta Ables Sayre, Elizabeth Chong, Cameron Jack, Luke Kempner, Dominic Taylor, Nigel Williams.

There is a memorable song half way through the second act of Rogers and Hammerstein’s superb musical South Pacific that not only gets into your head so much you end up whistling or humming on the late bus home but that is also very apt for the conversation and good natured chatter as the audiences spilled out on to Lime Street after the show, there really was nothing but Happy Talk.

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(480 words, 1 image, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Dara O’ Briain. Comedy Legend Returns To Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media. March 23rd 2012.

L.S. Media Rating *****

Before the curtain was raised even one inch on what became a night of high class comedy, the gentle and uplifting music of Neil Hannon’s Divine Comedy classic The Lost Art of Conversation filtered through the auditorium and to the awaiting, patient audience’s ears as they took their seats. If there is a song that fits perfectly the nature of comedy gig by Dara O’ Briain, then the man and his conversation surely is the one.

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(585 words, 1 image, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Annie, The Liverpool Empire Stage Experience. Theatre Review. Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L.S. Media. Augsut 16th 2012.

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Tom Hogan, Grace Galloway, Vanessa Booth, Daniel Greenwood, Frankie Magee, Matthew Parkinson, Alice Carlile, Eve McKechnie, Clara Moriarty, Asha Billington, Amber Rigley, Daisy Miller, Natalie Davies, Michael Scotland, Olivia Doyle, Charlotte Hanley.

The Liverpool Empire Stage Experience is one of the success stories of recent times. It really does give the youth of Liverpool a chance to shine, and like the production of two summers ago, the excellent Bugsy Malone, Annie shone as vibrantly as the neon lights of New York or London and for the young lady who played the eponymous Annie, the delightful and wonderfully cheeky Alice Carlile, she sparkled brighter than most who have played this part on a British stage.

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(427 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show Live. Theatre Review, Liverpool Empire Theatre.

Originally published by L. S Media. June 19th 2012

L.S. Media Rating *****

Cast: Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern, Susan Sheridan, Mark Wing-Davy, Stephen Moore, Toby Longworth, Andrew Secombe, Philip Pope, Samantha Beart, Roger McGough.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, so good that they returned to the format that broke all conventions and established rules of sci-fi comedy on the radio and turned into a live radio show.

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(455 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)