Tag Archives: Liverpool

DNR (Do Not Resurrect), Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre Studio, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Pauline Davies, Faye Caddick, Paul Codman, James O’Brien.

To honour the past is one thing, to find yourself unexpectedly in the back garden of time, spade in hand and ready with the synaptic electricity burning ready to resuscitate it so you can bring it back to life to examine it in greater detail, so you can relive the pain and the grief of all that you lost, all that was once loved. Such moments should be left to stay hidden and yet as we face the uncertain end and all we have is time, it is into that garden we go and the shovel and the spade dig eagerly.

DNR (Do Not Resurrect), Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre Studio, Liverpool. full post

(477 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

The Cat In The Hat, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Sam Angell, Melissa Lowe, Charley Magalit, Nana Amoo-Gottfried, Celia Francis, Robert Penny.

An acrobatic skill weaved around one of the most beloved children’s books and characters to come out of America in the last 100 years, a set of beautiful nonsense in exacting verse and perhaps the first pull of the magic that is theatre, Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat is not just meant to inspire young minds, it allows them free range to see the world as a place in which the creativity that is possible goes hand in hand with anarchy and order, that learning can be fun rather than insipid, dull and routine.

The Cat In The Hat, Theatre Review. Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(449 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Big Up!, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jack Hobbs A.K.A. Hobbit, Dorcas Sebuyange, Iestyn Evans, Clarke Joseph-Edwards.

Outwardly we might forget what it was like to be little, to see through the eyes of a child, we neglect the belief in what playing can achieve, we turn our back on the youngster we once were because we fall into line with the conviction that at some point it is not the done thing, simply unacceptable, and then we wonder why we have such trouble identifying with the young, with the children who look up to us; we want them to grow, to be adult, to lose their sense of questioning and creativity, yet all the time we should just be imploring them to Big Up!

Big Up!, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

All Is True, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Lydia Wilson, John Dagleish, Kathryn Wilder, Sam Ellis, Alex MacQueen, Jack Colgrave Hirst, Margaret Wheeler, Gerard Horan, Doug Colling, Lolita Chacrabarti, Philip Dunster, Freya Durkan, Flora Easton, Matt Jessup, Sabi Perez, Michael Rouse, Kate Tydman.

It is a beautiful story and one that will break the heart of anyone with half a romantic soul in their body and yet like all beautiful whispers that we seek to take advantage of by seemingly learning something of the poet’s soul, fiction, that forgiving beast of bounty, leads to a comedy of inaccuracies and yet we still pursue it as if it were a fair maiden covered in buttercup petals or a rueful youth displaying muscles and brawn on the beach.

All Is True, Film Review. Picturehouse@F.A.C.T, Liverpool. full post

(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Yellow Breck Road, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jake Abrahams, Gemma Brodrick, Eithne Browne, Paul Duckworth, Lynn Francis, Jamie Greer.

Once in a lullaby…such dreams are made of, the chance to see how life brought you to this point, and one that comes out of shock and the game played out by adversity. All you have to remember is that to follow the Yellow Breck Road might mot lead you to the wizard, but it will lead you to a place in which the tragedy and humour of life go hand in hand, where joy is welcome, where the despicable finally get their just deserts.

Yellow Breck Road, Theatre Review. Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(562 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)

Tears For Fears, Gig Review. M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Longevity can be a double-edged sword to which some find themselves at the wrong end of, instead of wielding it as if the fight has always been enjoyable, they fall awkwardly upon it and cause scratches that never heal, the object too heavy to counter, the weapon of love not sown, and yet it can be so beguiling, that fight can be sensational, it can bring about a new type of respect from those that might not have seen you perform in the heat of battle for the time it takes to change their colours and your armour.

Tears For Fears, Gig Review. M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool. full post

(500 words, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Alison Moyet, Gig Review. M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is a little under two years since Alison Moyet wowed the audience inside the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the November evening being one of the most hauntingly beautiful to have taken place inside the grandness of the city’s prestigious venue. Time never diminishes such a talent like Alison Moyet, the setting may change, the atmosphere may vary, but for legends of music, to which Ms. Moyet undoubtedly belongs, what remains is the sheer exuberance and the depth of their passion for the chance to perform in front of an audience.

Alison Moyet, Gig Review. M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool. full post

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

No Kids, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Nir Paldi, George Mann.

If you stop and think about it, the chances are you will talk yourself out of almost anything that your heart desires, the mind and the soul will argue, the body will become a wreck and the fallout of this will have serious repercussions on the relationship of all those you love and hold dear.

No Kids, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(437 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

The Bench: (Friendship Forever), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * *

Cast: Barbara Cunningham, Neil Summerville.

How far will you go for friendship? If you are fortunate enough to have that one person in your life to whom you would go to the end of the Earth for just to make them smile, then yours is perhaps the most blessed of lives, a truth of existence is that we cannot go through our time here on Earth without searching for that one person to make us happy, neither are we immune to wanting to find another in which we might be able to bring happiness too. It is a Friendship Forever in which our lives are balanced upon.

The Bench: (Friendship Forever), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

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

The Bench: (Heaven Sent), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Clifford Hume, Emma Ley, Karl Best.

There is a theatre of mystery that dogs human existence, we seem to fail to understand the connection we have to each and every person on the planet, we are so concerned with our own sense of self that we neglect the silence of a child and put it down to wilful disobedience, we forget those who raise us until the moment they are gone from our lives and we are ignorant to those who don’t scream and shout when the world has taken a bad turn, we believe that just because they aren’t complaining that they can take the misery and misfortune levelled at their soul.

The Bench: (Heaven Sent), Theatre Review. The Casa, Liverpool. full post

(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)