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Indebted: The Mix-Tape, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Side A Cast: Abel Lordan, Amaka Onaura, Emily Escott, Famia Umama, Fatima Sajal, Fred Lima, Freya Goss, Georgina Garrod, Kadisha Kayani, Kyle Walsh, Leela Maguire, Letticha Taylor, Linue Kuamona, Luke Coulson, Maya Harris, Rosie Evans, Sophia Kelly-Prandelli, Tia Hume-Jennings.

Side B Cast: Annie Mukete, Chris Maylor, Daniel Sebuyange, Emma Burns, Ezrah Watt-Haydon, Isobel Campbell, Isaac Hodgson, Jay Cast, Joel Cobblestone, Joel Hale, Josh Whitmore, Manoka Mbolokele, Nicole Kennedy, Owen Jones, Riaid Saif, Ryan Tomes, Shauna Higan, Scott Lewis, Shaundel Wright.

Animals, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Abby Melia, Bradley Thompson, Bryony Doyle, Daniel Sebuyange, Dorcas Sebuyange, Emma Burns, Kane Roberts, Lina Sebuyange, Owen Jones, Raven Maguire, Sam Ikpeh, ScottLewis, Toin Otubsin, Paislie Reid.

Denigrate a section of society enough, make them pay for imagined crimes of a group of individuals with sweeping undeserved statements and it is no wonder that they will perhaps meet all your expectations. When that section of society is the young, the next generation of people to whom the world becomes a narrow and twisted version of doomed failure then it is no surprise that sometimes they act the way the papers expect and the Government demands.  The problem with demonising the young is they have the teeth to bite back, they have the surprise and good will deeply engrained in them to show just exactly who the Animals are in society; for it truly is not them.

12. Theatre Review. The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool.

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

L.S. Media Rating ****

Cast: Shaun Fagan, Morgan McBride, Nick Crosbie, Jamie Vere, Robbie Locke, Bob Schofield, Owen Jones, Josh Quigley, Josh Hughes, Bradley Walker, Paul Holliday, Sophie Eves.

Transferring a 1950’s Henry Fonda classic film to the unsympathetic existence of 21st century Liverpool takes some imagination and a lot of writing talent to give it the grim reality that post war Hollywood films sometimes glossed over. With Shaun Fagan and Matthew Shiel at the helm of 12, the latest play to be performed at The Lantern Theatre, this was more than was ever needed to show how good writing can shine through no matter how unattractive and prejudicial the story line is.