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They Call Her Natasha, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. February 23rd 2011.

Cast: Lou Dalgleish, Michael Weston King, Gladstone Wilson.

We are all familiar with the idea with obsession, so much so that in a way we can all claim to have one, but what happens when the fixation takes over your life and takes you to places that should be well left alone. In the Everyman Theatre’s new season of productions They Call Her Natasha looks at this obsession from the point of a fan gripped with Liverpool raised musician Elvis Costello.

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(313 words, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)

The Caretaker, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Originally published by L.S. Media. October 4th 2009.

Cast: Jonathon Pryce, Tom Brooke, Peter McDonald.

Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker celebrated it’s fortieth birthday this year and thankfully the Everyman decided to take full advantage of the timing by making it part of their production schedule for the autumn. Not only that, but by making sure that one of Britain’s best and well loved actors was involved, the Everyman has hit upon a recipe for success and one that insures the crowds will flock to this production.

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

Road, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Hannah Aspinall, Ruby Bains, Emily Barker, Rebekah Brown, Sami Bueid, Charlotte Clarke, Jordan Connerty, Charlotte Dawson, Charlie Diable, John Dixon, Joseph Edwards, Jade Fazakerley, Grace Fordham-Bibby, Amber Higgins, Jake Holmes, Poppy Hughes, Chloe Hughes, Morgan Hughes, Connor Kelly, Luke Logan, Jenny Lowe, Molly Madigan, Grace Emily Maud, Niamh McCarthy, Callum McCourt, Jonathan McGuirk, Lewis McVey, Michael Meechan, Jack Molloy, Michael Moran, Aiden Morgan, Charlie Noponen, Yasmin Ormesher-Lunt, Jamie Pye, Phil Rayner, Matthew Roberts, Harry Sargent, Kaila Sharples, Sakura Singh-Corke, Marth Small, Natalie Vaughan, Matthew Woodhouse.

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

Measuring Up, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Mandy Redvers-Rowe, Rachael Townsend.

Music: Craig Gamble.

Writing is often viewed as glamourous, seductive, an enticing call to a place which calls for awards and the possibility of being able to change people’s minds with a series of taps on a keyboard or a deliberated word which strikes the right note. The art of writing the meaningful prose has brought down governments, brought conflict and peace to lands and made a lover’s heart soar; and yet there are those who believe it is the easiest occupation in the world, for they don’t see the agony, the self-doubt, the moments where the words don’t arise and the long labouring battle that arrives unseen as writer’s block sinks the author of sentences into the abyss.

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(430 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Sweeney Todd, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * * *

Photograph by Marc Brenner, used with kind permission by Everyman Theatre.

Cast: Liam Tobin, Kacey Ainsworth, Emma Dears, Paul Duckworth, Keziah Joseph, Dean Nolan, Bryan Parry, Shiv Rabheru, Mark Rice-Oxley.

Musicians: Tarek Merchant, Daisy Evans, Samantha Norman, Alex Smith.

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(592 words, 1 image, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

The Snow Queen, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Danny Burns, Lloyd Gorman, Barbara Hockaday, Nikita Johal, Adam Keast, Greg Last, Nicola Martinus-Smith, Jamie Noar, Lucy Thatcher, Francis Tucker.

Children of all ages always eagerly await the first drifts of Christmas snow, a winter picture postcard from our past never seems to fit right without the unique flakes falling against the backdrop of a street light and the crisp sound, that first exquisite crunch of Wellington Boot on the overnight gift that the turning of the year brings us, it may be a time of memory, of quiet solitude in thanks but as The Snow Queen knocks at the door, what cannot be avoided is the chance to laugh, smile till the face takes on a permanent position of glee, and to relax in the company of actors and extenuated by superbly played music and genuine affection to entertain.

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

To Have To Shoot Irishmen, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Gerard Kearns, Elinor Lawless, Robbie O’ Neill, Russell Richardson.

In our act of observance, of recording the facts of a certain situation so that if justice needs to be served, it is done so without bias, without favouritism and with impartiality at the forefront of truth, we can find ourselves in the unwarranted position of being accused of being involved with the crime at hand, or finding our name being labelled as a traitor. To observe, to witness history in the eyes of the pacifist is to know that death by other’s actions is always a possibility, it might just depend which side decides to pull the trigger.

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(504 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Fup, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Calvin Dean, David Mynne, Rachel Leonard, Jenny Beare.

Musician: Ben Sutcliffe, Zaid Al-Rikabi.

Falling in love is quite possibly the most beautiful, and most heart-breaking emotion, a human being can live through and endure, for some it happens easily, for others it is a long process which can only come about by first finding themselves, discovering their own sense of true-worth, whichever way it happens, love is, in the words of Liverpool’s Ian McNabb, a wonderful colour.

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(488 words, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

The Lovely Bones, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Pete Ashmore, Charlotte Beaumont, Emily Bevan, Bhawna Bhawsar, Susan Bovell, Natasha Cottriall, Keith Dunphy, Karan Gill, Jack Sandle, Ayoola Smart.

The interpretation of what is a universally enjoyed modern classic to the lights and close-up inspection of the theatre can hinge greatly in the eyes of the audience on just how close it gets to the emotions they would expect to be portrayed, of the damage and the reconciliation they feel is appropriate in the modern world.

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(499 words, estimated 2:0 mins reading time)

The Big I Am, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Cast: Nadia Anim, Emma Bispham, Richard Bremmer, Patrick Brennan, George Caple, Paul Duckworth, Marc Elliot, Cerith Flinn, Emily Hughes, Nathan McMullen, Zelina Rebeiro, Golda Rosheuvel, Keddy Sutton, Liam Tobin.

There are moments in theatre that leave you breathless, where what unfolds on stage is enough to keep you mind whirring at such a pace that sleep, that welcome landing post in choppy waters between days, is impossible, that what has been seen in that form, will leave you reliving every sequence over and over again!

The Big I Am, Theatre Review. Everyman Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(535 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)