Tag Archives: Theatre Review. Unity Theatre

Bardolph’s Box, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Anna Buckland, Stuart Crowther, Harvey Robinson.

To bring a new generation of theatre lovers into the realms of existence, the effort must be made to demonstrate to them just what a wonderful world it is; if Government in all its selfish motives keeps sending down messages that science and the pursuit of feeding the gluttonous economy must be paramount, then every form of the arts must counteract this by showing the young that the soul is just as important to nurture as the wallet.

Bardolph’s Box, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

I Know All The Secrets In My World, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Samuel Nicholas, Solomon Israel, Michelle Asante.

By talking we are able to express our emotions, our fears, our doubts and concerns with greater clarity than we ever can by the silence that surrounds us. At times though grief is so overpowering that the simple things like laughter, joy and love can only be shown by the quiet and hushed up screams. The internal rage and sorrow of loss can only ever be expressed by non verbal communication and it affects us more than we realise.

I Know All The Secrets In My World, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(386 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound & Vision Rating: * * * * *

Cast: Jack Hobbs aka Hobbit, Ryan Harston aka LoGisTics, Elisha Howe aka Elektric, Mohsen Nouri.

What do you get when you get a beat-boxer, poet, dancer and puppeteer in the same room? Certainly nothing that has been seen before as, 20 Stories High and Theatre-Rites collaborate to produce a spectacular show.

The Broke ‘N’ Beat Collective, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(454 words, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Second Soprano, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound & Vision Rating: * * * *

Cast: Martha Shrimpton, Olivia Hirst.

As you enter Unity One, there is nothing much on stage to give any hint as to what may lie ahead. A coat stand, table, two chairs and a piano – what does stand out however, is the very modern looking microphone placed stage right that is used very cleverly by our duo to begin the piece by creating sound effects. With the use of a loop station they fill the space with noises of the wind and different animal voices that create the effects of a farm.

Second Soprano, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(412 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Move Over Moriarty, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Maggie Fox, Sue Ryding.

The eeriness of the London Fog, the sound of a violin playing somewhere down a fashionable street in West London and the inevitable descent into the criminal underworld that stalks and terrorises Victorian England, all trade-marks that make Sherlock Holmes the man to solve even the most heinous of crimes, especially one as dangerous, as perplexing as The Garibaldi Biscuit Affair; this is not a case where Lip Service is just paid to the Gothic, it is dunked completely and raises many current questions.

Move Over Moriarty, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(385 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

The Princess And The Pea, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Duncan Cameron, Graham Hicks, Josie Cerise, Keddy Sutton.

The humble pea is never truly given the chance to shine, is never truly the heroic type and is only ever seen to grace a good shepherd’s pie or instead be mushed down, taken to task as it adorns a plate of fish and chips. Yet once upon a time a Princess had much to owe the pea and its legendary status was confirmed. It is a status that enhanced as Liverpool’s Unity Theatre offers this Christmas the age old story of The Princess and the Pea and it is a tale to delight and capture the very best of imagination for all who make their way to the theatre on Hope Place this December.

The Princess And The Pea, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(629 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

Blake Remixed By Testament, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound & Vision Rating: * * * *

Cast: Testament, DJ Woody

Blake Remixed is beatboxer and rapper Testament’s first theatre show and looks at how relevant the poetry and art of William Blake still is today. An early influence in Testaments life, this show explores the relevance that Blake’s work and themes can still have on our culture. He compares today’s society to the time of Blake’s and asks if social justice, religious and racial tolerance is any different. Testament takes on Blake’s poetry and puts his own unique stamp on 18th century themes.

Blake Remixed By Testament, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(288 words, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

She Called Me Mother, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Cathy Tyson, Chereen Buckley.

Homelessness is such a serious issue in 21st Century Britain that it should be considered a national crime, an offence by successive governments upon the people of the land to who have been let down, systematically and without hope. We are sold a pup, an image of fecklessness of people making this particular choice for themselves and that the statistics are wrong, that people are not homeless, they are just beggars, idle cheats and scroungers; this image is so far removed from the truth that it is impossible not to see the pain and division it causes, not just between the haves and have not’s bit in what was even the tightest of bonds, between mother and daughter, father and son.

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

The Happy Jug, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating: * * *

Cast: Simon Jones, Chris Boyd, Madeline Hall, Kepla, Nathan Jones.

The Unity has been well established as a community theatre for many years. All varieties of people who want to act, write, direct and produce shows have most likely done so here. So it is with great interest that the Unity are doing something a little different in terms of theatre diversity and what we call theatre.

The Happy Jug, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(329 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

The Sand Dog Cometh, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating: * * *

Cast: Mary Pearson

It is difficult to sum up what The Sand Dog Cometh is about, as American writer, actor and director of the show Mary Pearson has created something that is no doubt unique in its entirety. Running for just over an hour, Pearson crams it full with films of derelict Liverpool, sculptures of sand dogs and mad dance sequences. The madness creeps into the audience too, as at one point, popcorn is handed out and the crowd is encouraged to share and to get to know the neighbours, the people that sit with anonymity during the darkness of any theatre production, those we might not normally think of during any trip to the theatre. Pearson too, takes her seat amongst the audience and proceeds to shave her legs whilst serenading audience members.

The Sand Dog Cometh, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

(293 words, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)