Tag Archives: Theatre Review. Unity Theatre

Lost Boys, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Louis Carrington, Floriana Dezou, Faye Donnellan, Tom Isted, Neve Kelman, Alexandre King, Charlie Knowles, Alex Meredith, Eion McKenna, Kwame Owusu, Jenna Sian O’Hara, Sam Ress-Baylis, Daryl Rowlands.

No matter what type of community you grew up in, the large sprawling metropolis, the neatly bordered and hedge-trimmed village or the new town with no discernible history, you either embrace its place in your own story or you run away from it, perhaps through the weight of expectation or because you have seen through its soul and wish to be somewhere else that you can call home. However, the chances are that whatever the place you reside there is a growing feeling of unease, of mounting anxiety amongst the young, and their belief that that they no longer recognise their place in society, or how to fix the despair that comes with toxic masculinity.

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(468 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Pop, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * *

Cast: Katie George, Lauren Foster.

If the 1980s was a decade of direct contrasts between social hedonism and the reality of the action taken communities as one by one the life blood of decades old services and the jobs that were dismantled and the people left to rot on the dole, then the mid to late 90s were a period in which lies and deceptions were given public backing as a kind of false hope of a fairer society was raised like a mantra, a chant aired and repeated and one that has joined the 1980s debauchery enjoyed by some as nothing more than an exposing of the personal greed that we all believe is ours to enjoy by right.

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(543 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Under The Umbrella, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Mei Mac, Laura Tipper, Charlotte Chiew, Minhee Yeo.

It is in the exploration of another’s history that we find that we have more in common than we may believe at first sight. By listening to a story that we might find fantastical, unbelievable, uncompromising in its detail and one that isn’t afraid to show emotion, we might find the empathy and understanding in which to not only accept a different culture, but praise those who bring out the very best of its ideals and philosophy.

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

Sparkplug, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: David Judge.

What does family mean in a world where the idea of relationships have become almost throwaway, consumable, there only in some eyes to fill a statistic and perhaps to belong to something rather than be on their own; the idea of family has become in some ways a short hand for strangers treating you as their own, perhaps even with the notion of reckless, limited loyalty when it all gets too much to cope with.

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(460 words, estimated 1:50 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!

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(462 words, estimated 1:51 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)

Beauty And The Beast, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Stephen Collins, Edward Day, Simone Lewis, Rose-Marie Christian.

Within us all there is the propensity to harbour both good and evil, to be kind-hearted and to allow the nature of maliciousness to shine through; there is though a realm of mischievousness which can enter both states of mind, not born out of a dark soul, but in the way that you are treated by others, one can only take so much abuse from someone before they start to kick back, when people are excluded and talked about spitefully behind their back, they become harsh, callous perhaps, they become unkind.

Beauty And The Beast, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Blood Runs Deep, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Brandon McCaffery, Alice Merivale, Emma Vaudrey, John Schumacher.

It is the sins of the past that we inherit, perhaps shame gets sprinkled into the D.N.A., a dash of wickedness and a whole load of emotional turmoil, if we are fortunate it skips us, loses its power with each generation, and eventually the gene which causes us to contemplate such vile acts and misdeeds is eradicated.

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

When Did You Stop Dancing?, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Rachel McBride.

We find ourselves constantly developing ways in which communicate with those in our lives that we love, that we occasionally get frustrated with, and every so often cannot fathom why they became cross and upset with us; communication is key, but when we find ourselves in silence, when faced with no interaction, when all we have become is mark in the credit score of life, then we find ourselves looking for other ways to express our souls, even at the cost of our lives.

When Did You Stop Dancing?, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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

Beyond Belief, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Adam Davies, Elani Edipidi, Jennifer Essex, Charles Sandford.

It is a dream of many, a fantasy in which the body, the mind, lives on forever. The notion that we can somehow conquer time, that we can endure the ravages of disease, ageing, war and eventual death, and see the future unfold, all the advancements, the hope of peace, the continuing cycle of our offspring with no repercussions, just a state of bliss, the heart endlessly beating, the mind forever wondering.

Beyond Belief, Theatre Review. Unity Theatre, Liverpool. full post

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