Author: Fran Yeoman
Review: The Tiger Who Came to Tea, The Lowry, Salford
It was as the on-stage doorbell rang for the fourth time that my two-year-old daughter, atop my knee in the semi-dark of The Lowry’s Lyric Theatre, turned to me with a mixture of optimism and desperation to query: “The tiger come now?”
Read the full story..Review: Romeo and Juliet, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
For the final show of the five productions in its revival season, the Liverpool Everyman Company has played it safe with Romeo and Juliet. Except that it hasn’t, quite,
Read the full story..Review: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, The Lowry, Salford
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show might be named exclusively after Eric Carle’s globally-famous ravenous insect, but is in fact an hour-long romp through a wider slice of the author’s imagination.
Read the full story..Review: Fiddler on the Roof, Liverpool Everyman
It is perhaps appropriate that the Liverpool Everyman’s first rep company in 25 years should open their inaugural production with a rousing song called Tradition.
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