Blasts from the Furnace
Reviews, features and hot air by Damon Fairclough, a writer based in Liverpool via a long lost Sheffield of the soul.
Review: Ken’s Show, Tate Liverpool
It’s 30 years since I first came into contact with the work of Ken Simons at Tate Liverpool and I must have been witness to his handiwork many times since then.
Review: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
Only one record mattered to me in 1977.
Review: Baskerville, Liverpool Playhouse
Every generation, it seems, has its own Sherlock Holmes.
Musicals, Geordies and coming home: Northern Soul meets Sting
It always helps an interview along when you discover a family connection to the global mega-star sitting in front you.
John Piper at Tate Liverpool: Northern Soul chats to curator Darren Pih
There are many reasons to feel a surge of joy at the sight of the Liverpool skyline.
Review: Man to Man, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Sometimes it happens that certain playwrights have a ‘moment’, a period during which their work suddenly taps into the creative consciousness bubbling just beneath our feet and causes multiple dramatic fountains to burst through.
Review: Golem, Liverpool Playhouse
Many people of a certain age will remember the suburban wonders of a living-room slideshow. It was cinema you could do yourself with the lights out, curtains pulled, and head-cut-off holiday portraits beamed against the woodchipped wall.
Review: Roy Lichtenstein in Focus, Tate Liverpool
A long time ago (the late 1970s) in a galaxy far, far away (Sheffield), I had a number of talismanic images on my bedroom wall.
Review: The Tin Drum, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
I’ve never attempted to adapt a novel for the stage, but if I did, I can tell you a few things I’d look for when choosing a suitable book.
Review: The Dinner Party, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
Much has been made of The Mersey Sound poetry anthology in Liverpool this year.
Freerange Comedy Festival at Brewery Arts Centre Kendal
Comedy fans who can’t make Harry and Meghan’s big day at Windsor Castle can experience a ‘Royal Wedding’ with a difference in Kendal this May at Freerange Comedy Festival, hosted by Brewery Arts Centre.
The Northern Soul Poll
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