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: The Damned United, Unity Theatre, Liverpool
There’s no doubt about it, it’s an inspiring story.
The Lighthouse Invites the Storm: Malcolm Lowry’s Wirral
It’s strange how some artists become inextricably linked with specific locations while for others, a sense of place is a more nebulous affair.
Portraying a Nation: Germany 1919-1933 at Tate Liverpool
Classification is a useful technique to employ if you are responsible for arranging the contents of a library.
Architecture for Life: A New Home for RIBA North
When the architectural historian, Joseph Sharples, first visited Liverpool as a student in the 1980s, the city made an indelible impression.
Review: The Sum, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
At last, this is the one. This is the play the Everyman company has been waiting to reveal, the one that helps its pioneering rep project make a brilliant kind of sense.
Review: The Story Giant, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
You can’t escape from stories these days.
OK – The Musical: Northern Soul meets Christopher Kline, creator of Tate Liverpool’s new show
Back in a time before touchscreens and Tinder, there was Tiswas. Innocent, inexplicable Tiswas. At the turn of the 1980s, this Saturday morning TV chaos-fest was the hectic, hydrophilic yang to Multicoloured Swap Shop’s somewhat less water-logged yin.
Review: The Conquest of the South Pole, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Now that the Ukrainian dust has settled on the Everyman rep company’s rousing season opener – their powerful take on Fiddler on the Roof – where is this exciting band of performers taking us next?
Review: Pygmalion, Liverpool Playhouse
Take some raw material. Manipulate it, reshape it. Then stand back and consider what you’ve made.
Getting ready for rep with Liverpool Everyman
There’s an unmistakeable air of expectation at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre these days.
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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