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.
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.
Review: Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Little Machine, Liverpool Playhouse
It’s a long time since I’ve seen anyone wearing a snake belt, but when the poet Roger McGough takes to the Liverpool Playhouse stage wearing just such an accessory, it turns out to be merely the first disarming sensory flashback of my night.
Review: The Star, Liverpool Playhouse
It’s amazing what a difference two and a half hours can make.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
The Northern Soul Awards 2018 took place at the stunning Manchester Cathedral on November 15. Here’s our list of winners, along with the Highly Commended and Special Mentions for each category. Congratulations!
https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/the-2018-awards/the-2018-winners/
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The Northern Soul Poll
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