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Theatre Review: Peter Pan, Liverpool Empire
Playing a straight role in panto can be a thankless task, and the programme cover and posters for this year’s festive offering from the Liverpool Empire make it clear where the production’s priorities lie.
Read the full story..Review: The Lanterns at Chester Zoo
If Christmas really is all about the children, then there can’t be any quibbles about this year’s iteration of The Lanterns at Chester Zoo.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: The Nutcracker, Liverpool Empire
Theatre Review: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Playhouse, Liverpool
Playwright Rona Munro tells us in her forward to the programme for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that she has a “visceral aversion” to analyses of a writer’s work that use their biography “to interpret the stories they told”.
Read the full story..Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, Palace Theatre, Manchester
It takes a particular kind of grace to be captivating while performing the role of a spiteful drunk.
Read the full story..Review: Disney on Ice – 100 Years of Magic, Manchester Arena
When after 15 minutes a six-year-old Snow White in the adjacent seat politely enquires as to whether she can have a sandwich, you know that the current iteration of Disney on Ice is not quite as captivating as it might be.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Tabby McTat, Everyman, Liverpool
Stage adaptations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s hugely popular children’s books are so ubiquitous these days that they should probably be categorised as their own sub-genre of theatre.
Read the full story..Theatre Review: Little Miss Sunshine, Playhouse, Liverpool
Full disclosure: I have not in fact seen the Oscar-winning film on which Little Miss Sunshine the musical is based.
Read the full story..Review: Just So Festival, Rode Hall, Cheshire
The average Just So parent, judging by appearances, is of approximately the correct vintage for Glastonbury 1997 to be a resonant pop culture reference.
Read the full story..Food Review: Pie Port, Anchor Courtyard, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool
Full disclosure: I have emotional skin in the game here.
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