Articles relating to: Liverpool
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..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..Photo Gallery: Global Climate Strike, Liverpool and Manchester
We were absolutely blown away by just how articulate and passionate the young protesters were at last Friday’s Global Climate Strike.
Read the full story..Let’s Not Die a Young Man’s Death: Northern Soul talks to Roger McGough
British culture can offer few positions more indicative of popular, mainstream acceptance than an afternoon guest slot on BBC Radio 2.
Read the full story..Food Review: Pie Port, Anchor Courtyard, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool
Full disclosure: I have emotional skin in the game here.
Read the full story..Win a family pass to the BBC Summer Social at Croxteth Hall, Liverpool
Win a family pass to the BBC Summer Social at Croxteth Hall, Liverpool.
Read the full story..Review: Lush Spa, Church Street, Liverpool
In the past, I was never an enormous fan of Lush.
Read the full story..Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories: Northern Soul talks to playwright Ian Salmon
Like at least 50,000 other Liverpudlians, the writer Ian Salmon recently went on an impromptu holiday to Madrid.
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