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Writer/Director: Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: There has been a lot of hype surrounding the latest co-production between The Liverpool Playhouse & The Lyric, Hammersmith. Ghost Stories has been self proclaimed the Scariest production to grace the theatrical stage, even coming with its own health warning (Please be advised that GHOST STORIES [...]

Complied and Directed by Keith Strachan Reviewer: Stephanie Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: Unsure of quite what to expect from the this show, I was astonished to find it was more a concert of Motown hits than the story of how Motown started and grew as the piece in the programme lead me to believe. Yes I [...]

Writer: Neil LaBute Director: Patricia Benecke Reviewer: Katherine Kirwin The Public Reviews Rating: The Unity Theatre hosted a trilogy of LaBute’s short works (20-40 mins long), including the world premiere of the furies, which all had an emphasis upon couples and were filled with sharp, snappy New Yorker dialogue. Sadly, the weakest play of the evening was undoubtedly [...]

Writer: Fred Lawless Director: Bob Eaton Reviewer: Helen Patrick Chris and Noel are two men who have been best friends since school, agreeing on everything except on football – never said a word wrong to each other. They bought houses next two each other, their wives were best friends and their children almost like brothers [...]

Based on the novel by J.M Barrie Adaptor: Eric Potts Director: John Bishop Reviewer: John Roberts The Liverpool Empire for many years has partnered up with First Family Entertainment in producing a lavish stage spectacular for their Christmas offering and this year is no difference, flying in from Neverland is this star studded production, which [...]

Based on the novel by John Buchan Adaptor/Director: Maria Aitken Reviewer: Helen Patrick The Liverpool Playhouse over the past few years has decided to not run a traditional Christmas production due to their sister theatre the Everyman showing their yearly Rock’n’Roll Panto. Instead they have opted to show a more adult orientated production, last year [...]

Director: Mark Chatterton Writer: Sarah Nixon & Mark Chatterton Reviewer: Stephanie Rowe Yes folks it’s that time of the year when Pantomime hits the theatres with a bang so loud that no matter where you are in the country you cannot fail to see the bill boards advertising these usually funny shows and in this [...]

Writer: Mike Kenny Director/Composer: Patrick Dineen Reviewer: Katherine Lunney The Unity Theatre has a 21year history of family shows at Christmas, putting a contemporary slant onto traditional tales, from The Emperor’s New Clothes to Pinocchio. This year the director/composer, Patrick Dineen, has collaborated with children’s playwright Mike Kenny and Liverpool-based theatre company Ullaloom to create [...]