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Writer: Laurence Wilson Director: Julia Samuels Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: Laurence Wilson pulls no punches with his plays. The writer of Urban Legend and Lost Monsters, his work reflects the challenges of the working class perfectly, without being condescending or attempting to tone down any of the unfortunate circumstances. This re-touring of his oddly named [...]

Writer: Maria Swisher Director: Tana Sirois Reviewer: Tim Stone The Public Reviews Rating: I left the theatre last night in some mental disarray; some things were very good while others could not be so favourably smiled upon. However these confusions and inconsistencies are what are so fascinating about ‘raw’ theatre and they deserve to be watched and viewed [...]

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Director: Elen Royales Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Out of curiosity the other week I decided to look at the statistics on my i-Pod, I was interested to find out who I listened to most. Without a shadow of a doubt almost eclipsing the next closest rival were the musical songs of [...]

Writer: Moliere Adaptor: Roger McGough Director: Gemma Bodinetz Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: It has been a bit of a desert of mediocrity In theatre land around Merseyside over the last few weeks, from the big budget spectacular of Batman at the Echo Arena, to the undercooked and almost inaudible Romeo & Juliet at St George’s [...]

Book: Ben Elton Music: Queen Director: Ben Elton Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Ok let’s get the sticking point out of the way from the start – We Will Rock You has quite possibly the worst book in Musical Theatre History, not only is the plot so thin that you can see it with your eyes [...]

Story: Stan Berkowitz, Alan Burnett & Allan Heinberg Creative Director: Anthony Van Laast Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: This multi-million pound production is a no expense spared affair and the credit list reads more like a Hollywood movie than a traditional theatre production, with a cast of nearly 50 Actors/Acrobats, and a technical team of over [...]

Writer: Dave Kirby & Nicky Allt Director: Bob Eaton Reviewer: Steph Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: Brick up the Mersey is a comedy look at how scousers are looked down on by the lot from the Wirral. first appearing on stage 6 years ago, at the Royal Court.Concieved by Dave Kirby and Nicky Allt in an upstairs room [...]

Reviewer: Steph Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: Originally part of the group G4, runners up on the X-Factor; Jonathan Ansell has gone on to do Musical Theatre touring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Whistle Down the Wind”, Acting in ‘Larkrise to Candleford’, even playing the Beast in Beauty and the Beast (panto) recently and now he is touring in [...]