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• Review: Educating Rita at The Liverpool Playhouse Theatre 11/02/15 It’s a play that has become part of our collective consciousness. It seems as though Educating Rita - currently running at The Liverpool Playhouse - has always been there, but though first performed 34 years ago it has Read more

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  Review: Canoeing for Beginners 10/02/15 Well paced farce, the element of truthful distortion, a director who gives the actors so much room to develop their characters and a story that at times is close to being beautifully poetic, Canoeing for Beginners, runni Read more

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  Canoeing For Beginners at The Royal Court - John McArdle interview 05/02/15 Most recognisable as playing Billy Corkhill in Brookside and various other TV series such as Mersey Beat and Prime Suspect, John McArdle has also had a rich theatre career. Read more

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  Matthew Bourne's scintillating Edward Scissorhands cuts a dash at Liverpool Empire 31/01/15 Edward Scissorhands premiered in 2005 but this is the first time it has been to Liverpool. Choreographer Matthew Bourne, famous for his all-male Swan Lake, recently brought Lord of the Flies to our city to great acclaim. Read more

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  Review: Neville's Island, Duke of York's Theatre, London, West End 12/12/14 Neville's Island, currently enjoying a run at the Duke of York's theatre, proves to be a rather immersive experience, for the audience as well as actors. Read more

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  Review: Epstein The Man Who Made The Beatles, London Leicester Square Theatre, West End 08/08/14 ‘Epstein – The Man Who Made The Beatles’ has begun its five week run in London’s West End at the cosy Leicester Square Theatre. Read more

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  Review: Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 The Musical at Liverpool Empire theatre 31/07/13 Amid a sea of clapping hands, swaying hips and scouse vocal chords working in unison, Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 the Musical brought the house down at the Liverpool Empire theatre last night. Read more

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  Review: Singin In The Rain starring Liverpools Jenny Ellison at Palace Theatre, London 08/03/13 If the clouds suddenly open, and you happen to be in an upbeat mood, there’s only one tune that inevitably pops into mind. Read more

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  Review: Tony Law Maximum Nonsense - Soho Theatre, London 21/02/13 Canadian-come-Londoner Tony Law's Maximum Nonsense show was nominated for the coveted Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2012, after, as he asserts, 12 years' spent honing his particular brand of cunning nonsense in Jong Read more

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  Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Blue Elephant Theatre, London 05/12/12 "The course of true love never did run smooth..." or, indeed, the British transport system whenever the snow hits! Read more

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  Comedy Review: Idiots of Ants, Soho Theatre, London 16/09/12 It's not often you see a sketch group gel with so much wit, absurdity and astute observation on the mundanities in life as Idiots of Ants. Read more

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  Review: Shrek The Musical at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane 19/07/12 Encapsulating the humour and madcap universe of the 2001 animated Dreamworks movie, Shrek the Musical transports us to the strangely familiar Kingdom of Far, Far Away. Read more

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  Review: Derren Brown Svengali at Novello Theatre, London 18/07/12 Derren Brown's deliciously devilish show Svengali will astound, intrigue and down right give you the creeps. Which is precisely why Brown's unique brand of live entertainment sells out night after night. Read more

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  Review: Dymock Watson - 'Nazi Smasher' - final performance at Fortune theatre, West End 22/05/12 Dymock Watson - 'Nazi Smasher', written and performed by sketch comedian Humphrey Ker, is the story of the real life heroism of Ker's grandfather - a commando sent on a top secret mission to blow up Romanian oil field Read more

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  Review: Tony Hawks Random Fun tour - Bloomsbury Theatre, London 05/12/11 A perfect Sunday night mixture of Random Fun was served up to the gathered crowd at the Bloomsbury Theatre by much loved Radio 4 regular Tony Hawks. Read more