Review: Roman Polanski’s Carnage

Performance & Film.

Review: Roman Polanski’s Carnage

While it’s miles away from Polanski’s best, this talky drama is worth seeing, if only for the acting.

Review: Departure Lounge at the Unity

Imagine if The Inbetweeners (the second time we’ve referenced the hilarious Channel 4 show this week in a review) got stuck in a departure lounge after a week of beery mayhem in Malaga. That’s a little bit what Departure Lounge is like. Only it’s a musical. And everyone has a hidden secret or angst in [...]

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The Descendants: Review

Clooney’s been nommed for an Academy award, but is his latest worth writing an acceptance speech for? Vinny Lawrenson Woods finds out.

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Review: Mogadishu at the Liverpool Playhouse

Mogadishu’s gripping portrayal of modern school life is fast, furious and funny – but flawed.

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Radar: Mini Jim Henson season at FACT

A mini Jim Henson season at FACT? Bowie in leggings? Hideous crow-like baddies? It’s a yes from us.

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Radar: Kubrick season at FACT

FACT’s Kubrick season has four of the lauded director’s best-known films on the big screen over February and March.

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Seven Liverpool theatre picks for February

February brings a raft of new productions, from a world premiere to the first efforts of new Liverpool theatre companies to the Playhouse’s new blockbuster. Opera glasses at the ready – here are seven theatre picks for the next month.

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Review: J. Edgar

An extraordinary life, a lasting legacy, a singularly complex individual. But does the new J. Edgar biopic capture its leading character in all his dubious glory?

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Radar: John Peel’s Shed at Unity

Dry, avuncular and irrepressibly honest – not unlike the man himself – John Peel’s Shed is a wonderfully warm one man show, stopping off at the Unity for one night only next month.

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