Review: My Christian Name/Teatime

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Review: My Christian Name/Teatime

Sharp dialogue, simple but effective sets and passionate character portrayals, Lantern Liverpool continues to build its reputation for pure contemporary theatre with its latest offering from Kraken Theatre. My Christian Name is written by David Mumeni, directed by Zoe Lafferty and Teatime, by Martina Horrigan, directed by David Milner. Both writers have made the bold [...]

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Review: Treasured at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

There are a couple of spine-tingling moments in Treasured. Unfortunately, neither of them have anything to do with the script. Jen Heyes’ multimedia production, running at the Anglican Cathedral is a large-scale piece using projections, aerial acrobatics, live music and walk-through set-pieces. But its script – the theatrical rivets that should stitch Treasured together – [...]

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Radar: Threshold Fundraiser

A full day of all that’s great in Liverpool (and around) right now: it’s exactly what a taster of Threshold should look like, and it’s coming our way this month…

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Baptism of Fire: Leanne Best Interview

The world premiere at the Playhouse Studio is the hottest thing in the city right now – and its star is set to shine very brightly. David Lloyd talks to The Match Box’s Leanne Best.

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McGough at the Playhouse…Take Three

He’s back for more. The time-travelling dream team of McGough and Moliere returns to complete their hat-trick of hilarity at the Playhouse next season.

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Column: No-show limits

What can we reasonably expect from the people we go and see on stage? It’s a subject that’s been on my mind recently, since curiosity got the better of me and I went to see I Dreamed A Dream, the Susan Boyle musical, which is obviously not your usual SevenStreets fayre. But it got me [...]

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Olympian recovery: Spike Theatre’s ‘The Games’

For those who lost their annual Arts Council cash last year, time is running out. So what do you do? If you’re Spike Theatre, you get out there – and vow to keep having fun.

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Radar: Oedipussy at the Playhouse

Expect to witness physical theatre at its very best, as Emma Rice and Spymonkey spoof that grimmest of Greek tragedies in Oedipussy. It’ll have your eye out.

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Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Playhouse

A Streetcar Named Desire is, perhaps, the Playhouse’s most complete production we’ve ever seen – and features a performance people will talk about for a long time.

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Review: Gathering Jack at The Casa

A Liverpool-flavoured Ripper update, Gathering Jack was an enjoyable and imaginative production with genuine moments of the uncanny.

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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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