North West

<strong>The Marriage of Figaro – Liverpool Empire</strong>

Mozart’s classic four-act comic opera, an adaptation with Da Ponte of Beaumarchais’ banned 1778 play about warring masters and servants,…

4 years ago

<strong>Oppenheimer – Manchester School of Theatre</strong>

The genesis of the 'Manhattan' project, to develop a nuclear bomb ahead of Nazi Germany at the end of World…

4 years ago

<strong>Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – The Lowry</strong>

Wow! For the awesome stage set and evocative costumes (such creativity from Lez Brotherton). Wow! For the hauntingly beautiful music…

4 years ago

<strong>Noughts and Crosses – Liverpool Playhouse</strong>

A new baby signals hope, as does an unopened letter. Hope that things will be better. Fans of Malorie Blackman’s…

4 years ago

<strong>Opera North: Orpheus – The Lowry</strong>

Opera North’s latest venture into Orpheus is a collaboration with Leeds-based South Asian Arts as their respective musical directors’ fuse…

4 years ago

<strong>Variations – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall</strong>

This concert performance by one of Europe’s leading orchestra’s The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by the recently appointed…

4 years ago

<strong>Stuffed – unity Theatre</strong>

‘Stuffed’ is a fantastic piece of theatre, there is absolutely no doubt about that. A series of coherent physical theatre…

4 years ago

<strong>Opera North: Orfeo ed Euridice – The Lowry</strong>

First recorded in April 2021 for BBC Radio 3 when Covid restrictions prevented live performance, Opera North present a concert…

4 years ago

<strong>Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella – Hope Mill Theatre</strong>

Eight years before Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein famously collaborated on screen with Dame Julie Andrews in 'The Sound of…

4 years ago

<strong>Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk – Liverpool’s Royal Court</strong>

It’s the beginning of the pantomime season up and down the country and I’m pleased to be welcomed back at…

4 years ago