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Classical comeback

THERE'S the Summer Pops mark I - and the Summer Pops mark II. Read

Famous Jewish American comedian, Jackie Mason

Kosher komedy

HE'S famous for being funny, and just as famous for being Jewish. That figures when, if like Jackie Mason, you're a rabbi who became a comedian. Read

Parsons knows his way around comedy

NICHOLAS Parsons, voice of suave radio, stylish raconteur and purveyor of bon mots, hardly seems an obvious choice to appear in a comedy festival surrounded by radicals, rascals and a few acts so blue they could turn the righteous purple with rage. Read

Why US guitar woman Bonnie's highly Raitted

BONNIE Raitt has rarely felt more like singin' the blues. The American performer says her first visit to Liverpool for the Summer Pops will end more than 40 years of intrigue. Read

Ariel and Ren from Footloose the Musical at the Liverpool Empire Theatre

Best foot forward

FIRST the 1984 movie, starring a then unknown Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow, and 20 years later the theatre tour. Read

FLY by Katie Douglas, Everyman Theatre

EVEN in an age when plays are ever more scrutinised and redrafted before they reach the stage, there is enough evidence from Katie Douglas's first full-length drama to ensure the high probability of a speedy second commission. Read

Star to open Playhouse's new season

ACTRESS Sheila Hancock, widow of TV's Inspector Morse John Thaw, is to open the new Liverpool Playhouse season. Read

Booming theatres give jobs pledge

LIVERPOOL theatres today promised to create more jobs because of an increase in home-produced shows and rising audience figures. Read

Alex Cirina, View Two Gallery

ALEX Corina's name will forever be associated with the 80ft by 50ft image of John Lennon which adorned a scaffolding-clad St George's Hall in the run-up to Liverpool's Capital of Culture win. Read

Big names, great shows to suit all

STARS, stars - and more stars. It's never too late to shine through. Read

Julian Clary - performer, entertainer and presenter

Breaking another Taboo

IT'S outrageous - even by Julian Clary's tried and tested standards of divine decadence. Read

Yoko Ono outside John Lennon's childhood home

Yoko to join city arts spectacular

YOKO Ono and an iceberg are just two big things hitting Liverpool's third international biennial this autumn. Read

Laugh along with this festival of fun

JOHNNY Vegas - currently filming a period costume drama with Johnny Depp - was the last big name to be added to the bill, as final details of this year's Liverpool Comedy Festival were announced today. Read

Theatre makes Everyword count

WHEN Gemma Bodinetz took over as artistic director of the Everyman and Playhouse last year, she promised to get the theatres' previous new writing reputation back on track. Read

Taxi comedy is a real success

ONE of Liverpool's runaway home-grown comedies is set for yet another revival - but this time for a month. Read

David Horne, Philharmonic Hall

WORLD premieres of large-scale orchestral works are not only rare, they are nowadays more expensive than laying wall-to-wall Axminster carpet: the going market rate is in excess of £1,000 per minute. Read

In Other Words, Liverpool Playhouse

HEAVEN forbid that any artist should be pigeon-holed. Read

Crazy ideas

TO a generation such as my own, which grew up being told that their most inventive scribblings looked "like a proper Heath Robinson effort," a new exhibition at Liverpool's Walker Gallery will need little further explanation. Read

Zutons sign up

LIVERPOOL'S hottest new band, The Zutons, have signed up for the Summer Pops and their biggest home-town show to date. Read

Carl Davis, musician and conductor

Pops go back to the classics

CLASSIC FM may well now be boasting a listenership of more than 6.5 million musical souls per week. Read

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