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Actor Ruairi is a top authority on the port

IN this town, what would you expect of a play called Port Authority? Read

Ronan Keating

Ronan signs up for Pops

BRIAN Wilson, legendary leader of the Beach Boys leader and former Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating have been signed for this year's Liverpool Summer Pops. Read

Music worlds collide

THE worlds of rock and concert hall music collide tomorrow as Supertramp's John Helliwell comes to Liverpool to perform with Philharmonic contemporary specialists 10:10. Read

British actor, Jamie Bamber

Here's a devil of a job for Battlestar's Jamie

THE TV star has landed. Jamie Bamber, about to play devil's henchman in the Liverpool Playhouse production of the ultimate immorality tale, Faustus, is a small screen hero. Read

Music through the ages

LIVERPOOL Schola Cantorum, a 16-strong chamber choir formed in 2001, is returning to its home base for a concert next Saturday (February 12). Read

Artists Lin Holland and Veronika Moos Brochhagen with their sculptures in Liverpool Cathedral

£8m city arts success story

THE Liverpool Biennial, which showcased Yoko Ono's controversial nude female images, has been declared the runaway winner of UK art shows. Read

The Chinese State Circus who are appearing at the Liverpool Empire Theatre

Showtime spectacular

IT has been called the greatest show on earth. And with a heritage dating back 2,500 years, it's certainly had time to get its act together. Read

Season for celebrities

SYLVIA Syms and Jenny Seagrove are among celebrity names booked for the new Neptune theatre season, announced today. Read

Harry knows how to conduct himself properly

A LIVERPOOL Philharmonic audience has the opportunity to see and hear one of the UK's leading choral conductors. Read

Getting to know The King And I once more

IFTY years after Yul Bryner and Deborah Kerr conquerered the big screen as an unlikely romantic duo, The King And I is being given a make-over. Read

Backbeat out on DVD

BACKBEAT, the movie about the Beatles' Hamburg days, is to be released as a special collectors' edition DVD next month. Read

Art at the Big House

IT'S good to hear that The Vines pub (aka the Big House) on Lime Street is down as the venue for a multi-arts celebration on Friday, February 7. Read

Making musical Mark

WHILE most composers his age are writing for garage bands or sending demo CDs to record companies in the hope of becoming pop stars, Mark Simpson is on a completely different track. Read

From darkness to light

Gustav Mahler, the composer who transformed and expanded the symphony into a commentary on all human life, is often labelled a pessimist. Read

Tribute to city sisters

INTERNATIONALLY-shown Liverpool artists Amrit and Rabindra Singh are finally to get a major exhibition in their home city. Read

Hope springs eternal on theatre's 25th birthday

THE Everyman was certainly not short of greetings and celebrity guests for its recent 40th birthday. Read

Panto king Danny voices his approval

THE arch-villain of pop Simon Cowell, Vicky Pollard from Little Britain, Australian cultural attache Sir Les Patterson and our very own Cilla and Paul O'Grady, all appearing in panto in St Helens. Read

Top chef hosts at cinema

IT gives a whole new meaning to the phrase director's cut. Read

Jack and Errol head showbiz trail to the Phil

SINGERS Jack Jones and Errol Brown kick off an expanded season of top music and comedy events at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall in the New Year. Read

Phil's carol concerts

DING dong, merrily on high. There's still plenty of carol singing to be done through the coming week - right up to and including the big day itself next Saturday. Read

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