http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/authors/ Authors en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk no Authors Authors http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/23/les-dennis-is-still-a-local-boy-at-heart-64375-20966786/ Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/23/les-dennis-is-still-a-local-boy-at-heart-64375-20966786/ IF YOU feel a little down in the dumps don’t worry, it will probably pass. As an example, one need only look at the experience of the Liverpool-born entertainer Les Dennis. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/23/musical-veteran-takes-on-new-production-of-her-dream-role-in-evita-64375-20966942/ Fri, 23 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/23/musical-veteran-takes-on-new-production-of-her-dream-role-in-evita-64375-20966942/ IT IS a long way from Buenos Aires to the Bedfordshire town of Leighton Buzzard where West End musical star Louise Dearman was born. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/21/one-night-stands-mark-film-release-64375-20940158/ Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/21/one-night-stands-mark-film-release-64375-20940158/ THE film, Blueprint, is about to get one of the strangest cinema re- leases ever dreamed of by the gimmick industry. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/21/sixties-scottish-band-continues-its-winning-formula-with-bagpies-at-the-southport-arts-centre-64375-20940157/ Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/21/sixties-scottish-band-continues-its-winning-formula-with-bagpies-at-the-southport-arts-centre-64375-20940157/ THE Highland Bagpipes are not usually associated with driving guitar rhythms and flutes. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/20/amateur-theatre-s-tip-top-season-64375-20934424/ Tue, 20 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/20/amateur-theatre-s-tip-top-season-64375-20934424/ CHESTER’S Gateway Theatre may have closed a year ago, but the building is not quite dead as a theatre. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/20/fact-hosts-euro-songs-jamboree-party-time-64375-20934426/ Tue, 20 May 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/20/fact-hosts-euro-songs-jamboree-party-time-64375-20934426/ LIVERPOOL’S most recent contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest became the stuff of legend. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/19/liverpool-to-be-capital-of-comedy-64375-20929635/ Mon, 19 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/19/liverpool-to-be-capital-of-comedy-64375-20929635/ IT WILL be difficult to escape the sound of laughter on Merseyside next week as comedians take to the streets, buses, pubs and even conventional stages for this year’s Liverpool Comedy Festival. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/16/pentangle-the-band-that-defied-description-64375-20919236/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/16/pentangle-the-band-that-defied-description-64375-20919236/ SINGER/GUITARIST Bert Jansch is alive and well, it must be stated immediately. After all, this is the man who has received a lifetime achievement award from the BBC – twice. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/15/theatre-review-rock-unity-theatre-liverpool-64375-20912437/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/15/theatre-review-rock-unity-theatre-liverpool-64375-20912437/ THE magic of the movies worked not only on screen but off in Hollywood. It was where spurious biographies were produced for stars and gimmicks could get you to the top http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/14/theatre-review-tartuffe-roger-mcgough-liverpool-playhouse-64375-20906148/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/14/theatre-review-tartuffe-roger-mcgough-liverpool-playhouse-64375-20906148/ THERE are times when a critic is redundant and last night was one. There is absolutely nothing to criticise about Tartuffe at the Liverpool Playhouse. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/14/surprise-surprise-cilla-s-back-in-panto-with-a-lorra-laughs-at-the-liverpool-empire-64375-20906297/ Wed, 14 May 2008 02:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/14/surprise-surprise-cilla-s-back-in-panto-with-a-lorra-laughs-at-the-liverpool-empire-64375-20906297/ ‘I ALWAYS wanted to do something for the Capital of Culture year and this seemed ideal.’ This was Liverpool icon Cilla Black back in Liverpool yesterday, explaining why she had decided to go back into pantomime after a lengthy break. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/12/liverpool-theatreland-booms-as-four-shows-open-64375-20896110/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/12/liverpool-theatreland-booms-as-four-shows-open-64375-20896110/ LIVERPOOL’S theatreland – once dismissed as the weak link in the city’s Capital of Culture bid – could never be described so these days. It is about to launch four premieres in three days. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/08/exhibition-randolph-caldecott-and-red-dot-liverpool-academy-of-arts-64375-20880064/ Thu, 08 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/08/exhibition-randolph-caldecott-and-red-dot-liverpool-academy-of-arts-64375-20880064/ TWO important exhibitions in a single gallery is quite a coup for the Liverpool Academy. And make no mistake, they are important. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/07/theatre-review-sinatra-liverpool-empire-theatre-64375-20871667/ Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/07/theatre-review-sinatra-liverpool-empire-theatre-64375-20871667/ WE KNOW Frank Sinatra had a great way with a lyric, unique phrasing and picked the best songs and the best arrangers. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/06/unity-s-splatterfest-has-worldwide-inspiration-64375-20865967/ Tue, 06 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/06/unity-s-splatterfest-has-worldwide-inspiration-64375-20865967/ The Unity Theatre will join with Fuse to create their own new show, Treasure, for a series of performances from May 29 in which the theatre space will be changed to allow the audience to be part of a story involving Rabbit and a treasure search. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/06/car-parts-ad-band-plays-for-charity-64375-20865962/ Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2008/05/06/car-parts-ad-band-plays-for-charity-64375-20865962/ DO THOSE car parts played as musical instruments on the TV ad for the Ford Focus really work? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/02/bringing-ol-blue-eyes-back-to-life-64375-20851375/ Fri, 02 May 2008 09:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/02/bringing-ol-blue-eyes-back-to-life-64375-20851375/ PHILIP Key takes a colourful musical journey through the life of Frank Sinatra http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/02/one-of-the-great-names-in-jazz-at-liverpool-s-philharmonic-hall-64375-20851383/ Fri, 02 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/02/one-of-the-great-names-in-jazz-at-liverpool-s-philharmonic-hall-64375-20851383/ TO MISQUOTE the writer LP Hartley, America is a foreign country: they do things differently there. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/01/exhibitions-celebrate-a-decade-of-links-with-cologne-64375-20845327/ Thu, 01 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/05/01/exhibitions-celebrate-a-decade-of-links-with-cologne-64375-20845327/ FOR the last ten years, the Eight Days a Week project has been creating artistic exchanges between Liverpool and Cologne, two cities both with vibrant arts communities. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/04/30/mersey-bands-prove-best-in-show-for-hub-festival-64375-20839652/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/capital-of-culture/2008/04/30/mersey-bands-prove-best-in-show-for-hub-festival-64375-20839652/ MORE than 140 unsigned bands from across the country competed to perform in HUB, this year’s annual urban youth festival in Liverpool.