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JAMIE BOWMAN: The appeal of Daft Punk? It’s all about the helmets May 23 2013

YOU have to love pop music when we live in a world where Rod Stewart’s first number one in 34 years can be overshadowed by some French robots.Read

THEATRE INTERVIEW: Suranne Jones and Jonathan Harvey on Beautiful Thing at the Liverpool Playhouse May 23 2013

Suranne Jones and Jonathan Harvey talk to Laura Davis about the 20th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing.Read

CLASSICAL INTERVIEW: Clark Rundell on the new Chester Music Festival May 23 2013

An exciting new chamber music festival is launching in Chester next month. Laura Davis finds out more.Read

POP REVIEW: Mark Knopfler at Liverpool Echo arena May 23 2013

AS A child of the 1980s it was almost impossible to escape Dire Straits and their globe-conquering Brothers In Arms album.Read

POP REVIEW: Alicia Keys at the Liverpool Echo arena May 23 2013

SHE must do it in each venue she visits, but surely Alicia Keys gets away with it every night.Read

LAURA DAVIS: 25 years on from Tate Liverpool’s opening we’re still appreciating its impact May 23 2013

WHEN I look at my (hopefully laughter) lines in the mirror and consider I am married with a mortgage and like nosing around antique shops, it should come as no surprise to me that Tate Liverpool is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week.Read

THEATRE REVIEW: Rutherford and Son directed by Sir Jonathan Miller, Liverpool Playhouse May 23 2013

A SUFFOCATING air of resentment and dissatisfaction hangs over Githa Sowerby’s 1912 play Rutherford and Son, revived by the rarely disappointing Northern Broadsides.Read

THEATRE REVIEW: Jason Donovan stars in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Liverpool Empire May 23 2013

THREE drag queens sing, dance, drink and quarrel their way from Sydney to Alice Springs in the stage remake of Stephan Elliott’s cult 1994 film Priscilla Queen of the Desert.Read

CD Reviews: Andrew Greenhalgh on Daft Punk, Jamie Cullum and Gabrielle Aplin May 23 2013

THE hype machine has gone into overdrive on this, French duo Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter’s first album since 2005’s Human After All and the follow-up proper to 2001’s truly groundbreaking Discovery.Read

DANCE REVIEW: American Woman, LIPA May 23 2013

AMERICAN Woman, created by dance students at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, has a strangely nostalgic touch.Read

PREVIEW: The Rite of Spring at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall May 23 2013

ONE hundred years ago this month Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe staged the first performance of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.Read

TV COLUMN: David Higgerson with his latest small screen views May 23 2013

Anyway, we moved into a remote holiday cottage for a few months while the house dried out. I have several memories of this time. One is about just how much snow fell and how long it takes to walk to the shop in a foot of snow. Another is how you never get used to sheep staring at you when you first open the curtains in the morning.Read

CLASSICAL REVIEW: Enigma Variations/ Philharmonic Hall May 23 2013

IT WAS a rather demanding programme for both orchestra and audience.Read

LIGHT NIGHT 2013: 15 highlights of Liverpool’s culture fest May 16 2013

Spoiled for choice for what to do during Light Night tomorrow? Laura Davis offers some suggestions and invites you to take part in a treasure hunt.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: Fergie wasn’t the only Manchester legend deserving of a tribute this week May 16 2013

AS SOME of you may have noticed it’s been a weekend dominated by Manchester.Read

THEATRE INTERVIEW: Jason Donovan on touring Priscilla Queen of the Desert to the Liverpool Empire May 16 2013

Priscilla Queen of the Desert star Jason Donovan is after a role in Downton Abbey, he tells Laura Davis.Read

THEATRE INTERVIEW: Sir Jonathan Miller on directing Northern Broadside’s Rutherford and Son May 16 2013

The incomparable Jonathan Miller talks to Laura Davis about directing the latest Northern Broadside’s play to visit the Liverpool Playhouse.Read

Laura Davis: Liverpool is ready to lead a reading revolution May 16 2013

I USED to be slightly afraid of librarians. It was all the fault of one in particular – a sharp woman with alarming lipstick who used to laugh at my library fines.Read

THEATRE REVIEW: Blue Remembered Hills, Liverpool Playhouse May 16 2013

DENNIS POTTER’S snapshot of a never-ending sunny afternoon that only seems to exist in childhood is a perfectly formed piece of theatre.Read

CD Reviews: Andrew Greenhalgh on Primal Scream, Lady Antebellum and Major Lazer May 16 2013

Buying a new Primal Scream record is always a matter of stepping into the unknown.Read

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