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Articles from 18th Sep 2009
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REVIEW: Deaf School, Everyman Theatre
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
“DO YOU mean to say it’s really over and we’ve had our day?” asks the Deaf School lyric, sung last night by the flamboyant Enrico Cadillac Jnr in a show that set the Everyman on fire. Read
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THEATRE REVIEW: Our Day Out: The Musical, Royal Court, Liverpool
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
IT'S obvious from the off that this production is a brave move by the Royal Court. The old cliche of not working with children or animals has been thrown out the window. Read
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Mercury prize changed it all for Speech Debelle
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
HECTIC doesn’t quite cut it. Chaotic falls short. Speech Debelle’s world has changed beyond recognition since she won the Mercury music prize last week. Read
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Major show of works by Op artist Bridget Riley to open at Liverpool Walker
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
THE smallest observation can set Bridget Riley off on a train of thought that could ultimately end up as a painting. Read
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FILM REVIEW: The Firm (18)
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
LOOSELY adapted from Alan Clarke’s seminal 1989 TV drama, The Firm is a brutal and unflinching portrait of hooliganism and male bonding, set to a funky soundtrack of The Gap Band, The Jam, Kool & The Gang, Donna Summer and Tears For Fears. Read
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FILM REVIEW: Away We Go (15)
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
THE tug of war between nurture and nature continues to divide experts in the fields of child development and education. Read
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DVD Releases: State of Play (Cert 12)
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
UNITED States Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is chairman of a televised committee hearing into defence budgets when he learns of the suicide of his staff assistant, Sonia Baker. Read
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This week's Classical Music releases
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
ONE hundred years ago, before the days of radio, people heard great music mainly as it was played on the domestic piano. The great composers often arranged their music for commercial profit so that it could be heard in the home, and Felix Mendelssohn was a welcome guest at Windsor Castle to play his music. Read
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Barry Humphries delves into the minds of Dame Edna and Sir Les Patterson ahead of his Liverpool show
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
LAURA Davis delves into the minds of Barry Humphries’s two famous creations, ahead of their Liverpool show Read
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Weekly Cinema Round-Up: Sept 18 2009
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
Meryl Streep looks certain to secure a 16th Oscar nomination for her tour-de-force portrayal of American cultural icon Julia Child in the new comedy from writer-director Nora Ephron (Sleepless In Seattle). Based on two memoirs set more than 50 years apart, Julie & Julia is a frothy and entertaining tale of cuisine and l’amour which simmers nicely but never quite comes to the boil. Amy Adams co-stars as the modern-day cook and blogger Julie Powell. Read
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FILM REVIEW: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (U)
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
BASED on the beloved 1978 children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs is a comical fantasy about one man’s pursuit of his dreams. Read
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Actor Paul Bettany tells how much he enjoyed portraying his hero Charles Darwin
Sep 18 2009 | Liverpool Arts
PAUL BETTANY has been wowing theatre goers and independent movie fans for years, but it took his buttock-baring turn as Chaucer, in 2001’s A Knight’s Tale, for Hollywood “big-wigs” to sit up and take notice. Read
