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Articles from 28th Feb 2013
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CLASSICAL REVIEW: RLPO play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Philharmonic Hall
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
IF THERE is a problem with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, it’s simply that it is so familiar. And that means that, for any performance to be special, it has to be different. Read
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THEATRE REVIEW: Sink or Swim, Liverpool Playhouse Studio
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
A COMIC shipping forecast which acts as a prologue to Sink or Swim predicts “silliness and occasional guffaws” ahead. That’s about right. Read
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THEATRE REVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera, Liverpool Empire
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
IT’S been more than 25 years since The Phantom of the Opera first opened and it remains just as compelling today – not least because producer Cameron Mackintosh is unafraid of making huge changes to such a successful show. Read
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THEATRE REVIEW: Boy in a Dress, The Unity
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
STAR quality is something that La JohnJoseph exudes. It’s not just his androgynous looks but an ability to dominate a stage to the extent that you can’t take your eyes off him. Read
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LAURA DAVIS: The first time I saw Phantom was a catalogue of near disasters
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
TONIGHT is press night of Phantom of the Opera, when I will get to see the musical for the second time – the first was a catalogue of near disasters. Read
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DANCE INTERVIEW: Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Sharon Watson on touring her new work based on DNA to the Liverpool Playhouse
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
Choreographer Sharon Watson has joined with a former RLPO conductor-in- residence to create a new dance work. It was a challenge, she tells Laura Davis Read
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David Higgerson's TV Review: James Martin, cakes and cars
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
This week saw the launch of not one, but two, new Martin programmes. The one with the most hype is United Cakes of America (Good Food Channel, Monday to Thursday, 8pm), in which Martin professes his love for cars and cakes and travels around in one to sample a lot of the other. Read
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INTERVIEW: Ken Loach The Spirit of ’45 at FACT’s Picturehouse cinema
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
It’s time for a call to arms to prevent poverty, film director Ken Loach tells Laura Davis. But who should lead it? Read
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CLASSICAL COLUMN: The Beggar’s Opera, Epstein Theatre
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: New York Dolls Steve Conte on playing Eric’s
Feb 28 2013 | Liverpool Arts
Legendary New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte tells Jade Wright about his love of Liverpool Read
