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Kim Cattrall to return to UK for Liverpool Playhouse production of Antony and Cleopatra Feb 06 2012

KIM CATTRALL will return in the Liverpool Playhouse production of Antony and Cleopatra.Read

INTERVIEW: At home with RLPO conductor Vasily Petrenko Feb 02 2012

THE woman behind heart-throb composer Vasily Petrenko is making tea in their spacious kitchen when I arrive. Evgenia Petrenko is petite, pretty and softly-spoken, with big brown eyes and a wide, shy smile.Read

INTERVIEW: Music has always been at the centre of Liverpool-born actor Paul McGann’s life Feb 02 2012

IT SEEMS appropriate that a parish priest was the one to introduce Paul McGann to two of the great loves of his life – music and theatre. Twin passions that he would worship with almost religious fidelity for the rest of his life.Read

THEATRE INTERVIEW: Les Dennis and director Jerry Mitchell on Legally Blonde coming to the Liverpool Empire Feb 02 2012

EVERY time Les Dennis walks on to the Empire Theatre stage the action has to stop until a burst of spontaneous applause has died down. So what will the audience make of its adored comic playing a villain for a change?Read

REVIEW: Snow Patrol at the Echo Arena in Liverpool Feb 02 2012

LAST time I visited the Echo Arena, I got into an argument with a woman who accused me of stealing her mobile phone.Read

MUSIC INTERVIEW: Softly-spoken soul singer Michael Kiwanuka ahead of his Liverpool gig Feb 02 2012

A YEAR ago, Michael Kiwanuka was an unknown entity. The 24-year-old had been performing with various grime artists around the city for a few years, all the while quietly working away on his own music.Read

PREVIEW: The Muppets movie - It’s time to play the music Feb 02 2012

AS MOVIE offers go, it must be hard to turn down one from Mr Kermit T Frog. This is how Amy Adams, the three-time Oscar nominee, found herself starring alongside the Muppets in their latest film outing.Read

EXHIBITION REVIEW: An Age of Confidence, Lady Lever Art Gallery - four stars Feb 02 2012

THAT Liverpool was the second most pictured location by leading architectural photographers Bedford Lemere should come as no surprise to those well acquainted with its history.Read

Laura Davis: The arts world is no stranger to the copyright debate Feb 02 2012

PANIC struck deep into the hearts of web users everywhere when Wikipedia blacked out its website for a whole day.Read

THEATRE PREVIEW: Cinemas screen Everyman Antony Sher live at the National Theatre Feb 02 2012

ANTONY SHER stars in a new National Theatre production being screened live in Merseyside cinemas next week.Read

THEATRE PREVIEW: FuelFest at The Unity features Ring, Going Dark, Make Better Please and Black T-shirt Collection Feb 02 2012

A PLAY that takes place in total darkness is touring to The Unity as part of the venue’s experimental theatre festival.Read

MUSIC PREVIEW: The Searchers at New Brighton’s Floral Pavilion Feb 02 2012

THE Merseybeat sound of The Searchers is visiting New Brighton’s Floral Pavilion Theatre this spring.Read

CLASSICAL PREVIEW: Sporting Anthems To Welcome The 2012 Games at the Philharmonic Hall Feb 02 2012

SING Live Merseyside is celebrating the London Olympics with a special concert at the Philharmonic Hall on February 12.Read

MUSIC PREVIEW: Southport’s Jazz on a Winter’s Weekend Feb 02 2012

TICKETS for all but three concerts in Southport’s Jazz on a Winter’s Weekend festival are now sold out.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: It’s time to stop looking back at the venues of our youth with beer stained glasses Feb 02 2012

THIS week I received an invitation to have a final drink in the wonderful art deco surroundings of the Royal Court.Read

David Higgerson: Cooking doesn’t get tougher than Masterchef? I beg to differ Feb 02 2012

“COOKING doesn’t get tougher than this,” bellows spoon-gobbling Gregg Wallace at the start of each episode of the latest, tediously-long series of Masterchef (BBC 1, 9pm, Wednesdays).Read

What’s on in Liverpool: Thursday February 2 - Wednesday February 8, 2012 Feb 02 2012

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EX-TEACHER Vivienne Franzmann's first full-length stage play is a domino rally of consequences, leading to a melodramatic conclusion. Feb 02 2012

She draws on her own experience of life at an inner- city school to portray a group of realistic characters whose decisions, whether well-meaning or selfish, lead to their own downfall.Read

CLASSICAL REVIEW: The RLPO play Schubert’s Unfinished at the Philharmonic Hall Feb 02 2012

AFTER all the hype of the Leningrad Symphony in the last fortnight or so, it felt like coming back to earth with a concert of Bruckner and Schubert. That’s what it might have been. In reality, it was much different.Read

Construction begins on new Liverpool Everyman as theatre announces fundraising appeal (VIDEO) Jan 31 2012

CONSTRUCTION work on the new Everyman began today as the theatre announced a new fundraising appeal.Read

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