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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT

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

CLASSICAL INTERVIEW: Clark Rundell on the new Chester Music Festival

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT

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

POP REVIEW: Mark Knopfler at Liverpool Echo arena

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:05:00 GMT

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

POP REVIEW: Alicia Keys at the Liverpool Echo arena

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

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

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

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

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT

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.

DANCE REVIEW: American Woman, LIPA

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

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

PREVIEW: The Rite of Spring at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

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

TV COLUMN: David Higgerson with his latest small screen views

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

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.

CLASSICAL REVIEW: Enigma Variations/ Philharmonic Hall

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

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

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:00 GMT

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.

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

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

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:30:00 GMT

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

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:15:00 GMT

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

Laura Davis: Liverpool is ready to lead a reading revolution

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

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.

THEATRE REVIEW: Blue Remembered Hills, Liverpool Playhouse

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:00:00 GMT

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

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

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 16 May 2013 02:00:00 GMT

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