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March 13-17
On tour until April 21
The Little Matchgirl and Other Happier Tales
Liverpool PLayhouse
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/
4*
Not too bold a claim, saying that many Knee High productions are pure magic. And not too great a step to their coming up with something based on
Reviewed for North West End
February 20 -24
Sunset Boulevard
Liverpool Empire
www.liverpooltheatres.com/empire.htm
On tour until April
3*
Some shows, you automatically assume you know everything about them, and so does everybody else; here, the lines about the movies getting smaller and being ready for a cose-up. It’s a surprise then to find neither musical numbers, nor story for that matter, seem familiar. Correction: the plot
The Play That Goes Wrong
January 29-February 3
Storyhouse
3*
Certainly does what it says on the can – when this production goes wrong, it really does go wrong. It is also extremely odd to review something about which you know nothing; the programme maintains the fiction, or maybe delusion, about a play called ‘Murder at Haversham Manor’, performed by an
A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
January 26 – February 3
On tour until March 29
Liverpool PLayhouse
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/
4*
I particularly wanted to see this show because it’s Bryony Kimmings with Complicite – a killer combination. You think that’s bad? You ain’t seen, or heard, anything yet. The production is of
The Little Mermaid
November 25- January 20
Everyman
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/
4*
Interesting to visit a show later on the run rather than on the Press Night, which always has its own shall we say peculiar atmosphere, heady with anticipation, and all the more so with looking forward to Xmas. The danger is the possibility of running out of steam and energy (and puff, if it’s
December 1 – January 14
The Secret Seven
Storeyhouse, Chester
4*
Can there be a child anywhere in this country who hasn’t read something by Enid Blyton – maybe simply because adults may tend to frown on such popular writers. Well, the past isn’t just another country but invariably politically incorrect and a nightmare for upholders of Health
December 16 – January 7
Cinderella
Liverpool Empire
www.liverpooltheatres.com/empire.htm
Reviewed for North West End: www.northwestend.co.uk
4*
Well now, what could be charming than a selfie with Duncan of Blue? A riveting production of oh not, not Cinderella again? Unfortunately, that goes
Historical Novel Society New Novel Award
Deadline: December 31
For an unpublished novel; online submission only
http://historicalnovelsociety.org/
December 9-January 13
Baskerville
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Ludwig
Liverpool Playhouse
Reviewed for North West End
www.northwestend.co.uk
3*
Off to a cracking start, with a huge clap of thunder, opening onto a desolate stage and five mysterious figures. In many ways, tonight’s special effects
Photograph: Brian Roberts
December 1 – January 6
Jungle Book
Unity Theatre: www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk
Reviewed for North West End;
shorter version appears on their website: www.northwestend.co.uk
4 *
Have the Unity gone and done it again again – or have they over-done it this time: bitten off