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April 10-14
On tour until June
Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella
Liverpool Empire
www.liverpooltheatres.com/empire.htm
Reviewed for North West End; a version of which is on their website: www.northwestend.co.uk
4*
On tour until June
A little bit disco, a little bit rock n’ roll – as Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo’s Arts Editor pointed out to me: ‘Not really ballet at all. It’s Matthew Bourne. It’s a show.’
And so it is.
April 10-14
The Last Ship
Liverpool PLayhouse
https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/
On tour until July
A version of this review is on the Northern Soul website:
https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/review-the-last-ship-everyman-liverpool/
4*
You could say it looks like Sting’s ship has come in with this production… yes, far too many maritime metaphors spring to mind, rather as words and language do for Adrian Sanderson (Charlie Richmond), the intellectual docker. And there’s a fine line between archetype and stereotype, so we also