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Review: The Phantom of the Opera

The West End juggernaut comes to town - and even two disappearing Phantoms couldn't mask the quality of this new production.

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Review: Four Candles

When is a comedy night not a comedy night? By putting comics at the centre, Four Candles is a very different night's entertainment from the usual raucous shows.

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Review: Eating with our eyes - a night in San Carlo

Just why is San Carlo the busiest restaurant in Liverpool? Is it the food? Is it the theatre? As David Lloyd discovers, it's probably a bit of both.

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Review: The Misanthrope

Can you have too much of a Moliere thing? In their third foray into 17th century comedies, Roger McGough and Gemma Bodinetz revive a comedy of manners, mischief and high society...

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Review: The Rocky Horror Show, Liverpool Empire

Often naughty, frequently nice and occasionally - when Rhydian's on stage - terrifying. The Rocky Horror Show is still packing them in and as purely, daftly enjoyable as ever.

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Review: Hyde Park on Hudson

One of America's greatest Presidents gets the biopic treatment in this ambiguous take on Roosevelt starring Bill Murray.

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Review: Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

An energetic monologue paints an affectionate portrait of Brtish acting's last great piss artist.

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Review: John Shuttleworth - Out Of Our Sheds

The John Shuttleworth show doesn't cover any ground - but that's kind of the point.

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Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Does Zero Dark Thirty play fast and loose with recent history, or is it a frank and unflinching account of America's hunt for Al Qaeda's Number One?

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Review: Bravo Figaro!

A very different kind of show from Mark Thomas is a beautiful piece of work that doesn't patronise his father's illness, not ignore his frailties, as they connect over a love of opera.

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Review: Miller and Carter, Albert Dock

Where do you go for a decent steak in the city? Sid Miller tries out Albert Dock's Miller and Carter steakhouse...

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Review: Lincoln

With more than a whiff of revisionism, Lincoln unfortunately offers exposition over a cinematic experience.

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Review: Django Unchained

Tarantino's Django Unchained - full of despicable characters, arterial blood spray and racial prejudice - has the potential to divide audiences, but is an entertaining, disconcerting tour de force.

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Review: Il Forno

Can you judge a book by its cover? Is Duke Street's Il Forno as dramatic and mouth watering as it looks? We reacquainted ourselves with the showy Italian to find out...

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