Author: Ed Barrett

Illustration of the famous Dirty Dancing couple dancing forehead to forehead

Previews, Reviews, & Features

Dirty Dancing in Concert – Liverpool Philharmonic, 31st May 2026

Ed Barrett June 18, 2026

A lone actor kneels on a stage strewn with papers in rainbow light at Hope Street Theatre

Previews, Reviews, & Features

At Eternity’s Gate review – Hope Street Theatre, 11th June 2026

Ed Barrett June 18, 2026

Image for Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes: a dancer in a green dress on a moonlit stage

This Is Culture

Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Liverpool Empire, 24.2.2026

Ed Barrett March 7, 2026

Two actors in striped costumes in Illyria's The Wind in the Willows at Claremont Farm

This Is Culture

Illyria’s The Wind in the Willows at Claremont Farm 28.8.2025

Ed Barrett February 17, 2026

Rows of empty red theatre seats

Theatre

H.M.S. Pinafore Dropped Anchor at The Reader, Liverpool – 21 August 2025

Ed Barrett August 31, 2025

Grunge collage of a band performing, with neon paint splashes

Music

Colombian Collective Systema Solar Bring a Blast of Heat to Future Yard

Ed Barrett July 5, 2025

A fan held aloft in the crowd at Sting on the Waterfront, Pier Head, photo by Anthony Mooney

This Is Culture

Sting on the Waterfront – Pier Head, Liverpool, 22 June 2025

Ed Barrett July 5, 2025

Rows of empty red theatre seats

Previews, Reviews, & Features

Death of a Salesman at The Lowry, 29.4.2025

Ed Barrett June 17, 2025

Rows of empty red theatre seats

Previews, Reviews, & Features

Seussical the Musical at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight 18th April 2025

Ed Barrett June 17, 2025

Grunge illustration of vinyl records

Previews, Reviews, & Features

Systema Solar @ Future Yard Birkenhead 19th June 2025 – preview

Ed Barrett June 17, 2025