Lisa Marie Rand

The grand hall of the former masonic lodge at 22 Hope Street, home to the recently launched Hope Street Theatre, was commandeered by a rowdy gang of musical pirates this week when Liverpool Arts Society presented Long Joan Silver at the…

The Casa Theatre, one of Hope Street's newest fringe theatre venues, brings an extraordinary play to Liverpool on 26th October with Skitzoid Productions' Game Over: The Play.  An immersive comedy about the challenging subject of suicide,…

'How does a very small girl hide a very large lion?' is the opening salvo of Helen Stephens' hugely popular children's book, 'How to Hide a Lion', which Pigtails Productions brought to life on Sunday 14th October at the Epstein Theatre in a…

A truly unique and astounding show that needed no greasepaint: a bare set, save for a few chairs, and two master storytellers Clare Muireann Murphy and Daniel Morden owning the stage using simply words and gesture. A pared-down humble…

Discordia, an immersive art exhibition by Laura Brownhill, came to Liverpool's newest theatre venue The Hope Street Theatre on 3-6th October with a collaborative show bringing together art, music, dance and meditation to explore the theme…

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is a truly special place to experience a full professional orchestra in action, to delve into the classics as well as appreciate more modern musical forms. The interior is spectacular and the music always magical…

The Casa Theatre was packed to the brim on Tuesday 25th September for Cammell Lairds 37 - The Truth, Mike Howl's extraordinary tale of the 1984 Cammell Laird's strike and occupation, which culminated in the imprisonment of 37 striking ship…

The Capstone Theatre is hosting an extraordinary evening of storytelling with The Remarkable Tale of Robert Desnos, brought to life by master storytellers Clare Muireann Murphy and Daniel Morden in Adverse Camber's compelling narrative of…

The beauty of Flat Pack Music's production of La Bohème, performed on Saturday 29th October at the Casa Theatre, aside from the spell-binding singing, mesmerising piano and captivating drama, is how both opera virgins, such as myself, and…

It was the end of August, and my little family had just spent a few amazing months in the second city of the Bahamas, a country in the northern Caribbean sea with over 700 islands and cays. Freeport, Grand Bahama, the Magic City, population…

The sense of freedom of just getting in the car and taking to the open road, not much caring where you end up, is hard to beat and has a romantic, whimsical air to it. But what if you've got a very lively five and seven year old in tow? LVL…

The Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room is packed and the sense of anticipation palpable as we take our seats. Conor French, of Blue Drag Music, introduces the seventh and sell-out concert in the series 'Django's Legacy', a selection of live…