Ian Bowkett writes: The history of theatre is musical. Bronze Age lyric poets sang to a lyre. Ancient African ritual storytelling was inseparable from its music and dance. Classical Athenian theatre was backed by a chorus. Even by Shakespeare’s day, it was unusual for plays to not include at least one song. The Bard himself […]
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All Shook Up – Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
All Shook Up was performed by students from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool. This was a superlative show. The cast was delightfully wacky, the choreography fresh and alive. I was riveted and enthralled. There are 25 numbers in All Shook Up, mostly Elvis songs, from a dazzling ‘Jailhouse Rock’ […]
