There’s something almost poetic about seeing The Last Dinner Party inside Aviva Studios, the cavernous, concrete warehouse that Factory International has turned into a kind of blank canvas for big, theatrical ideas. Tonight, the space feels less like an industrial arts hub and more like a forgotten churchyard: mossy rocks scattered across the stage, rusted-looking railings, fabric and ropes hanging […]
There are many ways people get excited for a gig, for some it may be that first step into the venue and seeing the stage, for others maybe waking up on the day knowing there is a gig that night, for me, however, it was when a pair of luminous foam earplugs were plonked in […]
A dozen jackets hang suspended on a stage shrouded in dry ice while eerie music drones. It could be a modern gallery’s art exhibition. If anyone entering Aviva Studios prior to curtain call did not realise in advance, ‘Hamlet Hail to the Thief’ is by no means a standard Shakespearean production. Instead, it is […]
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ALBUM REVIEW - TENDERNESS: TRUE
ALBUM REVIEW - ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND: LEAN IN
ALBUM REVIEW - SQUEEZE: TRIXIES
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 6 MARCH 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - AGABAS: HARD ANGER
GIG GUIDE - MARCH 2026
ALBUM REVIEW - CONVERGE: LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
LIVE REVIEW - MOGWAI: MANCHESTER APOLLO - 27/02/2026
BOOK REVIEW: PENNY KILEY – ATYPICAL GIRL: PUNK ROCK, LIVERPOOL AND TRYING TO BE NORMAL
ALBUM REVIEW - PETER GABRIEL: IN THE BIG ROOM
