Each month Liverpool legend Pete Price lifts the curtain and takes you into the spotlight of Liverpool\u2019s best theatres.<\/p>\n
Not only will Pete Price look at the shows on right now that you should see, he\u2019ll look ahead to let you know what\u2019s coming while also re-living some of his \u2013 and the city\u2019s \u2013 favourite moments on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pete Price is never short of an anecdote or an opinion, so here are the shows and stars that have got him talking in July \u2026<\/p>\n
What\u2019s on and what I\u2019ve seen this week \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n The Legend of Rooney\u2019s Ring is everything the Royal Court does best: it\u2019s magical, it\u2019s got big characters and big laughs, so it\u2019s really like one of their Christmas shows mid-season. I know John May who plays Rooney and Lindzi Germain, and it\u2019d be interesting to know if Wayne and Coleen have seen the script and what they think about it.<\/p>\n I saw Evita at the London Palladium and now I\u2019m hoping they take it on tour and we get to see it in Liverpool. What they\u2019re doing in London is stripping back old musicals, they\u2019ve done it with Jesus Christ Superstar which has toured and Sunset Boulevard, and it\u2019s a bit of a shock if you\u2019re not ready for it. It\u2019s minimalistic and all about the actors. Rachel Zegler, who played Snow White in the new film version, is outstanding as Evita, she gets three-minute standing ovations after every big song, and I\u2019ve never seen a piece of theatre quite like it.<\/p>\n What\u2019s coming up \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n TINA \u2013 The Tina Turner Musical is coming to the Empire in August and it is spectacular, it tears the place apart. It\u2019s great the way they\u2019ve put her life story together, you forget how iconic she was but this show captures that. Even when she was older she could still sing a tune and still dance, and the energy she had on stage was unreal. When I saw the West End production that incredible energy really came across, and that is her completely \u2013 it\u2019s not just the voice or the dancing, it\u2019s that unbelievable stage presence. I really enjoyed it and I think audiences will come out of the Empire singing their hearts out.\u00a0<\/p>\n It won\u2019t be on until next spring, but The Peaceful Hour 2 is coming to the Royal Court after the success of the first one earlier this year. This sequel is a whole new show based around the wedding of Julie and Tim who met in the original. It really was great to be part of the first show and it was wonderful the way they built the story around the Peaceful Hour. We did the first dating line on radio on the Peaceful Hour called Evening Encounter, we had 10 weddings come from it \u2013 and I went to every one. I would walk down the aisle with a bottle of champagne and give them a hug. I still get messages from people whose mum and dad met through it and they say they wouldn\u2019t be here now if it wasn\u2019t for me!<\/p>\n Sharing the spotlight<\/strong><\/p>\n I first met Sharon Osbourne when we were both on the Paul O\u2019Grady show many years ago, we connected and we\u2019re still friends. She rang me up ages ago and said, \u2018would you like to see Ozzy\u2019s last performance?\u2019 I was stunned and even though it\u2019s not my kind of music there was no way I wasn\u2019t going. We were by the stage for 11 hours and I was with every rock legend in the world, Ronnie Wood, Guns N Roses, Yungblud, I couldn\u2019t believe I was there. Backstage there was a huge lounge with the usual champagne and drinks but also, if you want to get a tattoo, there were three tattoo artists. I wasn\u2019t tempted, but some people were getting full sleeves! Ozzy isn\u2019t a well man at all, but he came to life on stage, he was spectacular and the warmth, love and respect that was shown to him was remarkable. It felt like being a part of history.<\/p>\n Check out more from Pete on his Instagram.<\/a> Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n From the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n
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