Arts
Baby Book Club
It is never too late to start reading with your baby. Baby Book Club returns with a course of six weekly sessions designed for parents and carers with babies aged from 3 to 12 months. Baby Book Club is a is a great way to spend quality time with your baby, meet new friends, and...
dot-art Schools shares the gift of creativity with FREE schools entry!
Liverpool based social enterprise dot-art want to help more schools engage with their award-winning schools programme, now entering its 12th year. The inter-school art competition, open to all educational settings across the Liverpool City Region, can this year offer a number of free places on the programme through its Champions scheme. Carolyn Murray, dot-art Schools...
Cinderella and Swan Lake
Once upon a time… The clock strikes midnight and a mysterious beauty leaves a glass slipper as she flees the ball. A swan princess conceals a tragic secret. And a wisecracking joker runs riot through medieval Germany. The inspirational Karen Kamensek makes her Liverpool debut with a concert full of stories – Prokofiev’s fairy tale...
The Nutcracker: Reimagined
A Christmas party, an unexpected gift and a kingdom full of sweets… everyone knows the story of The Nutcracker. Pianist Alexandra Dariescu and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Brass and Percussion Ensemble each perform different parts of Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music. Joined by a narrator and twoballet dancers, they all come together to retell this seasonal classic...
Messiah
Hallelujah! When King George II first heard the most famous bit of Handel’s Messiah, he leapt to his feet in excitement. You don’t have to do that, but tunes like Ev’ry Valley, The Trumpet Shall Sound, and For Unto us a Child is Born are as much part of the season as mulled wine and...
New Year’s Eve: Shaken, Not Stirred
The name’s Bond – James Bond. When it comes to the high life, nobody does it better. So on this special night, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra puts on its tux, pours itself a Martini and toasts the New Year with some of the sassiest signature tunes in cinematic history. They say diamonds are forever,...
Dadafest Annual Rushton Lecture with Ashok Mistry
Each year DaDa present our Edward Rushton Social Justice Lecture on the United Nations International Day for People with Disabilities, 3 December, to keep alive the passion and fire demonstrated by Rushton, a Liverpool poet, activist, abolitionist and disabled man. This year we are thrilled to announce that we have secured a fantastic and insightful...
Dick Whittington
Just Entertainment return to The Hope Street Theatre this Christmas to bring you the purrrrrrfect panto for all your family. DICK WHITTINGTON will be full of sparkle, excitement and fun. Our hero’s incredible escapades take him onto the high seas of the River Mersey, into battle with the evil Queen Rat and see him fall...
Ghost Stories For Christmas
After a sold out run last year, this December 2023, Artsgroupie (the Producers of Kitty: Queen of the Washhouse, A Portrait of William Roscoe and The Signalman) will chill the air with a selection of ghost stories for Xmas. In the tradition of M.R James, Susan Hill and Charles Dickens, we invite you to pull...
Makers + Shakers: A Creative Family Disco
Join us this December for an extra special Christmas edition of Makers & Shakers. Bring the whole family for a session of festive moving, making and shaking. Create Christmas decorations with the Bluecoat, and follow Santa’s trail across the globe in a dance session led by artists from Movema. Yule be sad to miss out!...
