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Liverpool’s eggs-traordinary Eurovision schools programme gets cracking
EGGS, brass bands and folktales are just a few of the ways that the region’s schools will be invited to celebrate Eurovision as Liverpool prepares to host the iconic song contest. Following the announcement of EuroFest – a two-week cultural festival that will run alongside the competition – Liverpool’s education programme, EuroLearn is now getting...
Winners to be revealed in the 2023 Liverpool City Region Photo Awards
The winner of the inaugural Liverpool City Region Photo Awards will be revealed next week whittled down from nearly 2000 images which were entered into the competition. Created by Open Eye Gallery with the support of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the awards celebrate the culture, creativity and vibrancy of photography enthusiasts from across...
Royal honour for Claire
Liverpool City Council’s Claire McColgan has been awarded a CBE by Princess Anne, during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle this morning (Tuesday 28 February). The city’s Director of Culture received the recognition – one of the highest royal honours – for her achievements and services to culture and arts across the country. She was...
Opera, trains and submarines star in Eurovision-inspired Cultural Festival
The first details of a two-week cultural festival – EuroFestival – which will take over Liverpool in the lead up to The Eurovision Song Contest have been unveiled. Running from Monday 1 to Sunday 14 May, the festival will present 24 brand new commissions – 19 of which are collaborations between UK and Ukrainian artists...
Young Ukrainian Who Comforted Refugees Playing The Piano Pays Tribute On Anniversary Of Invasion
A Ukrainian teenager who comforted refugees in camps in her home country and Poland by playing the piano, is to perform in Liverpool to mark a year since the start of the invasion. Alisa Bushuieva, 13, was forced to flee her country with her mother, Svitlana, in February last year. Their home city of Kharkov...
Big appetite to improve visitor experience at historic buildings
TWO of Liverpool’s most iconic venues are on the look-out for long-term café operators, as part of the city’s transformation programme. Liverpool City Council is inviting interested parties to submit tenders to lease space within the Grade II listed Croxteth Country Park Stables and Grade I listed St George’s Hall. The Council wants to lease...
New walking tour announced to mark World Theatre Day
To mark World Theatre Day, ArtsGroupie and Epstein Theatre invite you to celebrate the City’s rich theatre heritage with a new walking tour.‘All the world is a stage’ and in Liverpool you are never far from story tellers, performers, raconteurs, and drama queens. Join 18th Century thespians Bartholomew Garrik and Francoise Kemble as they take...
BBC announces new commissions ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
The BBC can today announce the commissions of two special one-off entertainment shows to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest. The Greatest Show on Earth (w/t), produced by Little Gem, will celebrate 25 years since the UK last hosted the contest, with 25 reasons why the Eurovision Song Contest is ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’. And...
Superheroes: Words Are Our Power
An exciting event ft a keynote speech by award-winning writer, Patrice Lawrence MBE is taking place at the Bluecoat in Liverpool on Thursday 23rd February 2023. The event concludes and celebrates Superheroes: Words are our Power, a pioneering programme delivered in 8 primary schools across four years. Using a range of creative writing strategies, poets,...
FACT at 20: An anniversary year of exciting exhibitions and immersive art experiences
An interactive retro-futuristic arcade; an installation and online game inspired by a 1980s horror film sequel; the UK’s largest festival of contemporary art; a VR Acid House rave; an exhibition exploring a speculative space age, and the culmination of five years of FACT’s work with the justice system are among the highlights of the 2023-2024...
