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Funding boost for Liverpool’s hidden horticultural treasure
One of the UK’s oldest horticultural hidden treasures is set to get a new lease of life thanks to a vital funding boost. Following a successful bid which Liverpool City Council submitted to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, £245,000 has been awarded which will be invested in creating a permanent home for Liverpool’s historic Botanical...
Leap Dance Festival brings dance events to the streets and theatres of Liverpool!
Leap Dance Festival presents two weeks of dance events showcasing the Liverpool City Region’s talent across seven key venues this spring. From 26th April – 10th May 2024, Liverpool will come alive with dance, with performances taking place in theatres, cultural venues and public spaces on the streets of Liverpool city centre. After a successful...
Africa Oyé announces Julian Marley & Les Amazones d’Afrique for summer 2024
The son of music legend Bob Marley and a female supergroup will headline the acclaimed Africa Oyé Festival this summer. The powerful and creative force of Les Amazones d’Afrique will close proceedings on Saturday 22nd June, whilst Julian Marley, fresh off his Grammy win for Best Reggae Album earlier this month, tops the bill on Sunday with his band, The Uprising....
Bumper Christmas Season at Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse as Rocky Horror Show Announced for 2024, alongside Rapunzel
Christmas 2023 proved to be another bumper season at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, with the annual Rock ‘n’ Roll panto Cinderella playing to full houses and standing ovations, while the West End hit The Woman in Black spooked audiences at the Playhouse. The theatres have already announced Rapunzel at the Everyman (16 November to 18...
Micro-disco comes to Royal Albert Dock
This spring, Royal Albert Dock Liverpool will be home to The Fandangoe DISCOTECA – a vibrant micro-disco offering a unique opportunity to dance away life’s worries. Created by multidisciplinary artist Annie Frost Nicholson, the dock will welcome the art installation for six weekends from 2nd March to 6th April, including Mother’s Day and Easter bank...
Artist and design revealed for plaque to mark abolitionist Frederick Douglass at the Everyman
164 years since the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass spoke at Hope Hall (now the site of the Everyman Theatre), Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse have revealed Liverpool born artist and designer Vicki Opomu has been awarded the commission for a commemorative plaque on the front of the theatre. Her design featuring Frederick Douglass and the quote...
Work of international artist who made Liverpool her home spotlighted in new exhibition
An exhibition by an artist once deemed “the wrong sex” is on display at Liverpool University’s Victoria Gallery & Museum ahead of International Women’s Day. Abstract Thinking: Fanchon Fröhlich & Her Contemporaries explores the work of Liverpool-based artist and intellectual, Fanchon Fröhlich (1927 – 2016) alongside British abstract artists of the 20th century. The free...
The Broadway hit musical Play On! comes to Liverpool as part of Talawa’s Black Joy Season
Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, along with its associate company Talawa Theatre, are taking audiences back to the vibrant jazz scene of 1940s New York with Play On!. A retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, created as part of Talawa’s Black Joy 2024, the musical celebrates Black stories and artists from Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 October...
Pilot Theatre Returns to Liverpool with A Timeless Love Story
Pilot Theatre, the company that brought the award-winning stage adaptation of Noughts & Crosses in 2022, is coming back to Liverpool Playhouse with its new production of A Song for Ella Grey from Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 March 2024. Adapted from David Almond’s (Skellig) award-winning novel, this stage production is a powerful story of...
Stephen Ornellas of Liverpool Hung Gar Kung Fu School honoured with PM’s Points of Light Award
Attending a Lunar New Year reception at 10 Downing street on Thursday 8 February, Stephen Ornellas received the PMs Points of Light Award in recognition of all his work with the Kung Fu school. Points of Light are outstanding individual volunteers who are making a change in their community. Every week the Prime Minister recognises...
