Art With A Heart
Colin Serjent previews Any Frontier, Any Hemisphere, an art exhibition to be staged at Liverpool Central Library during June to raise awareness of the refugee crisis both in the UK and abroad.
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All The World’s A Stage
Colin Serjent describes the ways theatre in the UK has portrayed asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
Preview of Ultimate Bowie Play
Ed Blaney’s Ultimate Bowie show comes to the Epstein Theatre on May 20th with a two-hour show of Bowie classics.
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Recording of Cosey Fanni Tutti talking about her controversial and creative life as an artist and musician at the Writing on the Wall event.
Punk Survivors
Recording of the Punk Survivors event held on Fri 12th May with Steve Ignorant, co-founder of anarcho-punk band Crass, Don Letts, dub-pioneer and video-chronicler of The Clash and Pauline Murray, the lead singer with punk band Penetration.
Africa Oyé – 25th Anniversary Festival
Africa Oyé celebrate their 25th Anniversary Festival with a special line-up this year over the weekend of 17th and 18th June in Sefton Park.
Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae 2017
Liverpool’s celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage, Positive Vibration, returns in June for a jam-packed weekend, headlining will be legendary 2-Tone band The Selecter and King of the sound system, Jah Shaka.
Any Frontier, Any Hemisphere
An art exhibition entitled ‘Any Frontier, Any Hemisphere’ will be held in the Liverpool Central Library from Saturday 3rd June, the theme of the exhibition is the current refugee crisis throughout the world.
Geoff Travis: The Culture of Independence
Recording of the talk by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records about being inspired to open his shop after a trip to San Francisco’s City Lights book store.
Burjesta Theatre – Revolutionary Theatre Workshops
Burjesta Theatre begin a new series of workshops on Wednesday 10th May at the Casa on Hope Street dedicated to ‘revolution’.
Free showings of I Daniel Blake
Liverpool Against the Cuts have organised two free showings of I Daniel Blake at The Valley Theatre in Netherley on Saturday 13th May.
The Black Entrails, Emily Dickinson and the Trap of Time
The Black Entrails, who came together through the Liverpool improvisation scene, put the poems of Emily Dickinson to music and are playing Light Night on 19th May.
Profile of photographers Lenka Svarcova and Mike Fahy
Gallery of photographs by Lenka Svarcova and Mike Fahy, street photographers who cover street life and public events.
Gerry Potter’s ‘The Sons of Liverpool’
Coming to the The Casa on Monday 8th May is Gerry Potter’s ‘The Sons of Liverpool’, a theatre-verse exploration of birth, life and death.
More Scouse Saddam?
Coming to the Casa on the 24th and 25th April is More Scouse Saddam, a play by Mike Howl based on the true story of four builders from Liverpool who were taken hostage by Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.
Interview with Woody Woodmansey
Rob Harrison interviews Woody Woodmansey, the last remaining member of David Bowie’s backing band, The Spiders From Mars.
‘Refugee’ – a devised collaborative play
Potentially Brilliant Productions presents a one hour drama ‘Refugee’ which looks at the current predicaments of refugees caught up in complex international politics, militarism and exploitation.
The Regina Monologues
Join three Catherines, two Annes and one Jane for an evening you won’t soon forget at St Georges Hall, Liverpool on Saturday 15th April.
Which Side Of The Wire?
Colin Serjent writes about his photography project which looks at the symbolic relationship between barbed wire and nature.
The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion presents “13th”
Ava DuVernay’s thought-provoking documentary which analyses the criminalisation of African Americans and the U.S prison boom, showing on Wednesday 22nd March at the John Foster Building.
Shakespeare – War Play
Burjesta Theatre presents ‘Shakespeare – War Play’, adapted entirely from the text of Shakespeare’s History Plays, performed at The Casa from Monday 27th March.
Potentially Brilliant Productions – Refugee Drama Workshops
A free 12-week course beginning Monday 16th January focusing on the emotive subject of ‘Refugees’, exploring and attempting to understand what it means to be a refugee.
Burjesta Theatre Workshops – Russian Theatre
Burjesta Theatre begin a new series of workshops looking at the work of some of the great Russian dramatists, starts Wednesday 11th January at The Casa on Hope Street.
Liverpool Radical Film Festival 2016
The Liverpool Radical Film Festival 2016 takes place from Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November with some explosive and never before seen films from the UK and across the world.
Steve Harley on tour
Steve Harley is back on the road with his Acoustic Trio line-up, visiting St George’s Hall on Thursday 24th November.
The Wonderful and Frightening World of Craig Sinclair
The Liverpool based film-maker, visual artist and musician chats about his ongoing art exhibition Essential Tremor and upcoming short film Accidental Warlock.
Potentially Brilliant Productions present….‘Still, Here’
‘Still, Here’, a collaborative play about the world of dementia, those who live in it and with it, will be performed on Monday 28th November at The Casa.
Audition Notice – ‘Shakespeare: War Play’ – Burjesta Theatre
Burjesta Theatre are holding open auditions for ‘Shakespeare: War Play’ an in-house adaptation of Shakespeare’s history cycles, on Wednesday, 23rd November at The Casa.
New Exhibition at Unit 51 Announced – Collage Creations By Phillip Hayes
An exhibition of collages will be displayed at UNIT 51 in Liverpool’s thriving Baltic District from Monday 28th November til Friday 9th December, 2016.
For the Love of Books
Sandra Gibson writes the third in a series of articles on her love of books, visiting Liverpool Artists Book Fair and looking at Book Art.
Shameful
Shameful, a poem written by Ted Seagrave about homelessness.
Crime and Punishment
Burjesta Theatre presents Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic tale of murder, ‘Crime and Punishment’, on at The Casa on 12th to 18th November.
For the Love of Books
Sandra Gibson writes the second in a series of articles on her love of books, looking at illuminated books produced in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Indigenous Film & Activism: Double-Bill Screening Event
Join the Liverpool Radical Film Festival and AKI for an evening of film that explores indigenous issues at Liverpool Small Cinema on Friday 14th October.
Cabaret from the Shadows
A unique theatre performance will take place at The Invisible Wind Factory in Liverpool on 13th & 14th October, Cabaret From The Shadows includes clowning, buffoonery and dark comedy.
The Maverick’s Maverick
Interview with New York singer songwriter Johnny Dowd who is performing live in Liverpool on October 20th at Dumb Bulls on Dublin Street.
For the Love of Books
Bibliophile Sandra Gibson writes the first in a series of articles on her love of books, this time looking at The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon.
Soul Food Fundraiser Recital
Liverpool Guitar Society and Nicole Bartos present “Cari giorni”, a baroque, classical and early music recital in aid of the homeless at Blackburne House on Wednesday 14th September.
Valley Theatre present a “Theatre Performance” Course
Valley Theatre are looking for people to enrol on their Theatre Performance Course starting on Wed 14th September.
12 Week Acting Course – Improvise-Devise-Perform
Potentially Brilliant Productions present a free 12 week acting course, Improvise-Devise-Perform, starting Tuesday 13th September at the Casa.
Casting Seeds
Casting Seeds is a new exhibition by Jamie Reid featuring work from throughout his career, on at Liverpool’s Florence Institute from 9th September to 18th October.
Dare Devil Rides To Jarama
“Dare Devil Rides To Jarama” is a new play by Neil Gore that tells the story of the British and Irish volunteers at the beginning of the brutal Civil War in Spain, coming to Liverpool on 22nd -23rd November.
Burjesta Theatre Workshops – Shakespeare’s History Plays
Burjesta Theatre are putting on a 9 week course of workshops based on Shakespeare’s History Plays starting Wednesday 7th September, followed by a play for performance at the end of January.
Liverpool Scriptshop
Liverpool Scriptshop is a new project which offers writers the chance to have their work read and discussed at a public reading, with Arthur Adlen’s play “The Peggy” being read at the meeting on Tuesday 30th August.
ALERTA! Anti-Fascist Benefit Gig
Merseyside Anti-Fascist Network host a fundraiser for a Liverpool anti-fascist comrade who was given 12 months in prison for opposing fascists in Dover.
‘Cuba es mi marca’ – Cuban Mini-Film Festival
Film critic and poet Fernando Leon Jacomino and photographer Sonia Amalguer are visiting Britain from Cuba and will be at the Casa on Hope Street where they will show three exceptional films from Cuba as well as a photographic exhibition of images of the land and its people.
Talk with Liverpool Crime Writer Ian D Jackson at Write Blend Bookshop
“How to Murder Your Spouse and Get Away With It” is the intriguing title of the thrilling talk popular crime writer Ian D Jackson will be giving at Write Blend, Waterloo.
The Radical Love of Stanley Ambrose
Tom Calderbank writes about the weekend of commemorative events to let the community say goodbye to Stan Ambrose.
Summer Sessions: Poetry and Protest
Join Open Eye Gallery’s writer in residence Pauline Rowe, American poet and activist Juliana Spahr, and poets Sean Bonney and Ruby Robinson to explore Poetry and Protest.
Interview with Irish country singer Nathan Carter
Rob Harrison interviews Liverpool born country singer Nathan Carter who is playing at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on September 16th.
Merseyside artists and Liverpool Art Biennial are to take part in Northern England’s leading art fair
Merseyside artists and Liverpool Art Biennial are to take part in Northern England’s leading art fair in Manchester on 22nd – 25th September.
Stan the Harper – details of funeral and commemoration
Stan Ambrose will be laid to rest in a private woodland burial on Saturday August 6th, with an open-mic music session to celebrate his life in the evening at The Florrie.
Habitat Brazil: Photography Exhibition
Joe Coventry interviews Brazilian photographer, Joao Marcos Rosa, whose exhibition Habitat Brazil was held at St George’s Hall as part of the Brazilica Festival.
New for Liverpool Pride: Queer Creatives Networking Night
Converse, conspire and collaborate at a unique networking event at the Brink on July 27th, in partnership with Liverpool Pride.
Auditions for Crime and Punishment
Burjesta Theatre are holding auditions for our Autumn production of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s gripping crime story, ‘Crime and Punishment’, on Wednesday 17th August.