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ADHD The Musical: Can I Have Your Attention Please?
A musical exploring the highs and lows of having ADHD is embarking on a national tour this autumn. ADHD The Musical: Can I Have Your Attention Please? is the brainchild of Dora Colquhoun, a neurodivergent theatre maker and performer based in Liverpool. With the help of Dolly Parton, Julie Andrews and Cher, the piece attempts...
Solidarity Tablecloth
A new public artwork , the Solidarity Tablecloth, developed by award-winning arts & food organisation Squash Liverpool, is being shared for the first time this week. The artwork was commissioned by Culture Liverpool as part of the EuroStreet community programme for Eurovision. This collaborative artwork will be revealed on Friday August 4 from 12-2pm at...
Abstraction and Expression at the LAKE gallery
Two artists’ response to the landscape, an exhibition featuring Nesta Eluned and Deborah Butler. Nesta is a North Wales artist, born and living in the hills of Snowdonia, which are the inspiration for her semi-abstract paintings. She attended Liverpool Art College in the early 1970’s and now dedicates her time fully to painting and drawing....
Liverpool included in unique UK UNESCO sites on new illustrated map
Ignite your summer adventures and discover Liverpool alongside 57 other unique UNESCO sites in the UK and crown dependencies thanks to a newly illustrated map, now available to download for free from the UK National Commission for UNESCO. From expansive mountain ranges and stunning coastlines to vibrant cities and rural landscapes – the UK’s UNESCO...
Happiness! The unique humour and influence of Liverpool legend, Sir Ken Dodd, in the first major exhibition of a British comic in a national museum
A laughter-filled exhibition, celebrating one of the UK’s best-loved and most influential comedians, Sir Ken Dodd, opens at the Museum of Liverpool on 9 September (until 3 March 2024). ‘Happiness!’, the first major exhibition on a comedian in a national museum, is steeped in Doddy’s unique blend of whimsical, physical, surreal and theatrical humour, which...
Introducing the next generation of music talent
A new cohort of talented music makers from across Liverpool City Region has been enrolled in one of the country’s leading talent development programmes. Celebrating its tenth year, LIMF Academy has proudly unveiled its class of 2023/24 – with the seven recruits now joining an elite initiative, as they are guided and supported in to...
World class art treasures return to Walker Art Gallery
Renaissance Rediscovered presents the Walker’s renowned collection of western European art from the 13th to the 18th century. Masterpieces such as Simone Martini’s Christ Discovered in the Temple, Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII, and Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait as a Young Man feature in the elegant new spaces. New acquisitions join this spectacular collection for the first...
Music Tourism Boom: Music Pulls In Over 14 Million Tourists And Generates £6.6 Billion Of Spending As Harry Styles and Dua Lipa Help Attract Fans To Events Across The UK
UK Music, the collective voice of the UK music industry, today unveils its Here, There and Everywhere report, which reveals the huge contribution of music tourism to the UK economy. The new report outlines the impact of the eagerly anticipated resurgence of live music in 2022 – the first full year of post-pandemic festivals, gigs...
A Portrait of William Roscoe
Celebrating a renowned writer and one of England’s first abolitionists, ‘A Portrait of William Roscoe’ will see the man come magically alive and out of his portrait to talk about his life and times. Using puppetry, physicality and traditional storytelling. A poet, historian, and patron of the arts, he was responsible for helping to establish...
New Creative Awards announced as legacy of photographer Ant Clausen
A new fund which will help young people break into the creative industries has been announced. The Fire it Up Fund has been launched in memory of Ant Clausen, a Liverpool based film maker and photographer who died tragically at the start of the year while in his native New Zealand. The fund will be...