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Cammell Laird Shipyard Tours
Take a tour on a vintage double decker (supplied by Wirral Transport Museum) to get a behind-the-scenes view of the iconic Merseyside shipyard. With expert commentary from the Cammell Laird team, tours will operate on the hour at 11am, 12pm and 1pm. Tickets are free, but you will need to pre-register your place here. Location:...
On Board the SS Daniel Adamson for BoA80 Weekend
Get on board the 1903 Mersey-built steam tugboat Daniel Adamson, for three days of celebration with talks, tours, sharing of objects, documents and stories from the Battle of the Atlantic. With performances from shanty singers, including the Port Sunlight Sea Dogs and Gerry Ffrench and Yesterday’s Men. The 1903 SS Daniel Adamson was based on...
Blowing a Raspberry at Hitler: A Story of WATU, the WRNS and the War at Sea
Blowing a Raspberry at Hitler: A Story of WATU, the WRNS and the War at Sea is a fantastic piece of theatre written and performed by the LJMU drama department. It explores the story of the women of the Western Approaches Tactical Unit (WATU) at Western Approaches. Expect a funny, poignant and a meticulously researched...
RAVE UKraine – Two simultaneous raves in Liverpool and Kyiv
Rave UKraine – the historic event taking place in Liverpool and Kyiv simultaneously on Sunday 7th May – has announced its first wave of acts confirmed to be performing. Hot Chip, the acclaimed band from the UK, will be performing a DJ set at the anticipated, one-off event. Ukrainian DJ Mingulitka is also confirmed to...
Eurovision volunteers trained up ready to hit the streets of Liverpool
Eurovision is starting to feel very real for Liverpool City Council’s 500 EuroVols, as the volunteers enjoy their first training session. After a welcome from Martin Green, Managing Director of Eurovision Song Contest 2023, the volunteers were given briefings about the programme of events happening in the city, Ukraine and Liverpool tourism, as well as health...
‘The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome’ confirms host Aj Odudu and ticket on-sale date
Liverpool City Region residents have the chance to be the first in the country to bag themselves FREE* tickets to ‘The National Lottery’s Big Eurovision Welcome’. Although general tickets for the 7 May spectacular will be released on Wednesday 5 April at 10am, a proportion of tickets will be made available to National Lottery players...
His Majesty’s Royal Marines Band in Concert
Come and join the Battle of the Atlantic Memorial Charity in concert with His Majesty’s Royal Marine Band Scotland. It is five years since the Royal Marines last visit and this will be a moving concert to commemorate the turning point of the longest and most strategically important battle of the Second World War, The...
Unique City Council Project Scoops National Broadcast Award
A Liverpool City Council cultural project has scooped a sought-after national broadcast accolade. Statues Redressed took gold in last night’s Broadcast Digital Awards in the Best Content Partnership or AFP category, pipping the likes of ITV’s Cooking With The Stars, Channel 4’s Cook Clever Waste Less and BT’s FA Disability Cup coverage to the title....
First look inside new £38m Shakespeare North Playhouse
New images have revealed the first look inside the new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot near Liverpool, ahead of its grand opening in July. The ground-breaking new venue is home to the only 17th-century style, timber-built “Cockpit” theatre outside London, able to seat 450 spectators. Built entirely during the pandemic thanks to public funds and...
Top royal honour for Liverpool’s Culture Director
Liverpool’s Culture Chief has been awarded one of the highest royal honours as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Claire McColgan has been honoured with a CBE in recognition of her achievements and services to culture and arts across the country. The honour has been bestowed as part of the Queen’s official birthday celebrations,...
