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Open Eye considers modern relationships in Kinship

The dynamics of modern relationships will be explored in a new exhibition being launched at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery this week. Kinship presents projects from seven photographers, all women, addressing traditional ideas of how people might relate to others based on their gender, age, or position within a family. They include Jenny Lewis whose work One Day Young, pictured above, captures intimate portraits of women with their new-born children on the very first day of thei

Review: Rocky Horror Show at Liverpool Empire ****1/2

Little can Richard O’Brien have imagined when his Rocky Horror Show was premiered in the 62-seat fringe theatre upstairs at London’s Royal Court that it would become a much-loved theatrical phenomenon. But this outrageous yet endearing, panto-esque paean to the B-movies of O’Brien’s (mis-spent) youth in sleepy 50s New Zealand has now been in continuous production for almost half-a-century and remains deliciously - and dangerously – entertaining stuff. The current UK tour, ste

Greg Fossard talks Dirty Dancing ahead of Liverpool Empire return

Greg Fossard’s stage career started at the Liverpool Empire 21 years ago. “In this very room,” confirms the Liverpool actor, looking around the foyer bar where we’ve convened for a chat about all things Dirty Dancing. But more of that musical phenomenon anon. What’s all this about the Empire bar? “When I was a kid, I did an audition workshop for Les Miserables here,” Fossard explains. “I don’t know how many applied but by the time I got through there were about 20 to 30 of us

Life is a Cabaret at LIPA

Kander and Ebb’s darkly thought-provoking Weimar Berlin musical Cabaret comes to LIPA this week. The show, which includes songs like Wilkommen, Maybe This Time, Mein Herr, Money and the title song Cabaret, will be performed by students from different disciplines at the Mount Street college. Cabaret was premiered on Broadway in 1966 and is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera which was itself based on Christopher Isherwood’s novella Goodbye to Berlin. Set in 1931 Berlin as the

Stunning space images on show at World Museum

Astounding images of the heavens are on show at World Museum as it hosts the prestigious Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition. One hundred spectacular photographs of and inspired by space and taken by amateurs and professionals from across the globe - including an eight-year-old boy in Wales - are on display until September 1. They were entered in the annual competition organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and in 2018, more than 4,200 entries from photograph

The Red Shoes returns to Liverpool Empire

Matthew Bourne’s dazzling stage version of the Powell and Pressburger film classic The Red Shoes is set to dance back in to the Liverpool Empire. The double Olivier Award-winning ballet will be performed at the Lime Street theatre in February next year. It previously enchanted Liverpool audiences in 2017, and follows a triumphant return for Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake this season. The Red Shoes is a tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer i

The Witching Hour to cast a spell over Birkenhead Park

Wirral Borough of Culture chiefs plan to bewitch audiences in a spectacular event at Birkenhead Park this weekend. The Witching Hour will take place after dark from Friday, May 17 to Sunday, May 19. The large-scale, immersive outdoor performance is being staged by theatre company Periplum and in partnership with Hull’s Absolutely Cultured. It will be premiered in Hull next weekend ahead of its Birkenhead dates. Periplum has invited residents from both locations to share stori

Christmas Miracle for Liverpool Playhouse

Festive favourite Miracle on 34th Street is being brought to the Liverpool Playhouse stage as a musical this Christmas. Gemma Bodinetz will direct this stage version of the classic seasonal story which, through two popular films, has delighted audiences for more than 70 years. Composer and playwright Meredith Willson’s musical – based on the original 1947 Hollywood movie - was first premiered on Broadway in 1963 under the title Here’s Love, and features songs like It’s Beginn

Tate Liverpool reveals winter 2019 exhibitions

Tate Liverpool has revealed a pair of exhibitions for winter 2019. The Royal Albert Dock venue will present the first UK solo exhibition of the work of 45-year-old Chicago-born artist Theaster Gates, and also of Swiss-Argentinian artist Vivian Suter. Theaster Gates: Amalgam will combine sculpture, film, dance and music to explore complex and interweaving issues of race, territory and inequality in the United States. It takes as its point of departure an island off the coast o

Lets Rock Liverpool boasts a stellar 80s line-up

Some of the biggest stars of the 80s pop world are set to play at Let’s Rock Liverpool this summer. The Human League, Tony Hadley, Marc Almond and Midge Ure are among the line-up for the family friendly festival event at Croxteth Country Park on July 27. Go West, T’Pau, Nik Kershaw, Nick Heyward, Roland Gift, China Crisis, Altered Images, Musical Youth and Sonia will also appear. The Let’s Rock retro festival celebrates all things pop and 1980s at events across the UK. In add

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