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Not the end for RLPO and Bootlegs' Beatles tribute

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Bootleg Beatles have rescheduled their And In the End concert for 2021. The Liverpool show, which were due to take place this spring, will now be staged on July 14 next year. And an extra date has been added on July 13. The UK-wide And in the End tour, which celebrates the 50th anniversaries of both the Beatles’ Abbey Road and Let It Be albums, opened at Hope Street last September. Tragedy struck six months ago when presenter and performer

Tate Liverpool reopening plans revealed

Tate Liverpool has reopened to the public. The Royal Albert Dock attraction closed in March alongside other arts venues at the start of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Now it, along with Tate Britain, Tate Modern and Tate St Ives, has opened its doors for visitors once more. Social distancing measures have been put in place and all visitors, including Tate Members, will need to book a timed ticket ahead of their arrival. Tickets are available online. A one way system is in

Friendsical there for Liverpool audiences in 2021

It was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer, and now Friends parody Friendsical is heading for Liverpool. The show, based on the hit TV series, was in the middle of a UK tour until the coronavirus pandemic struck. It will be staged at the Philharmonic Hall for two nights next June. When Ross’s wife leaves him for another woman, he fears he will never find love again. But then Rachel runs back into his life…will he end up with his one true love? The gang of friends take o

Drive In For Live Music at Liverpool Central Docks

Liverpool Central Docks will host a series of ‘drive-in’ live music shows this summer with big names performing on the city’s waterfront. Utilita Live From the Drive-In will see major household names from Gary Numan, Tony Hadley and The Zutons to Dizzee Rascal, Beverley Knight and K T Tunstall. Central Docks are one of 12 UK locations for the special series of shows arranged by Live Nation to keep music going during the coronavirus pandemic. Audiences will enjoy shows from th

Shakespeare North and BBC stage new writing competition

Children and young people are being given the chance to see their work staged at the new Shakespeare North Playhouse in a competition backed by Dame Judi Dench. The theatre – currently being built at Prescot - has teamed up with BBC’s The One Show to launch As You Write It, Your Play on Stage. The competition is being supported by both Dame Judi, a patron of the new Shakespeare North, and Merseyside writer Frank Cottrell Boyce. It is open to any young person aged seven to 16.

Storyhouse celebrates massive public support and reveals plans for reopening

Chester Storyhouse has announced plans to reopen its doors as early as July 4 – if allowed to by the Government. The news comes days after its chief executive Andrew Bentley warned the arts organisation was facing an uncertain future because of the continued lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. But bosses at the Hunter Street venue now say public response to the warning – including 2,000 people signing up to a Storyhouse membership scheme over the last week alone – has h

Festival 31 goes online for 2020 with special art commissions

A festival celebrating refugee art and culture has gone online for 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The launch of Festival 31, an annual event organised by Liverpool-based art charity SOLA Arts, coincides with National Refugee Week. Culture Liverpool has joined forces with SOLA Arts and the Everyman and Playhouse to co-ordinate this year’s festival and as part of that, nine commissioned artists are having their work exhibited on the Culture Liverpool website. Artists

Joker Live in Concert at Philharmonic Hall

Oscar-winning psychological thriller Joker will be screened with a live orchestral accompaniment in a concert in Liverpool next spring. Joker Live in Concert is due to take place at the Philharmonic Hall on Sunday, March 7. It has been rescheduled from its original date later this month due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Senbla Concert Orchestra will play composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s haunting, melancholic music, which won an Academy Award for best original score, and which

Postive Vibration reggae festival postponed to 2021

The Festival of Reggae is the latest annual Liverpool event to axe its 2020 dates because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Positive Vibration festival was due to have been held this weekend in the Baltic Triangle. But now organisers have confirmed the festival has been postponed until June 11-12 next year in what they are dubbing a ‘Second Wave’. In a statement they said: “Like many other events and festivals, we’ve had to make the tough decision of postponing this year’s fes

Storyhouse calls for urgent Government action as it cancels its open air theatre

Chester Storyhouse is urging the Government to produce guidance now over the reopening of theatres before venues run out of time and close for good. The call came as the organisation today announced Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre will not take place in Chester this summer. And the city cultural centre has warned that the cancellation of the popular annual open-air attraction, along with no firm news on when theatres and other entertainment venues will be allowed to reopen –