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Brazilica returns to Liverpool city centre this summer

Brazilica returns to the streets of Liverpool this summer for the first time in three years. A spectacular and colourful carnival parade – Britain’s biggest Brazilian Carnival - will wend its way through the city centre on Saturday, August 6. The 2022 event, organised by Liverpool Carnival Company, is the twelfth edition of the Brazil-style festival, and the parade will feature samba bands from across the world along with Liverpool Samba School, Batala Mersey, Katumba and Wir

Epstein Theatre announces appointment of new manager

Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre has a new manager. Anthony Proctor is taking over the post at the grade II listed Hanover Street venue which last year came under new management, Epstein Entertainments Ltd. He will also be responsible for programming at the theatre when he takes up the position on July 1. The actor, director, teacher and administrator’s most recent role was at Farmer Ted’s Adventure Farm where he was entertainment, production and marketing manager. His long experi

Review: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto at Philharmonic Hall ****

On January 27, 1914, composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov made his second visit to the old Philharmonic Hall. Three years previously, he had played his Third Piano Concerto in a concert he also conducted. But on this January evening, he took a step back in time to his wildly romantic Piano Concerto No 2, the highlight of a somewhat mixed bag of a programme, delivered in a performance which one reviewer described as “a wonder and a delight” to the Liverpool crowd. The conce

Doctor Who lands at World Museum Liverpool

Science meets fiction in the epic new exhibition Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder which is receiving its world premiere in Liverpool. The massive show, opening at World Museum Liverpool today, features monsters, costumes and props from the long-running BBC sci-fi favourite and aims to bring science to life through the Doctor’s adventures through space and time. It includes the Doctor’s canine companion K-9, Daleks, Cybermen, Davros, Weeping Angels, The Face of Boe and more than on

Simon Armitage helps LIPA bring ancient verse to life in epic fashion

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has been working with LIPA students to bring to life an epic 4000-year-old poem. Gilgamesh will be staged as a promenade performance at the Mount Street college from June 2-4. It reunites Armitage with director Nick Bagnall with whom he worked on The Odyssey at Liverpool Everyman in 2015. The Epic of Gilgamesh dates from 2100BC and celebrates Mesopotamian myth, telling the story of a king and his search for immortality. Armitage says: “I presented

Review: Corrina, Corrina at Liverpool Everyman ****1/2

Power, patriarchy, privilege and the politics of capitalism combine in Chloe Moss’s compelling and claustrophobic new play on deck at the Everyman. Corrina, Corrina (its title a nod to the 1960 Ray Peterson song, not the Whoopi Goldberg film) is an exploration of what happens when these things are abused and exploited, either deliberately or through careless disregard. Corrina (Laura Elsworthy) is that rare thing – a woman in a male-dominated industry, plying the world’s busy

Calderstones hosts Globe's open air Julius Caesar

Shakespeare’s Globe returns to The Reader at Calderstones next month to perform in the mansion house’s historic art deco garden theatre. The new touring production of Julius Caesar will be staged on June 3-4 and is the first time the Globe has visited the venue in five years. Director Diane Page said: “I’m so excited to bring my production of Julius Caesar straight from the Globe theatre in London to tour across the UK. These past few years have revealed more than ever how be

LIMF returns for summer 2022

Liverpool International Music Festival returns to the city this summer – with the 2022 event taking place across multiple indoor venues. The three-day music event, which runs from July 29-31, has the theme Power to the People and Purpose. The line-up includes UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, The Zutons, De La Soul, Heather Small, Aswad, Shola Ama and Red Rum Club with more than 100 artists due to be announced over the next few weeks. Venues include the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool P

Liverpool 4 Ukraine show raising funds for displaced artists

Venues in the Baltic Triangle are showcasing work from some of the best Ukrainian artists and creatives. The Liverpool 4 Ukraine exhibition runs until June 18 and hopes to raise much-needed funds for the artists. A QR code on each work will enable people to buy prints of their favourites. Work is on show at Space by Liquid, 92 Degrees Coffee, Chapters of Us, Baltic Social, Black Lodge Brewery, Elevator Studios and SEVENSTORE. And the show is being sponsored by Baltic Creative

Review: Now is Good at Chester Storyhouse ****

If the last two years have taught us anything it’s that human connection is vitally important to our wellbeing – and yet while we’re instantly linked to the world at the swipe of a screen, many of us feel more disconnected and alone than ever. Tim Firth has taken ideas of the power of communication, of human interaction, of finding childlike joy in life’s small moments, of grief and memory, and of the importance of community, and has created a slice of theatrical whimsy which

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