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Liverpool improv actor plans marathon challenge for charity
Actor and improvisor Trevor Fleming is set to raise funds for charity by embarking on a mammoth Improvathon next month – just hours after completing the Liverpool half marathon. Fleming will attempt to create more than 300 improv characters in 302 minutes at the event on Sunday, March 15. Audiences at the challenge, which takes place in Studio 3 at the Liverpool Arts Bar in Hope Street, will be asked to offer one-word suggestions which he will spin into an immediate off-the-c
St George's Hall Minton floor 2026 reveal details
St George’s Hall’s famed Minton tiled floor will be uncovered for viewing this summer for the first time in three years. The exquisite floor, which features 30,000 hand crafted tiles, will be on display to visitors from July 17 to September 2. It was last revealed in 2023 when upwards of 20,000 people came to marvel at its stunning mosaic designs which cover the sunken floor of the Great Hall at the Grade I listed Lime Street landmark and include Liver birds, sea nymphs, trid
Liverpool Year of the Horse celebrations announced
Liverpool will mark Year of the Horse with events and activities this month including performances, parades and two huge lantern installations. The Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, officially begins on February 17 for 2026, with celebrations taking place in Liverpool’s Chinatown on February 21 and 22. Ahead of that, from February 14 onwards, thousands of red lanterns will return to Liverpool streets around Chinatown, Liverpool ONE and the Royal Albert Dock, while key city
The Reader reveals spring season of events at Calderstones
The Reader is celebrating National Year of Reading 2026 with a series of events at its Calderstones Mansion base this spring. The spring programme takes place between March 1 and May 31 and includes literary events, wellbeing workshops, an Easter book hunt, Holi festival and Mothering Sunday celebrations, a four-week Deep Read and Mini-Movies alongside regular Reader events and classes. Holi at the Storybarn on Saturday, March 7, is a collaboration with MILAP (Indian Arts and
Arts projects share £30,000 Liverpool BID funding
Lantern window installations, Chinese New Year projections and a series of live radio broadcasts will be staged in Liverpool with the help of £30,000 of special arts funding. Five projects have been chosen by Liverpool BID (Business Improvement District) in the latest round of grants from its Arts & Culture Fund. The fund aims to support smaller arts projects that will help drive footfall, activity and animation within the city centre. The latest recipients are the city’s Lan
The Beatles Story to offer VIP tours for 2026
The Beatles Story has launched a special new VIP experience for the Fab Four’s biggest fans. VIP visitors will have the chance to get up close and personal with highlights from the Royal Albert Dock-based attraction’s Beatle artefacts – such as the opportunity to peer through John Lennon’s glasses and have a photo taken with George Harrison’s first guitar. Those of the two-hour exclusive and intimate tour could also be able to sit at Ringo’s drumkit and to hold Brian Epstein’
Cunard Building behind the scenes tours launched for Christmas
Visitors are being given the chance to peek behind the scenes at the city’s historic Cunard Building between now and Christmas. A series of exclusive heritage tours will take people both above and below ground at the 108-year-old Grade II* listed waterfront landmark. People will be able to enjoy learning about the construction and history of the Italian Renaissance-style building, its role as an embarkation point for thousands of ships’ passengers along with the history of Cu
Woolton Picture House stages 12 Days of Christmas this December
Woolton Picture House is set to host a ’12 Days of Christmas’ in the run up to the big day next month. The special season of festive film favourites is the first major event at the historic 1927 venue, which is being reborn as a community cinema after being closed since the pandemic. Tickets are on sale now, although you’ll have to be quick because many of the carefully curated cinematic treats are already sold out. The 12 Days of Christmas opens on December 12 with the class
Christmas events in Liverpool for 2025
Christmas comes but once a year – even if it does seem to get earlier and earlier with festive treats and decorations popping up in shops as soon as the August Bank Holiday had finished. But now we’re through Halloween and Bonfire Night, and with the weather turning noticeably colder, it’s definitely time to break out the mulled wine, mince pies, spiced hot chocolate and the tinsel. It’s all seasonal systems go in Liverpool this year with a host of festive fun and yuletide jo
Iron Ladies the stars in Liverpool filmmakers' latest release
A film documentary which tells the story of the remarkable women who were part of the steely backbone of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike is set to receive a special screening in Liverpool this month. Iron Ladies will be shown at Picturehouse at FACT on November 20 followed by a special Q&A with Rose Hunter of the North Staffs Miners’ Wives Action Group, who is featured in the film, and moderator Abi O’Connor. Tickets are £14.85 for adults with concessions. In addition, there will
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