Could peace come after? After what? Who will we be?
Easter morning, 1916. Gunshots ring out in the Dublin streets. In her suburban sitting room Hannah prepares for revolution. While Frank walks through the crowds calling for peace, John walks through his nightmares of the trenches, sees a city soaked in blood. 18-year-old William fearfully reports to the barracks for duty, determined to serve the British army with honour. But can honour survive the chaos of conflict, and once unleashed can violence ever be contained?
Inspired by true events, this absorbing production weaves movement and live folk song in to a stirring tale of militarism, corruption and the power of rebellion.
£10-20.
Showing Thurs 25, Fri 26 and Sat 27 Oct, the latter with post-show Q&A session.
To Have to Shoot Irishmen is supported by Arts Council England, Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust and Unity Theatre Trust.
Fresh from his Irish tour in summer 2018, Conleth is a Kelly’s and LIF regular.
This year has seen some incredible success, with almost 600k views of his YouTube version of Grace.
According to Irish mythology, Samhain (like Beltane) was a time when the doorways to the otherworld opened, allowing supernatural beings and the souls of the dead to come into our world. Whilst Beltane was a summer festival for the living, Samhain exists as a festival for the dead.
Celebrate this Samhain with Conleth!
…and the votes for women campaign in Britain and Ireland
The first wave of the feminist movement was based on a single issue – securing votes for women. This may seem like a straightforward feminist campaign in modern times. However, this talk demonstrates that in Ireland this was a complex political issue tied to ideologies of nationalism and unionism. Tracing the story of Countess Markievicz, the first woman elected to both the House of Commons and Dail Eireann (government of Ireland), we will see the complex and intriguing connections between the suffrage movements in Ireland and England.
Sonja Tiernan is an Associate Professor of Modern History and the Head of History and Politics at Liverpool Hope University. She has published widely on the histories of gender and sexuality in Modern Ireland and Britain.
Delivered in partnership with National Museums Liverpool.
Image: Countess Markievitcz (c) Jim Fitzpatrick, (detail only).
Could peace come after? After what? Who will we be?
Easter morning, 1916. Gunshots ring out in the Dublin streets. In her suburban sitting room Hannah prepares for revolution. While Frank walks through the crowds calling for peace, John walks through his nightmares of the trenches, sees a city soaked in blood. 18-year-old William fearfully reports to the barracks for duty, determined to serve the British army with honour. But can honour survive the chaos of conflict, and once unleashed can violence ever be contained?
Inspired by true events, this absorbing production weaves movement and live folk song in to a stirring tale of militarism, corruption and the power of rebellion.
£10-20.
Showing Thurs 25, Fri 26 and Sat 27 Oct, the latter with post-show Q&A session.
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To Have to Shoot Irishmen is supported by Arts Council England, Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust and Unity Theatre Trust.
Two traditional fiddlers come together to celebrate the musical links between Ireland, Liverpool and Lancashire and a history of shared tunes and dances.
£10.
Set in the midst of ‘The Troubles’, Rat in the Skull centres on an interview between a Royal Ulster Constabulary inspector and a young Catholic man in London detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Told from the point of view of an Ulster Protestant, it casts a new perspective on the struggle. Their sectarian differences fall away when confronted with ‘casual loathing’ of their English counterparts.
See a feature in the Broadway World, here.
£15/£12.
The production is a partnership between Bardic Theatre (County Tyrone, NI) and the Liverpool Irish Festival and helps us to mark 20 years of the Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998. It has been supported by the Mid Ulster Council, Arts Council England and St George’s Hall.
It’s 2018. Stormont is down.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are tied up in government with the Tories. GB is about to crash out of the EU. Polls show London and Dublin would rather the other deal with Northern Ireland, whilst international headlines scream ‘medieval province’. Hardly great craic!
So, when an unexpected discovery changes the fortunes of Ulster, will people be ready for the emergence of Northern Ireland as a global superpower? Inspired by the infamous daily radio phone-in The Nolan Show, ‘The Biggest Show in The Country is a dark musical comedy that swaps guns, bombs and bullets for glitter, banter and ballads, whilst exploring what it means to be Northern Irish in 2018, 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement.
This is a rehearsed reading of the script, not a full production. It is an opportunity to see artists at work and get an early insight in to the theatre making process.
In a change to early listings- this event will now take place at 11am NOT 3pm. We apologise for any confusion.
£3.
IndieCork Film Festival is a platform for new and emerging filmmaking talent and these programmes are a useful showcase of emerging Irish voices.
In the first of two curated programmes, each direct from IndieCork 2018, this night of shorts shows a wealth of talented filmmakers and their current preoccupations , covering a range of genres; drama, comedy, documentary, animation and experimental film. There’s even a charming pop promo for Fan Liom (Wait With Me) sung by Lasairfhíona de Brún.
Mick Hannigan will host the evening and introduce a new filmmaker to talk about their work.
We also recommend booking for IndieCork: New Irish Shorts from Women followed by the IndieCork feature, on Tues 23 Oct 2018 (see listings).
Supported by the Culture Ireland GB18 programme and Arts Council England and presented in partnership with Picture House at FACT.
Image: still from Fan Liom (detail only).
Unhook your mindbras.
David O’Doherty is back on tour with a brand-new show made up of talking and songs played on a crappy keyboard from 1986. As seen on BBC2’s Live At The Apollo and Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
This event is presented by Liverpool Everyman as part of the Liverpool Irish Festival
Lankum return to the Liverpool Irish Festival having played as Lynched in 2016.
A four-piece traditional folk group from Dublin, Lankum combine distinctive four-part vocal harmonies with arrangements of uilleann pipes, concertina, Russian accordion, fiddle and guitar. Their repertoire spans humorous Dublin music-hall ditties and street-songs; classic ballads from the Traveller tradition; traditional Irish and American dance tunes and their own original material.
A feast for the ears, the quick banter and troubadour spirit is keen in this group.
£15 + 7.5% booking fee.
Presented by Liverpool Philharmonic for #LIF2018.
Image (c) Aidan Kelly Murphy, 2016 (detail only).
