Join us on the third Monday of every month for an afternoon of live music and entertainment provided by Sefton Opera (Sefton Older Persons Enabling Resource & Action) featuring Elvis, music from resident band Memory Lane and a variety of dance routines from The Bootle Belles. Plus variety acts and special guests.
These events are aimed at the over 50s, with plenty of chance to get up and dance or to spectate and socialise.
We welcome the line-dancers, armchair hand wavers, jivers and the everything in-betweens to meet new friends and join in the fun.
So join us for a great time, show off your moves and raise some funds for Sefton Opera.
The Stronger Together project is back at Squash Cafe (112-114 Windsor Street, L8 8EQ) 9am-10am, July31st with Maxine Brown!! The project is about creating safe and creative spaces for women of different backgrounds to express themselves, improve their health & wellbeing and reduce isolation and develop their skills
These inclusive free community classes are for women seeking asylum and refugees, women with mental health illness, low-income/ single-parent/ carer families and local women who would benefit from these sessions
Maxine has a wealth of experience as a community dance leader and specializes in African and Caribbean dance and somatic movement.
We support participants with travel expenses and also provide refreshments
Practical –
For more info contact rosanne@movema.co.ukor phone (Tues – Thurs 10am – 4pm) – 07548365869
Dance theatre company Thick & Tight presents their award-winning show Natural Behaviour, a collection of performed portraits of human and non-human life forms.
Somewhere between a variety show and a biology essay come alive, Natural Behaviour is a queer look at what it means to be natural or unnatural, highlighting the essential role of diversity in all life.
Thick & Tight’s distinctive mixture of dance, satire, impersonation and poetry aims for the outrageous, the beautiful, the hilarious and the profound.
The line-up in this evening includes two moths, a pantomime horse, the dust in Quentin Crisp’s room, some flies on the wall, a lamenting songbird, a blade of grass and a lesbian seagull.
Thick & Tight’s co-directors Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry are joined by a cast of remarkable dance artists; Annie Edwards (Candoco), Azara Meghie (Ray Young, Talawa) and Jahmarley Bachelor (Punchdrunk). Natural Behaviour is designed by Tim Spooner, Pam Tait, Darren Evans and Nao Nagai.
“Deft, funny and utterly absorbing, a ravishing selection of short dance pieces that make their points about queerness and inclusivity with wit, passion and power. It’s fabulous.”
The Observer
“This is a show that’s rich, thoughtful, ridiculous and quite wonderful…hugely poignant and hugely silly”
★ ★ ★ ★ The Guardian
“A unique piece of art, thoughtful, considered, and unassuming”
★ ★ ★ ★ London Theatre
Natural Behaviour was awarded Achievement in Dance at the UK Theatre Awards 2025 and ranked no.1 Best Dance Show in the Guardian for 2025.
Natural Behaviour is co-commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, Lowry, Royal Ballet & Opera, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Corali Dance Company and Duckie. It is supported by Britten Pears Arts, BalletBoyz, Dansox, Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance and One Legged Dog.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Join us in Church Square, St Helens for a day of outdoor entertainment the whole family will love!
All absolutely FREE and all absolutely WONDERFUL
Featuring:
Katumba Celebrate diversity, wellbeing and mindfulness with the huge infectious rhythms, bold visuals and serious crowd energy. You’ll be wowed by the performance then have the opportunity to interact and dance as you lose yourself in the rhythm with Liverpool based Katumba.
HUG by Levantes DanceTheatreHUG & HUG EXPERIENCE is a vibrant outdoor contemporary circus theatre performance and living installation that promises to engage audiences in a unique exploration of relationships – between people, objects and the environment that surrounds us.
Through a fusion of aerial dance, physical theatre and striking visuals, the audience is invited to rediscover the power of touch, connection and the simple act of a hug. HUG is supported by Without Walls and commissioned by Ensemble Festival, Brighton Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival. Supported by Centre 151. Supported by 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space.
Touch, explore, and join in as all that glitters unfolds before your very eyes.
In a long-forgotten room, two people find friendship, joy and treasures that turn from ordinary to extraordinary.
Dance company Turned On Its Head makes exciting participatory theatre for early years, taking children on a creative adventure, engaging audiences and encouraging lots of Christmas family interaction. Treat your little one to some Christmas magic this December, and you’ll find a world that sparkles and dazzles at your fingertips!
Shiny Christmas is a Turned On Its Head production, supported by Arts Council England, produced in partnership with Z-arts and commissioned by Wonder Arts.
Where: Spirix, Silk Street, Leigh WN7 1AW
Times: 10:00am, 12:15pm & 2:15pm
Age Guidance: 6 months – 4 year olds
Length: 50 minutes
Price: £3.50 single | £12 Group ticket (4 people)
Parking: Parking is free on weekends and can be found at Spanning Gate and Lord Street
Touch, explore, and join in as all that glitters unfolds before your very eyes.
In a long-forgotten room, two people find friendship, joy and treasures that turn from ordinary to extraordinary.
Dance company Turned On Its Head makes exciting participatory theatre for early years, taking children on a creative adventure, engaging audiences and encouraging lots of Christmas family interaction. Treat your little one to some Christmas magic this December, and you’ll find a world that sparkles and dazzles at your fingertips!
Shiny Christmas is a Turned On Its Head production, supported by Arts Council England, produced in partnership with Z-arts and commissioned by Wonder Arts.
Where: Deafness Resource Centre, WA10 2QB
Times: 10:00am, 12:15pm & 2:15pm
Age Guidance: 6 months – 4 year olds
Length: 50 minutes
Price: £3.50 single | £12 Group ticket (4 people)
Parking:Street parking is available on roads behind venue.
An evening of exciting and fresh new music from the young musicians and bands on our New Noise programme. Come and check out what our ‘new noisers’ have been working on over the past 3 months. Expect Pop, Rock, Punk, Grunge, Acoustic, Metal and everything in between! All ticket proceeds will go back into supporting our New Noise programme and will help us continue to deliver innovative and engaging music sessions with local young people.
Merseyside Social Dance CIC presents Social Dance Lab: Latin Roots — a new beginner-friendly social dance night at Future Yard. Taking place on Friday 17 July, this first event is all about creating a welcoming, low-pressure space to try partner dancing, meet new people and enjoy a social night of music and movement in Birkenhead. The evening will combine relaxed beginner-friendly classes with social dancing afterwards, making it open both to complete newcomers and to dancers who simply want a friendly night out. Inspired by Latin social dance and related partner dance styles, Social Dance Lab is focused on connection, confidence and participation rather than performance, with the longer-term aim of building a welcoming and community-minded social dance space in Merseyside.
Internationally acclaimed choreographer Jasmin Vardimon returns with a groundbreaking new production that resonates with the emotional depth of her 2003 breakthrough work Lullaby. That seminal piece, set in a hospital ward, established her as an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells and won her numerous awards.
Now, she revisits and expands that world with a bold new production. Against the backdrop of a cold, clinical hospital landscape, Vardimon explores the emotional highs and lows of human life with her trademark fusion of wit, raw honesty, and visceral theatricality.
As Susan Sontag reminds us: “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick…”
This work embraces that universal truth, confronting it with striking imagery and deeply human storytelling.
www.jasminvardimon.com
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