The Royal Court Variety Lunch Club runs throughout the year with matinee performances in the main theatre. Variety Lunch Club is open to anyone who wants to enjoy an afternoon of entertainment, a bowl of Scouse and a cup of tea all in the very best company. Tickets are just £4 or £7.50 including a bowl of finest home-made Scouse with bread roll and red cabbage. There is a special discount for groups with a free ticket for every 10th person (please call Box Office for details).Variety Lunch Club features the best in local entertainment with a variety of comedians, actors, singers and entertainers. Performers such as Pauline Daniels, Pete Price, Eithne Browne and Sean Styles have already made an appearance and the whole proceedings are compered by one of Liverpool’s brightest comedy stars, Sam Avery.Performance InformationStalls tickets are available with a bowl of Scouse for an extra £3.50.Tickets are available for the show alone in stalls, circle and balcony.If you are bringing a large group, every tenth ticket is free. Please call the box office on 0151 709 4321 to book.
Please note – the bar will close 15 minutes before the advertised start time.
Discover more about the Lady Lever Art Gallery and the world-renowned paintings on display on our fascinating tour.
The tour will recount the history of the gallery. Our guides will take you through our exemplary collection of Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite paintings, uncovering the secrets behind some of the artworks on display.
Highlights include Bubbles and The Black Brunswicker by Millais, Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, alongside paintings by other masters including Turner and Burne-Jones.
Tour details
Tours are available Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11am and 2pm, subject to availability. Please check tour availability when you arrive. For group bookings please contact our Box Office by email tickets@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk or phone on 0151 478 4444 (10am-5pm).
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The first Upside Down House in the north is arriving to Liverpool. Whether you are planning a family day out or getting together with friends, let your imagination run wild and try the unique photo experience that defies gravity! Upside Down House is a fun and unique museum of illusions attraction, not only for the kids but adults too.
With unbelievable photo opportunities and brand new spaces that have never been seen, visitors of Liverpool will have the opportunity to fill their camera rolls and capture unforgettable memories. Customers can enjoy boogieing in a disco inspired kitchen or living out their Rock’n Roll dreams. Apart from exploring a house turned upside down, visitors will be able to explore exclusive rooms to Liverpool including the clouds of Candy Land and to play a retro Pac-Man arcade game!
Be the first to visit the Upside Down House at Liverpool ONE on Thomas Steers Way, next to the Liverpool Sign and opposite John Lewis & Partners.
Find out more: www.liverpool-one.com/leisure/upside-down-house/
Join the team in this new opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing visitors to join a tour of their wonderful transport collections, led by a deaf guide.
For the tour on 19 April only the British Sign Language guide will be interpreted so that hearing visitors can accompany their deaf or hard of hearing friends and family on the tour.
The tour is free but places are limited so please book your ticket early.
Family memory strolls are guided visits in the Museum of Liverpool, which connect people through conversations about Liverpool’s past.
On a memory stroll you can explore Liverpool icons like the Overhead Railway, known as the dockers’ umbrella, Blackie the rocking horse, or the Colomendy totem pole. Bring a friend or loved one to share memories with, and create some new ones together.
Each stroll is facilitated by a friendly member of our House of Memories team but led by the conversations and stories shared within the group. As a dementia-friendly session these strolls will use the displays within the Museum of Liverpool to help you bring memories of Liverpool to life.
Family memory strolls last about one hour and can accommodate up to 20 people. For groups larger than 4 people please email learning@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk to book a private date with our team.
The Museum of Liverpool is fully accessible and we welcome visitors who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids to join our memory strolls. Please visit their access page for further information to help prepare for your visit.
Tickets are free and need to be booked in advance. Please let them know if you have booked but can no longer attend so that someone else can have your ticket.
The times of memory strolls varies as follows:
- 23 May at 1pm
- 25 July at 1pm
Join the team in the atrium at Museum of Liverpool from 1.30-3.30pm on selected Sundays for live open mic performances.
They invite young people aged 16-24 to perform at the Museum of Liverpool for Future Voices: open mic events.
Use our atrium as a safe space to perform music, poetry, comedy, spoken words, drama, storytelling or anything creative. They welcome individuals and groups.
Please complete this form if you would like to take part.
You can contact youngpeople@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk for more information.
What’s your dream festival line up? Make your own posters featuring all your favourite musicians in this family friendly printmaking session!
Sun 25 May, 1-1.45pm & 2-2.45pm
With the help of our expert facilitators, you’ll learn all about screen printing, and even be able to pull your own screens to create your own festival posters to take away with you.
They have two sessions available:Session 1: 1pm – 1.45pmSession 2: 2pm – 2.45pm
Suitable for all ages
£5 per child, booking required
As part of the Bluecoat’s Big Music Weekend, they’re hosting an exciting open mic session in their iconic secret garden to showcase incredible new musicians and performers in Liverpool.
Whether your new to open mic’s, a seasoned performer looking to test out new songs, or simply looking to relax and listen to great new music, all are invited to come along and share their talents in a warm and inclusive environment.
Sign up is required to perform.
Sat 24 May, 12-4pmFree, drop in
Discover the history of music events at the Bluecoat! Browse a selection of posters, programmes and more from our archive with the Bluecoat’s Director of Cultural Legacies, Bryan Biggs.
They’re interested to hear your own Bluecoat stories and how you’d like to make use of the archive, including online through their Library.
Sat 24 May, 11am-4pmFree, drop in
In May, we celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day! Kindling Farm invite you to mark this annual celebration by joining us for a Dawn Chorus Walk.
You will be guided by ecologist and long term volunteer at Kindling Farm, Andrea Sarkissian who will help you identify the sights and sounds of the birds they have on site. Andrea has been carrying out regular bird surveys here at the farm and will share her wealth of knowledge about the activity and habitats she has discovered.
The walks will start promptly at 8am. Join them from the earlier time of 7.30pm for coffee and a sweet breakfast treat!
Please bring binoculars if you have them and a small notebook to write down your findings (they will have some for people to use).
This activity is aimed at beginners and can be suitable for all ages. However, please be mindful that it does involve walking across uneven ground for over an hour and being quite quiet so that we don’t scare the birds away, so it might not suit everyone!
They suggest wearing sturdy, waterproof footwear – walking boots are ideal. As this event is an early start, it may be a bit chilly so please dress accordingly. And of course, we never can trust the weather so it’s best to bring a waterproof!
You must register to come to this event as facilities and parking are limited.
