3pm & 7pm
An Acoustic Evening with Skinny Living
Skinny Living are a three-piece English indie-soul band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The band is made up of guitarist Will Booth, Belfast-born vocalist Ryan Johnston and guitarist Danny Hepworth.
Event type: Performance
Waiting For Godot
Matthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play – in which absolutely nothing happens.
Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait for someone who may never come. As they pass the time with scraps of conversation, moments of tenderness and flashes of dark humour, their story becomes a moving reflection on what it means to keep going in a world that rarely offers answers.
Beckett’s timeless play endures as one of the defining works of the 20th century and returns to our stage in all its strange, funny and heart-breaking brilliance. Darkly comic and deeply moving, Waiting for Godot is a profound exploration of what it means to be human – even when the waiting never ends.
Pixiematosis – The Object Project
7:30pm
Everything was perfect in the midnight garden. The flowers grew, the fairies flew, the grobbity grobbits danced a merry dance in the twinkly moonlight. Then one day, without warning, the deranged gardener from next door threw the shed door wide, and let loose the massive-evil pitchfork-of-doom!
PIXIEMATOSIS is a happy/sad tale of tiny extraordinary creatures living in a nocturnal paradise who realise, far too late, that they are being exploited for a distinctly sinister purpose.
Featuring sqwonky puppets, odd-automata and a slew of charity-shop rejects, PIXIEMATOSIS is not unlike watching a lost episode of Bagpuss, filmed by the Tales of the Unexpected crew… or witnessing Fingermouse being folded up and used to stop a pub table wobbling.
Come along, be charmed, be appalled; get swept up in the existential madness of it all, Plus Meet the puppets on stage after the performance!
“We loved Pixiematosis and people still talk about how brilliant it was.”
Jack Robson – Crediton Arts Centre
“There is a lot of love in this show. Surprises delightful and traumatic. Laughter and horror. I highly recommend it.”
Audience member – Ashburton Arts Centre
The Team
Marc Parrett – Writer, director, designer, performer
Nicole Colbert – Director, technician, creative support
Ione Vaughan – Associate Producer
BOOK LAUNCH: ‘INTO THE WYLD: RE-IMAGINING SIR GAWAIN & THE GREEN KNIGHT’
Saturday 13 September 2025 / 5.30pm – 9pm / Open Eye Gallery / free, RSVP
Join us to celebrate the launch of the official catalogue capturing the creative journey of the artists involved with the Material Matters collective’s five-month residency Into the Wyld that thrilled audiences at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead in 2024.
Into the Wyld:Re-imagining Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the comprehensive official catalogue record of the project, featuring vivid visual documentation and a series of specially commissioned essays, new creative writing, poetry, and full transcripts of selected performances. This strictly limited edition of 150 copies will retail at £35 but guests to the launch event on the 13th September 2025 can benefit from a special early bird price of £25.
The launch event will also include a re-screening of selected works by Material Matters artists specially created for the Into the Wyld exhibitions and a live performance.
Event times
11am – 8.30pm: Into the Wyld installation to view on Digital Window Gallery in Mann Island atrium space. Works: The Three Blows: A View on Life and Death (2024) + Cleave | Cleave (2024) respectively by Material Matters artists Angelo Madonna and John Elcock
5.30pm: event starts
5.40pm: welcome talks
6pm – 8.30pm: film screenings
8.30pm – 9pm: Angelo Madonna performance Bod_j_ect: Conversations and Songs Re-enacted (atrium space).
Film running order
The Three Blows: A View Of Life and Death Front (2024) by Material Matters artist Angelo Madonna
Act III – Interspecies: The Fairies (2024) by Material Matters artist Silvia Battista
Green Chapel (2024) by Material Matters
Act II: The Knights of the 21st Century (2024) by Material Matters artist Silvia Battista
Bod_j_ect: Conversations and Songs (2022) by Material Matters artist Angelo Madonna
In a Flat Field (2024) by Material Matters artist Patric Rogers
Soft Combat (2024) by Material Matters artist Patric Rogers with Craig Sinclair and Piotr Marchewka
Act I: Moons Lullaby For Humans (2024) by Material Matters artist Silvia Battista
By Flete (2024) by Anna jane Houghton & Abbie Bradshaw
Love Lace (2024) by by Material Matters artist Angelo Madonna
The Three Blows: A View Of Life and Death (2024) by Material Matters artist Angelo Madonna
The publication will be available to purchase throughout the evening.
Into the Wyld was produced in partnership with Wirral Borough of Culture 2024 and Liverpool Hope University. For 2025 we thank Patrick Kirk-Smith with the Independents Biennial and the Open Eye Gallery for supporting the launch of the publication Into the Wyld: Re-imagining Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Material Matters is an artists’ collective founded in 2018 and engaged in artistic and curatorial practices that explore the inter-relationship between materiality, aesthetics and performativity under a collaborative praxis we call emotional minimalism: the agency of materiality to elicit human emotions when enacted in devised spaces under modulated conditions.
The Idea of God | Milap Festival
7:30pm
THE IDEA OF GOD
A solo Bharatanatyam performance by Dr. Apoorva Jayaraman
Is He the creator, or is He my creation? Does God reside in art, or is art a path to the divine? Do I seek Him, or is She already within me?
The Idea of God is a full-length solo Bharatanatyam performance that traverses Indian thought and literature — from the ancient Vedas and Sangam texts to revolutionary writing of the 21st century.
Through a series of powerful and rarely explored narratives, this evocative performance probes the evolving idea of the divine in Indian philosophy.
Blending classical rigour with contemporary insight, Dr. Apoorva Jayaraman invites audiences to reflect on where the divine truly resides — in form, in feeling, or within the self. This is not simply a recital, but a layered enquiry into the many ways we imagine God.
Dancing the Divine | Milap Festival
7:30pm
Conceived and performed by Sanjukta Sinha
Inspired by the timeless figure of Krishna, Dancing the Divine is a journey through love, longing, and surrender — a personal exploration of devotion, presence, and the unseen.
In this intimate solo, Sanjukta Sinha draws from recent work that reflects a quiet, internal dialogue with the idea of the divine — however one may imagine it. Krishna never appears, yet his essence is felt in every movement and stillness.
Through Kathak, Sanjukta asks: Can love exist without form? Can absence still hold presence?
This is not a retelling of myths, but a living inquiry — an experience where the dancer becomes the seeker, the beloved, the question itself. The stage becomes a space to experience something beyond words — whatever that may mean to you.
Under-5s Concerts: Magic Forest
Saturday 21 February, 1pm & 2.45pm
Join presenter Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as they take you on a journey through an enchanted forest. Claire might need your help casting some spells along the way!
Tickets for under-6 months are free but must be booked in advance with an adult ticket.
Under-5s Concerts: Blast Off
Wednesday 12 November, 11am, 1pm & 2.45pm
Help astronaut Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra to power the rocket and blast off into space! We’ve lined up a concert full of exciting space music and our audience will be very busy helping to make the launch a success.
Tickets for under-6 months are free but must be booked in advance with an adult ticket.
Family Concert: Woodland Wanderers
Sunday 8 March 2026 2:30pm
Programme to include: Beethoven Symphony No.6, ‘Pastoral’: Movement 1Dai Wei The Dancing MoonlightVaughan Williams The Wasps, OvertureMusic from Brave
Lucy Drever presenterCharlotte Corderoy conductorKate Labno BSL Interpreter
Muddy puddles, creepy crawlies, and maybe even a few furry friends – follow the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra as they set off on a magical, musical nature trail. Whether it’s the bottom of the garden, or the woods round the corner, there’s always something to discover when you step into nature, and today our Orchestra brings the outdoors inside with a spectacular showcase of works inspired by the countryside. So put on your wellies, and let’s have an adventure!
Family concerts are designed for 5-10 year olds, but all the family are welcome!
*Please note that BSL Interpretation will be provided at this performance – please contact our Box Office on 0151 709 3789 to book suitable seats.
Family Concert: Santa’s Christmas Party
Saturday 20 December, 11.30am & 2.30pm
Sunday 21 December, 2.30pm
Alasdair Malloy presenterEllie Slorach conductorLiverpool Philharmonic Children’s ChoirsKate Labno BSL Interpreter*
There’s only a few sleeps to go until the big day, but Santa Claus is getting ready to throw his little elves an absolute cracker of a Christmas party – and of course you’re invited! With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and our Children’s Choirs providing a sparkling soundtrack, get ready for seasonal singalongs, plenty of dancing, and fun and games galore in this family festive extravaganza. RSVP as soon as you can – Santa can’t wait to see you there!
Family concerts are designed for 5-10 year olds, but all the family are welcome!
*Please note that BSL Interpretation will be provided at the 2.30pm performance on Saturday 20 December.