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.
Tuesday 19 May, 1pm & 2.45pm
We’re heading back through the musical mists of time to meet everyone’s favourite prehistoric pals… Together with presenter Claire Henry and musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, we’ll discover the dinosaurs that walked the Earth millions of years ago – and there’ll be lots of roarsome musical fun along the way!
Tickets for under-6 months are free but must be booked in advance with an adult ticket.
Direct from Carnegie Hall, New York and following a run of sell-out shows across the UK and Australia, join us for an incredible night of Queen Anthems, performed at the beautiful M&S Bank Arena, by candlelight.
Featuring a spectacular cast of West End Singers, accompanied by an epic live rock band, experience Queen as you have never heard them before.Featuring some of the most iconic songs of all time, including Bohemian Rhapsody, It’s a Kind of Magic, We Are The Champions, Who Wants to Live Forever and many more!The Show Must Go On! So, join us for this unforgettable experience guaranteed to Rock You!
After a barnstorming 2024 which saw Myra sell-out venues across the UK and Ireland with her critically acclaimed show ‘Be Well’, registered empath MYRA DUBOIS returns to the stage with her brand-new show “COSMIC EMPATH’.
The empath strikes BACK! Boldly caring where compassion has never cared before. An adventure giving you time (and space) to heal. When questioned on her upcoming tour, Ms DuBois stated:
“Most people would spend some time idling on the shores of some far off semi-private island after enduring the workload 2024 dumped on my plate, but not me! How could I desert my public, right as I need them most? I’ve consulted my own wellness guide, the very Reverend Dr Guru Malcolm, and he tells me that right now every star of the cosmos is looking at me with expectation. My new show COSMIC EMPATH” shan’t let them down!”
Cosmic Empath sees Myra DuBois questioning where her great gift for compassion comes from. Her up-bringing? Her ancestors? The COSMOS? Who can say? All we know is that with Myra’s trademark killer wit and a singing voice that’s truly like no-one else’s, it’s going to be out of this world!
Join Artist A & Artist B and Liverpool Shanty Choir for a live performance of their shanty songs and release of a limited edition 7” single with screen printed sleeve artwork.
Artist A & Artist B will introduce their practice and discuss ‘The Long Haul’, their new commission for Liverpool Independent’s Biennial exhibited in the Williamson’s Maritime Gallery and screen their film, The Surplus Badge, commissioned in 2023 for the British Textiles Biennial.
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7:30PM
Mona and Mimi is set over one evening in December 1961, a time of great social change “between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Beatles’ first LP”. The play presents a fictionalised encounter between two real women, Mona Best and Mimi Smith, who couldn’t be more unalike, with Mimi stuck in the the past and Mona embracing the future. Initially all they seem to have in common is that their boys play together in a Liverpool beat group. However, as the play develops, parallels between the two women emerge as both grapple with their personal struggles and the sacrifices inherent in raising a child.
Mona Best, mother of the group’s drummer Pete, is an unconventional woman. She has started a lucrative rock and roll club in the basement of her home and is at this point informally managing the group. Into her life storms Mimi Smith, aunt and guardian of John, the group’s guitarist and singer. Mimi is relentless in her determination to thwart her nephew’s dream to make it as a musician, an ambition she views with undisguised contempt. She goes to Mona’s house to thwart the signing of a contract with a local music entrepreneur, unaware of Mona’s role in nurturing the band.
Mona & Mimi is the first full length play by Catherine Leen (Bright Sparks) and is directed by Nick Bagnall. Mimi is played by Meriel Scholfield, Mona by Fiona Boylan and Neil by Noah Fox.
‘A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love’ – WB Yeats
List of team and cast:
Nick Bagnall – Director
Meriel Scholfield – Mimi
Fiona Boylan – Mona
Noah Fox – Neil
Catherine Leen – Writer/Producer
Xenia Bayer – Lighting & Sound Designer
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WYRM in association with QUARRY is pleased to present a performance from legendary Japanese snare drum artist RYOSUKE KIYASU. This performance will take place at Metal, located at Edge Hill Station, Liverpool.
Ryosuke Kiyasu has been active as a snare drum soloist since 2003 and is also known as a drummer in “SETE STAR SEPT”, “Kiyasu Orchestra”, Mr. Keiji Haino’s band “Fushitsusha”. He is also known as a founding member of The Endless Blockade in Canada.
His solo performances have been featured on BBC News (UK national broadcaster) and VICE Magazine, His performance in Berlin in 2018 was a big hit on social media with over 23 million views.
In 2022-2023, the world’s largest classical percussion festival “Überschlag Festival”, “Dr. Martens Fest 23”, “Outsider Art Festival” in Finland, and “Alternativa Festival” in the Czech Republic. He continues to travel around the world and perform in various places.
In 2023, at the Edinburgh Art Festival in England, a short movie of his snare drum performance by a British director was shown as an exhibition and became a topic of conversation.
He also released a collaborative work with the Swedish apparel brand “Our Legacy”. He has released more than 200 albums, both solo and with his band.
Remember when we use to rave into the wee hours? Want the euphoria of dancing with your arms high above your head to the best 90’s dance tracks, but don’t have a week to recover? Well the Great Great Grandmother of good times, Nana Funk and shapeshifter, meta-drag artist and Art-House Witch Dross have teamed together to bring you Nana’s Not Night-Time 90’s Rave at Future Yard on Sunday 7th September.
Burn off your breakfast and build up your appetite in time for tea with DJ extraordinaires, The Fat Britney and Chris Carney. 2pm – 7pm. Enough time to get your heart rate up, but not so long that your knees pack in!
This is an 18+ event. Tickets on sale now.
Featuring songs including: ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’, ‘Feed the Birds’, ‘Climb Ev’ry Mountain’, ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly’, ‘Do-Re-Mi’, ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’ and more!
Performers:
Richard Balcombe conductor
Graham Bickley, Katie Birtill and Kelly Mathieson vocalists
Julie Andrews’ career has spanned eight decades on the stage and screen, and along the way she’s starred in some of the world’s favourite films and musicals, created some of cinema’s most iconic characters, and earned an enviable collection of Hollywood’s greatest awards. Now, as this practically perfect national treasure celebrates her 90th birthday, the Orchestra and acclaimed vocalists bring you a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious evening of beloved songs from Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady and more.
Programme:
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Mark Simpson Hold Your Heart in Your Teeth, Concerto for viola and orchestra (UK premiere)
Graham Fitkin Metal
Debussy (arr. Wood) La cathédrale engloutie
Mussorgsky (arr. Wood) Pictures at an Exhibition
Performers:
Andrew Manze conductor
Timothy Ridout viola
Mists swirl over the Welsh borders, a drowned cathedral rises glistening from the deep, and in fairytale Russia, we hear sounds of immortal triumph. That’s just part of the journey that Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Manze has in store for us tonight – including a spectacular, rarely-heard version of Pictures at an Exhibition by the renowned Sir Henry Wood, featuring every one of the Orchestra’s famous collection of church bells. Liverpool composer and Artist in Residence Mark Simpson has some new stories of his own in a Merseyside debut for viola virtuoso Timothy Ridout and a UK premiere for the piece.
There will be a post-concert Question Time that starts 15 minutes after the concert ends (in the Music Room) with conductor Andrew Manze and viola player Timothy Ridout.