Event type: Performance

Cathy Waller Company | You and Us

What does invisibility mean to you? You and Us asks why we hide parts of ourselves to fit in, and what it might mean to be fully seen. What began with Cathy’s personal experience of invisible disability, grew into a collaboration unravelling the stories of hundreds of people and challenging the unwritten rules of belonging. 

Featuring emotionally charged dance performance against an original, pulsing soundtrack created by the MOBO award winning Lewis Wright. 

Presented as part of The Angel Field Festival in partnership with Liverpool Hope University. Part of Leap Dance Festival 2026 leapfestival.co.uk/shows

 

 

Phoenix Dance Theatre | Interplay

A powerful mixed bill showcasing work by internationally renowned choreographers, this compelling evening of dance places creative collaboration at its core, and explores themes of duality and the fusion of distinct artistic voices. Featuring duet and ensemble works, each piece offers a bold and dynamic interplay between contrasting perspectives, celebrating the beauty of shared vision and artistic exchange. 

Choreography by James Pett & Travis Clausen-Knight, Ed Myhill, and Marcus Jarrell Willis & Yusha-Marie Sorzano.

 Part of Leap Dance Festival 2026 

 

 

 

 

The Recurrence of You

 

The Recurrence of You is a brand-new collaboratively-written play by six St Helens writers.

On Sunday March 29th at 7pm Arts in Libraries will be sharing a rehearsed script-in-hand reading of the play with a conversation after (with tea and biscuits) about how the play was made and why writing a play is different to other forms of story-telling. They can also chat about the play, of course.

Venue: Chester Lane Library

 

The John Smith Show

 

 

John’s show is full of big visual jokes, real Deaf experiences and strong Deaf identity. He shares funny stories about everyday life, family, school and the challenges of living in a hearing world.

The show is lively, bold and full of Deaf humour that everyone can enjoy—Deaf and hearing.

BSL access

Venue: Chester Lane Library

 

 

Pixiematosis

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.

“We loved Pixiematosis and people still talk about how brilliant it was.”Jack Robson – Crediton Arts Centre

Venue: Moss Bank Library

Sonalux Presents: Music For 8 Colours

 

Last year, 4 R&D projects were chosen for the Grass Roots Music Venue Innovation call, launched with CoSTAR National Lab, in partnership with MusicFutures, and supported by Music Venue Trust.

The aim – to discover innovative ways to bring artists, grass roots venues, and audiences closer together, building a more equitable future for UK live music.Now audiences are invited to these shows, to showcase these pilots and the fantastic musicians that will make these experiences come to life.Step into the future of grass roots music performances with four groundbreaking immersive experiences that blur the lines between stage, audience, and digital worlds.

 

Sonalux Presents: Music For 8 Colours

Thursday 12th March – 7pm, District, Liverpool

In collaboration with pianist and singer-songwriter Jack Joy, immersive innovators Sonalux present a one-off spatial live performance. With Jack Joy positioned at the centre of the venue, sound will move through eight spatialised speakers as synchronised lighting transforms the room into a living spectrum of colour. Inspired by the original eight-colour Pride flag, each colour becomes its own musical and emotional world – building towards a breathtaking chromatic finale where all eight converge. A powerful, immersive celebration of sound, identity and connection.

 

 

Studio Tonto Presents: Tele Sync

Last year, 4 R&D projects were chosen for the Grass Roots Music Venue Innovation call, launched with CoSTAR National Lab, in partnership with MusicFutures, and supported by Music Venue Trust.

The aim – to discover innovative ways to bring artists, grass roots venues, and audiences closer together, building a more equitable future for UK live music.Now audiences are invited to these shows, to showcase these pilots and the fantastic musicians that will make these experiences come to life.Step into the future of grass roots music performances with four groundbreaking immersive experiences that blur the lines between stage, audience, and digital worlds.

 

Studio Tonto Presents: Tele Sync

Thursday 26th March – 7pm, Kapsule, Liverpool

Studio Tonto presents Tele Sync – an ambitious new technology developed in collaboration with electronic duo Those Holy and grassroots venue Kapsule. Tele Sync creates interactive digital portals across the city, connecting audiences in real time through promotion, telepresence, games and live broadcast. For this special event, Those Holy will perform inside a fully immersive, in-the-round audiovisual installation. The show will be broadcast live to portal locations city-wide, featuring adapted hardware and Kapsule’s hand-built PA from Sun Palace Soundsystems. This is more than a gig – it’s a networked live experience reimagining how cities connect through music.

Mersey Swing Smackdown 2026

 

The Smackdown, now in it’s 12th year, is a one day dance extravaganza right here in Liverpool! Featuring a day of workshops, an evening of social dancing and performances and one hell of an after party. 

Although we specialise in Jazz and Swing dancing here at Mersey Swing, the Smackdown is a chance for us to explore what the rest of the dance world has to offer. In the past, we’ve had Locking, Afro Beat, Flamenco, Tap, Breaking and so much more. So click on our website to see what this year’s event has in store.

 

 

 

Peter’s Field: A Folk Chronicle of Peterloo

Peter’s Field is an epic musical chronicle that tells the story of one of the most important days in working class history.  

On 16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered in the centre of Manchester. Many had walked miles to be there from all across Lancashire. They went to hear the famous radical speaker Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt who called for working people to have the vote. They were unarmed and peaceful. Local magistrates sent in the yeomanry cavalry and 15th Hussars to disperse the crowd and arrest Hunt. At least 18 people were killed and hundreds injured in the murderous scenes that followed. Women were deliberately targeted. It became known as the Peterloo Massacre. 

The magistrates and military were completely exonerated, and it would be 100 years until working people had the vote.   

Peter’s Field is born from years of research and comprises 19 original songs written by Sean Cooney, performed with Rowan Rheingans and Sam Carter, alongside a compelling spoken narrative derived from hundreds of eyewitness accounts. 

The show comes to the Music Room on Sunday 15th March with two performances – 3pm and 8pm.

Murder Mystery: ‘Til Death Do Us Part

From the creators of The Atkinson’s sell out Murder Mystery ‘Murder Under The Spotlight’ comes another DBY Interactive crime solving show. And this summer we are going back to the 80s! 

Is there a more perfect way to celebrate love than to witness the union of cupids dream couple?

Its the summer of 1985 and you are invited to the wedding of the year! The holy matrimony of  Andrew Sassin and Maria Fox. Witness on as they declare their undying love for one another, swearing to live together in sickness and in health, and forgetting the past… but sometimes it is the past that cannot forget you.

Dust off your shoulder pads and back comb them perms because you need to look drop dead gorgeous for this explosive wedding reception. 

Show type and themes: 1980s, comedy, wedding theme, crime solving, murder mystery.

Guests are encouraged to dress in 1980s / wedding reception attire. 

Due to some references this performance is suitable for ages 12+