Event type: Performance

Nana Funk’s Christmas Party

Now a staple of the festive season Downstairs at the Everyman presents a Christmas party not to be missed.

Following last Christmas’s festive delights, Nana Funk, Liverpool’s favourite all singing, all dancing Nana (me), will be lighting up Downstairs at the Everyman once more with some slightly dusty Christmas Sparkle.

Join her for an evening of chats, songs and laughing. It’ll be like Wogan, if Wogan was a Nana with a questionable hip and mysterious past. And that’s not all! There will, of course, be some very special guests…to be announced nearer the time. This is one not to be missed.

Totally Tina

The Award-winning Tina Turner Spectacular! 

Come shake a tail feather with the UK’s supreme Tina – Justine Riddoch – and her talented cast. This breathtaking recreation of a live Tina Turner concert celebrates the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’s incredible songbook.

Early hits, including Proud Mary, River Deep – Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits, earned Tina a no-holds-barred reputation for fearsome live performances. While Eighties anthems We Don’t Need Another Hero, Simply the Best, What’s Love Got to Do With It, I Don’t Wanna Lose You, and When the Heartache is Over propelled the songstress to stadium concert stardom.

Supported by her fabulous band, and dazzling dancing girls in sequins, feathers and diamonds, Justine recreates those famed live performances.

The SUPREME Tina, a regular National Tribute Awards winner since 2013, Justine’s got the looks, she’s got the moves, she’s definitely got those legs, but most of all, she’s got THE voice.

Join an army of loyal fans for a truly authentic, fun-packed musical spectacular!  

 

National Tribute Music Awards Winner:

Best Choreography

Best Female Artist

Best Sound, Lighting and Production

Plus Lifetime Achievement Award

An Absurdist Play Set On A Boat

 

A passenger wakes up on a ship with no idea who they are or where they are going. Their seemingly simple quest for answers becomes increasingly difficult as they discover that no one else on the boat knows where they are going either, but they don’t seem to care.   A serious comedy, Unity are delighted to be collaborating on this R&D.   A Work in progress sharing

 

Absurdist Theatre Workshop

 

 

Alongside the Work In Progress sharing of his new play ‘An Absurdist Play Set on A Boat’, Liam will be delivering a workshop exploring absurdism in theatre.

In this workshop we will delve deeper into the use of non-narrative theatre. ‘An Absurdist Play Set on A Boat’ was written to have no traditional structure and contains no direct message or meaning, making it completely open to interpretation. We will explore the text and absurdism in general looking at how one play can encompass a wide range of interpretations that reflect many voices from diverse backgrounds. It will also be a chance to chat to Liam about his process throughout the R&D of his play.

The workshop will be delivered by Liam D. Gillies and Alice Bunker Whitney.

Please let us know in advance if you have any specific access requirements we can support you with.

 

 

Wonder in the Street 2026

 

 

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 Dance TheatreHUG & 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.

HUG Image Credit – Roswitha Chesher

 

 

Shiny Christmas

 

 

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.

 

Shiny Christmas at Spirix, Leigh

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

Lightstreams

Lumenis Theatre presents

LIGHTSTREAMS

by Mary Mazzilli

Maurice and Hermia a migrant married couple make their home in the UK.

Maurice is very proud of working as a care worker in an elderly care-home. Hermia, instead, struggles with motherhood and caring for their two-year-old alone but has found a friend in Darya, a woman in her late 70s, a resident of the care home also a migrant. When during a period of global crisis Maurice is forced to choose between his family and having to live in the care home where he works, he tries to keep his marriage and the relationship with his two-year old son afloat.

Four years later, with further restrictions looming for migrant care workers, Maurice and Hermia take stock of their life choices.

A passionate play about a family, and their choices during a global crisis inspired by real life testimonies voices the human stories behind migration when the world is against them.

 

Suitable for age 14+.

Please note that this play contains themes that some viewers may find upsetting.

Sound Objects: Rie Nakajima + Pierre Berthet / Rachael Gibson

Rie Nakajima & Pierre Berthet ‘Dead Plants and Living Objects’

Rachael Gibson ‘Into My Heart an Air That Kills’

Curated by Lola de la Mata and Kepla

We are very excited to host Brussels/London based duo ‘Dead Plants & Living Objects’ AKA Rie Nakajima and Pierre Berthet, and restage Rachael Gibson’s ‘Into My Heart an Air That Kills’ which received its world premiere by London Symphony Orchestra last autumn.

Acoustic shadows vibrate, touch and call out to one-another at ‘Sound Objects’.Offering immersive environments, both acts engage in small gestures to reveal an often overlooked sonic world. Reshaping the space and its air volume, we partake in their playful approach in embodied listening.

Rie Nakajima is a sculptor living in London, creating sounds using a combination of motorised devices and everyday objects for both performance and installation. She has presented her work internationally in art spaces ranging from Cafe Oto (London) to STUK (Leuven) and ShugoArts (Tokyo), as well as a major solo exhibition at IKON gallery, Birmingham in 2018. She is a member of O YAMA O, and frequently collaborates with artists such as David Toop, Max Eastley and Angharad Davies.

Pierre Berthet is a musician and installation artist from Belgium. Having studied percussion at Brussels Conservatory and Liege Conservatory with Fredric Rzewski, Berthet brings his music experience to sculpting sound objects and site specific installations, in music venues, galleries, outdoor spaces and more. As well as duetting with Rie, Pierre has worked extensively as a percussionist with renowned minimalist composers Arnold Dreyblatt and Tom Johnson.

Rachael Gibson is a Merseyside-based composer and guitarist, currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Liverpool. Her research explores how alternative notation practices and audio-visual technology can be utilised to examine the connection between the body, touch and performance. Recently, Rachael has participated in the LSO Soundhub Scheme (2024/25) and the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (2023/24). Her work has been performed by ensembles including Riot Ensemble, Pixels Ensemble, and House of Bedlam.

Rie & Pierre will also be running family workshops at Crosby Library as part of At The Library’s Now Playing summer programme on Tuesday 4 August from 11am until 4pm. For more information and to book onto the sessions please visit atthelibrary.co.uk

 

The Dawn of the Railway

Celebrating the start of work on the Liverpool and Manchester railway 1826 – 1830

Join us for a unique celebration in words and music of the beginning of work, exactly 200 years ago, on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. 

Starting in Crown Street, just round the corner from the Tung Auditorium, this world changing project was built with pickaxes, wheelbarrows and the occasional bit of gunpowder. 

Well known broadcaster Roger Phillips will be our compère for this unforgettable journey, including a specially commissioned piece of music from young Merseyside composer and University of Liverpool Music graduate Matt Holroyd; railway poetry from Alison Schultz and historic speeches and insights from Dr David Gwyn OBE, author of The Coming of the Railway (Harvard University Press).Music will be performed by Heswall Concert Band, one of Merseyside’s most engaging wind bands under musical director Greg Williams.