Event type: Workshop

A Lovely Word featuring Louise Fazacke...

A Lovely Word, downstairs at the Everyman, is Liverpool’s most eclectic poetry night.

It features two halves of open mic poets, and a headliner beginning the first half. Hosted by Alex Ferguson and team, this free event is a fun, relaxed and friendly evening of performance poetry.

Introducing alt-pop poet, Louise Fazackerley.

With work rooted in word-witchery and the working class, Louise explores the synergy between poetry, voice and movement in a way that makes the ugly beautiful and the mundane fantastical.  Winner of BBC Radio 3 ‘New Voices’, European Slam Finalist and support artist for punk legend Dr. John Cooper Clark, Louise is a true, Northern powerhouse. Welcome to her world of darkly humorous poetry.

Previous poetry collections include The Lolitas and The Uniform Factory (Verve Poetry Press), Bird St. (The Secret Writers Club) and audio book, Council House Poetry (Nymphs & Thugs.) Louise has a degree in Theatre Studies and Creative Writing from Lancaster University and an MA in Creative Writing from Edge Hill University.

She lectures and teaches creative writing in schools, prisons and universities. When she is not writing, Louise is loping around Wigan and wrangling two teenage daughters and two teenage cats.

In a Glass, Darkly: Theatre in Liverpo...

Attracting some of the biggest names in the profession such as Sarah Siddons – the first woman to perform Hamlet – and throughout the 19th Century when stars such Sir Henry Irving, Charles Dickens and Sarah Bernhardt trod Liverpool’s boards, not to mention the appearance of latter day icons such as Laurel & Hardy and Marlene Dietrich.

This innovative new course utilizes a stunning mixture of paper ephemera, daybills, photographs, paintings and theatrical posters in order to map the rich social, cultural and performative histories of several key Liverpool theatres and music halls, enabling partipants to develop a deeper understanding of Liverpool’s historic importance in the establishment of ‘Theatre’ as an independent art form and as a major generator of creativity and talent.

Week 1: Introduction: All of Liverpool’s a Stage (Actors & Actresses)

Week 2: The Theatre Royal, Williamson Square

Week 3: The Royal Colosseum/Queen’s Theatre, Paradise Street

Week 4: The Prince of Wales Theatre/Liverpool Empire

Week 5: The Star Theatre of Varieties/Liverpool Playhouse

Week 6: The Shakespeare Theatre, Fraser Street

Week 7: The Liverpool Olympia, West Derby Road

Week 8: The Royal Court Theatre, Great Charlotte Street

Week 9: The Everyman Theatre, Hope Street

Week 10: Conclusion & Coda – Performances at St. George’s Hall

Full fee £132/Concession £66

Philosophy in Movies

This course aims to introduce the philosophical theories that underpin some of the most well-known movies of our time.

Covering topics such as time-travel, moral action, and the nature of reality, students will develop the theoretical knowledge required to evaluate, analyse, and critically assess philosophical themes in their favourite movies.

Students will develop a greater appreciation and understanding of the philosophical ideas visual storytellers are communicating through cinema, and the conceptual challenges these ideas invoke.

Week 1: Time Travel
Week 2: Who am I? The protagonist’s dilemma
Week 3: What is Reality?
Week 4: Morality and the hero/heroine
Week 5: Humans and the rise of Technology

Full fee £66/Concession fee £33

Into the Darkness: Dracula and The Ho...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) whilst most obviously defined as a gothic text is also a travelogue, a love story, and a picture of contemporary Victorian life. Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) sets science against superstition on the mists of the Grimpen Mire.

Both novels are brilliantly atmospheric as they investigate heritage, transgression and power.

This course will run fortnightly starting on Thursday 2nd February 2023.

Week 1: Face to face. Introduction to texts. Discussion and analysis of Dracula (up to end of Chapter VIII).

Week 2: Face to face. Discussion and analysis of Dracula (up to the end of Chapter XVIII).

Week 3: Face to face. Discussion and analysis of Dracula (up to the end of the novel).

Week 4: Face to face. Discussion and analysis of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Full fee £53/Concession fee £26

Writing Place: The Soul of Liverpool

An in-person walking and place writing workshop across the Georgian Quarter of Liverpool. This meeting will cover various ways of writing “place” from how we think about a place to how we feel it.

We will take in the tomb of William Mackenzie on Rodney Street, Falkner Square, some places of interest on Hope Street, and curious graves in St James Gardens at the Anglican Cathedral. To think about what makes the soul of a place? Liverpool is a city well-known for its diversity and vibrancy, which is reflected in its architecture, statues and hidden symbols and stories woven into the tapestry of its streets.

Learn to write about a place on the go and gain knowledge of place-writing basics from psychogeography to emotional geography to Flâneurism.

You’ll need to bring a notepad and pen along.

Full fee £31

Queer Bodies Presents: Queer Icons

This is a 10 week poetry writing / reading course with a focus on 10 ‘Queer Icons’.

They will examine the contexts and themes of 10 Queer poets and the poetic techniques that make each poet ‘iconic’, through close readings, discussions, and writing exercises.

They will explore multiple associations with the word ‘icon’, from the symbolic and sacred, to fetishism and celebrity. They will look at each poet through a multitude of lenses and disciplines (music, visual art, performance, playwritng, film) as a way of demonstrating the impact and influence of their work throughout history.

The ambition of this course is to draw from the past in order to embed these queer icons in a future literary canon.

Week 1: Danez Smith

Week 2: Mary Jean Chan

Week 3: Sam Sax

Week 4: Jos Charles

Week 5: Natalie Diaz

Week 6: Joelle Taylor

Week 7: Andrew McMillan

Week 8: Editing Workshop

Week 9: C A Conrad

Week 10: Jericho Brown

Courses fees: Full fee £132/Concession fee £66

Scandal and Censorship in Irish Litera...

What was it that made writings of Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, and Brendan Behan so objectionable? This course will look at these authors, and more, in order to examine Irish novels that have faced censorship in Ireland or abroad.

Are these authors attempting to intervene in the politics of their time? Should their writings be seen as provocative or incendiary? Or are they simply trying to create art?

Through weekly readings and class discussion, each week will introduce participants to the literary contexts of the novels or authors, and to the social and political contexts of the periods in which those novels were published. The course will therefore enlighten participants both on a social and historical as well as on a literary level, thereby catering to a wide range of interests.

The course would be suited both to those wishing to learn more about Irish history and society as well as to those who are simply interested in literature of all varieties.

Courses fees: Full fee £132/Concession fee £66

Eco-resin Terrazzo: Make your own pair...

During this session, you will learn how to make your own terrazzo coasters! You will have the option to make a pair of round or square coasters and we will teach you how to achieve any colour terrazzo chips and/or coaster base you want. At the end of the session, your coasters will be ready to take home.

The workshop will be running for approximately 3 hours and will be broken down in 3 parts with a 30 minutes break in between each, which will allow your creations to dry as well as provide us with the opportunity for a short natter over some complimentary refreshments.

Our new evening session includes a glass of wine (or a beer or a soft drink if you prefer) on arrival, as well as a few snacks to share during the breaks. A small on-site bar will be available to purchase more drinks should you wish to.

Aurélie, our resident terrazzo extraordinaire and founder of Aura Living, will teach you all there is to know about eco-resin material, its different applications, and show you some other homeware accessory examples she has been making using this great material.

A note about the class:

The class may not be suitable for people who have any hands or wrists problems as the process requires hand sanding and polishing.

Please wear comfortable clothing that you don’t mind getting a bit of water splashed. The material used will wash off, but avoid wearing your best clothes!

Introduction to Woodwork – Wine ...

A great way to hone your woodworking skills, or to learn a new skill from scratch, this four hour hands-on class will take you through the different skills and techniques needed to create your own wine rack in a safe way!

Using recycled and reclaimed wood, our workshop manager will guide you through the different steps to crafting your very own wine rack. By making your own wine rack you’ll learn how to measure and cut wood accurately and safely; as well as sanding, planing, drilling and sawing.

You will use:

Chop/ Mitre saw -Cut wood at various angles

Band saw – Rip through timber

Jigsaw – Free form cuts

Drill driver – Pilot holes & fixing screws

Pillar drill – bore vertical holes

Disc / Belt sander – Accurate, powerful sanding

Palm sander – Versitile sanding

The great thing about joining onto our Introduction to Woodwork class is, once you’ve been inducted into the class and introduced to all of our equipment here at Make Liverpool, you’ll be fully inducted into Make Liverpool’s workshop! So if you decide woodwork is for you want to come back to work on your own projects, all you’ll need to do is sign up. When you’ve attended a class, you’ll be entitled to a discount on your first month of membership as well! Just email hello@makeliverpool.com to find out more.

Join our class and build your confidence using a range of woodworking tools and techniques, while making your very own wine rack.

All tools, equipment and materials will be provided on the day.

Please arrive 15 mins before the class begins. There will also be a short break during the session.

Drink & Draw

If you enjoy doodling and sketching and want the chance to do some life drawing in a friendly relaxed atmosphere, then come and check out our monthly class!

The sessions take place in our beautiful, cosy bar and include a cheese board and glass of wine. For those of you who are new to life drawing and maybe feeling a tad awkward or nervous, having a complimentary glass of wine will help you get into your creative flow!

The cheeseboard will be served during the break so please let us know if you have any dietary requirements and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

This class is for anyone aged 16 or over, whether you’re a regular at life drawing classes or you can barely hold a pencil, everyone is welcome. This is an untaught session to come and practise.

Please bring whichever materials you feel comfortable working with, from some charcoal to a biro, a small sketch pad to A3 sheets of paper. There will be a limited amount of drawing boards and materials, available on a first come first serve basis.

This session is a chilled out place to have a go if you haven’t drawn before and also a perfect opportunity for the more experienced artists to practise.

You are encouraged to come from 6:15pm to chat and find a place. There will be a 20 minute break in the middle to finish off the fromage and get your complimentary glass of wine.

To make our model feel as comfortable as possible we would ask you to follow standard life drawing etiquette and talk quietly.