The Bluecoat: Explore
Saturdays, 13.00 – 16.00 Free art activities for all the family linked to our gallery programme. Highlights this season include activities around the I exist (in some way) exhibition. Free, donations accepted
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UPCOMING on May 21, 2013
Events for all the Family at The Atkinson
Southport Film Guild ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Tuesday 21 May 2013 Starts: 19:45 Tickets: £4 Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman Wednesday 22 May 2013 Starts: 19:30 Tickets: £10 (£12 door) Richard Alston Dance Company Thursday 23 May 2013 Starts: 19:30 [...]
UPCOMING on May 23, 2013
Wolstenholme: Business As Usual Film Screening
23 May 19.00 Free In keeping with the theme of the exhibition, WCS welcomes you to a FREE screening of Business as Usual (1988, Dir. Lezli-An Barrett), a 1980′s drama filmed in Liverpool. Starring Glenda Jackson and a young Craig [...]
UPCOMING on May 24, 2013
The Equator Space, Mann Island: Transatlantic Data
24 – 26 May 2013 ‘Transatlantic Data’ is a public engagement performance taking place at The Equator Space, Mann Island, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, L3 1BP,, this weekend, 24 / 25 / 26 May 2013. 10:00 - 17:00 daily. Artist Clare Brumby invites you to stitch a [...]
UPCOMING on May 24, 2013
PHYSICAL FEST 2013: Performance Festival Announces Series of Interactive Workshops
Physical Fest will run from Friday 24 May to Saturday 1 June in venues across Liverpool. Presented by Liverpool based theatre company Tmesis Theatre, Physical Fest will showcase a variety of physical theatre workshops encouraging audiences to get involved and showcase their improv skills. All [...]
The Bluecoat: Physical Fest: International Physical Theatre Festival
24 May – 2 June This annual festival hosted by Tmesis Theatre, now in its ninth year, is an exciting eight days of workshops, taster classes, events and performances with by the world’s best physical theatre artists. Information and bookings: [...]
UPCOMING on May 25, 2013
Domino Gallery: FAB Collective & LOOK/13
25 May – 1 June If you had to select, or create one single, powerful image that revealed your truest identity what would that image be? What would it include and exclude? Where would it be and when? Who would [...]
UPCOMING on May 25, 2013
Cornerstone Gallery: Studio 32: Degree Show
25 – 31 May 2013 Private View 24 May 17.00 – 21.00 BA Hons Fine Art Degree Show 2013 Studio 32 is a collaboration of diverse artists, who have been developing individual practices within a liberal studio environment for the [...]
UPCOMING on May 27, 2013
Art In The Park
27 May, 30 June, 28 July, 25 August, 29 September “Art In The Park” is a small free open air art event taking place on the third Sunday of every month from May to September 2013. Wirral artists will be selling their work [...]
UPCOMING on June 1, 2013
Staacks: Changing Light, by Nicky Higgs
1 – 29 June 2013 Meet the artist at the Private View 6 June 19.30 – 21.30 In this new series of paintings, Nicky Higgs, a Wirral based artist, has worked from photos taken on walks both locally and on holiday [...]
UPCOMING on June 1, 2013
The Royal Standard: Film Double Bill
1 June 13.30 – 18.00 In the new Royal Standard building there will also be a boredom themed double bill of Béla Tarr’s slow paced masterpiece The Turin Horse and Mary Harron’s adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis’s American Psycho. This event is free and includes [...]
UPCOMING on June 1, 2013
Camp and Furnace: Baltic Arts and Crafts
1 June 2013 The Baltic Art & Craft fair is back by popular demand and will now become a monthly event at its Greenland Street home. The event has emerged as a result of a rising number of people visiting the Baltic [...]
UPCOMING on June 1, 2013
Southport Contemporary Arts Network 4th Annual ‘Arts Trail and Open Studios’ event
1 – 16 June 2013 The Southport Contemporary Arts independent artists network, are running our 4th ‘Arts trail and Open studios’ event, which will include Artists Open Studios, Demonstrations, Interactive Workshops & Exhibitions, throughout Southport. The Arts Trail will offer [...]
UPCOMING on June 8, 2013
Williamson Art Gallery: 20 Shades of Collett
8 June – 7 July Open Tuesday – Sunday 10.00 – 17.00 Free Daniel Craig and Derren Brown will be among the stars in a new exhibition at the Williamson Art Gallery, managed by local arts organisation dot-art. The first [...]
FACT: Turning FACT Inside Out
13 June – 25 August Free This summer at FACT Liverpool, a selection of provocative international artists tackle some of the most pressing, controversial and literally ground-breaking political issues of today. Exploring aspects of environment, architecture, capitalism and augmented reality, [...]
UPCOMING on June 22, 2013
Epstein Theatre: Martini Lounge Burlesque and Variety Show
22 June 20.30 – late (doors at 19.30) Tickets: £20 at www.martinlounge.co.uk With the April Spring Showcase a raging success, Millie, Fred Bear and the Martini Lounge team have been busy putting together a diverse line up consisting of some of [...]
The Bluecoat: Patterns of Thought: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Aesthetics, Education and the Arts
21 – 22 June 2013 This event brings together philosophers, artists, education theorists, museum professionals, policy makers and practitioners to explore and develop education programmes and practices for children and families in galleries and arts organisations, and consider how to [...]
UPCOMING on June 22, 2013
The Bluecoat: Civic Day: The State Of The City
22 June 11.00 – 17.00 Merseyside Civic Society is celebrating 75 years of engagement, innovation and conservation efforts across the Liverpool city region with an invitation to join in a day of discussions about our future. Focusing on natural reserves, [...]
UPCOMING on June 23, 2013
The Bluecoat: Joyce in June: Summer Songs with Johnny Kennedy
23 June 14.00 James Joyce set his masterpiece, Ulysses, on the day in June that he’d first walked out with love of his life, Nora Barnacle. It has become a tradition to celebrate the author’s work at this time of [...]
UPCOMING on June 25, 2013
The Bluecoat: Cris Cheek: Writing, Sound, Movement and Performance
25 June 19.00 In a rare visit to the UK, Cris Cheek – poet, artist, interdisciplinary performer and creative writing director at Miami University, South West Ohio – is joined by long time collaborators and friends for an evening of [...]
UPCOMING on June 26, 2013
The Atkinson present Charley’s Aunt
26 – 29 June £14 (£12 conc, £10 matinees & schools) Booking Fee: Online booking fee £1.50 per ticket / Telephone booking fee £2 per transaction 19:30 (Thurs & Sat matinees start at 14.00) Creative Cow in association with Yvonne Arnaud [...]
UPCOMING on June 26, 2013
The Bluecoat: Malcolm Lowry walku
26 June 18.00 A city centre walk following the footsteps of celebrated Wirral-born writer Malcolm Lowry (Under the Volcano), led by Colin Dilnot. Free
UPCOMING on June 26, 2013
The Bluecoat: La Carta: The Letter Written and Directed by Francisco Carrasco
26 June 18.30 Through music and words inspired by a letter that tells of the emptiness felt by those who leave their homeland, La Carta is a celebration of Latin American song, its rhythms and melodies. This new and original [...]
UPCOMING on July 2, 2013
The Bluecoat: Deep Hedonia presents Lucky Dragons, Drawing Ensemble #1 +more
2 July 19.00 Lucky Dragons invite you to manipulate their sound, connect with the music and other spectators, or simply sit back and take in their ecstatic take on experimental electronica. Drawing Paper and Deep Hedonia will also be performing [...]
The Bluecoat: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2013: Different Faces
7 – 16 July The popular Liverpool Arab Arts Festival celebrates Arab culture through exhibitions and events at different venues in the city. At the Bluecoat, alongside gallery exhibition I exist (in some way), there are films, Freedom Hour debates [...]
UPCOMING on July 20, 2013
The Bluecoat: Mellowtone presents Above the Beaten Track
20 July 14.00 – 22.00 The best alternative home-grown musical talent – rootsy blues, delicate folk, singer songwriters, country music and DJs – fills the Bluecoat with the city’s unplugged underground. Free
The Bluecoat: Summer Holiday Explore
25 July – 30 August Thursdays/Fridays 13.00 – 15.00 Back by popular demand, summer holiday activities for families run with support from volunteer artists with learning disabilities from our Blue Room project. Drop in for these free art activities linked to [...]
The Bluecoat: Portfolio NW:
26 July – 15 September An exhibition by Rebecca Chesney, Tadhg Devlin, Dave Evans, 0point3recurring (David Henckel, Dan Wilkinson & Leon Hardman), Hannah Wooll, Kai-O Jay Yung Bringing together eight North West-based artists, this exhibition celebrates creative talent in the [...]
The Bluecoat: Claire Weetman: Vide installation
26 July – 15 September St Helens artist Claire Weetman presents new animation video work in the Vide, inspired by the rhythm and movement of escalators, arrows and directional signs encountered during her recent residency in Shanghai. Sat 17 [...]
