Janice Long talks to Dave Monks. Photo by Minako Jackson
The new series of the excellent ‘In Conversation’ series run by Club Geek Chic kicked off at Liverpool Cathedral on Thursday evening with radio presenter Janice Long talking to Dave Monks of Radio Merseyside.
During the evening we heard Janice’s interesting life story in radio and TV with musical interludes from Ian McNabb, China Crisis, Ragz and Ian Prowse. There was a Q and A at the end too.
A relaxing and entertaining evening, we look forward to the next in the series which features Mike McCartney on Friday April 23rd.
Mike will talk about his brief stint as a ladies hairdresser, his time as ‘Mike McGear’ in The Scaffold and the whole Merseybeat era with John Gorman and Roger McGough and his photography, from snapping Little Richard’s back in the Cavern to The Beatles on tour to his amazing, spontaneous backstage shots at Live8 in 2005.
Tickets are available here
China Crisis in Liverpool Cathedral
Kazimier. Photos © Minako Jackson
This was our first visit to the Kazimier venue in Wolstenholme Sq. It’s a strange place, a sort of theatre in the round with dark decor and about 200 people crammed in at various levels. There have been a few weird and wonderful events there over the past couple of years but we missed them.
Saturday 30 January 2010 was a launch event for Impropriety the improvised performance people. They perform at Mello Mello on Slater St. every other Thursday and also run workshops there on Wednesdays. This was great entertainment and very funny, I haven’t laughed so much for ages.
I’m sure you know the score – the audience are asked for suggestions and the group of actors have to improvise sketches based on them. They split into teams so there’s a competitive element, they are set tasks such as telling a story without using the letter ’s’ or facing each other without laughing or telling the stories as musicals. It all moves along at great pace and nobody really cares who wins.
There is also information on the Culturepool website as they helped promote this event.
So look out for their future performances, well worth the admission fee.
Forgot to mention that one of the highlights of the auction at tonight’s twestival was two pairs of (worn) socks signed and donated by Stephen Fry (yes, him off the telly and also an obsessive tweeter). Can’t remember how much they fetched, think it was £30
Another blink-and-you-miss-it exhibition at the International finished today. We managed to catch it on Saturday and it was a good one.
Continue reading ‘Transition at the International’
A couple of excellent live performances last weekend as part of the Meet Me at Sunset exhibition at the Grange in Ullet Road. A really nice exhibition too.
Joanne Ashbridge, a recent JMU Dance / Physical Theatre graduate, performed her ‘Life, Death and Everything In Between’ which started with putting an orange into a microwave and ended with her splashing red wine all over herself.
Nagachoo from Japan performed “Link between ordinary and extraordinary”/ “The Chair”, a lively mix of dance, saxophone playing and sawing one leg off a chair whilst balancing on it.
Continue reading ‘Meet Me at Sunset – Ullet Grange’
This installation was at 11 Wolstenholme Sq. briefly last week. Its a shame if you missed it, it was delightful. On the ground floor Edden projected footage of birds alighting on telephone wires onto the gallery wall, from which she extends real wires or ropes to create a facsimile of the original scene. Along the wires, she places cards to function like film screens, momentarily catching the transient flock as they glimmer in and out of space and time.
Continue reading ‘Jane Edden – Colony & An Oscillation of Caz Wellers’
Another very well attended viewing at Blackburne House this week as Wendy Dison’s exhibition ‘Crossing Place‘ was opened by Cairán Byrne, 1st Secretary at the Irish Embassy in London, and Roger Phillips of BBC Radio Merseyside.
Continue reading ‘Crossing Point – Wendy Dison’
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