BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4234@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20181119 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20181202 DTSTAMP:20181114T180427Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/st-helens-torch-by-anu/ SUMMARY:: St Helens: TORCH by ANU DESCRIPTION:TORCH\, a production by ANU\, directed by Louise Lowe.\nCommiss ioned by the “Helen” Partnership formed of Heart of Glass\, idle women and ANU.\n\nWhen: Monday 19th November  —  Saturday 1st December\n\n\ n\nPrice: Free - Get Tickets Online\n“And if we could talk to each othe r face to face and tell the truth\, the whole truth and nothing but the tr uth\, where would we even begin?\n\nThis winter ANU\, the multi-award win ning multi-disciplinary company heralded by The Irish Times as making the “most searing works of the past decade”\, bring an explosive new sit e-responsive performance to the town of St Helens.\n\nSimultaneously uplif ting and unsettling\, TORCH blurs the edges between the real and imagined\ , tearing through private and public spaces and taking audiences on a high octane\, unrelenting journey.\n\nThe outcome of a two year research phase between ANU and women from St Helens\, this brand new all female producti on delves into historical and contemporary events\, bringing the voices of communities and untold stories to the fore..\n\n“The truth is\, there a re things that go beyond us.  There are feelings that rise and rush over us that we can’t begin to explain\, and the truth is we want something m ore or at least something new and there is a relief in not telling the tru th\, because the truth is\, if we did\, the whole town could implode.”\n \nTORCH is part of Helen\, a series of art projects and programmes of wor k created by partners Heart of Glass\,idle women\, and ANU and the women o f St Helens and made possible by Arts Council England’s Ambition for Ex cellence programme.\n\nHelen proposes a deep and radical need to dismant le in order to reveal\, expose and rebuild.  In a town with a higher than national average of domestic abuse\, Helen responds to an urgent need to address violence against women in all its forms\; the systematic\, the str uctural\, the domestic and the social.\n\nImage: Ruth Connolly\nCast\n\n\n Nandi Bhebhe\n\nEtta Fusi\n\nSonia Hughes\n\nNiamh McCann\n\nGillian McCar thy\n\nSarah Morris\n\n\n\nCreative Team\n\n\nDirector: Louise Lowe\n\nCre ative Producer: Lynnette Moran\n\nProduction Manager: Sarah Rowland\n\nSet Designer: Maree Kearns\n\nSound Designer: Sinéad Diskin\n\nCostume Desig ner: Niamh Lunny\n\nStage Manager: Fiona Keller\n\nAssistant Director: Sam antha Cade\n\n\n\nProduction information\n\n\n Running time is 60 minutes (no interval)\n Recommended age 16 years+\n This show is an immersive p romenade production in non-traditional performance spaces\, so there will be standing and walking throughout. Audiences will view the work in small groups. Please wear appropriate and comfortable clothes and footwear.\n T here won’t be a cloak room. Any coats/bags will remain with you througho ut the performance.
 We recommend you avoid bringing any heavy bulky ite ms.\n Audience members will be asked to meet at a town centre location wi th printed/digital tickets. This location will be emailed to ticket holder s.\n Please arrive 15 minutes before the performance start time. Latecome rs will not be admitted due to the nature of the show. Unfortunately\, we are not able to offer refunds to latecomers.\n\nAccess\n\n BSL interprete d performances available.\n As described in the Production Information\, the performances will be taking place in non traditional performance locat ions (these are not modern purpose built accessible buildings) and with wa lking / standing throughout.\n All efforts are being made to create an ac cessible environment. For all questions concerning accessibility please co ntact: torch@heartofglass.org.uk\n\nTickets\n£6 Standard tickets\n\n£3 Concessions (students\, senior citizens\, unwaged)\n\n£4 Tickets availabl e to those with a St Helens postcode – enter code TORCH and your postcod e at checkout.\n\nTickets are available to purchase here: https://www.eve ntbrite.co.uk/e/torch-i-wanted-to-tear-the-house-apart-by-anu-tickets-5124 7064349\nShow running times\nMonday 19 November / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30p m (preview shows)\n\nTuesday 20 November / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm (prev iew shows)\n\nWednesday 21 November /5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nThursday 22 November /5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nFriday 23 November /5.15pm\, 7 .15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nSaturday 24 November / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nMond ay 26 November /4pm\, 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nTuesday 27 November / 4pm (Audio Described) 5.15pm (Audio Described) 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nWednesda y 28 November / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm (BSL interpreted) and 8.30pm (BSL interpr eted)\n\nThursday 29 November / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm (there will be a Q &\; A following this performance\, ticket details to be announced)\n \nFriday 30 November / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\nSaturday 1 December / 5.15pm\, 7.15pm\, 8.30pm\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/11/RC1_8907-copy-e1539259366432-1360x841.jpg CATEGORIES:Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR