BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8311@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240426T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240426T200000 DTSTAMP:20240223T145233Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-berber-boy/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Berber Boy DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nBERBER BOY\nby Habibi Funk Theatre\, Co-Created by Daniel Foxsmith and Moncef Mansur\n\n\n\n\n Captions\,\n Up Next Festiva l\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday 26th April\n\n8:00pm\nPart of Up Next 2024 – a two-week festival celebrating Merseyside artists.\n \;\nThis pe rformance will feature a 30 minute long Post-Show Q&\;A with the creato r of the piece entitled ‘Identity politics and creative handcuffs’.\n  \;\n\nMoncef sits outside a Dublin meeting room. He’s auditioning f or the role of a lifetime: disgraced Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Be n Ali.\n\nMoncef’s passport has the name Peter on it.\n\nBen Ali wants t o give him acting advice.\n\nA leprechaun has been summoned.\n\nSalt cryst als and watermelon pips gather at the edges of this high strangeness.\n\nW hat are the lines for the scene again?\n\nBerber Boy is a subversive new autobiographical theatre show\; part coming-of-age story\, part culture-fu ck\, and a very Irish discussion about Tunisian identity – and if that c onfuses the hell out of you\, you’ve got the idea…\n\n \;\n\nTicke t Offers:\n\n Weekly Festival Pass Wristband: After selling out in 2022\ , our limited-edition Festival Pass Wristbands return for this year’s fe stival. The Festival Pass is just £25 per week and gives you access to all events in your chosen week (saving you £23). What’s more\, you’ll get an exclusive Up Next Festival Wristband to gain entry into all shows and 10% off at the Unity Bar. View the Week 1 and 2 Pass options and book here.\n\n \;\nAbout Up Next Festival:\nBerber Boy is part of Up Next 2024 – a two-week arts festival celebrating Merseyside artists.\n\nWith a line-up programmed through the Unity Open Call\, Up Next Festival fea tures 11 brand-new shows from some of the region’s most exciting artists and companies\, plus a comedy night\, exhibition launch\, live music\, pa nel discussions\, creative events and more.\n\nView the full line-up and b ook festival passes here or scroll.\n\n \;\nThis programme is made p ossible thanks to our Open Call Crowdfunder 2023 Donors and funding from T he Arts Society and The Granada Foundation.\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS \n\n £6 - £8\nRunning time: Approx 45mins\n\nAge Recommendation 14+\n\nAccess : This performance will be captioned\n\nPricing:\nFull Price £8\nCreative ’pool £6\nPay Extra If You Can £20\n\nWeekly Festival Pass:\nSee all s hows in Week 1 of Up Next Festival for just £25 (£23 saving)\n0151 709 4 988\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/02/Berber-Boy-1-640x562-1.jpg LOCATION:Unity Theatre\, Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, Unit ed Kingdom GEO:53.400829;-2.971716 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hope Place\, Liverpool\, L1 9BG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Unity Theatre :geo:53.400829,-2.971716 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR