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:8310@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240424 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240505 DTSTAMP:20240223T145052Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-up-next-festival/ SUMMARY:Unity Theatre: Unity Theatre: Up Next Festival DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nUP NEXT FESTIVAL 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesda y 24th April — Saturday 4th May\n\nA two-week arts festival celebrating Merseyside artists\nPart of the Unity Open Call Programme\n \;\n\nUp N ext Festival is back for 2024 for our annual celebration of Merseyside art ists\, and this year it’s bigger than ever.\n\nThis October\, join us fo r an extended two-week arts festival featuring brand-new shows from Mersey side’s most exciting artists and companies.\n\nThis year’s festival in cludes newly commissioned works across a range of artforms including world premiere plays\, poetry\, cabaret\, sound installations and music.\n\nAs well as the packed theatre programme\, this mega line-up also includes the first ever Up Next Comedy Night\, a brand-new exhibition\, DJs\, panel d iscussions\, creative events and more.\n\n \;\n\nThe line-up of artist s\, selected through Unity Open Call 2024\, includes:\n\nAndrew McKay / Fi lla Crack\nDaniel Foxsmith &\; Moncef Mansur\nHelen Jeffery\nJess Green \nNatalie Denny &\; Skywrites LTD\nOlayemi Z. Ade\nSasha Georgette\nSon ic Mutiny\nThe Barry Brian and Bean Company\nTip Tray Theatre\n\n+ live co medy from Sian Davies\, Alex Stringer\, Niki Rooney\, Sam\n\n \;\n\ nAll theatre shows are available to book now. Scroll for full event listin gs…\n\n \;\nBooking Tickets:\n\n Single Tickets: Individual ticket s for all events are £8 / £6 Creative’Pool. See individual line-up he re or scroll below\n Festival Pass: After selling out in 2022\, our limi ted-edition Festival Pass Wristbands return for this year’s festival. Th e 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 ex clusive Up Next Festival Wristband to gain entry into all shows and 10% of f at the Unity Bar. View the Week 1 and 2 Pass options and book here\n\n& nbsp\;\nSchedule\n\n Wed 24 Apr\, 20:00: WoMan by Andrew Mckay / Filla C rack\n Fri 26 Apr\, 18:15: Space Invaders x Liar by Tip Tray Theatre\n Fri 26 Apr\, 20:00: BERBER BOY by Daniel Foxsmith &\; Moncef Mansur\n Sat 27 Apr\, 18:15: At The End of the Day She’s Still Your Mother by J ess Green\n Sat 27 Apr\, 20:00: Borrowed by Sasha Georgette\n\n \;\n \n Wed 1 May\, 18:15 &\; 20:30: Earth is Lost by Sonic Mutiny\n Wed 1 May\, 19:30: Sass: A Chained Melody by Olayemi Z. Ade\n Fri 3 May\, 18 :15: Revival by Natalie Denny\n Fri 3 May\, 20:00: Buckled by Helen Jef fery\n Sat 4 May\, 18:15: Losing Brian by The Barry Brian and Bean Compa ny\n Sat 4 May\, 20:00: Up Next Comedy Night\n\n\n \;\nUp Next Festi val has been made possible thanks to our Open Call Crowdfunder 2023 Donors and funding from The Arts Society and The Granada Foundation.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n£6 - £25\nRunning time: TBC\n\nAge Recommendation: Various\n\nAccess : All shows will include Captioning or BSL Interpretation.\n\nIndividual S how Pricing:\nFull Price £8\nCreative’pool £6\nPay Extra If You Can £ 20\n\nWeekly Festival Pass:\nSee all shows in Week 1 or 2 of Up Next Festi val for just £25 (£23 saving)\n0151 709 4988\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/02/Up-Next-2024-4-640x640-1.png 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