What's happening: Saturday 5 April 2008
Happenstance - Franko B, Kira O'Reilly, Rajni Shah and more
Date: From Saturday, 05 April 2008 - 12:00pm To Sunday, 06 April 2008 - 10:00pm
Location: All Galleries
Ticket Prices: Day pass - £15/10 (concession also available to Yoko Ono ticket holders) Weekend pass - £25/15
Two days of the most beautiful, bizarre, brilliant and beguiling in new live work from some of the leading performance artists working today. Taking over every available space of the revamped building, Happenstance brings together a vibrant array of live art works and is destined to become a regular feature of the Bluecoat's performance programme. Highlights of the packed programme include:
Saturday 5 April
Leading UK-based performance artist Franko B presents Don't Leave Me This Way, the artist's new collaboration with lighting designer, Kamal Ackarie. Franko B is best know for his blood-letting performances which he has shown at Tate Modern, ICA, and venues throughout the UK and internationally, however, this performance marks the artist's departure from blood-based work.
Experience Kira O'Reilly's acclaimed performance, Inthewrongplaceness. Originally commissioned by HOME, the one-to-one performance features O'Reilly in constant, slow motion with a female pig carcass.
Book one day ticket - Saturday
Sunday 6 April
The centrepiece for the final day of Happenstance will be Rajni Shah's new performance installation Dinner With America. Stunning visuals and layers of text, movement and sound interweave as the performance space shifts and transforms, gently uncovering sub-themes of consumerism, rights, ownership, voices, hopes, harvest and division in a visually compelling and unusual piece of work that addresses the complexities of cultural identity in the 21st century.
Book one day ticket - Sunday
Book Weekend ticket -
If you would like to purchase a weekend ticket please ring The Bluecoat on 0151 702 5324 or alternatively visit us after the 15th March (date we re-open) to book a weekend ticket in person.
Concessions
Students and those claiming benefits can purchase tickets at the advertised concessionary rate on presentation of ID. If booking tickets over the internet you will need to show your ID when collecting the tickets. Please note that not all events have concessionary tickets.
