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Cross Talk - New Noise
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
Seminal works by three of the most influential composers of the late 20th Century: ...
- Tickets: £9/7
Valerie Bloom 'Come
Thursday, 08 May 2008
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Adem
Thursday, 08 May 2008
Adem’s prettily picked guitars create fragile melodies as the near-invisible influence of electronic music ...
- Tickets: £10
Simon Munnery
Thursday, 08 May 2008
{mosimage} Nobel prize for effort nominee serves up his latest brew of jokes, sketches, ...
- Tickets: 6
Verve 08
Friday, 09 May 2008
With a stunning programme of original dance created by leading choreographers, the Northern School ...
- Tickets: £9/7
Edge Hill University Creative Writing Programme presents Reading by Helen Simpson
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Reading by Helen Simpson and announcement of the Edge Hill Prize for Short Story ...
- Tickets: £5/3 (includes glass of wine or soft drink)
Christine Tobin
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Christine Tobin has had nothing but praise from those in the know on the ...
- Tickets: £12
Poetry Pool Launch
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
The Launch of Poetry Pool 4 (published by Headland and the LJMU Centre for ...
- Tickets: Free
Port in Every Storm featuring Evan Parker
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Pianist Stephen Grew (Grutonic) and percussionist Phillip Marks (Bark!) have developed a unique vocabulary ...
Variable Capital
Friday, 16 May 2008 - Sunday, 29 Jun 2008
As a rapidly growing Liverpool enjoys its status as European Capital of Culture, Variable ...
- Tickets: Free Admission
Variable Capital exhibition tours
Friday, 16 May 2008 - Friday, 27 Jun 2008
Knowledgeable guides present the themes of the show, offer their interpretation of the work ...
- Tickets: Free
Cityphilia Lecture by John Lanchester
Friday, 16 May 2008
The arcane world of City life - hedge funds, derivatives, liquidity - is a ...
- Tickets: £5/3
Alexander’s Annexe featuring Mira Calix
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Renowned electronica artist Mira Calix (Warp), prolific sound designer David Sheppard and leading contemporary ...
- Tickets: £10
Wiley - with support from Chipmunk
Friday, 23 May 2008
Wiley, aka Eski-Boy aka Igloo-Boy, is the founding father of the ‘Grime’ genre. ...
- Tickets: £14
Writing on the Wall Festival 2008 present Howard Marks and Harry the Polis in conversation
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Howard Marks once had forty-three aliases and eighty-nine phone lines. He owned twenty-five companies ...
- Tickets: £10/8
Variable Capital Lock-in featuring Susannah Hewlett's It's Not You
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
The second Lock-in at the Bluecoat is a special commission by live artist Susannah ...
- Tickets: Free Admission
Comma Press presents The Book of Liverpool
Thursday, 29 May 2008
In Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year, Comma Press has produced an anthology of ten ...
- Tickets: £4/3
e-space lab
Friday, 30 May 2008 - Saturday, 31 May 2008
A public art laboratory linking with Merseyside’s sister cities, Shanghai and Gdansk, using video ...
- Tickets: Free Participation
e-space lab
Friday, 30 May 2008 - Tuesday, 03 Jun 2008
Liverpool and two of the international cities it's twinned with, Gdansk and Shanghai, link ...
- Tickets: Free
John Smith - with support from Magic Arm
Friday, 30 May 2008
Using his guitar as both melodic and percussive instrument, Liverpool based John Smith prompts ...
- Tickets: £10
Free Balloons - Richard DeDomenici
Saturday, 31 May 2008 - Sunday, 01 Jun 2008
Coinciding with the opening of Europe's largest retail project -Liverpool ONE- Richard DeDomenici will ...
- Tickets: Free
Comedy Workshop (women only)
Saturday, 31 May 2008
If you fancy yourself as the next Jo Brand and are looking for a ...
- Tickets: £45 (includes tickets to the show)
The NIVEA Funny Women Awards
Saturday, 31 May 2008
A night of the brightest new comedy talent, each with just 5 minutes to ...
- Tickets: £5 - Comedy workshop (women only) 4pm £
The Blue Stocking Social Club
Sunday, 01 Jun 2008 - Sunday, 03 Aug 2008
Presenting a lively evening of film, music, dance and dramatic turns all woven together ...
- Tickets: £5 (Free to Senior Citizens)
Art and Commodity Culture - Discussion
Tuesday, 03 Jun 2008
Free discussion with Philosophy In Pubs (PIPs), a Philosophy Club in the heart of ...
- Tickets: Free
In Conversation - Cherie Blair 'Speaking for Myself'
Wednesday, 04 Jun 2008
Cherie Blair returns to her home city to discuss her newly published memoir, Speaking ...
- Tickets: £5/£3
Les Murray
Wednesday, 04 Jun 2008
In association with The Reader. Poetry Reading and book signing.An unmissable opportunity to hear ...
- Tickets: £5/£3
Liverpooljazz at the Bluecoat
Thursday, 05 Jun 2008
Showcasing the region’s most talented players every first Thursday of the month, house band, ...
- Tickets: £6/£3
Charlotte Vincent Masterclass
Friday, 06 Jun 2008
As well as a double-bill performance from the Vincent Dance Theatre at 8.00pm, Charlotte ...
- Tickets: £15/£10
Vincent Dance Theatre - Act One
Friday, 06 Jun 2008
A new double bill featuring solos by two of the Vincent Dance Theatre’s regular ...
- Tickets: £12/£8
Simon Munnery
Saturday, 07 Jun 2008
Nobel prize for effort nominee serves up his latest brew of jokes, sketches, characters, ...
- Tickets: £6
Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen and the Windows Project
Tuesday, 10 Jun 2008
Meet Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen as he signs books after a special reading for ...
- Tickets: Free
Damon Galgut & Mike McCormack
Thursday, 12 Jun 2008
Fiction Reading. Author of The Good Doctor, Galgut reads from The Impostor, a novel ...
- Tickets: £5/£3
Artists' Collectives and City Culture
Friday, 13 Jun 2008
Panel Discussion featuring: Lara Almacegui, Olaf Nicolai, Phil Redmond and Richard Williams.An expolration of ...
- Tickets: Free, Booking recommended
Common Culture: Bouncers
Friday, 13 Jun 2008
Variable Capital curators present a live art intervention featuring 20 bouncers in the galleries. ...
- Tickets: Free
Acoustic Ladyland with support from Yolk, a.P.A.t.T. and Diagonal
Friday, 13 Jun 2008
Wareham’s sax soars over Rochford’s drums with Herbert on bass and Cawley on ...
- Tickets: £12/£10
Rosie Dennis
Saturday, 14 Jun 2008
Love Song Dedication and No EntryTwo solo performances from the extaordinary Sydney-based performer. Colliding ...
- Tickets: £8/£5
Rosie Dennis Masterclass
Sunday, 15 Jun 2008
Dennis' hands-on masterclass explores techniques for creating new performance work in movement and spoken ...
- Tickets: £15/£10
Damaged Goods - Free gallery talk & discussion
Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008
Variable Capital curators David Campbell and Mark Durden in conversation with Michael Bracewell and ...
- Tickets: Free
Jyll Bradley - Mr Roscoe's Garden
Thursday, 19 Jun 2008 - Sunday, 22 Jun 2008
A rare chance to view the world famous living plant collection from the Liverpool ...
- Tickets: Free
Adela Jones - Grains of Paradise
Saturday, 21 Jun 2008 - Sunday, 22 Jun 2008
Find out more about the unique Liverpool Botanical Collection specimens, witness a live plant ...
- Tickets: Free
Architecture and Nostalgia - Discussion
Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008
Philosophy in Pubs (PIPs) occupy the Hub for another free discussion, this time focusing ...
- Tickets: Free. Booking recommended.
Valerie Bloom - Come, Me Pickney!
Thursday, 26 Jun 2008
Gather round as Valerie Bloom delights with stories, lights and sound in this brand ...
- Tickets: £3 single/£10 family ticket. Suitable
Sketchybeast and NILAmusic
Saturday, 28 Jun 2008
After a big hit performance at the Bluecoat's opening weekend, Sketchybeast and NILA music ...
- Tickets: £5
Liverpool Garden City
Sunday, 29 Jun 2008
Picnic and Discussion hosted by 'Pool project for National Garden Day'Pool project host an ...
- Tickets: Free
Philosophy in Pubs presents 'What can we learn from Art?'
Tuesday, 01 Jul 2008
Welcome to Philosophy In Pubs (PIPs), a philosophy club in the heart of the ...
- Tickets: Free
Four Corners exhibition
Thursday, 03 Jul 2008 - Sunday, 06 Jul 2008
Four Corners is a unique exhibition, a series of intimate interventions and extraordinary events ...
- Tickets: Free
Liverpooljazz at the Bluecoat
Thursday, 03 Jul 2008
Showcasing the region's most talented players every first Thursday of the month, house band ...
- Tickets: £7.50/£3.50
Dancing on Your Grave featuring Corpse de Ballet
Friday, 04 Jul 2008
Dance legends the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs return to the Bluecoat as a troupe ...
- Tickets: £15/£10
Open Studios Weekend
Saturday, 05 Jul 2008 - Sunday, 06 Jul 2008
Come and meet our community of artists, creative businesses and retailers in the first ...
- Tickets: Free
Dancing on Your Grave featuring Corpse de Ballet
Saturday, 05 Jul 2008
Dancing legends the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs return to the Bluecoat as a troupe ...
- Tickets: £15/£10
Summer Storytelling for Children
Sunday, 06 Jul 2008 - Sunday, 31 Aug 2008
Do you love story time? The Bluecoat literature programme and The Reader Organisation have ...
- Tickets: Free
Summer Storytelling for Children
Sunday, 06 Jul 2008
Each Sunday in July and August the Bluecoat and The Reader come together to ...
- Tickets: Free (Booking advisable)
The Blue Stocking Social Club
Sunday, 06 Jul 2008
A motley cabaret of video, music, dance and dramatic turns. Skilled professionals and passionate ...
- Tickets: £5 (Free to Senior Citizens)
New Ends, Old Beginnings
Friday, 11 Jul 2008 - Wednesday, 03 Sep 2008
Can Altay, Ziad Antar, Lara Baladi, Cevdet Erek, Tarek Al Ghoussein, Chourouk Hriech, Randa ...
- Tickets: Free
e-space lab - What's happening in Damascus and Liverpool right now?
Friday, 11 Jul 2008 - Monday, 14 Jul 2008
e-space lab returns to the Bluecoat for more free video streaming and blogging with ...
- Tickets: Free
New Ends, Old Beginnings exhibition tours
Friday, 11 Jul 2008 - Friday, 29 Aug 2008
Knowledgable guides walk you through the exhibition, answer questions and challenge you to think ...
- Tickets: Free
Ziyarat presents Arabise Me
Friday, 11 Jul 2008
Ziyarat launch the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival in style with a hand-picked programme of ...
- Tickets: Free
New Ends, Old Beginnings gallery talks
Saturday, 12 Jul 2008
Learn more abut the work of the artists featured in New Ends, Old Beginnings. ...
- Tickets: Free
Introduction to Arabic Literature by David Tresilian
Saturday, 12 Jul 2008
Modern Arabic literature remains little known and poorly understood despite growing curiosity among European ...
- Tickets: Free but booking recommended
Summer Storytelling for Children
Sunday, 13 Jul 2008
Each Sunday in July and August the Bluecoat and The Reader come together to ...
- Tickets: Free (Booking advisable)
Fadia Faqir and Sulaiman S.M.Y. Addonia - Fiction Reading
Sunday, 13 Jul 2008
As part of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, two fascinating authors with Arabic backgrounds ...
- Tickets: £5/£3
Book Launch - Somalia: A Forgotten Issue by Ismail Al Haj Jama
Wednesday, 16 Jul 2008
Part of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival. We celebrate this new publication by Liverpool ...
- Tickets: Free but booking recommended
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Sahlalla
Thursday, 17 Jul 2008
Individual Performance Ticket. This event also takes place on Saturday 19 July. (Fri-Sat & ...
- Tickets: £14/£12
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Fri-Sat Pass
Friday, 18 Jul 2008 - Saturday, 19 Jul 2008
Friday & Saturday Pass. (Individual Tickets and Weekend Passes including Workshops are also available) ...
- Tickets: £50/£40
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Shifting Sands
Friday, 18 Jul 2008
Individual Performance ticket. (Friday - Saturday and Weekend Passes with Workshops are also available)Shifting ...
- Tickets: £12/£10
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Weekend Pass with Djamila Masterclass
Friday, 18 Jul 2008 - Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
This weekend pass includes admission to Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July's Middle Eastern ...
- Tickets: £45/£30
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Weekend Pass with Raksan Masterclass
Friday, 18 Jul 2008 - Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
This weekend pass includes admission to Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July's Middle Eastern ...
- Tickets: £80/£70
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Bellies on the Brain
Saturday, 19 Jul 2008
Individual Performance ticket. (Friday-Saturday and Weekend Passes with Workshops are also available)Bellies on the ...
- Tickets: £30/£25
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Sahlalla
Saturday, 19 Jul 2008
Individual Performance Ticket. (Friday-Saturday Pass and Weekend Passes are also available).Sahlalla is headlined by ...
- Tickets: £14/£12
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Nubian Grooves Workshop
Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
As we reach the end of the four-day Dance bonanza, we have a full ...
- Tickets: Free but booking required
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Djamila Masterclass
Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
Individual Masterclass ticket. (Weekend Passes and Workshop Day Passes are also available).Djamila Hanan's Masterclass ...
- Tickets: 20/£12
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Raksan Masterclass
Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
This Masterclass is available to Weekend Pass holders.Raksan's Masterclass is sure to enthrall anyone ...
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Afternoon Workshops
Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
A full day of workshops from masterclasses with leading dance artists to a free ...
Middle Eastern Dance Bonanza - Workshop Day Pass with Djamila Masterclass
Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
A full day of workshops from masterclasses with leading dance artists to a free ...
- Tickets: £45/£30