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Liverpool Icon Images to go
on display with new Photography Festival partner
A major photography exhibition has been
commissioned as yet another new addition to the Liverpool Pride Festival 2016
programme. Organisers at Liverpool Pride have announced they are delighted to
collaborate with the dynamic 'LOOK Team', organisers of the
biennial Liverpool International Photography Festival using funding received
from the Arts Council of England.
Together, Liverpool Pride and LOOK are inviting people to send in photographs in
support of this year's Liverpool Pride Festival 2016 theme - Liverpool Icons.
The call is to encourage images that represent Liverpool, tolerance and
community, which epitomise lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer icons, lives,
participation in past Prides and connection to the City.
The images may be surprising, moving or hilarious. They can be abstract
renderings, portraits or even buildings that have been at the centre of LGBT
debate. We are particularly keen on images that present people or ideas that
have broadened perspectives and helped to diversify the cultural scene in the
City and beyond
The images will form a curated, public work, available for all to see,
demonstrating a City that is proud, connected, creative and caring. The public
exhibition will be shown on Thomas Steers Way, in Liverpool 1 and will launch on
23 July and run to 14 August 2016. Wider presentations using additional images
will take place throughout the festival.
The call opens on 22 April 2016 and runs until 10 June 2016. For more
information, terms and conditions and to download an application form, please
use this
link.
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Liverpool Pride Festival 2016 offers a week
long programme which culminates with a 2 day event, on Saturday, 30 July and
Sunday, 31 July 2016. It takes place in a new, more prominent position in the St
George's Quarter and features the well established Liverpool Pride March, on
Saturday, 30 July 2016.
Michael Carey, from Liverpool Pride Festival, said:- "We are really
excited to be working with LOOK to deliver a fantastic opportunity for local
people to participate and get involved in a unique photography project that will
celebrate LGBT culture and all things Scouse. The public realm installation will
showcase this work and we encourage City residents and tourists alike to take
time to visit and enjoy this unique and iconic art installation as a precursor
to attending our main event on 30th and 31st July in the St George's Quarter.
This is 1 of a series of new creative and participatory projects that is helping
shape the look of Liverpool Pride Festival 2016 and in particular our thanks go
to the Arts Council who have played an important role in helping to make this
and other creative partnerships a reality."
Liverpool Icons Exhibition Project Director, Emma Smith added:- "Tolerance
and community are the staples of our existence and a very real feature of
Liverpool's character, development and growth. We are excited about the
possibilities the exhibition brings with it. We can't wait to see what the
creative people of Liverpool; and beyond; interpret as iconic and the artistic
ways in which they demonstrate this. Curating the submissions will be
fascinating. It is a privilege to be working with Liverpool Pride and to be a
part of its continued success."
LOOK's Liverpool Icons is the latest addition to the Liverpool Pride Festival
2016. Other new initiatives for 2016 include:- 'What's Your Pride Story'
in partnership with Writing On The Wall. 'Dress With Pride' to
encourage customer facing businesses to dress up during the week of Pride to
help raise funds for the Liverpool Pride charity; and 'Come Out Of The
Shadows', a campaign to see the City's iconic venues lit in the Pride
rainbow colours in a bid to make Liverpool the most visibly LGBT friendly City
in the UK, this is supported by the Police Commissioner's Fund as a Hate Crime
initiative.
As always, the festival coincides with the anniversary of murdered gay teenager
Michael Causer, who tragically lost his life on 2 August 2008. The Liverpool
Pride festival was specifically created in his memory as a way to celebrate his
life and to empower the LGBT communities. Liverpool Pride Festival is now a key
highlight in the City's Summer events programme, attracting more than 25,000
people each year to attend, take part and support the annual LGBT festival.
Keep up to date with Liverpool Pride's new announcements on the event's
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'Let's Hang On' as
Award winning show is heading back to St Helens Theatre Royal
THERE'S just a few days to go until the
award winning production:- 'Let's Hang On' returns to St Helens
Theatre Royal, on Friday, 6 May, 2016, so book your tickets fast!
Back by popular demand following their performance in St Helens in 2015,
'Let's Hang On' is working its way back to the Theatre, with its
celebration of the legendary Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
In this remarkable production 'Let's Hang On takes' you on a
musical journey through the prolific career of 1 of the most successful bands of
all time:- Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
It's easy to frequently name drop the big chart stars of the 60's
such as:- The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys, but as their
repertoire proves, The Four Seasons are still held in very high regard with
countless hits and a multitude of songs used in hit films such as:- Grease,
Dirty Dancing, The Deer Hunter and Jersey Boys.
From the beginning in the early 50's when Frankie 1st joined the
group, the show takes you through hits such as:- 'December 63 (Oh What A
Night!)', 'Beggin', 'Sherry', 'Bye Bye
Baby', 'Walk Like A Man', 'Grease, Rag Doll',
'Can't Take My Eyes Off You', 'Working My Way Back To You',
'Big Girls Don't Cry', and many more, climaxing with a spectacular
finale, of course, 'Let's Hang On!'
Having performed at the Royal Albert Hall for Frankie Valli
himself, 'Let's Hang On' are undoubtedly 1 of the most authentic
touring acts on the circuit and continue to prove they're in a class of their
own!
Dino Buttarazzi, Martin Peat, Scott Walker, Jay Harrison and Stephen James (who
scales the falsetto heights previously set by Frankie Valli with remarkable
ease,) truly capture the original magic of the Four Seasons. The atmosphere
created is not only from their music, but also their own unique sound, nostalgic
mood, and electric feeling!
Described as "dynamite" by Frankie Valli himself,
prepare for an electric atmosphere at this show…!
Theatre manager Chantelle Nolan said:- "This show went down a storm with
our audience last year, so we can't wait to welcome 'Let's Hang On back' to St
Helens Theatre Royal for a second helping of Frankie Valli's amazing hits; and
we know the audience will be up on their feet dancing the night away! The story…
the music… the sound…. Let's Hang On gives you it all in this remarkable live
production, so book your tickets now and find out why audiences are leaving
saying:- ''Oh what a night!''"
Book in person at the Theatre Royal Box Office, located on Corporation Street,
St. Helens, Merseyside (WA10 1LQ).
Alternatively you can also call:- 01744 756
000 or log on to the Theatre's
website. |
