Liverpool public invited to join massive online drumming and movement project
Ally Goodman May 29, 2020
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Liverpool public invited to join massive online drumming and movement project

Merseyside not-for-profit BrazUKa International have been awarded Arts Council England’s Emergency Response funding and are now launching a brand new online drumming and movement project. With a programme of activities that was based around public-facing community rehearsals, performances and workshops, the organisation was hit hard by the effects of Covid-19. Now, with this funding, BrazUKa – and its highly visible […]

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Movema dance company team up with local community centre to tackle violent crime
Ally Goodman March 19, 2020
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Movema dance company team up with local community centre to tackle violent crime

Liverpool dance company Movema have teamed up with a local youth and community centre to tackle violent crime. In November 2019, Movema secured a grant from Merseyside’s Violence Reduction Partnership’s (VRP) sport-sector fund,  coordinated by public health charity Healthy Stadia, to extend their youth outreach programme “Unlock the Box”. The project provides preventative activities to young people in areas of high […]

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Africa Oyé announce first wave of 2020 artists for summer festival
Ally Goodman March 12, 2020
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Africa Oyé announce first wave of 2020 artists for summer festival

Africa Oyé have revealed the first three live music acts for their 2020 festival of music and culture in Liverpool. Female pan-African supergroup, Les Amazones D’Afrique, Ghanian highlife stars, Santrofi and Cameroonian songstress Valerie Ekoume will all grace the Sefton Park stage when the festival returns for its 28th annual event on 20th and 21st June, 2020. The all-female collective of West […]

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Ancient Greece comes to Liverpool in a surreal clown odyssey this April
Ally Goodman March 12, 2020
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Ancient Greece comes to Liverpool in a surreal clown odyssey this April

Teatro Pomodoro in assocation with UNITY Theatre Liverpool presents… ‘Sirens, Men and Crabs’ April 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2020Unity Theatre, Liverpool Liverpool’s international theatre troupe, Teatro Pomodoro, are returning to the city with a new show this April, entitled ‘Sirens, Men and Crabs: A Shipwrecked Odyssey.’  Debuting at the Unity Theatre from April 23rd to 25th, this brand new show will turn Ancient Greece […]

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Jazz and soul musicians from UK, Kenya and Uganda team up for Liverpool show
Ally Goodman January 31, 2020
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Jazz and soul musicians from UK, Kenya and Uganda team up for Liverpool show

Africa Oyé and 24 Kitchen Street and present… ‘EXTRA SOUL PERCEPTION’ Monday 24th February, 202024 Kitchen Street, LiverpoolDoors: 7pm A collaborative project combining jazz and soul musicians from UK, Kenya and Uganda is heading to Liverpool this February for what’s set to be an incredible night at 24 Kitchen Street. Africa Oyé & 24 Kitchen Street will present […]

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Cirqadia Contemporary Circus Festival takes over Liverpool
Ally Goodman October 29, 2019
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Cirqadia Contemporary Circus Festival takes over Liverpool

Liverpool’s circus pioneers Freefall are delighted to announce that their  Arts Council England bid for funding to support the city’s first ever  Festival of Contemporary Circus  this November has been successful. This year’s festival is the exciting pilot of a new annual event, which aims to raise the profile of Liverpool as a centre for […]

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