Lowdown - Issue 1 - March 2012 by Lowdown Magazine

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to the first issue of Lowdown, the most comprehensive guide to what’s going on in Liverpool. The city is full of talented souls who work hard to keep things buzzing but it can be hard to find out when and where it’s all happening.

THIS MONTH

We’ve worked tirelessly to bring you a resource which we hope will become invaluable. Whether you’re looking for a specific event or just want to know what you can do with your precious leisure time we guarantee there’ll be something for you.

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From backstreet gigs to international festivals it’s all here. If you’re looking for avenues to a healthier lifestyle we’ve got information on walks, sporting activities and holistic therapies. Lowdown aims to showcase Liverpool’s diverse cultural offerings, as varied in size and content as they are. We aim to promote the various businesses and talent who are integral to helping keep our local economy going and the cultural scene vibrant. This month we’re featuring Nook and Willow, a local online boutique who create individual, handmade bags and accessories. We’ve spoken to local session musician Paul Walsham whose talent has taken him all over the world – hopefully an inspiration to others who are just starting out. A big thank you to everyone who has helped bring this first issue together and also to our advertisers. If you have any suggestions then please email us. MARIE & PAUL

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Lowdown selections for March

COVER STORY 07 Richard Herring at Eric’s The Maccabees

ALBUM REVIEWS 12 MUSIC PREVIEWS 13 LIVE REVIEWS 14 FASHION 16

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Paul Walsham, 54321

HEALTH 19 Focus on Buddhist Centre in Sefton Park NEWS 20 Sea Odyssey and GEC head to Liverpool PREVIEWS 22 Lowdown picks for March entertainment LISTINGS 23 23 pages of What’s On CLASSIFIEDS 46 Editorial : Marie Martin, Paul Tsanos Design: Jason Powell twitter.com/thelowdownmag facebook.com/thelowdownmagazine email: info@thelowdownmagazine.com Advertising enquiries: 07890 400 100 ads@thelowdownmagazine.com www. thelowdownmagazine.com

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HIGHLIGHTS Friday 2nd Joan Baez Liverpool Philharmonic

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Calvin Harris, Benny Benassi Cream

Saturday 3rd Stewart Lee Liverpool Philharmonic

Sunday 4th Sarah Millican Liverpool Empire

Monday 12th The Maccabees O2 Academy

6th Spaghetti Western Orchestra Liverpool Empire

Tues 13th/Wed 14th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Russian State Ballet of Siberia, Swan Lake Liverpool Empire

Saturday 17th Wild Beasts 02 Academy

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Monday 19th Paul Merton Liverpool Empire

Thurs 22nd/Fri 23/Sat 24th Dara O Briain Liverpool Empire

Saturday 24th Bravado : Exit Stage Left Rush Pacific Road

28th Joe Bonamassa

Liverpool Echo Arena

Tuesday 27th Temptations/Four Tops Liverpool Echo Arena

Saturday 31st Cast LGOS, Mountford Hall

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COMEDIAN RICHARD HERRING DISSECTS LOVE AND LAUGHTER

MRLOVERMAN As 90s cult comedy duo Lee and Herring, Richard Herring and partner Stewart Lee cultivated a subversive, left-wing comedy style characterised in BBC shows Fist of Fun and This Morning With Richard Not Judy. Despite both shows’ promising popularity neither were commissioned for a third series. The BBC now states their loss to television should cause heads to be hung in shame in certain quarters of the corporation. By the end of the 90s the pair had begun to pursue individual careers and Richard Herring kicked off the millennium writing 22 episodes for Al Murray’s, Time Gentleman Please. In the decade that followed Herring established himself as one of the UK’s foremost comedy writers, released a book, How Not To Grow Up and various critically acclaimed DVDs, wrote and presented radio shows and podcasts, gained a cult following for his blog, Warming Up which has not missed a daily entry since it began in 2002, published his first volume of selected blogs, Bye Bye Balham and resurrected his solo stand-up career performing sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe (the last of which was his 32nd appearance at the Festival to date). This month, as Herring brings number 32, What is Love, Anyway to Eric’s, we found out a little more about the workshy comedian...

WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THE THEME OF THIS TOUR AND WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR THEMES GENERALLY? I try to pick a theme or subject that interests me. Usually the subject and title come first and then I work up some ideas, but occasionally I’ll have an inkling of which way I want to go. Two years ago I did a show about Hitler, last year it was Jesus (I realised I was following the career path of Pope Benedict) and so I wanted to do a big subject. I’d been thinking about love a lot, partly because I’ve been in a relationship for four years and it’s time to think about what happens next, but also partly because at the end of Christ on a Bike, when I’d suggested love might be as delusional, faith based and unprovable as religion the audience would often be a little unsettled. They’d spent 90 minutes laughing at religion, but now I was having a go at a magical thing that they believed in. We all think we know what love is and accept it unquestioningly, yet if you think about it for a second you realise how mysterious and unknowable and ephemeral it is. Challenging the status quo and closed systems of thought is what comedy is all about. HOW DO YOU WRITE MATERIAL FOR YOUR SHOWS? I’ve written a daily blog for over nine years and sometimes something presents itself there which I think might be a good routine, or I can discuss issues and start to feel my way with them, but these days I don’t really ‘write’ shows. I think about the subject, read about it, make notes about stuff that I think might work and then I just go on stage and chat about it. I do this pretty much every night for two months and by then it coalesces into a show. A lot of it starts as something that is ad-libbed or I find the best way to say something by trial and error. At its best, with a receptive audience it’s possible to ad lib entire ideas or find the comedy or a joke that will make a routine work. I don’t tend to tape or review what I’ve done, just get back up on stage the next night and usually manage to remember the good bits, but sometimes things get lost or are not funny the next time or you miss a crucial nuance. Once the show is together I’m still changing stuff on tour, able to concentrate on nuances of getting exactly the right word or gesture or inflection. It’s never finished, merely abandoned. ||>

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ARE THERE ANY SUBJECTS YOU BELIEVE TO BE A ‘NO GO AREA’? I don’t think there are. There’s comedy in every subject; it’s just how you handle it and what you find to laugh at. Most jokes are about context and status and something can be very funny said by one person and deeply offensive said by another. There are jokes I wouldn’t do, mainly because they’re not good jokes or have the wrong victim. I mainly like to joke about myself, but prefer comedy that punches upwards rather than downwards. Sometimes, if said in the right circumstances an ‘offensive’ joke can make a valuable point and sometimes the only way to gain temporary power over death, illness and horrible crimes is to laugh at them. It can be a release valve. HOW HAS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGED THE WAY YOU WORK? It’s given me the freedom to do the stuff I want to do without having to go via a committee. So the things I do for fun or that are too racey or avant garde for mainstream media I can do myself as a blog, podcast or a tweet. It’s allowed me to cultivate an audience who consume the stuff I give out for free, but then largely pay to see me live. This job can be frustrating when projects don’t get commissioned or get changed by people who don’t know anything about comedy. The internet allows me to put out ideas, in various states of preparation, that I couldn’t do elsewhere. And the blogging and podcasting has made me a better writer and comedian and provided me with ideas that I have then examined further in my shows and books. IS COMEDY A CRAFT YOU CAN LEARN OR AN INHERENT GIFT? You can learn a lot of the techniques, but I think you have to have an inherent understanding of what’s funny or what might be funny. A good comedian can find humour in places that no one else would think of looking for it. You can learn the formulas, but you need to be an expert to make them invisible or subvert them or make the leap to break the rules entirely. And it’s such an odd job and a long learning curve that I think you really have to want to do it and so probably have some talent to begin with or it will be a long and frustrating life. Which it pretty much is if you know what you’re doing too. DO YOU FEEL THE SAME CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN COMEDY OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES AS OTHER FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT? Comedy, like all media and art forms, swings back and forth on a pendulum. In some ways comedy has become more commercial, but

there’s a much healthier left-field wing too and the internet has allowed smaller acts to get their work out to a big audience and make DVDs a viable option for someone like me. Whatever I was doing five years ago seems to be what’s happening in comedy. But whether I’m five years ahead or behind the pendulum I’m not sure. YOU’RE PLAYING ERIC’S IN LIVERPOOL, A COMPARATIVELY INTIMATE VENUE; DO YOU FEEL THE CAPACITY OF ARENAS LENDS ITSELF TO STAND-UP? I prefer to play more intimate venues, though obviously there is a commercial trade off. But I can’t see much point in playing to 10,000 people other than to make money. I like live comedy because it’s a live experience. And in my tours I play venues of 100 seats and some of 1000 seats, usually around 300. It’s nice to have the variety and for me 500-1000 would be the ideal combination of intimacy and commercial success. But I rarely get to play the big venues, so can’t be sure I’m not just saying that because those are the rooms I play. As a punter I don’t like seeing stuff at the O2, so imagine I wouldn’t as a performer. You might as well just watch the DVD. It’s great when you can see and sense everyone in the room and I like that whether it’s 30 people or 3000. ARE THOSE WHO ARE COMMISSIONING COMEDY MAKING DECISIONS THAT OFFER VIEWERS A DIVERSE CHOICE? I think it’s a hard job, but that maybe in today’s environment there aren’t enough commissioners prepared to take the chances involved for creating groundbreaking and brilliant TV. It’s safer to go for something that seems like something that is already successful (even though most truly successful shows are very original) and it’s hard to give a new show the room to breath that it needs. The best comedy shows take a few weeks for the audience to get into the swing of things. But for all the rubbish that makes it on there are many great shows. And if Stewart Lee can get a show on TV under his own rigorous terms then there is hope for us all. DO YOU FEEL YOU’VE HAD THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE FOR YOUR VARIOUS WORK? Probably not, but I’ve been lucky to work constantly for 20 years and have been involved in many TV and radio shows, which is more than many people get. I’m pretty proud of nearly everything I’ve done and nothing has really had any widespread recognition. In some ways that makes me lucky, because I’m still doing what I want to do and hardly anyone is judging me via an early success, But it’s

frustrating that sometimes my written work doesn’t get produced whereas others with more recognition, but less of a work ethic are given series after series. But the people who get me and like me stay very loyal and it might suit me to be an outsider who is a bit unfairly overlooked by TV and awards and top 10 lists. Stewart is having to cope with suddenly being recognised as a great comedian and I’m not sure it’s an entirely positive experience for him, especially as like me he’d built himself up as a bit of an outsider. DO YOU FEEL THERE ARE ANY DEEPER PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS FOR COMEDIANS DOING WHAT THEY DO OTHER THAN USING IT AS A VEHICLE TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE? Sometimes. And many comics are a bit needy or crazy or self-obsessed. But were they like that already or did the job make them that way? I always just liked making people laugh and people who made me laugh, which might come from some kind of neediness, but I hope was more to do with just enjoying laughing. There’s an element in us all probably that wants to show people they were wrong to treat us badly or underrate us. And some comics are driven by revenge. But though I play around with madness and eccentricity I hope that I am relatively down to earth and sane. I’m probably not though. YOU’RE ALREADY A PROLIFIC WRITER AND COMEDIAN, WHAT’S NEXT? Looks like I will just carry on doing more of the same. I’m enjoying touring for half the year and writing for half the year and filling my time with dumb podcasts and blogs. Hopefully I’ll keep experimenting. I’ve written a TV comedy drama which I’d love to get made, but I’ve been doing this long enough to know it’s unlikely. I’d quite like to become a professional snooker player, who only plays snooker against himself, quite badly, but people still want to pay to watch that. ||

THE MUSIC CONSORTIUM PRESENTS

A celebration of the music, lyrics & dance of Kate Bush 7.30pm Thursday 12th April 2012 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP | Tickets from £15.00 to £21.00 Tickets are available from The Music Consortium Vinyl Emporium (Ex Hairy Records) and www.liverpoolphil.com

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THE MACCABEES After a decade together, The Maccabees released their third album, ‘Given To The Wild’ in January and started a European tour in February. Since the release of their debut album, ‘Colour It In’ in 2007, the Brighton-based indie rockers have developed a deeper, darker sound from their earlier youthful heartbreak. Reviewers of The Maccabees’ offerings have documented this evolution, most notably NME’s description of second album ‘Wall Of Arms’ as ‘no longer too pop to be art and too art to be pop’ while the London Evening Standard anticipated the new sound points ‘at a more prog-rock direction’. The band themselves believe they have finally discovered what they’re truly capable of. Could 2012 be their year? Guitarist Felix White discusses the band’s development…

HOW HAS THE BAND EVOLVED SINCE ITS INCEPTION? I hope we have a fair amount. We started the band nearly 10 years ago, which is scary, but also indicates that we must have been totally different people then. We’ve slowly learnt all the time and most importantly it always feels like we’re getting better. HOW DOES THE NEW ALBUM REFLECT THIS EVOLUTION? The album was written in a totally different way to anything we’ve done before. We started to get our heads around Logic and other music programmes over the last couple of years and were excited about having more production control of our music. We began by developing ideas individually and bringing them in to each other when they were more fully formed. In the past we’ve always written in a room together with our guitars. The idea was to show an evolution through that process and freeing ourselves of limitations that we’d held as rules previously. DO YOU FEEL YOUR FAN BASE HAS ALTERED SINCE YOUR FIRST ALBUM? I think a lot of people have grown with us and I’ve noticed older people occupying the back half of venues more, but it’s difficult to tell from our end to be honest.

HAVING JUST FINISHED YOUR MOST RECENT TOUR WHAT ARE THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF TOURING GENERALLY? The highs are seeing the world and living off doing what you truly love. And those highs hugely outweigh the lows, namely total lack of sleep and no moments to yourself.

FOLLOWING THE ROOTS MANUVA COLLABORATION DO YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE PLANS TO WORK WITH OTHER CONTEMPORARIES? Yeah maybe. But we’ve not got around to that yet. We’re honoured to have the work of Andy Goldsworthy on the cover of the new album.

YOU’RE PLAYING LIVERPOOL THIS MONTH. YOUR GIG HERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR GENERATED A GENUINE SENSE OF WARMTH AMONGST THE CROWD, IS THIS TYPICAL OF A MACCABEES’ GIG? People that come to Maccabees’ gigs throughout England usually bring a sense of occasion to the shows and we wouldn’t ask for better crowds in a million years. Liverpool was a lot of fun.

JUST AS JOHN PEEL CHAMPIONED MANY ARTISTS, DO YOU FEEL ANYONE HAS DONE THE SAME FOR THE MACCABEES? Early on Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe supported the band and definitely drew more attention to us. Media exposure is of course important in the sense that if people are going to hear your music they need to be aware of you, but we hope that making good music is enough to gain that kind of exposure.

DOES THE USE OF YOUR MUSIC ON A COMMERCIAL LEVEL FEEL LIKE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE? A way of the world now, it’s not as easy to survive as musicians these days unfortunately. But we won’t be making a habit of branding our music and feel like we’ve found something we’re really proud of in ‘Given To The Wild’, so that kind of syncing is not the ambition for the album to live in.

WHAT DOES 2012 HOLD FOR THE MACCABEES? We’re going to celebrate the last two years of writing by going around the world and enjoying ourselves. We’re 30 in a few years so it feels like now’s the time. ||

DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF THEIR SHOES New material looks set to propel Brighton band, The Maccabees, from cult creatives to chart champions

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ALBUMREVIEWS LANA DEL RAY BORN TO DIE

If you haven’t heard of Lana Del Ray then you can safely consider yourself on the outskirts of popular culture. Driven by the desperation for a quick and huge return of investment she has suffered from the kind of overexposure the music industry specialises in. With rumours aplenty about fakery, cosmetic surgery and rich parentage bringing her credibility into question the pedestal she was placed upon has started to look a bit wobbly. Distractions aside, Video Games was one of the songs of 2011. LDR’s sultry voice coupled with the cinematic orchestration make it easy to listen to this album. National Anthem attempts to marry a hip hop lite vocal with the lush strings but it’s mostly the Video Games theme that runs throughout. If you want to level criticism there are plenty of lyrical cliches but there is still a lot to like about this debut. There’s nothing particularly original here and you may feel that you are being manipulated by a team of pop experts but if you like well crafted, beautiful sounding pop music with hints of Twin Peaks and retro Americana then ignore the hype and dive in.

THE MACCABEES GIVEN TO THE WILD

Third album in, The Maccabees’ sound has evolved and Orlando Weeks’ vocals still stir the soul. Simple but effective keyboard textures against the drums’ abruptness create hooks to draw you in. Opener Given To The Wild sets the tone. You’re to be guided through the untamed landscape by echoing, sometimes distant but directive melodies that wash over you and sweep you along. In Feel To Follow, within a moment you’ve gone from feeling Weeks’ whispery breath on your ear to the beat of your heart as the crescendo builds with the guitar chords. This juxtaposition also occurs between tracks, reminding us of that uneven territory we’re on. From the mellow and moving Heave to the pulsating Pelican there’s a continued appeal to connecting with the sensations. The repeated theme indicates maturity by exploring a developed understanding, mirroring the developed sound. In the anthemic sound of the closer, Grew Up At Midnight, we reach the ultimate climax.

LEONARD COHEN OLD IDEAS

Leonard Cohen reflects on love, life and regret to great effect on a beautiful album which delivers everything we’ve come to expect from the man. Age has not diminished his ability to deliver brilliant lyrics with wit, warmth and self deprecation. With a voice now so dark and smokey it could cure kippers and perfect accompaniment from the angel voiced Webb sisters, you are invited to enjoy the sun slowly set on a long, illustrious career and a life well lived. If you’re not moved by this album you may wish to check your pulse.The music is warm and mellow without being maudlin and creates an intimate glow. Gypsy violin, harmonica and Hammond organ all make welcome appearances and there are at least three tracks on here that will have his previous classics hastily shuffling along to make room for them on his next greatest hits collection. Buy, enjoy and treasure. 9/10 KK ||

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MUSICPREVIEWS CAST 31ST MARCH, MOUNTFORD HALL

A decade after splitting, Cast have returned with an album full of the anthemic, melodic and aesthetically crafted songs that made ‘All Change’ Polydor’s fastest selling debut of all time back in ‘95. John Power said of the new album: ‘...it was all about putting into words what it was I was feeling, about all the things I was seeing all around me and troubled times is what we found.’ The newly reformed band give hometown fans a chance to see the new stuff live at the end of the month, when they stop off at Mountford Hall mid-way through their UK tour.

SOUND CITY 2012 17TH-19TH MAY

Sound City is gearing up for its fifth outing, by taking the festival to another level with the introduction of Sound City Expo and announcing it will play host to the UK Music Student Awards.

KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT BOYS 23RD MARCH, ERIC’S

King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys have travelled a long and varied path since they formed in the early 80s. It began in a coffee bar in Walsall (where the band allocated each other their instruments and set about learning to play them), led to busking on the town’s streets, continued on to critical acclaim, touring with B.B.King and across Europe, and via nine albums and several name changes brought them to recognition as the world’s greatest swing band. ‘An unforgettable musical experience’, this swinging six-piece deliver a shot of pure and authentic Jazz and Blues that is bound to intoxify the Eric’s audience.

Having spent the years since its inception in 2008 building a reputation for bringing the best new music, film, art and more from all over the world to Liverpool, SC is cementing its commitment to emerging talent and the wider industry. The awards, to be held at the Echo Arena on 17 May and hosted by Radio 1’s Edith Bowman, are in collaboration with Access To Music, with nominees put forward by music education providers. Sound City Expo will bring the newest and most forward-thinking exhibitors to the Echo Arena and provide access for consumers and music professionals to the people, tools and services needed in the ever-progressing digital age. With headline acts, Professor Green, White Denim, Death In Vegas and new talent, Yukon Blonde, Charli XCX and Fixers kicking off the line-up announcements, Sound City 2012 has whet our appetite for an event celebrating the eclectic mix of genres it has become synonymous with. Roll on May.

WOW 12TH APRIL, PHILHARMONIC

For those who haven’t been lucky enough to see storytelling songstress Kate Bush perform live (numerous considering she’s only undertaken one tour in her career) WOW is an opportunity to experience her art in all its forms. Maaike Breijman’s reinterpretation of Bush’s iconic hits and lesser known offerings, combined with the dance routines performed by the star on stage and in video, brings to life what audiences have found compelling about the artist for decades.

YELLOWMAN RETURNS TO AFRICA OYÉ

Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest celebration of African music and culture, returns to Sefton Park in June for its 20th annual festival. With music from right across Africa, South America and The Caribbean and more than 40 stalls selling the best food, drinks, arts and crafts and fashion from Africa and beyond, this event has become a much anticipated highlight in Liverpool’s event calendar. 2012 sees the return of Yellowman and the Sagittarius Band, back by popular demand after their successful 2011 UK tour. Massively influential in both reggae and hip-hop, Yellowman’s 30 year career has impacted worldwide. Africa Oyé takes place on 23 and 24 June and admission is free, visit www.africaoye.com for more information.

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LIVEREVIEWS THE HORRORS

THE KAZIMIER, JANUARY 17 After cancelling their Liverpool Music Week gig back in October due to illness, The Horrors returned to the city a few months later to expectant fans and ticket holders. The Kazimier was ready and its capacity full, the scene was set for an atmospheric gig. And yet. Photo: Jennifer Pellegrini

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH O2 ACADEMY, FEBRUARY 3

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, Alec Ounsworth formed a band with some friends from Connecticut College and even though I have been a huge fan of that band since its formation in 2004, the thought of going to see that same band of troubadours playing in this particular room filled me with dread. And sure enough, as feared, my rose tinted memories of seeing them perform at Latitude Festival’s Main Stage in 2007 were about to be unceremoniously stamped all over. So now, beer in hand and full of trepidation, I am keeping a low profile by the sound desk at the back of the room as the house lights dim and five figures amble on to the stage in semi darkness and offer up the opening bars of ‘Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away’ from their first album. My chin may well have dropped several inches at this point as I struggled to discern anything but drums and bass pounding its way through the cacophony of guitar, keyboards and vocals noises coming through the PA.

After recovering my composure and having watched my now one time heroes struggle through a couple more dirge like representations of their material, lead vocalist Alec takes off his jacket and guides us through a rendition of ‘Details of the War’ which nearly saved the day. But no, even a smattering of material from the new album and a sprightly version of ‘Satan says Dance’ failed to do just that. I couldn’t take any more, I left, without clapping, before the finale to rush home and play their eponymous first album so I could put some of that rosy tint back into my spectacles. SELBY STRANGE

There is no doubt (in my mind) that ‘Skying’, the band’s third album and first they’ve produced, has built on the success of 2009 Mercury-nominated, ‘Primary Colours’. And plenty of positive industry reviews back me up. A combination of well-crafted pop songs, woozy guitar effects, keyboards coming to the fore and Faris Badwan’s blissful baritone make this a lustrous, hypnotic, asmospheric piece of work. Which begs the question why this live performance of ‘Skying’ distinctly lacked just what the album creates so well. There was no obvious criticism to level at the band, they held their own considering the lack lustre vibe. One crowd member certainly found the performance hypnotic and received a clout around the ear from frontman Faris when his appreciation became overwhelming. The rather imposing figure, who stood head and shoulders above the rest of the crowd, was waving his scarf so enthusiastically he nearly toppled on to the stage. Sadly it was this drama which marked a slight turning point. The crowd seemed to awaken and ‘Still Life’ created the energy that ‘I Can See Through You’ had failed to ignite. The encore encapsulated all that had been missing from the evening and ‘Moving Further Away’ ended the night on a high. Sadly, the overall mood could not be erased from my memory and a disappointed fan of the album travelled home wishing it could be.

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BAGLADIES What Women Want. An over-analysed but unqualified expression. As individuals, there is no surety when classifying what the female species would like. Aside from an acknowledgement of their diversity. Thankfully there are some creative souls out there who are aware of this…and they’re busy working on the ultimate accessory.

Stephanie clutch £120

Leylandii bow oversized clutch £420 Bayberry shopper £450

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Nook & Willow, formed in Liverpool in 2004 as an alternative to the mass-produced design of the fashion accessories market, creates handmade, unique, original handbags and accessories. Their products are designed with a vintage look and feel in classic shapes so they are aspirational not seasonal. They

Sadie clutch £180

are intended to be your ‘forever’ bags. Their online boutique is the window to their soul… take a look inside and find something women really want. www.nookandwillow.com. Nook and Willow are keeping one step ahead with the introduction of shoe workshops at their studio on Seel Street. ‘A Load of

Cobblers’ gives you the chance to design and produce your own fancy footwear under the guidance of experts. Arrive in the morning, bring your own materials or use those provided, gain shoemaking skills, eat some cake and have a light lunch then leave with your bespoke booty. ||

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INTRODUCING…

Liverpool drummer, Paul Walsham, has been a busy player on the professional circuit for several years and his resume includes stints with Elvis Costello, Simon Webbe, Craig David, Atomic Kitten, Barclay James Harvest and Patricia Kass but after taking up drumming duties with Hurt, his career has gone from strength to strength. 2011 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR YOU, TELL US ABOUT IT: I started the year touring Japan, Russia other parts of Asia and finally USA before heading back for the NME awards where Hurts won best new band. Over the summer we played major UK festivals including V, Glastonbury, T in the Park and Lattitude. Hurts finished the year with a sold out show at O2 Brixton Academy where Kylie joined us on stage.

HOW DID YOU GET THE GIG WITH HURTS? Theo and Adam were based in Manchester and wanted northern musicians. I was recommended by the management and also MD Pete Watson who I’d worked with before. Playing with Hurts involves mixing acoustic kit with electronics which I have experience of. WHAT WHERE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS? I was invited to Frankfurt Music Show by Paiste Cymbals and Sonor Drums and ended

54321

With a self released album under their belt and their second due out soon, Wirral based 54321 are determined to realise their goals. They’ve been featured on BBC Introducing and recently supported Toploader and Babybird. Their hard work has even taken them to Sweden for regular gigs where they are building a substantial fan-base. Their live performances are slick and professional

up sitting with some of my drumming heroes including Jojo Mayer, Benny Greb, Christoph Schneider from Rammstein and Chris Coleman who plays for Prince. I also had the Paul Walsham signature drumstick created by Rohema. You can find out more about Paul at www.paulwalsham.com

and they’re accomplished musicians. But being in fashion doesn’t interest the band of four brothers and one cousin, they’re more interested in making music and their ever increasing fan-base shows they must be doing something right. The band are aiming higher in 2012 and are hoping their new release will open a few more doors. Check them out at www.thisis54321.com

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BIGBUDDHA Times are tough. The Government, the media and your bank balance are all screaming, ‘the outlook is bleak’ and for many of us it damn well is. We have to consider our spending pattern a little more than we used to. Access to credit is not the easy passage it once was and every day we wake up to news of corruption, deception and controversy centred around institutions and public figures we are ‘supposed’ to expect better from. Even in such adverse times we have much to be grateful for and we all have our own ways of realising it. Spending time with people we care about, being creative, discovering the things that actually make us happy. Sometimes we may need a little help or direction in the art of relaxation or taking time out to reconsider what makes us happy. With this in mind we found this little place in the heart of Sefton Park. L17 has been the home to The Duldzin Kadampa Buddhist Centre for 18 years now but we suspect there are plenty of you who didn’t know of its transcendental existence. It’s a Buddhist Meditation Centre and a registered charity run entirely by volunteers. The Centre runs many different classes, courses and retreats on meditation and Buddhism for all levels of experience. It’s open to everyone so you don’t have to be a Buddhist to take part.

We tried out one of their weekly drop-in classes with Resident teacher Adam Starr so we could offer a more informed prognosis. No-one likes an uninformed prognostic. And the meditation was as you might expect, very relaxing. Each week a new topic is explored and a talk given by the teacher based on Buddhist teachings with the opportunity for attendees to discuss afterwards. The topic we discussed surrounded how we can form unrealistic attachments to material possessions or people. It became clear that this can lead to unnecessary pain and suffering which can be avoided. It was both thought provoking and insightful. Classes are usually run as short courses of five to eight weeks but can be attended occasionally if you prefer. And if you want to delve deeper there are plenty more courses and classes run throughout the year.

The Duldzin’s setting in the Park works well with the Centre’s ethos and a warm welcome was offered. The soon to be re-opened World Peace Cafe will no doubt attract Park visitors to stop off for refreshments and perhaps partake in a little meaning of life exploration if they so wish. So we found a place for you to visit when you find yourself in need of some relaxation and think guided meditation is the way forward. The fact the Centre is a Buddhist one can mean as little or as much to you as you wish, the most important thing is you know about it. And we told you. ||

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NEWS

Taking Care Of Business Liverpool is set to host a landmark international event, attended by the largest gathering of start-up champions from around the world. The Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) will make its first trip to Europe when it comes to the city in March.

Sea Odyssey – Little Girl Giant North Liverpool is set to become the focus of the city next month when Sea Odyssey, a 30 foot tall Little Girl Giant steps out on to the streets. Royal De Luxe, the world’s leading street theatre company, present the city’s biggest ever outdoor event from 20-22 April, telling a magical story of how the human spirit triumphs over the Titanic tragedy. The star of the show will wander around areas including Stanley Park, Walton Lane, Breck Road, Everton and Anfield and it’s hoped the event (expected to attract an audience of around 250,000) will begin the showcasing of this area’s potential development and investment opportunity. Liverpool City Council’s cabinet member for culture and tourism, Councillor Wendy Simon, said: ‘Sea Odyssey will be a seminal event for the city.’ ‘Tens of thousands of people visit the north end for football matches, but rarely spend any more time there, so this is the perfect opportunity to show off the area and it’s potential.’ The full route for the free event will not be released until a few weeks prior to its arrival but for more information visit www.giantspectacular.com.

Charity Cake-Bake The first woman to win BBC2’s Masterchef: The Professionals has confirmed her place on the judging panel for North West Cancer Research Fund’s 2012 Cake Bake. Merseyside winner Claire Lara, who cooked her winning dessert for the Queen, will join TV presenter Cherry Healey, LEAF tea shop owner Natalie Haywood and O-Very campaign’s chief executive Anne Jackson in the charity’s flagship event, launched to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. The competition, taking place on 2 March at Leaf on Bold Street, will see entrants bake in five categories, with one overall winner crowned the ‘O-Very Best Baker’ at the end of the day. For more information visit www.nwrcrf.co.uk.

Sir Richard Branson is headline speaker at the GEC and will be joined at the Arena and Convention Centre on 13 March by former Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy, founder of Lastminute.com, Martha Lane Fox and Lord Michael Heseltine, former deputy prime minister and founder of the Haymarket publishing group. The Congress, running from 9-16 March aims to unleash the potential of aspiring businesses through a week of events which will explore the concept of winning in business. Liverpool Vision, joint hosts along with the Kauffman Foundation, the world’s largest foundation dedicated to entrepreneurship, hope the event will help transform the city into a globally recognised home of entrepreneurship. For more information visit www.gec2012.com.

Armchair Support For Everyman Appeal Supporters giving £500 or more to the Everyone for the Everyman appeal will have an opportunity to name a seat in the hotly anticipated 21st century Everyman. Following public funding confirmation last April, and work behind the scenes to raise funds from trusts and foundations, the building project has already secured £27m. The first major donation from a Liverpool philanthropist, £200,000 from the Peter Johnson Foundation, marked the transition to inviting local people to get involved via the Everyone for the Everyman appeal. Donations large or small can be made as a single or regular gift, and every pound donated up to the first £250,000 will be matched by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. The official groundbreaking, marking the start of building work on site at the Hope Street theatre took place in January. For more information on how to get involved in Everyone for the Everyman, call Rowena on 0151 706 9124 or email donate@everymanplayhouse.com.

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PREVIEWS 6th Spaghetti Western Orchestra Liverpool Empire

Spaghetti Western Orchestra

Spaghetti Western Orchestra swaggers into town this month recreating the saloon, spittoon and shot-gun slinging ambience of the Wild Wild West Five multi-talented musicians play more than 100 instruments, both conventional and not so (a coat hanger makes an appearance) in a celebration of the iconic collaborations between Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone. Featuring classic themes from ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’, ‘For a Few Dollars More’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’, SWO is inventive, enthralling and a marked return to the old school idea of ‘entertainment’.

Full Service, Scotty Bowers, Grove Atlantic Press The wholesome image of the golden age of Hollywood in the 40s, 50s and 60s has been blown apart by a man who claims he was a sex fixer to the stars.

Scotty Bowers book is a ‘fascinating chronicle of Hollywood’s sexual underground’, revealing the secret lives of stars including Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh. Bowers, a former marine, details a world far removed from the conservative idyll propagated by Hollywood studios. His starring role was as gigolo and leading men such as Tracy used him for sex while he sought out lesbian lovers for Hepburn. Despite the controversial revelations contained in the book, Bowers’ publisher said in the New York Times he’d decided to publish Full Service partly because: ‘...there seemed to be nothing meanspirited about it at all.’ Bowers himself said he’d kept silent until now because he didn’t want to hurt any of the people involved.

3rd Stewart Lee

Liverpool Philharmonic

Stewart Lee: Carpet Remnant World

Remember the 90s when comedy wasn’t just crowbarred into every half hour slot on Dave and more about stand-up and sketches than panels of comedians quickfiring comic responses to topical questions? Stewart Lee spent the decade garnering a reputation as a cerebral, left-wing comic. Lee has since donned a variety of Worzel heads such as writer, stand-up, director, producer, script editor and rock critic. His latest television series, ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’ aired to critical acclaim and was BAFTA nominated, The Guardian said of it: ‘His performances unfurl like a stroll on a summer’s day: scenery and good companionship take precedence over destination.’ This month Stewart Lee brings his new show to the Liverpool Philharmonic and if The Guardian are to be trusted, it’ll offer welcome relief on a cold and gloomy night in March.

MARCHLISTINGS THURSDAY 1ST Music

Northern Lights, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789. Christian Lindberg conducts RLPO in all-Scandinavian programme. www.liverpoolphil.com International Guitar Night, Liverpool Philharmonic Rodewald Suite, 8.30pm, SOLD OUT, 0151 709 3789. Featuring Lulo Reinhardt, Adrian Legg and Brian Gore www.liverpoolphil.com Terry Seabrook’s Milestones Play ‘Kind of Blue’, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £12.50, 0151 709 3789. Celebrating the world’s best selling jazz album. www.thecapstonetheatre.com Lafaro, The Shipping Forecast, 7.30pm, £7.25, 0151 709 6901. www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute. www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Beatles Tribute Night, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org

Theatre & Dance South Pacific, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £19.50-£38.50, 0844 871 3017. Starring Samantha Womack. www.liverpoolempire.org.uk A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 1.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play. www.everymanplayhouse.com Paul Daniels - Hair Today Gone Tomorrow, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £17.50-£19.50, 0151 907 8360. A show full of magic, comedy and amazement. www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Crown Matrimonial, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757. Royce Ryton’s gripping historical drama. www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

Emma, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Adapted for the stage by Gordon Glennon. www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, 8pm, £8-£12, 0151 227 5946. Keith Carter as Nige. www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Karen Bayley with Dave Longley, Tom Goodliffe and Howard Read. www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk Mick Foley: Nights in Red Flannel World Comedy Tour, Liverpool Olympia, 8.30pm, £18.50-£19.50, 0151 263 6633. Pre-show meet and greet at 6.30pm included in admission cost. www.liverpoololympia.com

Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Exploring the relationship between Liverpool and Shanghai. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum, 10am-5pm (at timed intervals), £3-£6 under 5s FREE, 0151 478 4393. Meet six life-like animatronic dinosaurs. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. A display of 26 silkscreens showing Sir Peter Blake’s fascination with letters, fonts and typography. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Highlights the original fashions of the 1970s. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. On public display for the first time in the UK. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Matisse: selecting the exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Join curator Ann Bukantas to learn how the exhibition was selected. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Reflecting the complexities of gender, religion, sexual orientation and race. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. 42 portraits by photojournalist and writer Lee Karen Stow. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. A community exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of the riots in Liverpool 8. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Highlights the abuse of labour rights in the cotton industry. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village, 10am5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136. Featuring the work of the English firm of architectural photographers between 1870 and 1930. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Exhibition exploring the development of fashionable dress during this period. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE, 10am-17.50pm, FREE, 0151 702 7400. www.tate.org.uk Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE, 10am-17.50pm, FREE, 0151 702 7400. Displaying seven works from the Turner Prize winning artist. www.tate.org.uk Charline von Heyl, TATE, 10am17.50pm, £5.40-£7.20, 0151 702 7400. Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters www.tate.org.uk NT Live: The Comedy of Errors, FACT, 7pm, £13-£15, 0871 902 5737. National Theatre live screening, starring Lenny Henry (12A). www.fact.co.uk Display Centre exhibition: Cadeaux d’Amour - an Exhibition of Tokens of Affection, Bluecoat, 10am-6pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. www.thebluecoat.org.uk Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat, 10am-6pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. To mark Unilever’s 100 years of research and development at their Port Sunlight facility. www.thebluecoat.org.uk Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. An exploration of our burgeoning celebrity culture. www.openeye.org.uk Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. www.openeye.org.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E, 9am-5pm (weekends 10am-4pm),

FREE, 0151 709 5109. Exhibition presenting artworks created over the last 40 years of ‘Artful Games’. www.theblack-e.co.uk Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E, 9am-5pm (weekends 10am-4pm), FREE, 0151 709 5109. 12 paired prints exploring the mutuality of desire and a shared enjoyment of sexual pleasure. www.theblack-e.co.uk Blueprint, The Gallery Stanhope Street, 10am-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 2442. An exhibition of 16 printmakers showcasing a variety of print methods and techniques. www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk Fashion Through the Century (1901-2000), The Liverpool Academy of Arts, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735. Exhibition. www.la-art.co.uk The Iron Lady, The Brindley Runcorn, 1.30pm, £3.50, 0151 907 8360. Film (12A). www.brindley.halton.gov.uk

Other Events Cheltenham 2012 Preview Evening, Haydock Park Racecourse, 7pm, £58-£95, 0161 793 9594. Three course meal, preview discussion and charity auction and raffle. www.cheltenhampreviewnight.com Community Practical Session, Marine Gardens Waterloo, 1.15pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents to make Marine Gardens a better place for all to enjoy - all support, tools and gloves provided. www.sefton.gov.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools

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provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses. www.sefton.gov.uk Philosophy In Pubs: Keeping Up Appearances, On The Fringe Southport, 7pm. www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Welsh Cheese Tasting Evening, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 7.30pm-9pm, £10, booking essential on 0151 738 1913. Bring your own wine. www.nwc.org.uk

FRIDAY 2ND Music

Eyes Set to Kill, O2 Academy, 7pm, £10, 0844 477 2000. www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk The Australian Pink Floyd Show 2012, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £29.50, 0844 8000 400. www.echoarena.com An Evening with Joan Baez, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £35-£45.50, 0151 709 3789. www.liverpoolphil.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute. www.cavernclub.org Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE £3 after 8pm, 0151 236 1965. www.cavernclub.org The Kinx, Cavern Club Live Lounge, 8pm, £10, 0151 236 1965. The Kinks tribute. www.cavernclub.org The Rockits, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776, www. everymanplayhouse.com. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play, www.everymanplayhouse.com Make Better Please, Unity Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0844 873 2888. Uninvited Guests create a unique performance from the day’s news and whatever matters to you, www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Red Riding Hood, The Brindley Runcorn, 1pm, £7, 0151 907 8360. For children 4+, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Crown Matrimonial, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757. Royce Ryton’s gripping historical drama, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Emma, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Adapted for the stage by Gordon Glennon, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk Gathering Jack, Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre, 7.30pm, £5, 0151 709 6868. Fictional serial killer in a Valentine horror thriller, www.burjesta-theatre.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Roger Monkhouse, John Warburton and Andrew Bird, www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £8-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter with Andrew Bird, Roger Monkhouse and John Warburton, www.laughterhousecomedy.com

P J Proby, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception, www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Karen Bayley with Dave Longley, Kent Valentine and Howard Read, www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

Wall of Sound, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £18, 0844 871 3021. Pink Floyd tribute act www.southporttheatre.org.uk

East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

Arts

Jazz at The House, Blackburne House, 8pm-10pm, for more info call The Cafe Bar on 0151 708 3929, www.blackburnehouse.co.uk

Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details)

Theatre & Dance

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

South Pacific, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £22.50-£47, 0844 871 3017. Starring Samantha Womack, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) Screening: Sense and Sensibility, Sudley House, 1pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Screening of the 1995 adaptation, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Display Centre exhibition: Cadeaux d’Amour - an Exhibition of Tokens of Affection, Bluecoat, 10am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Big Art activity: parent and baby afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2.15pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Sport & Leisure Mersey Tigers v One Health Sharks, Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, 7.30pm, £5-£10, 0151 203 3443, www.merseytigers.com Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles, www.cycling.org.uk

Other Events Bird Identification Workshop, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 8.30am-3pm, £20, 01704 891 220. An ‘in the field’ workshop, www.wwt.org.uk

Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details)

O-Very Cake Bake for the North West Cancer Research Fund, LEAF, 12pm, £5, 0151 707 7747. Submissions required between 12pm-3pm, judging takes place between 4pm5pm, winner announced at 6pm, www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details)

SATURDAY 3RD

Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) FILM STATION - Jacob’s Ladder, METAL Edge Hill, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 2277. (18) Call to reserve a place as numbers are limited, www.metalculture.com

Music

The Bulbs, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Rockin’ Saturday Session, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, £1, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 6.30pm, £1/£3 after 8pm, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Blueprint, The Gallery Stanhope Street, 10am-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 2442. An exhibition of 16 printmakers showcasing a variety of print methods and techniques, www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk

The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Fashion Through the Century (1901-2000), The Liverpool Academy of Arts (see 1st March for details)

The Cave Dwellers, Cavern Club, 9pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Saturday with the Beatles, Cavern Club Live Lounge, 9pm, £12, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Club, 11.45pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Barry White and Lionel Richie, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute night, price includes champagne reception, www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Cream, Nation, 10pm-6am, £27.50, 0151 707 1309, www.cream.co.uk The Lancashire Hotpots, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £10, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk Showaddywaddy, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £18, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk From Handel to Hammerstein - A Musical Voyage, St George’s Hall, 7.30pm, £10. West Kirby Light Opera Society, tickets on 0151 342 2143 www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk

Theatre & Dance South Pacific, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £19.50-£47, 0844 871 3017. Starring Samantha Womack www.liverpoolempire.org.uk A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 2pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play, www.everymanplayhouse.com Make Better Please, Unity Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0844 873 2888. Uninvited Guests create a unique performance from the day’s news and whatever matters to you, www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Crown Matrimonial, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757. Royce Ryton’s gripping historical drama www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Emma, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Adapted for the stage by Gordon Glennon. www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk Gathering Jack, Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre, 7.30pm, £5, 0151 709 6868. Fictional serial killer in a Valentine horror thriller www.burjesta-theatre.co.uk

Comedy Stewart Lee Carpet Remnant World, Liverpool Philharmonic, 8pm, SOLD OUT, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Roger Monkhouse, John Warburton and Andrew Bird

www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter with Andrew Bird, Roger Monkhouse and John Warburton www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Karen Bayley with Dave Longley, Kent Valentine and Howard Read www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk. Impropriety - 2012 Improvathon, The Kazimier, 1pm, £5. Comedy epic lasting 2012 minutes (33 and a half hours) The Cast will continually perform a soap opera of 17 two hour episodes. Starts Sat at 1pm, last episode on Sun at 9pm. Audiences free to join and leave at any point and each episode begins with ‘story so far’ £5 per episode or £25 for 33 and a half hour pass, www.thekazimier.co.uk

Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Matisse: The print perfectionist, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Talk about print techniques used in the art books on display in the Gallery, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Display Centre exhibition: Cadeaux d’Amour - an Exhibition of Tokens of Affection, Bluecoat, 10am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) Topophobia exhibition tour, Bluecoat, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324 The curators of Topophobia lead this tour in the galleries, www.thebluecoat.org.uk Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Fashion Through the Century (1901-2000), The Liverpool Academy of Arts (see 1st March for details)

Family Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteerled dino-crafting activities www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Edible Insects, World Museum, 2pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Find out what insects can be eaten - if you dare! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family Art Club, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-12.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4171. Interactive workshop led by member of Gallery’s education team, for children aged between 7 and 12 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Mobile Madness, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Create your own mobile inspired by plant and animal themed contraband items in the Gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Tom, the May’s new hero, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Find out about Tom the cabin boy and his adventures onboard the sailing ship The Lady May, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

African Masks, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Learn about the design of West African masks and make your own, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family Run - Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 9.45am-10.30am, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Running class for 12 years and over, www.wirral.gov.uk

Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, ring 0151 478 4456 to register your interest, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 10am-11am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park, www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles, www.cycling.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online, www.parkrun.org.uk Olympian MMA Championships OMMAC, Liverpool Olympia, 7pm, £25-50, 0151 263 6633, www.liverpoololympia.com LFC v Arsenal, Anfield, 12.45pm, www.liverpoolfc.tv

Other Events RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour, Liverpool: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 10.30am12pm, £3.50-£7.50, 0151 233 2459. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 11am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills Life in the Freezer: A Talk by Ben Osbourne, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 7.30pm, £15, 01704 895 181. Official photographer for the BBC’s Planet Earth, www.wwt.org.uk Wildlife Photography Workshop, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 10am-4pm, £50, 01704 891 220. Includes a brief tutorial in Adobe Photoshop, www.wwt.org.uk

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Waking up the House, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 427 7231. Gain access to behind the scenes conservation cleaning and learn some new tips and techniques, normal admission charges apply, booking essential, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/speke-hall

SUNDAY 4TH Music

Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Liverpool Philharmonic, 2.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789. Christian Lindberg conducts RLPO, www.liverpoolphil.com Madison, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Quangos, Cavern Club, 4pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Shakers, Cavern Club, 7pm, FREE £3 after 8pm, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tim Shaw, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jazz at the Walker, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Live music from Martin Smith Quartet, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk From Handel to Hammerstein - A Musical Voyage, St George’s Hall, 2.30pm, £10. West Kirby Light Opera Society, tickets on 0151 342 2143 www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk Swingshift Big Band Concert, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415, www.palmhouse.org.uk

Comedy Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican, Liverpool Empire, 8pm, £21, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool(see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details)

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details)

Rummage, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 1.30pm, 2pm, 3pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Search the ship to see if you can spot any signs of smuggling. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) Sundays at Sudley, Sudley House, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Singer songwriter Tony Kehoe hosts an open floor of music, poetry and performance, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Family Life in a Victorian Court, Museum of Liverpool, 1pm-4pm (at intervals), FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about life in the back-to-back court houses in 1870, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dinocrafting activities, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Edible Insects, World Museum, 2pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Find out what insects can be eaten - if you dare www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March)

Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE,

An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Spotlight on the Titanic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Revealing the facts and myths, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic - the night the lights went out, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Fascinating account of life on board and the horrors of sinking from viewpoint of passenger in first class, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk African Masks, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Learn about the design of West African masks and make your own, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Miniature Railway, Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE (weather permitting)

Sport & Leisure Liverpool Futsal Club - National League Game, Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 443 2200, www.knowsley.gov.uk Yang Style Tai Chi Classes, The Black-E,11.30am-1pm, £4.50, 0151 709 5109, www.theblack-e.co.uk Beginners Cycle Rides, Sefton Park, 11am-12pm, FREE. Ride leaves from the Obelisk, Sefton Park Gates (Croxteth Drive/Aigburth Drive), limited number of pool bikes available - book in advance by contacting Callum on 0151 233 5246, www.liverpool.gov.uk/cycleaigburth Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm, www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour, Liverpool: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 11am-12.30pm, £3.50-£7.50, 0151 233 2459. Walking tour telling the story of Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour, www.architecture.com

Drawing and Painting Birds Workshop, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 9.30am, £45, 01704 891 220. Aimed at the beginner, www.wwt.org.uk Waking up the House, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 427 7231. Gain access to behind the scenes conservation cleaning and learn some new tips and techniques, normal admission charges apply, booking essential, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/speke-hall

MONDAY 5TH Music

The Stranglers, O2 Academy, 7pm, £23, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www. cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, John Lennon tribute, www.cavernclub.org Ian Prowse Monday Club, Cavern Pub, 8pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Theatre & Dance Hormonal Housewives, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £19.50, 0844 871 3017. Starring Margi Clarke, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play, www.everymanplayhouse.com Lord of The Flies, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 3789. Sell a Door Theatre Company brings to stage one of Great Britain’s most celebrated tales, www.thecapstonetheatre.com

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

TUESDAY 6TH

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) The Shining, FACT, 8.45pm, £7.50£8.50, 0871 902 5737 (18) www.fact.co.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sports & Leisure Orienteering, Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 934 2079. Children are welcome, if accompanied by a responsible adult www.active-sefton.co.uk Wirral Health Walks, Birkenhead Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Short walks for all abilities with walk leaders, meet at the Visitor Centre www.wirral.gov.uk

Other Events Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Scrabble Club, LEAF, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Bring your own board or borrow one of LEAF’s, group Scrabble games and one-on-one duels www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Music Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org The Gary Murphy Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Spaghetti Western Orchestra, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £20, 0844 871 3017. Five brilliant comic maestros underscore classic Ennio Morricone soundtracks www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk Theatre & Dance A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play www.everymanplayhouse.com Optimism, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8£10, 0844 873 2888. A twisted tale of desire and self-worth told through the eyes of an idiot www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Lord of The Flies, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 3789. Sell a Door Theatre Company brings to stage one of Great Britain’s most celebrated tales www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar, 8pm, £3, 0151 709 7966. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Talk: Focus on Matisse, Walker Art Gallery, 11am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Nirvana Romell explores the artist’s versatility and creativity www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details)

Swan Lake - Moscow Ballet - La Classique, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £15.75-£21, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details)

The Hidden Picture Show, LIPA, 7.30pm, £5-£8, 0151 330 3000. LIPA will take over an unusual and atmospheric Liverpool venue and screen a film there... the details are kept secret until clues are released just prior to the event. Visit www.reelunknown.co.uk to purchase tickets. For over 18s only www.lipa.ac.uk

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Comedy Stand-Up Comedy, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 8pm, £3.75-£6, 01695 584 480. With Sully O’Sullivan, El Purnell, Jay Hampson and Phil Chapman www.edgehill.ac.uk

Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Khodorkovsky, FACT, 6pm, £6£8.50, 0871 902 5737 (12A) www.fact.co.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Fashion Through the Century (19012000), The Liverpool Academy of Arts (see 1st March for details) Sports & Leisure Useless Skillz, The Black-E, 7.30pm9.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 5109. An open workshop where jugglers can meet, practice, learn from and teach each other www.theblack-e.co.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wildflower Walk for Health, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 11am, FREE, 0151 738 1913. Meet in the Cornflower Cafe www.nwc.org.uk Other Events Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. Regular opportunity to set out a nursery area in the old Walled Garden - learn some new skills and meet people, book in with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers at website above www.btcv.org.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Discover Royden Park with the Ranger, Royden Park, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Stroll around park with an emphasis on its history and wildlife. Meet at Rangers’ office www.wirral.gov.uk Philosophy in Pubs: Does the Media do More Harm than Good, The Victoria Hotel Waterloo, 6.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

WEDNESDAY 7TH Music Page 44, O2 Academy, 6.30pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Music Theatre Night, The Epstein Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 3789. Soloists from the Royal Northern College of Music perform world premieres of Anya 17 and A Very Serious Game www.liverpoolphil.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

LOWDOWN MARCH

Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Alice Gold, The Shipping Forecast, 8pm, £7, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com The Frantones, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, FREE, 0151 666 0000. Lunchtime concert www.floralpavilion.com The Royal Northern College of Music, Christ Church Southport, 1pm, FREE. Piano www.christchurchsouthport.org.uk The Downtown Dixies Jazz with Amanda and Partner, The Shrimper Southport, 8.30pm, £5, 01704 227 427 Cass McCombs, LEAF, 8pm, £9, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Theatre & Dance A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play www.everymanplayhouse.com Lord of The Flies, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 709 3789. Sell a Door Theatre Company brings to stage one of Great Britain’s most celebrated tales www.thecapstonetheatre.com Fame the Musical, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £11-£13, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk The Hidden Picture Show, LIPA, 7.30pm, £5-£8, 0151 330 3000. LIPA will take over an unusual and atmospheric Liverpool venue and screen a film there... the details are kept secret until clues are released just prior to the event. Visit www.reelunknown.co.uk to purchase tickets. For over 18s only www.lipa.ac.uk Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Object opinion service, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take

Adult musical along an object you would like to Family www.floralpavilion.com know more about and ask a Museum Spring Family Pramble, National curator about it. Booking essential on Fame the Musical, The Brindley Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 11am, 0151 478 4063 Runcorn, 7.30pm, £11-£13, 0151 907 FREE, 0151 738 1913. Meet at Centre www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk www.nwc.org.uk Age of the Dinosaur, World Absurd Person Singular, Little Museum (see 1st March for details) Sport & Leisure Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8 An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery £9.25, 01704 530 521, Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, (see 1st March for details) www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art A Clockwork Orange, LIPA, 7.30pm, all - trained instructor led rides lasting £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Promenade Gallery (see 1st March for details) an hour, providing a range of adapted performance with no audience The Art Books of Henri Matisse, cycles www.cycling.org.uk seating and no interval Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for www.lipa.ac.uk Nordic Walking, Birkenhead Park, details) 7pm, to book call 07971 333 000, The Living and the Dead: Paintings Comedy www.wirral.gov.uk and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, A Stroll Around Heswall Dales, Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one Heswall Dales, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, ticket get one free. Compere Andy 0151 677 7594. Meet at Heswall International Slavery Museum (see Dales/Dale Farm entrance off Oldfield Robinson with Jeff Innocent, 1st March for details) Neil Dougan and Martin Mor Road www.wirral.gov.uk www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Other Events Arts White Gold: the true cost of cotton, Merseyside Woodturners, The East Meets West, Museum of International Slavery Museum, (see Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, Liverpool (see 1st March for details) 1st March for details) 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum An Age of Confidence: Photographs (see 1st March for details) by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see their skills 1st March for details) 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March THURSDAY 8TH Gallery (see 1st March for details) for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Music DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, TATE (see 1st March for details) for details) FREE, 0151 236 1965, Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE The Living and the Dead: Paintings www.cavernclub.org (see 1st March for details) and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st FREE, 0151 236 1965, March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, www.cavernclub.org International Slavery Museum (see 1st Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, March for details) Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Museum (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, Gallery (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org International Slavery Museum, (see 1st Colin McPherson: The Proof Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, March for details) Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, details) An Age of Confidence: www.cavernclub.org Photographs by Bedford Lemere The Games of Art, The Black-E (see Beatles Tribute Night, Cavern Club, & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port 1st March for details) 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, Sunlight Village (see 1st March for Voices from the Song of Songs: www.cavernclub.org details) Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st Veronica Falls, LEAF, 7.30pm, £7.50, Costume Drama: Fashion from March for details) 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st Fashion Through the Century (1901March for details) 2000), The Liverpool Academy of Theatre & Dance DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Arts (see 1st March for details) A Streetcar Named Desire, TATE (see 1st March for details) We Need To Talk About Kevin, Liverpool Playhouse, 1.30pm & Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE Studio Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. (see 1st March for details) 7.30pm, £2.50-£3, 01695 584 480. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Film (15) www.edgehill.ac.uk Williams’ tender yet powerful Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play March for details) The Deep Blue Sea, The Brindley www.everymanplayhouse.com Runcorn, 1.30pm, £3.50, 0151 907 Colin McPherson: The Proof 8360. Film (12A) www.brindley.halton.gov.uk

Naughty Knicker Knight, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £12.50, 0151 666 0000.

Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details)

Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details)

FRIDAY 9TH

Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Rebecca Ferguson, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Fashion Through the Century (19012000), The Liverpool Academy of Arts (see 1st March for details) Sports & Leisure Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 10am-2pm & 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Birkenhead 6th Form College www.wirral.gov.uk Other Events Community Practical Session, Marine Gardens Waterloo, 1.15pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents to make Marine Gardens a better place for all to enjoy - all support, tools and gloves provided www.sefton.gov.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Philosophy in Pubs: Pets, Dogs, Beef aand Bacon, On The Fringe Southport, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Philosophy in Pubs:The Meaning of Home,The Buck ith Vine Ormskirk, 7.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Jane Rogers, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £4, 01695 584 480. ‘An Evening with the Novelist’ www.edgehill.ac.uk

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Music

Album Launch: David Belgian, The Kazimier, 8pm, £5, www.thekazimier.co.uk Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org The Rockits, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Michael Jackson Night, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute act, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com InMe, Eric’s, 8pm, £12, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Liverpool Acoustic Extra, View Two Gallery, 8pm, £4-£5. Bird, Thom Morecroft & The Sea Kings www.viewtwogallery.co.uk Overload, The Citadel St Helens, 7.30pm, £5, 01744 735 436. Under 18s, dry bar. Line-up includes Animus, Quarantine The Duck and Desolate Skies www.citadel.org.uk Theatre & Dance

Fame the Musical, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £11-£13, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Absurd Person Singular, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk A Clockwork Orange, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Promenade performance with no audience seating and no interval www.lipa.ac.uk Comedy Chris Ramsey, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £10, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £8-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Paul Sinha, Steve Day and Jason John Whitehead www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice with Jason John Whitehead, Steve Day and Paul Sinha www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. With Andy Robinson, Jeff Innocent, Neil Dougan and Martin Mor www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Horrible Histories, Liverpool Empire, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £16, 0844 871 3017. Terrible Tudors am performance and Vile Victorians pm www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play www.everymanplayhouse.com

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Black T-Shirt Collection, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £10-£12, 0844 873 2888. A new story about two brothers building a global t-shirt brand, journeying from the markets of Nigeria to the sweatshops of China www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Naughty Knicker Knight, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £12.50, 0151 666 0000. Adult musical www.floralpavilion.com

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street, 10am4.30pm Mon-Fri 10am-2pm Sat, FREE, 0151 709 2442. Tony Rose representing a lifetime of design and building along with recent paintings and photographs www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Big Art activity: parent and baby afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2.15pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sports & Leisure Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk

Other Events Food for a Square Metre, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm3pm, FREE, 0151 738 1913. Find out how to grow your own www.nwc.org.uk

SATURDAY 10TH

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Music Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see Nero, Mountford Hall, 7pm, 1st March for details) £16.50, 0844 477 2000, Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details)

LOWDOWN MARCH

Rebecca Ferguson, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Olde Time Religion: The Wellgreen, The Springtime Anchorage, Jay Lewis and The Bruised Arcade, Zanzibar Club, 7.30pm, £5-£6, 0151 707 0633, www.thezanzibarclub.com Speakeasy presents Mouse Outfit, The Kazimier, 8pm, £5, www.thekazimier.co.uk Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Rockin’ Saturday Session, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, £1, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tim Shaw, Cavern Club, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Saturday with the Beatles, Cavern Club Live Lounge, 9pm, £12, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Cave Dwellers, Cavern Club, 9pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Club, 11.45pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Sound Of Boney M, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Featuring original member Sheyla Bonnick, price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Real Diamond - The Jazz Singer Tour, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £13.13-£17.50, 0151 666 0000. Tribute act www.floralpavilion.com

Black T-Shirt Collection, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £10-£12, 0844 873 2888. A new story about two brothers building a global t-shirt brand, journeying from the markets of Nigeria to the sweatshops of China www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Fame the Musical, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £11-£13, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Absurd Person Singular, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk A Clockwork Orange, LIPA, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Promenade performance with no audience seating and no interval www.lipa.ac.uk Comedy Chris Ramsey, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £10, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice, with Jason John Whitehead, Steve Day and Paul Sinha www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Paul Sinha, Steve Day and Jason John Whitehead www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Andy Robinson with Jeff Innocent, Neil Dougan and Martin Mor www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

The Urban Folk Quartet, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 8pm, £9-£11, 01695 584 480, www.edgehill.ac.uk

Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details)

From The Jam, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £20, 01744 735 436. Belting out all The Jam classics www.citadel.org.uk

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Theatre & Dance Horrible Histories, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £16, 0844 871 3017. Vile Victorians matinee performance and Terrible Tudors evening www.liverpoolempire.org.uk A Streetcar Named Desire, Liverpool Playhouse, 2pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Gemma Bodinetz directs Tennessee Williams’ tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prizewinning 1947 play www.everymanplayhouse.com

An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details)

An Age of Confidence: Photographs 0151 443 2431. Ranger led event by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever www.knowsley.gov.uk Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see Family Run - Run in England, 1st March for details) Birkenhead Park, 9.45am-10.30am, Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/ to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March improvers. Running class for 12 years and over www.wirral.gov.uk for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 9th March for details) Family Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dinocrafting activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Historical Happenings, World Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Travel back in time and meet Vikings, Saxons, Medieval Knights and much more www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Kite Making Workshop, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm-3pm, FREE, booking essential on 0151 738 1913. Meet at the Friends of Court Hey Park room www.nwc.org.uk Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, ring 0151 478 4456 to register your interest www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 10am-11am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk EFC v Tottenham, Goodison Park, 5.30pm, www.evertonfc.com Gone Fishing, St Monica’s Netherton, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Fishing in the canal by the park organised by Park Rangers www.sefton.gov.uk Football Tournament, Bowersdale Park Seaforth, 1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Organised by Park Rangers www.sefton.gov.uk

Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon Other Events of drawing activities Wirral Farmers’ Market, New Ferry www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Village Hall Grove Street, 9am-1pm, Terrific Tudors, Walker Art Gallery, FREE, 0151 643 1393, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. www.wirralfarmersmarket.co.uk Workshops, performances and activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, Maritime Horrible Histories, 11am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners Merseyside Maritime Museum, exhibition and demonstration is open 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. for visitors, for anyone wishing to start Family events including performance woodturning or improve their skills demonstrations, curator talks and Dartmarket presents craft workshops springartmarket, Bluecoat, 11amwww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 5pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, Young Park Rangers, Bedford Park, www.thebluecoat.org.uk Birkdale, 11am-1pm, FREE, 0151 934 2932. Activities and games suitable for children over 7 run by Park SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO Rangers www.sefton.gov.uk listings@thelowdownmagazine.com Kite Making, Jubilee Park Pavilion Huyton, 10am-12pm, FREE,

SUNDAY 11TH Music The Jayhawks, O2 Academy, 7pm, £18.50, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Rise To Remain, O2 Academy, 7pm, £10, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Tommy Fleming, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £20-£29, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com The Sunday Sessions, Zanzibar Club, 4pm, FREE, 0151 707 0633. Hosted by Ian McNabb www.thezanzibarclub.com 54321, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Quangos, Cavern Club, 4pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Shakers, Cavern Club, 7pm, FREE £3 after 8pm, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tim Shaw, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Ricky Tomlinson’s Country Special, The Green Room, 2pm, £10, 0870 787 1866. With the finest Country artists from across the UK www.thegreenroomliverpool.com St. Helens Concert Band, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415, www.palmhouse.org.uk Theatre & Dance

Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Colin McPherson: The Proof Principle, Bluecoat (see 1st March for details) Bolshoi: Le Corsaire, FACT, 3pm, £5£15, 0871 902 5737. Screening from Moscow ballet (12A) www.fact.co.uk Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Horrible Histories, Liverpool Empire, Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E 11am & 3pm, £16, 0844 871 3017. (see 1st March for details) Terrible Tudors am performance and Vile Victorians pm Family www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, Comedy World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led F: Rated Comedy Club, New dino-crafting activities Brighton Floral Pavilion, 8pm, £10 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk or £20 with meal, 0151 666 0000. MC Dominic Woodward with Historical Happenings, World Diane Spencer and Ian Smith Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 www.floralpavilion.com 478 4393. Travel back in time Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art

Workshops, performances and activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Maritime Horrible Histories, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Family events including performance demonstrations, curator talks and craft workshops www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Fireman Sam ‘Pontypandy Rocks’, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2pm, £9.30-£12.50, 0151 666 0000. Live show with great songs, daring rescues and plenty of adventure www.floralpavilion.com Miniature Railway, Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE (weather permitting) Nature Treasure Hunt, Alt Park Huyton, 10am-12pm, 0151 443 2431. See how many natural objects you can find around the park and claim your prize www.knowsley.gov.uk Sport & Leisure Yang Style Tai Chi Classes, The BlackE,11.30am-1pm, £4.50, 0151 709 5109, www.theblack-e.co.uk Beginners Cycle Rides, Sefton Park, 11am-12pm, FREE. Ride leaves from the Obelisk, Sefton Park Gates (Croxteth Drive/Aigburth Drive), limited number of pool bikes available - book in advance by contacting Callum on 0151 233 5246 www.liverpool.gov.uk/cycleaigburth

Ian Prowse Monday Club, Cavern Pub, 8pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Theatre & Dance Russian State Ballet’s Giselle, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £13.50£37.50, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk A Devil in a White Dress, The Capstone Theatre, 8.30pm, £3-£5, 0151 709 3789. Second Year Drama students at Liverpool Hope University perform a tragedy based on Jacobean revenge play The White Devil. Production will be staged in various spaces in the Creative Campus www.thecapstonetheatre.com Floral Tea Dance, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 1pm, £5, 0151 666 0000. Ticket includes tea/coffee and biscuits at interval www.floralpavilion.com Black T-Shirt Collection, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £7-£9, 01695 584 480. A new story about two brothers building a global t-shirt brand, journeying from the markets of Nigeria to the sweatshops of China www.edgehill.ac.uk

Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and Arts equipment provided for free. Parents East Meets West, Museum of encouraged to stay and learn how Liverpool (see 1st March for details) to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum 12pm www.wirral.gov.uk (see 1st March for details) Other Events Antique & Collectors Fair, Dunes Leisure Centre Southport, 10am4pm, £1-£1.50 Children FREE, 01938 580 438, www.vandafairs.com. Craft Fair, Haydock Park Racecourse, 10am-4pm, 01942 402 623, www.haydock-park.co.uk

MONDAY 12TH Music

and meet Vikings, Saxons, Medieval Knights and much more www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The Maccabees, O2 Academy, 7pm, £17, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Terrific Tudors, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org

Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details)

LOWDOWN MARCH

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) 2001: A Space Odyssey, FACT, 8.45pm, £6-£8.50, 0871 902 5737 (U) www.fact.co.uk

Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org

Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

The Gary Murphy Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 9th March for details)

Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Theatre & Dance Park, 9am-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 Russian State Ballet’s Swan Lake, 5197. Photographic exhibition by the Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £13.50Friends of Birkenhead Park £37.50, 0844 871 3017, www.wirral.gov.uk www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Family

Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sport & Leisure Orienteering, Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 934 2079. Children are welcome, if accompanied by a responsible adult www.active-sefton.co.uk Wirral Health Walks, Birkenhead Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Short walks for all abilities with walk leaders, meet at the Visitor Centre www.wirral.gov.uk Other Events Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Philosophy in Pubs: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll,The Belvedere Falkner Street, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

TUESDAY 13TH Music

Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Spymonkey’s hilariously anarchic physical comedy www.everymanplayhouse.com Love Hurts, Unity Theatre, 7pm, £2-£3, 0844 873 2888. Performed by Perform L8, Dingle Community Theatre’s youth drama group, a challenging performance drama on healthy relationships www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk A Devil in a White Dress, The Capstone Theatre, 8.30pm, £3-£5, 0151 709 3789. Second Year Drama students at Liverpool Hope University perform a tragedy based on Jacobean revenge play The White Devil. Production will be staged in various spaces in the Creative Campus www.thecapstonetheatre.com All Our Yesterdays, The Brindley Runcorn, 2pm, £9, 0151 907 8360. Fantastic nostalgia show www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Tea Dance amidst the Palms, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm-4pm, £4, 0151 726 2415. Admission price includes tea and cake www.palmhouse.org.uk Comedy Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar, 8pm, £3, 0151 709 7966. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

The Solid Silver 60s Show, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £23-£30, Arts 0151 709 3789. Hear the classic hits performed by the original hit-makers East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) www.liverpoolphil.com Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum Belcea Quartet - The Complete (see 1st March for details) Beethoven String Quartets, St George’s Hall Concert Room, 7.30pm, £25, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com

An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Talk about artists’ books, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Informal discussion exploring the art books in the exhibition www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details)

An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Other Events Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. Regular opportunity to set out a nursery area in the old Walled Garden - learn some new skills and meet people, book in with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers at website above www.btcv.org.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever WEDNESDAY 14TH Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Music Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 JLS - The 4th Dimension Tour, Echo to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March Arena, 7.30pm, £25-£32.50, 0844 for details) 8000 400, www.echoarena.com DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Matt Cardle, Liverpool TATE (see 1st March for details) Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £26.50£32.50, 0151 709 3789, Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE www.liverpoolphil.com (see 1st March for details) Roddy Woomble, Zanzibar Club, Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st 7pm, £12.50, 0151 707 0633, March for details) www.thezanzibarclub.com Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Classic Tuesday - Casablanca, FACT, 6.30pm, £4-£5, 0871 902 5737 (12A) www.fact.co.uk Carancho (The Vulture), FACT, 9pm, £7.50-£8.50, 0871 902 5737 (15) www.fact.co.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 9th March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Sport & Leisure Useless Skillz, The Black-E, 7.30pm9.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 5109. An open workshop where jugglers can meet, practice, learn from and teach each other www.theblack-e.co.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412.

The Wirrorleans Jazz Band, The Shrimper Southport, 8.30pm, £5, 01704 227 427

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

present a musical adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

Theatre & Dance

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details)

Antiques Fair, Haydock Park Racecouse, 10am-3pm, 01942 402 623, www.haydock-park.co.uk

Esther: Queen of Egypt, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Dance theatre www.lipa.ac.uk

Russian State Ballet’s Swan Lake, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £11-£37.50, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Spymonkey’s hilariously anarchic physical comedy www.everymanplayhouse.com Love Hurts, Unity Theatre, 7pm, £2-£3, 0844 873 2888. Performed by Perform L8, Dingle Community Theatre’s youth drama group, a challenging performance drama on healthy relationships www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk A Devil in a White Dress, The Capstone Theatre, 8.30pm, £3-£5, 0151 709 3789. Second Year Drama students at Liverpool Hope University perform a tragedy based on Jacobean revenge play The White Devil. Production will be staged in various spaces in the Creative Campus www.thecapstonetheatre.com Gameshow, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £7-£9, 01695 584 480. Company Chameleon present their new dance piece www.edgehill.ac.uk All Our Yesterdays, The Brindley Runcorn, 2pm & 7pm, £9, 0151 907 8360. Fantastic nostalgia show www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Around The World In 80 Days, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7-£8, 0151 643 8757. The Port Sunlight Players present a musical adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Object opinion service, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take along an object you would like to know more about and ask a Museum curator about it. Booking essential on 0151 478 4063 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Studio Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £2.50-£3, 01695 584 480. Film (15) www.edgehill.ac.uk Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 9th March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Sport & Leisure Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk

THURSDAY 15TH Music Black Stone Cherry, O2 Academy, 7pm, £16.50, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk JLS - The 4th Dimension Tour, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £25-£32.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Beethoven’s Eighth, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789. RLPO performs latest instalment in the Phil’s Essential Beethoven www.liverpoolphil.com Toy Horses, Eric’s, 7.30pm, £5, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Beatles Tribute Night, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Fureys and Davey Arthur, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £13.50-£18, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Theatre & Dance Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse, 1.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Spymonkey’s hilariously anarchic physical comedy www.everymanplayhouse.com

Other Events

Beside The Seaside, Unity Theatre, 7.30pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. The audience are in for a comedic funfair treat www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Family History Drop-In, Upton Library, 9.30am-12.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 5677. Free advice on tracing your family tree www.wirral.gov.uk

All Our Yesterdays, The Brindley Runcorn, 2pm, £9, 0151 907 8360. Fantastic nostalgia show www.brindley.halton.gov.uk

Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open

Around The World In 80 Days, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7-£8, 0151 643 8757. The Port Sunlight Players

Nordic Walking, Birkenhead Park, 7pm, to book call 07971 333 000, www.wirral.gov.uk

Comedy Dave Spikey, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £18.50, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Doug Stanhope, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 8pm, £21, 0844 871 3021, www.southporttheatre.org.uk Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Phil Walker with Dave Hadingham, Rob Heeney and Matt Welcome www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details). The Ocean Group and ‘confrontation’ with Indonesia circa. 1958-1966, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 12.30pm-1.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Nick White traces the inconveniences experienced by Blue Funnel during the last years of the Sukarno regime www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details)

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Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

FRIDAY 16TH Music The Stars From The Commitments, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £39-£42.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com James Taylor Quartet, Eric’s, 7.30pm, £15, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 9th March for details)

Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details)

Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Sport & Leisure Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 10am-2pm & 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Birkenhead 6th Form College www.wirral.gov.uk Guided Walk of Birkenhead Park, Flaybrick Cemetery and Bidston Hill, Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre, 10am-3pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Led by Rangers www.wirral.gov.uk Other Events Community Practical Session, Marine Gardens Waterloo, 1.15pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents to make Marine Gardens a better place for all to enjoy - all support, tools and gloves provided www.sefton.gov.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk. Philosophy in Pubs: Justification, On The Fringe Southport, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org The Rockits, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Floyd ‘77, Pacific Road Arts Centre, 8pm, £15, 0151 666 0000. Perfect Alibi, Pink Floyd tribute band www.pacificroad.co.uk Diagrams, Static Gallery, 8pm, £6.50, 0151 707 0770

Esther: Queen of Egypt, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Dance theatre www.lipa.ac.uk Comedy St Patrick’s Special, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. With Jimmy Cricket and live Irish band, price includes a glass of Guinness on arrival www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Jimeoin, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £12.33-£14.50, 0151 666 0000. Multi-award winning stand-up www.floralpavilion.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £8-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter with Jason Cook, Pierre Hollins and Keith Carter as Nige www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Keith Carter as Nige, Pierre Hollins and Jason Cook www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Phil Walker with Dave Hadingham, Rob Heeney and Matt Welcome www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

Gold Soundz, The Kazimier, 10pm, £3-£4. Indie and alternative music from 80s and 90s www.thekazimier.co.uk

Arts

Magic of Motown, St Helens Theatre Royal, 8pm, £21, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com

Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details)

Theatre & Dance Madama Butterfly, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £15-£35, 0844 871 3017. Puccini’s award-winning opera www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Spymonkey’s hilariously anarchic physical comedy www.everymanplayhouse.com Beside The Seaside, Unity Theatre, 7.30pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. The audience are in for a comedic funfair treat www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Around The World In 80 Days, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7-£8, 0151 643 8757. The Port Sunlight Players present a musical adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Magic & Make Believe, The Civic Crosby, 7.30pm, £5.50-£6.50, 0151 928 1919. Performing arts production from children aged 5-13 years www.seftonarts.co.uk

East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT, 12pm6pm Sat 11am-6pm, FREE, 0151 707 4464. Exhibition exploring our desire to exist in both virtual and physical worlds and the steady integration of humans with technology www.fact.co.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) FILM STATION - Looking for Langston & Night and Fog, METAL Edge Hill, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 2277. (15) Call to reserve a place as numbers are limited www.metalculture.com Recent and Retrospective, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 9th March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Big Art activity: parent and baby afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2.15pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sport & Leisure Mersey Tigers v Guildford Heat, Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, 7.30pm, £5-£10, 0151 203 3443, www.merseytigers.com Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk

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SATURDAY 17TH Music Wild Beasts, O2 Academy, 7pm, £12.50, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Rebecca Ferguson, Echo Arena, 8pm, £19.50-£32.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com The Armed Man, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £12-£25, 0151 709 3789. Birkenhead School Choral Society celebrate Karl Jenkins’ work alongside Elgar’s Cello Concerto www.liverpoolphil.com The Frank and Walters, Zanzibar Club, 8pm, 0151 707 0633, www.thezanzibarclub.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Rockin’ Saturday Session, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, £1, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Saturday with the Beatles, Cavern Club Live Lounge, 9pm, £12, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Cave Dwellers, Cavern Club, 9pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Club, 11.45pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse, 2pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776. Spymonkey’s hilariously anarchic physical comedy www.everymanplayhouse.com Beside The Seaside, Unity Theatre, 7.30pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. The audience are in for a comedic funfair treat www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk MDI Family Dance Day, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 11am, FREE, 0151 666 0000. Dance workshops, performances and games for all the family www.floralpavilion.com Around The World In 80 Days, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £7-£8, 0151 643 8757. The Port Sunlight Players present a musical adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Esther: Queen of Egypt, LIPA, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Dance theatre www.lipa.ac.uk Comedy

La Traviata, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £15-£35, 0844 871 3017. Highlights include The Brindisi, the best known drinking song in opera and Violetta’s haunting aria Addio Del Passato www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Magic & Make Believe, The Civic Crosby, 3pm, £5.50-£6.50, 0151 928 1919. Performing arts production from children aged 5-13 years www.seftonarts.co.uk Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter with Jason Cook, Pierre Hollins and Keit Carter as Nige www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Family

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Phil Walker with Dave Hadlingham, Rob Heeney and Matt Welcome www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

We love Liver Birds, Museum of Liverpool, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Make a Liver Bird and discover myths behind them www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Limehouse Lizzy, Pacific Road Arts Centre, 8pm, £12-£16, 0151 666 0000. The greatest hits of Thin Lizzy Arts www.pacificroad.co.uk East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Tina Turner and Elton John, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum 1866. Tribute night, price includes (see 1st March for details) champagne reception An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see www.thegreenroomliverpool.com 1st March for details) Rhydian In Concert, New Brighton Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £22.50, 0151 Gallery (see 1st March for details) 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Martin Simpson, The Citadel St Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for Helens, 8pm, £12-£14, 01744 735 details) 436. His album ‘Prodigal Son’ won Album of the Year in BBC Radio 2 Folk The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Awards www.citadel.org.uk Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) A Voice for the Children, Southport ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, Theatre & Convention Centre, International Slavery Museum (see 7.30pm, £25, 0844 871 3021. 1st March for details) With Russell Watson www.southporttheatre.org.uk Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details)

Theatre & Dance

(see 1st March for details)

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details)

Dinosaur Dig, World Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Have a go at excavating fossils and make your own dinosaur fossil to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dinocrafting activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘Everything Dinosaur’ weekend, World Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Interactive familythemed presentations in the Treasure House Theatre and dinosaur activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dino Talks - Discovering Dinosaurs, World Museum, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Saturday Stories, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-11.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Stories by resident storyteller www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Spotlight on the Titanic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Revealing the facts and myths www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sam’s musical voyage, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Join in the fun and play instruments from different countries www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk SOS - Save Our Species, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Creative workshop and demo of how customs protect endangered species www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Carnival Crafts, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. An arts and crafts session www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Pretty polly, Sudley House, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Make your own bird to take away www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family Run - Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 9.45am-10.30am, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/ improvers. Running class for 12 years and over www.wirral.gov.uk Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, ring 0151 478 4456 to register your interest www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 10am-11am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk EFC v Arsenal, 3pm, www.evertonfc.com

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Other Events

Arts

Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 11am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

SUNDAY 18TH

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Music

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

A Night Of Queen with The Bohemians, O2 Academy, 7pm, £10, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Bruch’s Violin Concerto, Liverpool Philharmonic, 2.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789. Alexander Shelley conducts RLPO and Simone Lamsma www.liverpoolphil.com Jake Morley, Eric’s, 7.30pm, £5, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Madison, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Quangos, Cavern Club, 4pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Shakers, Cavern Club, 7pm, FREE £3 after 8pm, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tim Shaw, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Mother’s Day Special, The Green Room, 2pm, £25, 0870 787 1866. A tribute to the greatest female vocalists plus top comedienne Pauline Daniels, price includes champagne reception and sandwich platter www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Hope University Concert Band Mother’s Day Concert, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415, www.palmhouse.org.uk

Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) dot-art Liverpool Photowalks, Bluecoat, 10.30am-2.30pm, £25, 0151 702 5324. Steward Ellett leads a guided walk around the architectural highlights of Liverpool looking at different ways of capturing photos www.thebluecoat.org.uk Simpkin and Lueck: Richard & Famous, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details) Painted Photographs, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Marlene Verplanck sings with the Chris Holmes Trio, Royal Clifton Hotel Southport, 8pm, £8-£14, 01704 541 790

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details)

Theatre & Dance

Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Hoylake School of Dance - Juvenile Show, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2pm, £9, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Hoylake School of Dance - Jazz, Freestyle & Contemporary Show, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £9, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dinocrafting activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘Everything Dinosaur’ weekend, World Museum, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Interactive family-themed presentations in the Treasure House Theatre and dinosaur activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Dino Talks - Archaeopteryx, World Museum, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Dinosaur Dig, World Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Have a go at excavating fossils and make your own dinosaur fossil to take

Run Liverpool Half Marathon, Pier Head, 9.30am. Race entry fee £30, register online www.halfmarathon.runliverpool.org.uk Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm www.wirral.gov.uk

Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Up Hill and Down Dale, Heswall Dales, 10.30am-12.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Guided walk through Heswall dales, River Dee and the Dungeons www.wirral.gov.uk

All hands on deck, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm (at intervals), FREE, 0151 478 4199. Hands-on session revealing fascinating facts www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Other Events

SOS - Save Our Species, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Creative workshop and demo of how customs protect endangered species www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Mother Redcap, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. The infamous MR will captivate you with her tales of smuggling www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Never at sea - the Wrens story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Wren, May Hatton will tell all about the vital work carried out under the streets of the city during WW2 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Carnival Crafts, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. An arts and crafts session www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Miniature Railway, Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE (weather permitting) Signs of Spring Walk, Birkenhead Park, 1.30pm-3.00pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Suitable for whole family, Ranger-led www.wirral.gov.uk

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Sport & Leisure Family

from the Obelisk, Sefton Park Gates (Croxteth Drive/Aigburth Drive), limited number of pool bikes available - book in advance by contacting Callum on 0151 233 5246 www.liverpool.gov.uk/cycleaigburth

Mothering Sunday High Tea, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 12pm4pm, £12, 0151 427 7231. Join Head Gardener for a stroll around the spring gardens followed by high tea in the restaurant, booking essential www.nationaltrust.org.uk/speke-hall

Monday 19th Music The Dubliners, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £18.50-£26, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Ian Prowse Monday Club, Cavern Pub, 8pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Theatre & Dance Hoylake School of Dance - Classical Show, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £9, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

Yang Style Tai Chi Classes, The Black- Comedy E,11.30am-1pm, £4.50, 0151 709 Paul Merton: Out of My Head, 5109, www.theblack-e.co.uk Liverpool Empire, 8pm, £24, Beginners Cycle Rides, Sefton 0844 871 3017, Park, 11am-12pm, FREE. Ride leaves www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.wirral.gov.uk Chess Club, LEAF, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Bring your own board or hire one from the bar and put your best rook forward www.thisisleaf.co.uk

TUESDAY 20TH Music Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org The Gary Murphy Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see Theatre & Dance 1st March for details) Sally Morgan: Psychic Sally on the Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 Road, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March £23.50, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sport & Leisure Orienteering, Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 934 2079. Children are welcome, if accompanied by a responsible adult www.active-sefton.co.uk Wirral Health Walks, Birkenhead Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Short walks for all abilities with walk leaders, meet at the Visitor Centre www.wirral.gov.uk Other Events Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten

Theatre Unlimited Presents ‘Stalin’s Favourite’, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £9-£12, 0151 709 3789. Adapted from Orlando Figes’ groundbreaking book ‘The Whisperers’ this production comes direct from the National Theatre www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Talk: Artists’ books at the Walker, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Historical background on how the book developed as an art form during the 20th century www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Hoylake School of Dance Commercial Show, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £9, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details)

The Sound Of Music, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 643 8757. Rock Ferry Operatic Society presents the Roger and Hammerstein musical www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Our Day Out, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Two nights for the price of one on 20th March www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk Comedy

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

War Horse, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £6-£7, 0151 709 3789. Steven Spielberg adaptation of the novel (12A) www.liverpoolphil.com Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Sport & Leisure

Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar, 8pm, £3, 0151 709 7966. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

Useless Skillz, The Black-E, 7.30pm9.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 5109. An open workshop where jugglers can meet, practice, learn from and teach each other www.theblack-e.co.uk

Arts

Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening

East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Other Events Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. Regular opportunity to set out a nursery area in the old Walled Garden - learn some new skills and meet people, book in with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers at website above www.btcv.org.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 10am, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov. uk. Discover Stapledon Woods and Caldy Hill, 1.30pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Ranger-led, meet at Kings Drive North off Column Road www.wirral.gov.uk

Wednesday 21st Music Max Raptor & Hildamay, O2 Academy, 7pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Dream Team, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789. Vasily Petrenko, Simon Trpčeski and RLPO www.liverpoolphil.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Gareth Owen, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, FREE, 0151 666 0000. Lunchtime concert www.floralpavilion.com The Royal Northern College of Music, Christ Church Southport, 1pm, FREE. Piano www.christchurchsouthport.org.uk The Yarrow River Jazz Band, The Shrimper Southport, 8.30pm, £5, 01704 227 427

LOWDOWN MARCH

An Age of Confidence: Photographs THURSDAY 22ND the Rodgers and Hammerstein by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever musical www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see Music Our Day Out, Little Theatre 1st March for details) Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 Gold and Silver, Liverpool Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 Philharmonic, 1.05pm, £6, 0151 709 530 521, to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March 3789. The Phil’s Lunchtime Concerts www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk for details) are a musical interlude to your busy Time and the Conways, LIPA, Theatre Unlimited Presents Costume Drama Tour, Sudley House, day lasting around 45 minutes 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. J ‘Defying Hitler’, The Capstone www.liverpoolphil.com 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. CuratorB Priestley play performed by thirdTheatre, 7.30pm, £9-£12, 0151 709 led gallery tour year students www.lipa.ac.uk Dream Team, Liverpool 3789. Candid, witty and moving www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 account of a young man growing up Comedy 709 3789. Vasily Petrenko in the shadow of Hiltler’s Third Reich DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, Dara O’Briain: Craic Dealer, Liverpool Simon Trpčeski and RLPO www.thecapstonetheatre.com TATE (see 1st March for details) Empire, 8pm, £22, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolphil.com Sally Morgan: Psychic Sally on Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE www.liverpoolempire.org.uk The Neil Cowley Trio feat. Mount the Road, Southport Theatre & (see 1st March for details) Comedy Central, Baby Blue, Molehill Strings, The Capstone Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £23.50, Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one Theatre, 7.30pm, £17.50, 0151 709 0844 871 3021, March for details) ticket get one free. Compere Sully 3789. Joined by a specially selected www.southporttheatre.org.uk Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th O’Sullivan with Michael Legge, Mark ensemble of some of the UK’s finest The Sound Of Music, Gladstone March for details) string players, the Trio perform music Nelson and Nathan Caton Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, from forthcoming recording The Face www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk The Games of Art, The Black-E (see £10-£12, 0151 643 8757. Rock Ferry of Mount Molehill 1st March for details) Operatic Society presents the Rodgers Arts www.thecapstonetheatre.com and Hammerstein musical Voices from the Song of Songs: East Meets West, Museum of Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st Liverpool (see 1st March for details) FREE, 0151 236 1965, Our Day Out, Little Theatre Southport, March for details) www.cavernclub.org Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, Hanna, Studio Theatre Edge Hill (see 1st March for details) www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk University, 7.30pm, £2.50-£3, 01695 Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 584 480. Film (12A) Arts www.cavernclub.org 1st March for details) www.edgehill.ac.uk East Meets West, Museum of Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, Liverpool (see 1st March for details) 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Gallery (see 1st March for details) Park (see 12th March for details) Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Object opinion service, Museum The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Family of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for along an object you would like to Disney On Ice Presents Princesses 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org details) know more about and ask a Museum and Heroes, Echo Arena, 6.30pm, Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, The Living and the Dead: Paintings curator about it. Booking essential £13-£35.50, 0844 8000 400, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker on 0151 478 4063 www.echoarena.com www.cavernclub.org Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Beatles Tribute Night, Cavern Club, Sport & Leisure ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, Portable Antiquities Scheme, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, International Slavery Museum (see Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, www.cavernclub.org 1st March for details) 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. FREE. Take your archaeological finds Joe Brown in Concert, Southport Aims to make cycling accessible to Toxteth 1981, International Slavery to the Museum, booking essential all - trained instructor led rides lasting Theatre & Convention Centre, Museum (see 1st March for details) on 0151 478 4063 an hour, providing a range of adapted 7.30pm, £19.50-£23.50, 0844 871 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk White Gold: the true cost of cotton, 3021, www.southporttheatre.org.uk cycles www.cycling.org.uk International Slavery Museum, (see Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum Molson Coors Raceday, Haydock 1st March for details) (see 1st March for details) Theatre & Dance Park Racecourse, 12.10pm, £13-£36, An Age of Confidence: Photographs An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see Baby: The Musical, Unity Theatre, 0844 579 3006, by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever 1st March for details) 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. www.haydock-park.co.uk Three couples, six expectant parents- Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Nordic Walking, Birkenhead Park, 1st March for details) to-be, one smart musical treasure Gallery (see 1st March for details) 7pm, to book call 07971 333 000, Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Art Books of Henri Matisse, www.wirral.gov.uk to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March A Dybbuk, Rose Theatre Edge Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Hill University, 7.30pm, £4.50-£8, for details) Other Events DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, 01695 584 480. EHU’s Performing The Living and the Dead: Paintings Merseyside Woodturners, The TATE (see 1st March for details) Arts Department 2nd Year students and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, present Eastern European Symbolist Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) 11am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners drama www.edgehill.ac.uk (see 1st March for details) exhibition and demonstration is open ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, Man, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st for visitors, for anyone wishing to start International Slavery Museum (see £10, 0151 907 8360. Stand-Up woodturning or improve their skills March for details) 1st March for details) theatre storytelling Primate Society Evening Talk, ROH. LIVE: Romeo and Juliet, FACT, Toxteth 1981, International Slavery www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Knowsley Safari Park Education 7.15pm, £13-£15, 0871 902 5737. (12A) Museum (see 1st March for details) The Sound Of Music, Gladstone Centre, 7pm-9pm, £7. Discussing www.fact.co.uk White Gold: the true cost of cotton, Theatre Port Sunlight Village, the activities of the PSGB and the Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th International Slavery Museum, (see 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 643 8757. discovery of new primate species March for details) 1st March for details) www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk Rock Ferry Operatic Society presents Theatre & Dance

Baby: The Musical, Unity Theatre, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Three couples, six expectant parentsto-be, one smart musical treasure www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Family Disney On Ice Presents Princesses and Heroes, Echo Arena, 6.30pm, £13-£35.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Sport & Leisure Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 10am-2pm & 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Birkenhead 6th Form College www.wirral.gov.uk Other Events Community Practical Session, Marine Gardens Waterloo, 1.15pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents to make Marine Gardens a better place for all to enjoy - all support, tools and gloves provided www.sefton.gov.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Philosophy in Pubs: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter?, On The Fringe Southport, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Floral Pavilion Book Club, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 6.30pm, £3, 0151 666 0000. Price includes tea/ coffee and biscuits www.floralpavilion.com

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FRIDAY 23RD Music St. Mary’s College at Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £7.50, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com White Hills, The Kazimier, 8pm, £6.50. Mugstar and Mind Mountain support www.thekazimier.co.uk Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 4.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Bruce Springsteen Tribute by George Mileson & band, Cavern Club Lounge, 8pm, £10, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Rockits, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Mama Genesis, Pacific Road Arts Centre, 8pm, £13, 0151 666 0000. Genesis tribute band www.pacificroad.co.uk The Carpenters Show, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute night, price includes champagne reception www. thegreenroomliverpool.com King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys, Eric’s, 8pm, £15, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Liverpool Acoustic Live, View Two Gallery, 8pm, £5-£6. Jimmy Rae, Roxanne de Bastion and more t.b.c www.viewtwogallery.co.uk Midge Ure, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £16, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Theatre & Dance

The Sound Of Music, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 643 8757. Rock Ferry Operatic Society presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk A Passion For Evil, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 703 0000. In this piece of chilling theatre John Burns strips away the myth of the man they called The Beast www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Everyman, The Lantern Theatre, 8.30pm, £10, 0151 703 0000. The story of Patrick McGoohan The Prisoner www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Salsa Dancing Evening - Salsa under the Palms, Sefton Park Palm House, 7pm, £7, 0151 726 2415. Includes 45 minute lesson www.palmhouse.org.uk Our Day Out, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk Time and the Conways, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. J B Priestley play performed by thirdyear students www.lipa.ac.uk Comedy Dara O’Briain: Craic Dealer, Liverpool Empire, 8pm, £22, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £4.50-£5, 0151 907 8360. Film (18) www.brindley.halton.gov.uk

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice with Phil Nichol, Stuart Goldsmith and Steve Shanyaski www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Family

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £8-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury with Stuart Goldsmith, Steve Shanyaski and Phil Nichol www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Michael Legge, Mark Nelson and Nathan Caton www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

Big Art activity: parent and baby afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2.15pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Phoenix Dance Theatre: Crossing Points, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, Arts £10-£16, 0151 709 4776. Features the world premieres of two East Meets West, Museum of contrasting dance works Liverpool (see 1st March for details) www.everymanplayhouse.com Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum The Games, Unity Theatre, 8pm, (see 1st March for details) £10-£12, 0844 873 2888. An An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see ‘undiscovered’ Greek comedy 1st March for details) www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Wedding, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £4.50-£8, 01695 584 480. EHU’s Performing Arts Department 2nd Year students present Eastern European Symbolist drama www.edgehill.ac.uk

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details)

Disney On Ice Presents Princesses and Heroes, Echo Arena, 6.30pm, £13-£35.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Sport & Leisure Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk

LOWDOWN MARCH

Mammut Awesome Drytooling Festival - Beginner Workshops, Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, 7.30pm-9pm, £20, 0151 298 2422, www.liverpool.awesomewalls.co.uk Mammut Awesome Drytooling Festival - Little Angels, Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, 6pm-8pm, £10, 0151 298 2422. 6-16 year olds www.liverpool.awesomewalls.co.uk Other Events An Evening with Frank Carlyle, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £5-£8, 0151 709 3789. Local historian and BBC Merseyside presenter transports his audience on a journey through the history of the area of West Everton during talk ‘Murder, Mayhem, Mystery and Architecture’ www.thecapstonetheatre.com Miss Liverpool, Liverpool Olympia, 6pm, £10, 0151 263 6633, www.liverpoololympia.com

SATURDAY 24TH Music You Me At Six, Mountford Hall, 7pm, SOLD OUT, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk The Waterboys, Liverpool Philharmonic, 8pm, £25-£33.50, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Spiro, Liverpool Philharmonic Rodewald Suite, 8.30pm, £15, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Wiley, The Magnet, 7pm, £14, 0151 709 6969, www.magnetliverpool.co.uk Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Rockin’ Saturday Session, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, £1, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tim Shaw, Cavern Club, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Saturday with the Beatles, Cavern Club Live Lounge, 9pm, £12, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Cave Dwellers, Cavern Club, 9pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Club, 11.45pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Bravado - A Tribute to Rush, Pacific Road Arts Centre, 8pm, £14, 0151 666 0000, www.pacificroad.co.uk Odyssey, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. 70’s legends, price includes champagne reception

www.thegreenroomliverpool.com The World’s Greatest Michael Jackson Tribute, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £15-£16.50, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com Kast Off Kinks, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £10-£12, 01744 735 436. Former members of The Kinks playing hits from 60s, 70s and 80s www.citadel.org.uk

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice with Phil Nichol, Stuart Goldsmith and Steve Shanyaski www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Michael Legge, Mark Nelson and Nathan Caton www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

Tribute to the Titanic - with the Welsh Choral Society, Liverpool Arts Cathedral, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT, 0151 702 East Meets West, Museum of 7255, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Liverpool (see 1st March for details) The People’s Balearic Disco with Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum Psychemagik, LEAF, 10pm, £6, 0151 (see 1st March for details) 707 7747. www.thisisleaf.co.uk An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see Theatre & Dance 1st March for details) Phoenix Dance Theatre: Crossing Points, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£16, 0151 709 4776. Features the world premieres of two contrasting dance works www.everymanplayhouse.com The Games, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £10-£12, 0844 873 2888. An ‘undiscovered’ Greek comedy www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Wedding, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 2.30pm, £4.50-£8, 01695 584 480. EHU’s Performing Arts Department 2nd Year students present Eastern European Symbolist drama www.edgehill.ac.uk A Dybbuk, Rose Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £4.50-£8, 01695 584 480. EHU’s Performing Arts Department 2nd Year students present Eastern European Symbolist drama www.edgehill.ac.uk The Sound Of Music, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 643 8757. Rock Ferry Operatic Society presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Our Day Out, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk Time and the Conways, LIPA, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. J B Priestley play performed by third-year students www.lipa.ac.uk

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Juan Cruz: Topophobia exhibition tour, Bluecoat, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. Artist Juan Cruz leads this tour in the galleries www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Comedy

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details)

Dara O’Briain: Craic Dealer, Liverpool Empire, 8pm, £22, 0844 871 3017, www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury with Stuart Goldsmith, Steve Shanyaski and Phil Nichol www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details)

Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dinocrafting activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Egyptian coffins workshop, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Create your own Egyptian style coffin to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time for tea, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Take a look at the teapots on display then design your own www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Model magic workshop, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Make your own animal sculpture www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Carnival Crafts, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. An arts and crafts session www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Disney On Ice Presents Princesses and Heroes, Echo Arena, 11am, 2.45pm & 6.30pm, £18.50-£35.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Family Run - Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 9.45am-10.30am, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners/ improvers. Running class for 12 years and over www.wirral.gov.uk Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, ring 0151 478 4456 to register your interest www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 10am-11am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE, www.parkrun.org. uk. 5k run, register online LFC v Wigan, Anfield, 3pm, www.liverpoolfc.tv

Mammut Awesome Drytooling Festival - Beginner Workshop, Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, 9.30am-11am, £20, 0151 298 2422, www.liverpool.awesomewalls.co.uk Mammut Awesome Drytooling Festival Competition, Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, 0151 298 2422. Heats 11.30am-5pm, Grand Final 5.30pm onwards, registration £20 in advance www.liverpool.awesomewalls.co.uk Other Events Future Station Meeting, METAL Edge Hill, 6pm, FREE, 0151 707 2277. Network of local artists, residents and creative thinkers meeting at the station to develop programme ideas and initiate collaborative projects. Open to all www.metalculture.com Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 11am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills Moonstone Festival of the Mind, Body & Spirit, The Civic Crosby, 10.30am-5pm, £3, 0151 928 1919. More than 40 stands offering holistic therapies, clairvoyants, crystals and more www.seftonarts.co.uk

SUNDAY 25TH Music Charlie Simpson, O2 Academy, 7pm, £13.50, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £6-£9, 0151 709 3789. Performing William Marshall, Vivaldi and Vaughan Williams and joined by the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir www.liverpoolphil.com 54321, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Quangos, Cavern Club, 4pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Shakers, Cavern Club, 7pm, FREE £3 after 8pm, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Tim Shaw, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Renaissance Music Group and the Chester Viols perform Music of

the Tudor Age, Liverpool Cathedral, 8pm, £5-£8, 0151 702 7255, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Aughton Male Voice Choir - Concert, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm-4pm, 0151 726 2415, www.palmhouse.org.uk Theatre & Dance Juste Dance, Liverpool Empire, 6.30pm, £16, 0844 871 3017. Dance competition and showcase www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Obstacles, Bluecoat, 6pm, £4.50-£7, 0151 702 5324. A new and evoking dance performance using integration of film elements www.thebluecoat.org.uk Comedy Ricky’s Royle Variety Show, The Green Room, 2pm, £10, 0870 787 1866. Charity day www. thegreenroomliverpool.com Richard Herring - What is Love, Anyway?, Eric’s, 8pm, £15, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details)

March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Family Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dinocrafting activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Egyptian coffins workshop, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Create your own Egyptian style coffin to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time for tea, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Take a look at the teapots on display then design your own www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Anything to declare?, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. The dangers of accidental smuggling are revealed www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic crafts, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Creative fun inspired by the world’s most famous ship www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Carnival Crafts, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. An arts and crafts session www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Disney On Ice Presents Princesses and Heroes, Echo Arena, 11am, 2.45pm & 6.30pm, £18.50-£35.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Miniature Railway, Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE (weather permitting)

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Sport & Leisure Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see Yang Style Tai Chi Classes, The Black1st March for details) E,11.30am-1pm, £4.50, 0151 709 Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 5109, www.theblack-e.co.uk to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March Sport Relief Mile, Liverpool for details) Waterfront, 10am, £3-£6. Enter DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, online and choose distance of 1, 3 TATE (see 1st March for details) or 6 miles to raise money for Sport Relief. Runs also taking place at Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE Birkenhead Park, Litherland Sports (see 1st March for details) Park, Summerhill Primary School Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st Maghull, Stadt Moers Environment March for details) Centre Knowsley and Edge Hill Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th University www.my.sportrelief.com

Tennis for Free, Birkenhead Park, 10am-12pm, FREE. All coaching and equipment provided for free. Parents encouraged to stay and learn how to play with their children. Under 8s 10am-11am, 9-15s and adults 11am12pm www.wirral.gov.uk A Walk on the Wild Side, Thurstaston Common, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Ranger-led, meet at Thurstaston Hill car park off Telegraph Road www.wirral.gov.uk Mammut Awesome Drytooling Festival - Improver Workshop, Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, 10am-11.30am, £20, 0151 298 2422, www.liverpool.awesomewalls.co.uk Mammut Awesome Drytooling Festival - Come and Try It Sessions, Awesome Walls Climbing Centre, 12pm-2pm & 2pm-4pm, £20, 0151 298 2422, www.liverpool.awesomewalls.co.uk Other Events Spotlight On Youth 2012, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £7, 0151 666 0000. The Mayor of Wirral’s Special Charity in association with Act One Productions present an evening of spectacular entertainment performed by the youth of Merseyside www.floralpavilion.com Train and Toy Collectors Fair, Haydock Park Racecourse, 10am4pm, 01942 402 623, www.haydock-park.co.uk Bliss Wedding Show, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 233 6930, www.croxteth.co.uk

MONDAY 26TH Music Paul Lewis - Complete Schubert Cycle, St George’s Hall Concert Room, 7.30pm, £25, 0151 709 3789. Lewis returns to his home city to explore Schubert’s late piano music www.liverpoolphil.com Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Ian Prowse Monday Club, Cavern Pub, 8pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

LOWDOWN MARCH

Theatre & Dance

Sport & Leisure

Save The Last Dance For Me, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £12-£35, 0844 871 3017. New musical full of 60s classic hits www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Orienteering, Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 934 2079. Children are welcome, if accompanied by a responsible adult www.active-sefton.co.uk

Dance and Musical Theatre Show, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £15, 0151 907 8360. With graduate dancers from the Hammond Performing Company www.brindley.halton.gov.uk

Wirral Health Walks, Birkenhead Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 652 5197. Short walks for all abilities with walk leaders, meet at the Visitor Centre www.wirral.gov.uk

Our Country’s Good, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details)

Other Events Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 10am & 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Book Club, LEAF, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Jennie Connolly, professional book lovers, novice discussioners and all inbetweeners very welcome www.thisisleaf.co.uk Crosby Festival of Music & Dancing including Speech & Drama, The Civic Crosby, 10am, 2pm & 6pm, £2, 0151 924 2599. Crosby Festival provides a stage for both young and old to perform their chosen art. Each competitor is given a free adjudication from recognized adjudicators to help improve their skills. Music & Speech classes on these dates www.seftonarts.co.uk Martin Birchall Photography Workshop, Liverpool Cathedral, 9am-1pm, £40 - Couples £70, 0151 702 7255. For enthusiastic amateurs or absolute beginners with exclusive access to many key areas of the Cathedral www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 TUESDAY 27TH to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details) Music Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The Four Tops and The Temptations, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £40, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Curtis Stigers, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £19.50£28.50, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 2pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org The Gary Murphy Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Sing-a-long Afternoon - Singing

Our Socks Off, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm-4pm, £4, 0151 726 9304. Themes include The Beatles, Abba & Motown, lyrics provided. Admission includes tea and cake www.palmhouse.org.uk Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk Theatre & Dance

Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Save The Last Dance For Me, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £12-£35, 0844 871 3017. New musical full of 60s classic hits www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

Sport & Leisure

Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool Playhouse, 7pm, £10-£20, 0151 709 4776. An action packed musical adventure for the whole family www.everymanplayhouse.com

Useless Skillz, The Black-E, 7.30pm9.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 5109. An open workshop where jugglers can meet, practice, learn from and teach each other www.theblack-e.co.uk

Our Country’s Good, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk

Comedy

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details)

Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar, 8pm, £3, 0151 709 7966. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers Other Events www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com Crosby Festival of Music & Dancing Arts including Speech & Drama, The Civic Crosby (see 26th March for details) East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Growing On, Clarke Gardens Woolton, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE. Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum Regular opportunity to set out (see 1st March for details) a nursery area in the old Walled An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see Garden - learn some new skills and 1st March for details) meet people, book in with the British Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Trust for Conservation Volunteers at Gallery (see 1st March for details) website above www.btcv.org.uk The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for WEDNESDAY 28TH details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details)

Music Joe Bonamassa, Echo Arena, 8pm, £30-£50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Andre Canniere, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 3789. Acclaimed American trumpeter and composer www.thecapstonetheatre.com Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details)

Jay Murray, Cavern Club, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details)

The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 9.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

RLPO Lunchtime Concert Series, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, £4, 0151 666 0000. Connie and Alex Marks - Accordion and Violin www.floralpavilion.com Elizabeth Lawton and Russell Lomas, Christ Church Southport, 1pm, FREE. Flute and piano www.christchurchsouthport.org.uk The Peninsula Jazz Band, The Shrimper Southport, 8.30pm, £5, 01704 227 427 Theatre & Dance Save The Last Dance For Me, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £12-£35, 0844 871 3017. New musical full of 60s classic hits www.liverpoolempire.org.uk Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool Playhouse, 1.30pm & 7pm, £10-£20, 0151 709 4776. An action packed musical adventure for the whole family www.everymanplayhouse.com Thirsty, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. Based on our nation’s love affair with alcohol and fusing live music, verbatim text and stunning physical theatre www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details)

FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details)

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details)

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details)

Judie Tzuke: One Tree Less Tour, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £22.50, 0151 709 3789, www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details)

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details)

Save The Last Dance For Me, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £12-£35, 0844 871 3017. New musical full of 60s classic hits www.liverpoolempire.org.uk

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details)

Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool Playhouse, 1.30pm & 7pm, £10-£20, 0151 709 4776. An action packed musical adventure for the whole family www.everymanplayhouse.com

DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Artists Talk, Bluecoat, 6pm-7.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324 Louise K Wilson talks about her new work for Topophobia, booking required www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Scout and Guide Gang Show, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 643 8757. A night at the movies www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

NT Live: She Stoops to Conquer, FACT, 7pm, £13-£15, 0871 902 5737. National Theatre live screening (12A) www.fact.co.uk

Our Country’s Good, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details)

Putting it Together, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Celebration of the stage and screen work of Stephen Sondheim www.lipa.ac.uk

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £10-£12, 0151 227 5946. Tony Law www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Mrs Barbara Nice with Wayne Deakin, Danny Deegan and Christian Steel www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

Music

Richard Batty, Cavern Club, 2pm,

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details)

Theatre & Dance

Nordic Walking, Birkenhead Park, 7pm, to book call 07971 333 000, www.wirral.gov.uk

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The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Zoe Chiotis sings Jobim meets The Duke, Dobbies Tea Room Southport, 5pm, £12.95, 01704 552 920. Includes high tea

The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Lost Voices, View Two Gallery, 8.30pm, £4-£6. Live music last Thursday of every month. Pete Moser and more t.b.c www.viewtwogallery.co.uk

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Wildfood Ramble, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 10.30am-12pm, FREE, 0151 738 1913, www.nwc.org.uk

Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Beatles Tribute Night, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Object opinion service, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take Other Events along an object you would like to Crosby Festival of Music & Dancing know more about and ask a Museum including Speech & Drama, The Civic curator about it. Booking essential on Crosby (see 26th March for details) 0151 478 4063 Merseyside Woodturners, The www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners (see 1st March for details) exhibition and demonstration is open An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery for visitors, for anyone wishing to start (see 1st March for details) woodturning or improve their skills Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details)

Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Our Country’s Good, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 Sport & Leisure 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, Putting it Together, LIPA, 7.30pm, 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Celebration Aims to make cycling accessible to of the stage and screen work of all - trained instructor led rides lasting Stephen Sondheim www.lipa.ac.uk an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk

Arts

Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details)

Tony Mac, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March for details)

The Guard, Studio Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £2.50-£3, 01695 584 480. Film (15) www.edgehill.ac.uk

East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details)

Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details)

Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

Arts

J. Edgar, The Brindley Runcorn, 1.30pm, £3.50, 0151 907 8360. Film (15) www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

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Family Harlem Globetrotters, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £12.50-£40, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Sport & Leisure Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 6.30am-7.15am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning and late evening fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk

FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jimmy Coburn, Cavern Club, 5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965. John Lennon tribute www.cavernclub.org The Rockits, Cavern Club, 10pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Johnny Cash Roadshow, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute act www.thegreenroomliverpool.com The Blues Band, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £18-£20, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk

Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 10am-2pm & 4pm-6pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling Theatre & Dance accessible to all - trained instructor led Save The Last Dance For Me, rides lasting an hour, providing a range Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £12-£35, of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk 0844 871 3017. New musical full of Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 60s classic hits 6pm-6.45pm, to book call 0151 653 www.liverpoolempire.org.uk 1324. Beginners/improvers. Meet at Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool Birkenhead 6th Form College Playhouse, 7pm, £10-£20, 0151 709 www.wirral.gov.uk 4776. An action packed musical

Other Events

Community Practical Session, Marine Gardens Waterloo, 1.15pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Get involved with local residents to make Marine Gardens a better place for all to enjoy - all support, tools and gloves provided www.sefton.gov.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Join the Friends of Rotten Row in some light gardening. All tools provided, meet at Park Lodge Greenhouses www.sefton.gov.uk Private Landlords Forum, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 3.15pm-6pm, FREE, 0151 691 8132. With half-hour workshops on issues that matter www.wirral.gov.uk Philosophy in Pubs: Does Counselling Actually Work?, On The Fringe Southport, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

adventure for the whole family www.everymanplayhouse.com

Angel Delight, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£12, 0844 873 2888. Helped and hindered by two incompetent guardian angels, Jenny turns detective to deal with her marriage crisis www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Ballet Triple Bill, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £9-£12, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Scout and Guide Gang Show, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 643 8757. A night at the movies www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Our Country’s Good, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Round Heads and Pointed Heads, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Bertolt Brecht play www.lipa.ac.uk

Crosby Festival of Music & Dancing Comedy including Speech & Drama, The Civic Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Crosby (see 26th March for details) Lettuce, 8pm, £8-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Seymour Mace, Junior Simpson and Jonathan Mayor FRIDAY 30TH www.laughterhousecomedy.com Music Laughterhouse Comedy, Glen Matlock and The Philistines, Eric’s, 7.30pm, £15, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com

Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Ronny Hughes, Cavern Club, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Jon Keats, Cavern Club, 4.30pm,

The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter with Junior Simpson, Seymour Mace and Jonathan Mayor www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Mrs Barbara Nice with Wayne Deakin, Danny Deegan and Christian Steel www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

Arts East Meets West, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st March for details) Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum (see 1st March for details) An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) The Living and the Dead: Paintings and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Featuring previously unseen collections of international significance www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st March for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum, (see 1st March for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st March for details)

2pm Sat, FREE, 0151 709 2442. Solo exhibition www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead Park (see 12th March for details) Family Big Art activity: parent and baby morning, Walker Art Gallery, 10am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Big Art activity: parent and baby afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2.15pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Sport & Leisure Wheels for All, Walton Hall Park, 10am-2pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Other Events Crosby Festival of Music & Dancing including Speech & Drama, The Civic Crosby (see 26th March for details)

SATURDAY 31ST

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 Music to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March Cast, Mountford Hall, 7pm, £20, 0844 477 2000, for details) www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, TATE (see 1st March for details)

Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Uses obsolete military surveillance technology to investigate the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo www.openeye.org.uk Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Questioning the concept of battlefield in all its forms www.openeye.org.uk Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) John Pickles, The Gallery Stanhope Street, 10am-4.30pm Mon-Fri 10am-

European Opera Centre: The School for Fathers, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789. Vasily Petrenko and the Orchestra are joined by young soloists from the EOC for this semi-staged performance of Wolf-Ferrari’s I Quattro Rusteghi. Sung in Italian with English surtitles www.liverpoolphil.com Music for the Mind and Soul: Rajeeb Chakraborty, The Capstone Theatre, 1pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. One of India’s finest sarod players is joined by tabla maestro, Kousic Sen www.thecapstonetheatre.com Tony Mac, Cavern Club, 1pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Pub, 7pm, FREE, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org Saturday with the Beatles, Cavern Club Live Lounge, 9pm, £12, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org The Cave Dwellers, Cavern Club, 9pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

The Amazing Kappa Band, Cavern Club, 11.45pm, £2.50-£3, 0151 236 1965, www.cavernclub.org

Round Heads and Pointed Heads, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Bertolt Brecht play www.lipa.ac.uk

Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Pacific Road Arts Centre, 7.30pm, £5-15 under 16s FREE, 0151 666 0000, www.pacificroad.co.uk

Comedy

Tom Jones and Cher, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Tribute night www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Made In Britain Tour: The Selecter, Eric’s, 8pm, £15, 0151 255 0703, www.ericslive.com Cream Reunion, Nation, 10pm-5am, £14, 0151 707 1309, www.cream.co.uk Stackridge, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £13-£15, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk The Solid Silver 60s Show, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7.30pm, £27, 0844 871 3021, www.southporttheatre.org.uk Theatre & Dance

The Ken Dodd Happiness Show, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £16.58-£19.50, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter with Junior Simpson, Seymour Mace and Jonathan Mayor www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns with Seymour Mace, Junior Simpson and Jonathan Mayor www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Mrs Barbara Nice with Wayne Deakin, Danny Deegan and Christian Steel www.liverpoolcomedycentral.co.uk

(see 1st March for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st March for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Uses obsolete military surveillance technology to investigate the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo www.openeye.org.uk Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery, 10.30am-5.30pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Questioning the concept of battlefield in all its forms www.openeye.org.uk Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 16th March for details) The Games of Art, The Black-E (see 1st March for details) Voices from the Song of Songs: Judy Chicago, The Black-E (see 1st March for details)

John Pickles, The Gallery Stanhope Arts Save The Last Dance For Me, Street, 10am-4.30pm Mon-Fri 10amLiverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, East Meets West, Museum of 2pm Sat, FREE, 0151 709 2442. Solo £12-£35, 0844 871 3017. New musical Liverpool (see 1st March for details) exhibition www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk full of 60s classic hits Age of the Dinosaur, World Museum Wirral - the place to visit, Birkenhead www.liverpoolempire.org.uk (see 1st March for details) Park (see 12th March for details) Swallows and Amazons, Liverpool An Alphabet, Walker Art Gallery (see Family Playhouse, 2pm & 7pm, £10-£20, 0151 1st March for details) 709 4776. An action packed musical Dino Jolly Trolley: crafts for kids, Feathercuts and Flares, Walker Art adventure for the whole family World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, Gallery (see 1st March for details) www.everymanplayhouse.com 0151 478 4393. Volunteer-led dino The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Angel Delight, Unity Theatre, 8pm, crafting activities Walker Art Gallery (see 1st March for £8-£12, 0844 873 2888. Helped www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk details) and hindered by two incompetent Workshop: Doodle Station, Walker guardian angels, Jenny turns The Living and the Dead: Paintings Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, detective to deal with her marriage and sculpture by John Kirby, Walker 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of crisis www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Art Gallery (see 1st March for details) drawing activities Snow Play, Rose Theatre Edge Hill www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold University, 2.30pm, £4.50/£16 family story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Saturday Stories, Walker Art Gallery, ticket, 01695 584 480. What would 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. 11am-11.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. you do if Winter decided to stay in Featuring previously unseen collections Stories by resident storyteller your house instead of the Northof international significance www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Pole? Suitable for children of all ages www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Animals in art, Walker Art Gallery, and their families www.edgehill.ac.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Tales of the River Bank, The Brindley International Slavery Museum (see Make your own animal mask and meet Runcorn, 3pm, £9-£11, 0151 907 1st March for details) some animals at the visiting mini-farm 8360. With Kate Simmons Dance www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Toxteth 1981, International Slavery www.brindley.halton.gov.uk Museum (see 1st March for details) Custom cutters, Merseyside Ballet Triple Bill, The Brindley Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, White Gold: the true cost of cotton, Runcorn, 7.30pm, £9-£12, 0151 907 0151 478 4499. Make your own International Slavery Museum, (see 8360, www.brindley.halton.gov.uk cutter in this workshop 1st March for details) Scout and Guide Gang Show, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk An Age of Confidence: Photographs Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Mother Redcap, Merseyside Maritime Village, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 643 Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 8757. A night at the movies 478 4199. The infamous MR will captivate 1st March for details) www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk you with her tales of smuggling Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 An Easter Play, Bebington Central www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st March Library, 2.30pm, FREE, 0151 643 7219. Quilt pattern workshop, for details) Greenblade performing play suitable International Slavery Museum, 1pm DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, for all ages, donations welcome and 4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Learn TATE (see 1st March for details) will go to Special Schools on the Wirral the meanings behind the patterns www.wirral.gov.uk Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE on African American quilts and make

your own to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family Saturday - Mini Museum, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 1pm4pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Discover how to make your own marvellous mini museum www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Easter Egg Hunt, Hesketh Park Southport, 2pm, FREE, 0151 934 2421. Led by Park Rangers www.sefton.gov.uk Family Run - Run in England, Birkenhead Park, 9.45am-10.30am, to book call 0151 653 1324. Beginners /improvers. Running class for 12 years and over www.wirral.gov.uk Sport & Leisure Capoeira Club, International Slavery Museum, 10am-12pm, FREE. Brazilian martial art, ring 0151 478 4456 to register your interest www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Park Fit, Croxteth Hall and Country Park, 10am-11am, £22.50 per month, £5 individual session (1st session FREE), 07846 328 412. An early morning fitness ‘bootcamp’ for all abilities. Meet at Hall Conference car park www.paulhughesfitness.co.uk Wheels for All, Wavertree Sports Park, 11am-1pm, FREE, 01925 234 213. Aims to make cycling accessible to all - trained instructor led rides lasting an hour, providing a range of adapted cycles www.cycling.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk Amateur Fighting Championships, Liverpool Olympia, 7pm, £20-£30, 0151 263 6633, www.liverpoololympia.com EFC v West Brom, 3pm, www.evertonfc.com Other Events Crosby Festival of Music & Dancing including Speech & Drama, The Civic Crosby (see 26th March for details) Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 11am-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills Blackburne House Wedding Fayre, Blackburne House, 10am-4pm, £3, to book stands and tickets contact Natalie Bayes on 0151 709 4356, www.blackburnehouse.co.uk We endeavour to make sure listings are correct at time of entry but The Lowdown Magazine holds no responsibilty for incorrect listings or cancelled events. Please check event before attending as listings may be liable to change.

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