Lowdown - Issue 3 - May 2012

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The definitive Liverpool listings guide

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WELCOME To Lowdown’s third offering.

Since April’s issue hit the streets we’ve had a couple of exciting developments...not only did we get to meet the charismatic, big-hearted Italian master of cuisine, Antonio Carluccio and chat to him at the launch of the Liverpool Carluccio’s but our new website launched and it looks fantastic.

Put together by the great minds at Brighter Design it’s a perfect complement to the Lowdown brand, already well established due to the brilliant creative work of our designer, Jason Powell.

The website will work alongside the printed mag to bring you the latest in ‘What’s On’ so we can keep the info we supply you with as current as possible.

After April’s magical visit from the Sea Odyssey giants, May has a lot to live up to and Sound City has just the ticket. Featuring over 200 acts, the UK Music Student Awards and incorporating for the first time the Sound City Expo, the festival will celebrate its fifth birthday with a party all the kids will want to go to.

In May some lucky, lucky people will get to see goth rock superstars, Placebo play at their sold out gig at Liverpool Olympia ahead of their sold out headline gig at the Sundance Film & Music Festival in London. This month also welcomes the return of LightNight, the city’s annual arts and cultural festival which forms part of a wider European initiative where galleries and museums open late staging events.

As always our listings section is packed with things to do which will no doubt come in handy particularly over the bank holiday weekend. Check out our highlights for Lowdown picks of the month.

So all in all another great month to be had in Liverpool, if you’ve got the Lowdown to guide you.

MARIE & PAUL

THIS MONTH HIGHLIGHTS 04

Lowdown selections for May

NEWS 06 Creamfields 2012 & Carluccio’s SEA ODYSSEY 08

Standing on the shoulders of Giants

COVER STORY 10

Newton Faulkner – Dreadlock Holiday

LOWDOWN ON MUSIC 12 Sound City - Live Music Capital

LIVE REVIEWS 14 ALBUM REVIEWS 16 NIKI AND THE DOVE 17 Cold Fish From Scandinavia

INTRODUCING 22

Johnny Sands

PREVIEWS 24 LISTINGS 27

22 pages of What’s On

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LOWDOWN MAY

HIGHLIGHTS 5th May The Black Belles Eric’s

10th/11th May Ian McCulloch Epstein Theatre

18th May Light Night Various Venues

18th May The Temper Trap 02 Academy

13th Elvis Costello

Liverpool Empire

17th-19th Liverpool Sound City Various Venues

20th May Newton Faulkner Stanley Theatre

22nd May – 2nd June Hallelujah! Sister Act Liverpool Empire

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24th

Saint Etienne Kazimier

25th May/23rd June The Norman Conquests Liverpool Playhouse

30th Tragedy

25th May Lucy Rose Eric’s

25th May Taciturn & Tmesis Unity Theatre

O2 Academy

29th May Simon Amstell Philharmonic Hall

31st May Wheatus Eric’s

LOWDOWN MAY

NEWS Raising Awareness of Poverty

Could you live on £5 for five days? This is the challenge that thousands of people will be taking from May 7-11 when they ‘Live Below the Line’ for Restless Development. The innovative campaign will involve people across the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand, and ask them to spend just £1 per day on all of their food and drink, for five days. It aims to raise awareness of the 1.4 billion people across the world who live on this amount every day, having to spend just £1 per day on everything: food, healthcare, rent, travel, and education.

Restless Development works with young people to tackle the issues that affect them most, including the HIV/AIDS crisis, unemployment and extreme poverty.

If you would like to take the challenge, go to www.livebelowtheline.com

Opening Doors Into Dance Industry NorthWest Dance: The Lowry Youth Dance Partnership is offering young performers across Merseyside a taste of life as a dance professional, potentially leading to a place on the Centre for Advanced Training Scheme in Dance (CAT) at The Lowry.

Currently in its third year, the CAT scheme is designed to offer young performers aged 12 -18 a channel into the professional dance industry, preparing them for full-time professional training. NorthWest Dance will hold two open days in Liverpool this spring to introduce potential participants to the scheme and other provision in the immediate locality.

The open days, at Liverpool Theatre School on May 20 and Dolphin Dance Studios on May 27 will include a contemporary dance technique class and creative session followed by a Q&A session that gives both potential students and their parents or guardians the chance to find out more about the scheme.

The Open Days are free to attend, but must be booked in advance by calling 0161 876 2018, emailing CAT@thelowry.com or visiting www.northwestdance.org.uk/CAT. To audition for the CAT, participants must be between 12 and 16 years of age.

Creamfields 2012

The Chemical Brothers are the latest addition to this year’s Creamfields’ line-up, one of their biggest to date.

After an outstanding performance last year, the duo return to headline the Annie Mac Presents Arena on August 25, alongside Major Lazer, Erol Alkan, Crookers and Madeon.

The festival returns to Daresbury in Cheshire on August Bank Holiday weekend and is on course for a fourth consecutive sell-out year with the Limited Ticket offer now sold out.

Creamfields 2012 confirmed line-up includes performances from deadmau5, Tiësto, David Guetta, Avicii, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Example, Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, Groove Armada (DJ set), Richie Hawtin, Sub Focus (Live), Knife Party, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki and many more.

Let Us Prey

Knowsley Safari Park is now offering visitors the opportunity to get up close and personal with some magnificent Birds of Prey.

Showcasing displays daily, the Birds of Prey experience will feature a wide range of birds from eagles, hawks and falcons to vultures, kites and owls. Visitors will be invited to watch vulture feeding, flying displays, bird handling and may even have the chance to see a baby bird hatch. For more information visit www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk

07 Coffee Perk Me Up

Liverpool’s Hatton Garden became home to the first franchise of the famous ‘Central Perk’ coffee shop in the north west on April 20.

Eight years after ‘Friends’ finished airing, this replica of the show’s defining location opened its doors to offer the city’s coffee lovers a taste of New York inspired nostalgia.

Steve Trimby, Chef at Central Perk, said: ‘The whole venue is a carbon copy of the one from the show, from the decor to what’s on the menu.’ The venue has a vast range of American products on offer, including Central Perk merchandise and will host regular events including open mic nights, film nights and tea parties.

Speke Hall Summer Concert

The National Trust along with partners Cuffe & Taylor are presenting a series of Summer Concerts at Speke Hall this summer. The concerts held over June Bank Holiday weekend 2012 will culminate in a ‘Last Night of The Proms’ to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

X Factor finalists Marcus Collins and Craig Colton will open the event on June 2 along with X Factor duo 2 Shoes and local singer, Chelcee Grimes. Sunday June 3 welcomes legendary rockers, Status Quo and Liverpool band, The Christians. The event will close with Russell Watson, complete with firework finale. Local talent will also be performing after recent competition ‘Liverpool Introduces’ found four great acts to open the concerts: Esco Williams, The Mono LPs, Guardians and Man Get Out. Lowdown is offering readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Russell Watson and a pair for Status Quo, just answer one of the following questions.

For Russell Watson tickets: What is the title of Russell Watson’s new album, due for release this month? For Status Quo tickets: What is the title of Status Quo’s first single?

Send your answer to: info@thelowdownmagazine.com and include your name, preferred email address, telephone number and postal address. Closing date for entries is 25th May 2012

Antonio Carluccio in Liverpool We were lucky enough to have a coffee and a chat with the very charming Antonio Carluccio at the opening of Liverpool’s first Carluccio’s in Metquarter.

After telling us he started cooking using family recipes, he said he now considers himself to be a cook not a chef and he believes modesty is important. He cited one of his favourite chefs as Michel Roux.

With a new TV series and book just out, Antonio said he has no plans to retire anytime soon and on a personal level, after being married three times, wouldn’t rule it out again. Since the first Carluccio’s opened in London in 1998 there have been more than 50 additions to the chain both in Britain and abroad.

LOWDOWN MAY

SEAODYSSEY

GIANTSPECTACULAR Liverpudlians were transformed into Lilliputians during the penultimate weekend in April when Royal De Luxe’s Sea Odyssey came to town.

An estimated 600,000 people watched the three-day production, organised to commemorate the Titanic disaster.

The council has predicted there will be significant economic benefits generated by Giant Spectacular but its immediate effects

could be seen across the faces of all those lining the streets waiting to catch a glimpse of the three marionettes who were then so swiftly taken to their hearts.

After being treated to a spellbinding spectacle of street theatre and watching the drama

played out between the giant puppets (who graced the city centre and north Liverpool with their presence) all those who had come to watch in awe, waved the 30ft little girl giant, her playful dog, Xolo and her 50ft diver Uncle off to sea.

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LOWDOWN ON MUSIC

DREADLOCK HOLIDAY

Since the release of his chart topping debut album, ‘Hand Built By Robots’, the fourth best selling LP of 2007, acoustic guitar genius, Newton Faulkner has continued to garner his reputation as a ‘one man band’. Despite a Brit nomination back in 2008, Faulkner has built a loyal following through appreciation of his ability rather than courting publicity or manufactured hype. His third album, ‘Write It On Your Skin’ will be released in July and he plays Liverpool this month as part of his UK tour, to a sell out crowd, no doubt waiting in eager anticipation of what will be a unique performance in his own inimitable style.

YOU’VE CITED ERIC ROCHE AS THE MAIN INFLUENCE ON YOUR CAREER, HOW DID HE INSPIRE YOU? He was my guitar teacher at The Academy of Contemporary Music, he was head of guitar and he started mentoring me from quite early on in my time there. We just clicked and got on really well. He’s been a massive influence on me, on my playing style and my whole attitude to music. He became a good friend.

WHAT DID ATTENDING THE ACADEMY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR CAREER? Many positives actually, I learnt a lot. I think with all the kind of ‘rock schools’ you just have to take out the bits that you want and ignore the things you don’t. Unless you want to be a session player then the goal posts are different. The business studies aspect of it was really useful because I signed a record contract within a few of years of leaving and I would have been really scared and confused if I hadn’t done the music industry business studies.

THE INJURY TO YOUR HAND IN 2008 GAVE YOU THE TIME TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS ON YOUR SECOND ALBUM. TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU FEEL FATE PLAYS A PART IN YOUR CAREER? A large amount, because that incident was obviously incredibly unlucky but I think it’s more about making the most of opportunities or how you respond to luck, good or bad.

Whatever’s going to happen will happen so it’s more about what you do with things once they transpire. There’s lots of weird stuff that

goes on so it’s more about how capable you are to embrace it as an artist.

‘HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS’ AND ‘REBUILT

BY HUMANS’; IS THIS A DELIBERATE THEMATIC CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR FIRST TWO ALBUMS? I quite like the idea of the two albums being linked, a kind of duology. There was lots of ways they were linked, for example the same producer produced the second as produced a lot of the singles on the first and even the album covers used similar colours.

DO YOU FEEL YOUR MUSICAL STYLE AND DELIVERY IS PARTICULARLY SUITED TO LIVE PERFORMANCES, MORE SO THAN OTHER ARTISTS? I love being in the studio but I enjoy the live performances the most. Because it’s just me on my own, I really rely on the audience for that connection, because there’s only so much I can do. So I use the audience to do things, so it’s kind of a group effort. I like the fact that live performances are so instinct based, whereas in the studio it’s much more ‘brain’ based.

YOU’VE BEEN DESCRIBED AS BEING QUITE ANONYMOUS, DESPITE THE CRITICAL ACCLAIM YOUR WORK HAS RECEIVED. DO YOU AGREE AND IF SO DOES IT CONCERN YOU? No I quite like it and I can kind of do what I want to do. And people are so chilled out with me, it’s really nice. I think there is a barrier that can be created when your face is well known but with me that barrier doesn’t exist so people interact with me like they kind of see me an old friend.

And also my face hasn’t been on any of the albums so I’m enjoying the anonymity and feel like it’s all at a manageable point.

HOW DOES YOUR THIRD ALBUM, DUE FOR RELEASE THIS YEAR COMPARE TO THE FIRST TWO? The third album has a very different vibe, there are a lot of things that have developed over time. The third album was really written to be played live whereas the second was written to be recorded. I was trying to play the radio game on the second one a bit too much and I think I just needed to do stuff for me and for the live performances. There was a lot of pressure on the second album.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER AND FOR THE WORSE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES? So much has changed but I think the live industry is pretty solid and healthy, probably more so than it’s ever been. Some of the things that have stayed the same probably need to change. Selling records and making money out of recorded music is really tricky, but the live thing is thriving and kind of keeps everything else afloat.

WHAT CAN THE LIVERPOOL AUDIENCE EXPECT FROM YOUR GIG THIS MONTH? Well it’s me completely on my own. It’s quite an interesting show, it’s more about the songs than previous tours have been, the songs on the third album really stand up. I’ll be playing a lot of stuff from the new album and a bunch of old stuff too. ||

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SOUNDCITY2012

Sound City celebrates its 5th birthday this month and has a right old party planned.

Combining the most exciting contemporary artists with a few classic names and featuring more than 200 acts, the line-up is sure to tickle all fancies leaving revellers spoilt for choice.

A full roll call can be found on the Sound City website but acts already announced include Professor Green, The Temper Trap, Kids In Glass Houses, Alkaline Trio, James Vincent McMorrow, Django Django, Tim Hecker, Space, The Wedding Present, Ghostpoet, Mystery Jets, Niki & The Dove, The Sums, Ninetails, White Denim, Death In Vegas, Michael Kiwanuka and Lower Than Atlantis.

Liverpool Sound City is much acclaimed for working with partner countries to identify the best of their emerging talent and providing a platform for exposure in the UK. 2012 sees some fantastic acts landing at John Lennon airport to perform in the city.

New Zealand brings Pikachunes, Princess Chelsea and Midnight Youth while Australia is

represented by Step Panther, Millions, Inland Sea, Ben Salter, Bonfire Nights, Oliver Tank, Wim, Jackson Firebird, The Bowers and Sietta.

Canadian acts are Jordan Cook, Kestrels, Ben Caplan and Slow Down Molasses and Denmark and Italy complete the international flavour with Strangers On A Train and The Second Grace.

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Sound City Expo A new and very welcome addition to the line-up this year is the Expo, to be held at the Echo Arena. SC Expo will offer consumers and music/digital professionals access to the newest and most innovative exhibitors who can provide the tools and services most useful in the ever-developing digital age.

Focusing on the current and future intersection of music, art, business and technology, the SCE will feature live demos, masterclasses, discussions and more.

UK Music Student Awards The opening day of the Festival will showcase an event that cements Sound City’s commitment to emerging talent and the wider industry.

The UK Music Student Awards will take place on May 17 at the Echo Arena, hosted by BBC Radio 1’s Edith Bowman. Access to Music continues the success of its annual award ceremony by joining forces with SC to present a suite of national award presentations.

With support from international top-flight industry guests, the event will celebrate the stars of tomorrow, selected from nominations put forward by music education providers.

Kicking and Screening Kicking and Screening Football Festival arrives at SC this year and its mission is ‘to engage, connect, and inspire soccer and film enthusiasts through the celebration and presentation of football culture’.

Founded in 2009, KSFF is an annual global series of festivals, organising flagship festivals in New York and London and satellite festivals around the world. In addition to its film screenings, the festival incorporates panel discussions, gala parties, photography, football themed literature and a host of other events that create a unique cultural experience intended to reveal and enhance football’s significance in wider culture.

Sound City International Keynote Speaker Revered hip-hop author, filmmaker, journalist, critic and social commentator Nelson George has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year’s SC. At the forefront of hip hop culture documentation, George penned several award-winning books including, ‘Hip Hop America’ and ‘The Death of Rhythm & Blues’. His most recent novel, ‘The Plot Against Hip Hop’ is a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. This year George wrote, narrated, and co-directed ‘Brooklyn Boheme’, a documentary portraying the artistic community of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill that included Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Saul Williams, Erykah Badu and Talib Kweli, among others.

Sound City runs from May 17 - May 19. Single day wristbands are available to buy for £25 or 3 day wristbands for £45, both online at www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk or in person at HMV Liverpool One

LOWDOWN ON COMEDY

LIVE REVIEWS

STEVE HUGHES SLAUGHTERHOUSE APRIL 3

Steve Hughes enters a full house with his head almost touching the ceiling. His long haired, bearded appearance makes him look like he just escaped from middle earth or the Hawkwind crew bus...

He settles in quickly, “Is this a stage or a f****** pallet!” and his combination of childlike logic and anti-authoritarian views mean his material ranges widely from the mundane to heavy political and philosophical issues.

Subjects include why magic mushrooms are the only illegal ones despite the fact that the others can kill you, rampant consumerism, war, problems in the Middle East and why he had to pay to escape from the Wirral after taking a wrong turn into the tunnel.

“People ask me how did I make the transition from drumming to comedy? Easy I just moved the drums...”

The heavier material is dealt with later on when he feels he has won the crowd over but despite the subject matter his likeable manner and jovial delivery mean it’s not short on humour and the majority of people in the room are laughing from start to finish.

No mean feat considering this is his first headline tour.

Credit must also go to warm up act Sully O Sullivan who did did exaclty that in a confident manner with plenty of laughs.

His rising popularity has seen Steve appear on mainstream TV but much of his material relies on a freedom of speech not usually afforded by the medium and is better suited to a live show.

Like the long tradition of comedians such as Bill Hicks, George Carlin and the like, Steve Hughes doesn’t just want you to laugh. He wants you to take the red pill and see how far down the rabbit hole you can go. Listen at your own peril this one goes up to 11. || PT

15 After reading Don Miguel Ruiz’ ‘The Four Agreements’, ‘a practical guide to personal freedom’, Webb has produced a work that ‘represents the culmination of a life-altering spiritual journey’ for the singer-songwriter, and it’s visually apparent. Webb’s on-stage presence exudes a sense of calm and it permeates the audience. It reached me at least.

CHRISTIAAN WEB LEAF, APRIL 19

The homely, slouchy atmosphere upstairs at Leaf provided perfect setting for an outing of tracks from Christiaan Webb’s debut solo album.

Eldest son of songwriting legend, Jimmy Webb, Christiaan built up a fan base in the UK touring extensively with his two siblings, Justin and James with The Webb Brothers back in the late 90s, early noughties. Now concentrating on his solo career, Webb is touring with his own offering ‘A Man Possessed’. His soulful vocals are somehow reassuring and added to the feeling of intimacy at the gig. It was like being amongst friends and definitely aided a warm reception to the songs being performed.

Opener, ‘Westward Man’ and ‘My Best Intentions’ grabbed the audience’s attention with their punchy beats and pulsating keys. Earnest ballads such as ‘Midnight Moon’ and ‘Fountain of Youth’ showcased Webb’s melancholy vocals; in Midnight Moon their fragility underlined the reflective lyrics. Webb’s band, The Sweet Lords were a pleasure to watch as their enthusiasm was palpable.

The lead guitarist was so fervent in his solo guitar piece during ‘I Can’t Believe You’re Gone’ my gig-buddy for the night remarked, ‘no wonder he’s so thin’ - which made me laugh. That nod to The Webb Brother’s back catalogue along with ‘The Liar’s Club’ and ‘Fluorescent Lights’ went down a treat.

The evening ended with just Webb and his keyboard on stage and a rendition of ‘Last Night On Earth’. With its contemplative lyrics, the song reinforced the inspiration behind the album, of a spiritual approach to life.

WOW

PHILHARMONIC, APRIL 12

WOW at the Philharmonic Hall promised, ‘A Celebration of the Music, Lyrics and Dance of Kate Bush’, a bit of a mouthful for what was basically a tribute act.

If you’ve ever witnessed the dreadful cringeyness of a dodgy Elvis or fat Freddie Mercury, all cheap outfits and fake facial hair, you’d be forgiven for fearing the worst.

Thankfully, the wonderful Maaike Breijman and her talented band of musicians and dancers delivered a very impressive and hugely entertaining homage to a legendary talent.

When somebody is either courageous or foolhardy enough to attempt a performance as the quirky and wholly original grand dame of popular music, the potential for crossing the line between tribute and parody is fairly obvious.

It earned them a warm and richly deserved standing ovation at the end of what must have been an exhausting night’s work, particularly for Miss Breijman, who sang and danced her way through a host of classic songs.

All the hits were covered as well as a number of album tracks. The band were faultless throughout, the lead guitarist even managing an admirable turn as Peter Gabriel, dueting on ‘Don’t Give Up’. If I were to be critical, the lighting and effects weren’t all they could have been and the gaps between songs, to allow for costume changes, felt a little clunky at times. But that’s just nitpicking, ultimately a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all. WOW indeed. GB

LOWDOWN ON MUSIC

ALBUMREVIEWS DAMON ALBARN DR DEE

JACK WHITE BLUNDERBUSS

THE DANDY WARHOLS THIS MACHINE

Soundtrack to last year’s show of the same name and an Afro-pastoral folk opera, combining ‘English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds.’ The album is ‘18 tracks of songs and music inspired by the life of John Dee, mathematician, polymath and advisor to Elizabeth I.’

Jack White’s solo debut is being called a breakup album with songs of sadness, anger and guile but with an amicable split and his recent ex-wife singing backing vocals to great effect on a few tracks, maybe he’s just making use of his re-discovered time.

The Dandy Warhols are back with their eighth album. ‘This Machine’ has the same laid back, cool vibe the band seems to effortlessly produce, but the music has a harder, slightly industrial edge. The harder production gives hints of The Pixies, Bowie (Scary Monsters), Bauhaus and of course The Velvet Underground.

Albarn has received some criticism for this album being indulgent or even pastiche. I care little whether he’s being indulgent, only that what he offers is well done, and this is. As for being pastiche, to make an informed judgement I’d need to have a good listen to Purcell and other composers who he’s accused of creating a poor imitation of and frankly I don’t have time.

I’d rather listen to the album I’m reviewing in order to judge if I like it.

After listening, I feel I missed out when I didn’t get to see the show, the live performance of this music would have been quite something. I was a fan of Albarn’s vocals before listening to Dr Dee and my appreciation hasn’t waned since.

The eclectic mix of 16th-century instruments, 12th-century African instruments and contemporary orchestral instruments make this album intriguing, yet easy to listen to.

The music and vocals create emotion and mystery and ultimately drama. And there are multiple depths to the work. Listen to it purely for pleasure and become absorbed in the different emotions it evokes. Do some research and experience it with an understanding of its inspiration or do more research, get to know the mysterious figure behind the work (Dr Dee not Damon Albarn) and you’ll hear so much more. Whatever your preference, the piece is to be admired. . 8/10 MM ||

The album has his customary nod to times when music was important and artists were great. As expected, the man who doesn’t have a mobile phone likes to do things the old fashioned way and the steel guitars, fender rhodes, piano and violin complement his songwriting well.

The opening track ‘Missing Pieces’ starts with a mellow rhodes and builds up with his trademark staccato vocal style. It has a short but great sounding guitar solo, reminiscent of Mahavishnu, and one of the few solos on the album.

‘Sixteen Saltines’ could be straight off Elephant and title track ‘Blunderbuss’ has a sad melodic country feel which, along with the piano led ‘Hypocritical Kiss’, are both strong tracks.

Jack White continues to inhabit and perpetuate the retro gothic world of his own creation that Tim Burton couldn’t improve upon. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 7.5/10 PT ||

It opens with the distorted bass and close vocals of ‘Sad Vacation’. ‘Autumn Carnival’ starts with a great drum roll into repetitive guitar line. ‘Alternative Power To The People’ is a driving instrumental and ‘Well They’re Gone’ is a slow, dreamy, delicate song with some nice melodies and a rhythmic drum pattern - a highlight along with ‘16 tons’, a sleazy, driving cover of the Merle Travis song.

It’s not an album to dance around the house to and it doesn’t have any of the obvious smash hits that gave them global recognition, but it’s a good listen and has plenty of songs that are interesting and definitely grow on you. It is a darker and more sophisticated affair, no more naked beach parties here, but it still does have attitude. 8/10 PT ||

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WHENDOVESCRY Swedish electronic duo, Niki & The Dove are creating quite a buzz at the moment, not least because they’ve just come fifth in the BBC’s Sound of 2012; a list chosen by 184 UK-based ‘tastemakers’ (experts in current and new music) which highlights the most promising new music for the year ahead. Gustaf Karlöf and Malin Dahlström first met making music for theatre in Gothenburg in 1999 and worked together again in folk band, The Dora Steins.

Re-emerging in 2010 as N&TD, this month sees the release of their debut album, Instinct.

Dahlström’s ethereal vocals, backed up by walls of synths and pounding drums, combined with their charismatic live performances and their eclectic mix of sounds and ideas make N&TD an interesting proposition.

SCANDINAVIAN CULTURAL OFFERINGS APPEAR TO BE VERY MUCH ‘IN VOGUE’ AT THE MOMENT. HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR CULTURE OR THE ENVIRONMENT YOU GREW UP IN INFLUENCES YOUR MUSIC/ITS CHARACTERISTIC QUALITY? It is probably impossible NOT being influenced by your environment. And that is a good thing we think. Hopefully we will learn something about each other. But it is difficult to mention any specific signs of us coming from Scandinavia.

YOU WRITE MUSIC TOGETHER BUT MALIN WRITES THE LYRICS ALONE, WHICH PART OF THE PROCESS COMES FIRST OR DO THEY OCCUR ALONGSIDE ONE ANOTHER? It really intervenes. One thing gives birth to the other. A lyric can influence music and music can influence lyrics.

HOW DOES YOUR BACKGROUND WRITING MUSIC FOR THEATRE CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR CURRENT SOUND/SONGWRITING?

Not at all actually. Writing for theatre is a completely different thing, where you are a part of something bigger. You have to consider the other fragments of a theatre and work together with these.

don’t need a daytime job to pay the pizza. On another level we learned that you have to be careful not losing your direction and not losing your heart. To remember why we’re doing this.

That it’s really about the music in the end.

YOU’VE DISCUSSED THAT REMEMBERING THE ESSENCE/MEANING OF YOUR MUSIC IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU’RE AT THE PRODUCTION STAGE. WHAT IS ITS ESSENCE/MEANING?

YOU’VE MOVED TO LONDON AS YOUR RECORD LABEL IS BASED THERE. DOES THIS REFLECT YOUR MUSIC HAS BEEN MORE WELL RECEIVED HERE THAN IN SWEDEN?

The essence/meaning is subjective we think. One song probably means one thing for someone and something completely different for another. But for us it’s important to be honest to ourselves.

That is the meaning and essence.

We don´t think (or hope) that.

YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS SHOWS RATHER THAN EVENTS AND YOUR VIDEOS LOOK LIKE A LOT OF THOUGHT AND WORK HAS GONE INTO MAKING THEM. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS ASPECT OF YOUR EXPERIENCE/ OFFERING AS A BAND? Of course you want to have a quality in every little step you take. That is important we think.

Even if it’s just performing for three people. Or making a low budget video.

WHAT’S CHANGED FOR YOU AS A BAND OR INDIVIDUALS SINCE SIGNING THE RECORD DEAL? The foremost thing is that we can focus and concentrate 100% on our own music. You

YOU RECENTLY PLAYED AT SXSW? HOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? We were warned that it would be very hectic.

But we had a great time actually. A life time memory. Imagine 9000 bands in one city. There was music exactly everywhere. Fascinating.

YOU’RE PLAYING SOUND CITY THIS MONTH IN LIVERPOOL? HAVE YOU PLAYED HERE BEFORE? No. We really look forward to it. We’ve played in Liverpool before though and really liked the city.

FINALLY, HOW DO YOU FEEL ACCOLADES SUCH AS THE NOMINATION FOR BBC’S SOUND OF 2012 INFLUENCE YOUR RECEPTION/MUSIC CAREER? We are of course really honoured. It gives you a greater confidence. And of course this gave us a push in the right direction. Let’s see what the future brings.... ||

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LOWDOWN ON BOOKS

THE HURRICANE PORT A Social History Of Liverpool, Andrew Lees Scousers believe they live in a special place, one that has more in common with Salvador da Bahia, New Orleans or Gdansk than anywhere in England, and the city has always punched above its weight. In less than a hundred years, however, Liverpool’s image has declined from a major mercantile player known as the Second City of the Empire to what some social commentators have described as a cultural backwater remembered largely as the place where the Beatles were born.

In The Hurricane Port, Andrew Lees reveals how Liverpool’s pre-eminence in the slave trade left an indelible scar on the psychogeography of the city. He also explores the roots of Liverpool’s contrary nature, its rebelliousness and its hedonism, as well as some of the recent hurricanes that have battered the city, including the anger of Toxteth, Militants’ stand against Margaret Thatcher and the murder of James Bulger. In this distinctly personal account, Lees defines the characteristics of this Celtic enclave, with her loud-mouthed, big-hearted people who have created a city quite different from anywhere else in the world.

WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND WRITING THE BOOK? A combination of my own deep seated sentimentality for the city of my childhood and what I perceived as the real need for a non academic book that would describe the rise and fall of a great seaport. As I wrote it I began to realise how Liverpool had been shaped

by Europe’s hunger for sugar and how as it grew and grew through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it played such an important role in the formation of the Atlantic community.

I also realised that enslavement was a cross to bear, not only for the blacks taken from their homes in West Africa to Barbados and Virginia on which Liverpool’s first fortunes were predicated,

but for the dockers and the sailors whose lives underpin much of the city’s exceptionalism.

Liverpool has turned inwards in the last twenty five years but its people still dream of fantastic adventures and mythical departures.

THE BOOK HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ‘A WARTS AND ALL’ DEPICTION OF LIVERPOOL. WAS IT A DIFFICULT TASK TO APPROACH THE ‘LESS POSITIVE’ ISSUES ON A SUBJECT MATTER MANY WILL BE PROTECTIVE OVER...THEIR CITY? Although a sintelliner (born in St Helens) Liverpool has always been my city (both my parents are from Manchester). I was aware when writing the book of the particular Scouse sensitivity, especially to outsiders, but really did not want to write a book that perpetuated an unrealistic view of the city. My book can be looked on as a love letter to the city but one written to a wife of twenty five years, where love remains as strong as it ever was but flattery and deceit would now be pointless and even destructive. I hope ‘Hurricane Port’ will help the city I love come to terms with its dark history and move forwards again to become a world beater in everything it embarks upon. Liverpool is still full of brilliant, imaginative and amusing people.

WHAT DO YOU HOPE READERS TAKE FROM THE BOOK? There are so few readable accounts of the city’s fascinating history and I would like to think ‘Hurricane Port’, while being a personal view from an outsider, would be a thought provoking and informative source of information for both Scousers and visitors who want to learn more about Liverpool.

All proceeds from the sale of ‘Hurricane Port’ go to Cure Parkinsons. ||

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FILMREVIEW The Cabin In The Woods (15)

Beginning as a standard Slasher flick with attractive college students going on a weekend getaway to party and ignore all the obvious bad omens, the film takes a brilliant turn when it becomes apparent there is something much more sinister than ‘big lad with an axe’ at work here.

A self described ‘loving hate letter’ to more recent horror films, it beautifully parodies the creative process behind gore-fests such as ‘Cabin Fever’ and ‘Hostel’ while lovingly referencing the oldies in a way that will make any horror fan smile.

Although it’s fairly lacking in scares, it’s certainly one of the most original films in a long time and trust me when I say it doesn’t hold back, pushing every idea to its extreme. If you’re a fan of horror you should have already seen this, if you’re not it’s definitely still worth a watch as it’s pure fun with plenty of hilarious moments and a truly jaw-dropping climax that will both disgust and delight.

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INTRODUCING…

Local musician and promoter Johnny Sands is becoming firmly embedded in the Liverpool music scene, not least due to his resident weekly open mic night at Leaf, ‘Out Of The Bedroom’.

With high profile supports under his belt, for Wild Beasts, Django, Django and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly and a self-funded debut album, ‘Postcards’ just released, Sands is making his mark.

HOW’S THE OPEN MIC NIGHT AT LEAF BEING RECEIVED? Really well. I’ve been doing it for three years now and some nights we’re struggling to fit everyone in. It was always intended as a high calibre open mic, Jools Holland style with a focus on showcasing original material as much as possible. I open and close the night but it’s more about the other acts (who I really enjoy meeting and hearing) so it’s a lot different to my solo performances.

WHAT WAS YOUR PATHWAY INTO MUSIC? I taught myself to play guitar when I was 14 after being influenced by music I listened to on mix tapes my dad made for me. The Blue Nile, Talk Talk, Neil Young and The Beatles were all early influences. Singing was a natural accompaniment to the guitar playing for me. When I was 22 I formed a band, ‘Vandal In Berlin’ and spent the next five years playing with them. After that I carried on as a solo artist. It’s been pretty much a DIY approach throughout my career.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE YET TO HEAR YOU PERFORM, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STYLE OF MUSIC YOU MAKE? It’s difficult to describe a style with just one or two words but possibly Electroacoustic. I’d say it’s kind of Neil Young/The Strokes/ The Blue Nile.

AND FINALLY WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON AT THE MOMENT? As well as the night at Leaf I also host a weekly gig, the Acoustic Sessions at Heebie Jeebies.

It started last spring and it’s on a Saturday afternoon. It was great during the summer because we did it out in the courtyard and put a BBQ on so it’s a nice, relaxed atmosphere, but it’s proven just as popular in the winter months when we had to move inside. I’ve just recorded a single, Cave Man, to be released this month, I’m promoting the album and I’m really looking forward to playing at Sound City on the 18th. || www.soundcloud.com/johnnysands www.itunes.apple.com/gb/album/postcards

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PREVIEWS 13th May

Elvis Costello The Revolver Tour, Liverpool Empire Elvis Costello brings the ‘Spectacular Spinning Songbook’ to Liverpool this month following an acclaimed U.S run last year.

An overture of five uninterrupted rock and roll tunes start the performance after which audience members will be invited onstage to spin ‘The Wheel’, featuring 40 song-titles, including hits, rarities and unexpected covers and select the next song. They will then be given the option to enter the ‘Hostage to Fortune Go-Go Cage’ while their selection is performed or take a seat in the on-stage ‘Society Lounge’ where light refreshments will be served.

Rolling Stone said the show combines: ‘the kitsch of a game show and lounge act...when he wasn’t singing or slamming at his guitars, Costello worked the stage like a burlesqueclub emcee, cracking wise at a mile a minute and spinning a dandy’s walking stick.’

Try not to miss it, the last time ‘The Spectacular Spinning Songbook’ was allowed to choose Costello’s set list was 25 years ago.

23rd May

The Handsome Family, Leaf New Mexico based husband and wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks (The Handsome Family) have recorded a series of albums over the past two decades that has established them as one of America’s finest songwriting partnerships and seen them hailed as ‘country music’s answer to White Stripes’. Their music holds echoes of Americana in the truest sense - from medieval ballad to Appalachian holler, Tin Pan Alley and punk rock. Their live performances are noted for the entertaining banter that occurs between the band members on stage and with the audience, a contrast to their songs’ preoccupation with darkness, death and the macabre. Harvest Sun Promotions bring the duo to Leaf to play material from their upcoming release.

The city’s annual arts and cultural festival, LightNight returns on May 18 offering a whirlwind of exciting activities and events.

More than 50 of Liverpool’s best arts and heritage venues will throw open their doors and feature over 70 free events including special underground tours, a mass sing-along, candle-lit labyrinth, fascinating exhibitions and open studios, Chinese arts showcase, architecture tours, ceildihs, spectacular light projections, street theatre, live music and lots more.

18th May

LightNight 2012

The event is part of the Museums at Night initiative when galleries and museums around Europe open late, staging special events. Christina Grogan of Open Culture, LightNight coordinators, said: ‘LightNight is the city coming together, showing off the impressive cultural offer we have.

LightNight starts at 4pm and doesn’t stop until 4am, so there really is something for everybody.

It’s a jam packed one night experience of what’s on offer in Liverpool everyday of the year.’

The full programme is available at www.lightnightliverpool.co.uk.

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TUESDAY 1ST Music

2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Sylosis, O2 Academy, 7pm, £9, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Parr Jazz - Alan Barnes, Studio2 Parr Street, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727 Jazz and Open Mic www.parrstreet.co.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

Theatre & Dance Dancing on Ice, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £32.50-£57.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com

Comedy Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar Hardman St, 8pm, £3, 0870 787 1866.

With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Art installation by Poetry Society President Roger McGough exploring the history and character of Liverpool through stories and memories symbolised by doors from across the city www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. The result of a community project started by Home Bargains in 2008 and made up of nearly five million stitches, featuring the work of 150 embroiderers www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Meet the Carters, Museum of Liverpool, 11am-3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. A special event to mark two years since the ‘Monument to the Working Horse’ was unveiled www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393.

Display of art work curated by young ex-offenders www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Display of recent work by winner of the Liverpool Art Prize 2011, Markus Soukup whose work incorporates video, 2D and 3D animation www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Pre-Raphaelite picture in focus: Escaped, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-

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, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136. Featuring the work of the English firm of architectural photographers between 1870 and 1930 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight, 10am-5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136. On loan from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House, 10am5pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Exhibition exploring the development of fashionable dress during this period www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Charline von Heyl, TATE, 10am5.50pm, £5.40-£7.20, 0151 702 7400. Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters www.tate.org.uk Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE, 10am-5.50pm, FREE, 0151 702 7400. Displaying seven works from the Turner Prize winning artist www.tate.org.uk 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 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 Culture Bites, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 12.30pm-12.45pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Curator Moira Lindsay discusses the dramatic painting ‘Eruption of Le Soufriere www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral, 8.30am-5.30pm, FREE, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk The Titanic Exhibition, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735, www.la-art.co.uk

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 Wirral Summer Special Health Walk, West Kirby, (meet at) Dee Lane Car Park, 11am, FREE, 0151 652 5197.

Choice of three walks to suit all abilities, bring lunch www.wirral.gov.uk May Day Walk, Royden Park Frankby, 1.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. Meet at Rangers office www.wirral.gov.uk Cycle Evenings in Aigburth, 6pm, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) Car Park.

Lasts approx 1 hour, participants must have a roadworthy bike Cycle For Health, Croxteth Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Estates Office Wildflower Summer Walk for Health, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 11am, FREE, 0151 738 1913.

Meet at Shop entrance www.nwc.org.uk

Other Events A Rebel Rant with Benjamin Zephaniah: Multiculturalism or Muscular Liberalism?, St George’s Hall, 7.30pm, £6-£9, 0844 873 2888. Debate forming part of the Writing On The Wall Festival www. unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

The Language Circle, LEAF, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. A bubbling mix of French, English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Japanese folks all eager to exchange some culture and language www.thisisleaf.co.uk Planetarium: The Spring Night Sky, World Museum, 12pm & 3.15pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Fun and informative 10 minute show looking at the myths and constellations of the seasonal night skies www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Planetarium: Chronicle of a journey to earth, World Museum, 2.30pm & 4.05pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. See close up what today’s science has discovered about the solar system www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Philosophy In Pubs: Is Morality an absolute or a relative concept?,The Victoria Hotel Waterloo, 6.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.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

WEDNESDAY 2ND Music

The Coronas, O2 Academy, 7pm, £9, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk RLPO: Beethoven’s Fifth, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com The Hype Theory, The Picket, 7pm, £5, 0151 708 6789. With Ready For Tomorrow and Franko www.myspace.com/picketliverpool Mike Wardzinski, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, FREE, 0151 666 0000. Lunchtime concert www.floralpavilion.com

Theatre & Dance Dancing on Ice, Echo Arena, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £32.50-£57.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com The War Tour, The Casa, 7.30pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888. A night of drama, stories and poetry, part of the Writing On The Wall Festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Tea Dance, The Civic Crosby, 1pm-4pm, £1.50, 0151 928 1919.

Enjoy Latin, Ballroom and Popular sequence, price includes tea, coffee and biscuits www.seftonarts.co.uk

29 Comedy Laurence Clark - Health Hazard, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £10, 0844 873 2888, www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Rory Bremner & Friends, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £16, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk

Introductory tour, Sudley House, 1pm-1.45pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Laughterhouse Comedy presents The Laughter Factor, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £3-£5, 0151 227 5946, www.laughterhousecomedy.com

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

Arts

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May 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 Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Summer Family Pramble, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 11am, FREE, 0151 738 1913. Meet at Shop entrance (charges to the Centre may apply) www.nwc.org.uk

Community Bike Ride, Dunes Leisure Centre Southport, 11am, FREE

Talk: The last night of a small town, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499.

Builds on the account of the sinking of the Titanic in historian Walter Lord’s film, ‘A Night to Remember’ www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Cycle For Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre

An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery

Philosophy In Pubs: Toy Universes, Rose and Crown Bebington, 2pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

RLPO: Beethoven’s Fifth, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com

Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details)

Billy & Wally’s Variety Spectacular, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £16, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Paperwork, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8, 0844 873 2888. A dark comedy inspired by the bureaucratic systems of life and the act of waiting www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Re-examines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Spotify Wednesdays, LEAF, 8pm10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Create a playlist while enjoying a cuppa www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Pottery Class, SAFE Bootle, 10.30am-12.30pm, £10, 07779 592 337, www.seftonarts.co.uk

Talk: The finest in the kingdom, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. A talk about the history of Liverpool Carters www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com

Other Events

Creative Writing Workshop, LEAF, 6.30pm-7.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. For more info contact Susi Moore on susimoore@hotmail.co.uk www.thisisleaf.co.uk

All Around The Bass, Liverpool Philharmonic, 1.05pm, £6, 0151 709 3789. Lunchtime concert lasting around 45 minutes www.liverpoolphil.com

The Felony, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

Family

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Hue & Cry, Eric’s, 8pm, £19.50, 0151 236 9994, www.ericslive.com

The Titanic Exhibition, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735, www.la-art.co.uk

Arts

Tribes, O2 Academy, 7pm, £10, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Bird, LEAF, 7.30pm, £4, 0151 707 7747. Five piece atmospheric folk band www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Wirral On Film, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757. Film footage of Wirral in times past www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

Sports & Leisure

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

Music

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

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

THURSDAY 3RD

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

Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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

Merseyside Woodturners, The Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners get one free. Compere Tony Jameson exhibition and demonstration is open with Alistair Barrie, George Zach for visitors, for anyone wishing to and Bryan Lacey, tickets with meal start woodturning or improve their included also available (6.30pm skills arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

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

Billy Fury - The English Elvis, The Lantern Theatre, 7pm, £13-£15, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £8-£12, 0151 227 5946. With Patrick Monahan and Chris Cairns www.laughterhousecomedy.com

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Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Tour: An Age of Confidence, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight, 2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk in Conversation with Professor Andrew Hoskins, Open Eye Gallery, 6.30pm, £4-£5, 0151 236 6768. Norfolk will be

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discussing his seminal project, For Most Of It I Have No Words on show at Open Eye www.openeye.org.uk Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details) The Descendants, The Brindley Runcorn, 1.30pm, £3.50, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk The Titanic Exhibition, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735, www.la-art.co.uk

Sports & Leisure Cycle Skills sessions, Crosby Leisure Centre, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 428 5700. Lasts approx 2 hours www.bikeright.co.uk Guided Walk of Birkenhead Park, Flaybrick Cemetery and Bidston Hill, 10am-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 652 5197.

Join Rangers for walk suitable for all walkers, meet at Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre www.wirral.gov.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 Other Events Lunchtime Learning, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 12pm, £30-£45, 0151 709 3789. Join composer and lecturer Ian Stephens for a daytime series of inspiring music and relaxed learning www.liverpoolphil.com Jelly Liverpool, LEAF, 9am-5pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. If you work from home, liven your day with Tea Cake and Jelly Liverpool www.thisisleaf.co.uk Creative Writing Workshop, LEAF, 6.30pm-7.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. For more info contact Susi Moore on susimoore@hotmail.co.uk www.thisisleaf.co.uk Copyright and Piracy in the Digital Age, The Attic, 7pm, £2-£4, 0844 873 2888. Part of the Writing On The Wall Festival - Join the Pirate Party, the Open Rights Group and Ian Prowse to discuss the rights and wrongs of copyright theft and downloading www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Drama and Acting for Absolute Beginners, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 1pm-3pm, £3, 0151 666 0000. A 10 week introduction to acting and drama - started on 8th March www.floralpavilion.com

An Evening with Gervase Phinn, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £16, 0151 666 0000. Award winning author, radio and TV personality shares his hilarious and sometimes poignant tales of life as a school inspector www.floralpavilion.com Twilight Tower Tours, Liverpool Cathedral, 5.30pm-8.30pm specific timings online, £4-£5, 0151 702 7255.

Tremendous views across the city and beyond www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Late Night Vintage, The Shipping Forecast, 5.30pm-9.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com

FRIDAY 4TH Music

Definitely Mightbe & Changing Man, O2 Academy, 7pm, £10, 0844 477 2000. Oasis and Paul Weller tributes www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Arbouretum & Hush Arbors, The Kazimier, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk DJ Dash, LEAF, 10pm-late, FREE, 0151 707 7747. House, electro, funk and soul www.thisisleaf.co.uk Quake, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Fort Perch Rocks! - Dubzone, Fort Perch Rock New Brighton, 8pm-2am, £5adv/£8otd. Live bands and DJs performing across two stages - Dub/ Roots/Reggae/Ska/Drum & Bass/ Dubstep www.reddermusic.net The Tangerine Club - Soul & Motown Night, The Rathbone Rooms Greenbank Lane, 8pm-1am, £5, 07746 996 097. Guest artist Sugar Deen with resident DJ Macca Khan www.the-tangerine-club.co.uk Blues Brothers Show, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. 10 piece live band and top comedian.

Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Joe Brown In Concert, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £22, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com The Drifters, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £25, 01744 756 000, www. sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Theatre & Dance Paperwork, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8£10, 0844 873 2888. A dark comedy inspired by the bureaucratic systems of life and the act of waiting www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, LIPA, 7.30pm, SOLD OUT, 0844 873

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

2888. Re-examines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

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

Dance Showcase 2012, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £10, 07762 843 501, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

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

Billy Fury - The English Elvis, The Lantern Theatre, 7pm, £13-£15, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

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

SDC presents The Dangers Of Tobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521.

Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

Comedy

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

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces Sean Meo with Keith Carter as Nige and Alex Boardman.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £10-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury introduces Sean Meo with Keith Carter as Nige and Alex Boardman.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Galapagos, Bluecoat, 10am-6pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324. Offers a surprising and contemporary insight into the cultural reality, the human stories and the living laboratory of the Galapogas www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Tony Jameson with Alistair Barrie, Ste Porter and Greg Cook, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club - Whose Headline?, Envi, 7pm, £2.50-£5, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts weekly competition night www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk Arts

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May 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

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

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

Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery 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

Nick Fox on Metatopia, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-2pm, FREE. Pre booking essential on 0151 478 4199 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

31 Cycle For Health, Calderstones Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at the Courtyard

Other Events Bat Talk and Walk, Birkenhead Park, 7.30pm-10pm, £2, 0151 652 5197.

Talk and slideshow about bats at the Visitor Centre ending in a guided walk looking for bats in Birkenhead Park www.wirral.gov.uk

SATURDAY 5TH Music Novana, O2 Academy, 7pm, £8, 0844 477 2000. Nirvana tribute www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk 10CC Live in Concert, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £26-£32, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com John O’Connell, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 8.30pm, £12, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com The Black Belles, Eric’s, 8pm, £6, 0151 236 9994, www.ericslive.com Jess Gasgoine DJ set, LEAF,10pm2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Soul to funk, hip hop, house and back again www.thisisleaf.co.uk Stereo Electric Mistress, Zanzibar Club, 7.45pm, £4, 0151 707 0633.

With Monika May and support www.thezanzibarclub.com Funk Dragons, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Fort Perch Rocks! - Ultraviolet, Fort Perch Rock New Brighton, 6pm-2am, £7 before 10pm £8 after 10pm. Two stages with DJs offering psychedelic trance, prog and techno www.uvatthefort.com Cliff Richard Tribute Night, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866.

Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Billy and Wally’s Bank Holiday Variety Special, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7pm, £16, 0151 666 0000.

Featuring eight top acts headlined by international award winning ABBA tribute ABBA Revival www.floralpavilion.com WSO - Italia, Wallasey Town Hall, 7.30pm, £5-£15, 0151 666 0000.

Fiona Paterson of the RLPO performs Mercadante’s Flute Concerto www.floralpavilion.com Buddy Whittington, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £10-£12, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk

Theatre & Dance

Arts

Paperwork, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. A dark comedy inspired by the bureaucratic systems of life and the act of waiting www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, LIPA, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £4-£8 (eve performance SOLD OUT), 0844 873 2888. Re-examines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Do You Dare To Dream?, The Brindley Runcorn, 7pm, £7, 0151 907 8360. Art In Motion’s debut whole school dance showcase www.brindley.org.uk Dance Showcase 2012, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £10, 07762 843 501, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk Billy Fury - The English Elvis, The Lantern Theatre, 7pm, £13-£15, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk SDC presents The Dangers Of Tobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521.

Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk The Wizard of Oz, The Civic Crosby, 2pm, £4-£8, 0151 928 1919. Southport Stagecoach Childrens Theatre Art School www.seftonarts.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces Sean Meo with Keith Carter as Nige and Alex Boardman.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury introduces Sean Meo with Keith Carter as Nige and Alex Boardman.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Tony Jameson with Alistair Barrie, Ste Porter and Greg Cook, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club - Boiling Point, Envi, 6.45pm, £4-£8, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts Saturday night show featuring some of the best comedy talent in the UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Stories in Art, Walker Art Gallery, 11am11.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Join visitor host to explore narratives in four of the gallery’s 19th century paintings www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) Talk: Liverpool men - the Titanic and the Atlantic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 2pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight Village (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Tales at Tate, TATE, FREE, 0151 702 7400. Join poet and storyteller John Hughes as he tells his interactive poems in the gallery space, check times with TATE www.tate.org.uk Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Fort Perch Rocks! - Ultraviolet Family Festival, Fort Perch Rock New Brighton, 2pm-6pm, £5 children FREE. Face painting, juggling and poi workshops, stalls, BBQ, DJ workshop, music and much more www.uvatthefort.com Wake up weekends, Museum of Liverpool, 10.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Museum story based fun using puppets and props www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time Quest, Museum of Liverpool, 1.30pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out more about the objects on display and get to handle real stuff www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family art club, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-12.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

For 7-12 year olds www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk SOS - save our species, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Demonstrators will explain how customs protect endangered species in this creative workshop www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Customs contraband, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Discover more about contraband collections www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Performance: Tall tales of a Titanic survivor, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Imagined village, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136. Help create a miniature village inspired by the Bedford Lemere photographic exhibition www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 10.30am-5pm, FREE (normal Hall admission charges apply, 0151 233 6930. The Molyneux children have lost their favourite toys, can you help find them? Entries submitted into draw to win family Hollywood Bowl voucher www.croxteth.co.uk

LOWDOWN MAY

Science is fun weekend, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 9.30am-5pm, normal admission charges apply, 01704 895 181. Examine fossils through a microscope and learn about the life and diversity of plants, plus plenty of family activities www.wwt.org.uk

Sports & Leisure Kukri Southport Junior Rugby Festival, Southport Rugby Club - One of the largest Junior Rugby tournaments plus other entertainment, for further info contact Mike Dale 07909 996 057 Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk Run Liverpool Festival of Running, Sefton Park, 10am-3pm, 0151 236 8432. Including the Women’s 5K and a 5K Team Challenge www.runliverpool.org.uk

Other Events Speakeasy presents: Scotts on the RoX, Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 7.30pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888. Manchester’s premier performance poetry collective pays respects to Gil Scot Heron and Jill ‘Golden’ Scott as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential. Walking tour around Hope Street to discover more about the buildings and spaces that have influenced generations, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Weekend Club, Bridge Inn Community Farm Formby, 10am12pm, £5 p/h 01704 830 303 New activities to try out at the farm inc; Drama Class, Physical Relaxation Class, Bird Watching, Course Fishing, Caring for Animals, Craft Sessions, Conservation, Jam Club, Floristry and Golf Dawn Chorus, Royden Park, 4.30am-6.30am, FREE, 0151 678 4371. Up with the Lark and experience the delights of the Dawn Chorus www.wirral.gov.uk Tudor May Day Festival, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 11am-5pm, FREE (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. ‘Have a go’ sessions inc archery pottery and weaving, crafts, exhibitions, stalls, attractions and Tudor farmer’s market www.nationaltrust.org.uk

SUNDAY 6TH

Arts

Music

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

RBC, Black The Ripper & Durrty Goodz, O2 Academy, 2pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Science Fiction Classics, Liverpool Philharmonic, 2.30pm, £6-£15, 0151 709 3789. RLPO Family Concert www.liverpoolphil.com OMFG - Under 18s Onesie Party, The Picket, 7pm, £4, 0151 708 6789, www.myspace.com/picketliverpool

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

35 Years of Punk, Eric’s, 5.30pm, £7, 0151 236 9994. Vice Squad, Ed Tudor Pole & many more www.ericslive.com

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

The Christians, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, £15, 0151 339 2496.

Plus support from The Fleet and Data Slaves. Tickets available from venue or online www.olderedlion.com

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

Fort Perch Rocks! - Fallen Industries Live, Fort Perch Rock New Brighton, 12pm-12am, £5. A full day and night of live music with some very special guests www.fallenindustries.com

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

Tom O’Connor plus special guests, The Green Room, 2pm, £20, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Anna Corroran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com Performance: 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

Theatre & Dance Back To Broadway, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £17-£19, 0151 666 0000. Featuring some of the country’s finest vocalists straight from the West End www.floralpavilion.com Do You Dare To Dream?, The Brindley Runcorn, 2pm, £7, 0151 907 8360. Art In Motion’s debut whole school dance showcase www.brindley.org.uk

Comedy A Rush Of Laughter, The Lantern Theatre, 8pm, £7, 0151 703 0000.

Compere Adam Rushton with Tony Burgess, Lewis Charlesworth and David Alnwick www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Bob The Builder, Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park, 1.30pm & 4.30pm, £9-£12, 0844 561 0622, www.knowsley.gov.uk Sunday Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon

of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic crafts, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. An afternoon of creative fun inspired by the world’s most famous ship www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 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 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 Roald Dahl Weekend On The Farm, Bridge Inn Community Farm Formby, 1.30pm & 4pm, £7 £12 weekend ticket. Outdoor performances of Fantastic Mr Fox (6th) and The Twits (7th), to book call 01704 830 303 or 07805 439 766 www.bridgeinncommunityfarm.co.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details) Science is fun weekend, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 9.30am-5pm, normal admission charges apply, 01704 895 181. Examine fossils through a microscope and learn about the life and diversity of plants, plus plenty of family activities www.wwt.org.uk

Sports & Leisure Kukri Southport Junior Rugby Festival, Southport Rugby Club - One of the largest Junior Rugby tournaments plus other entertainment, for further info contact Mike Dale 07909 996 057 Run Liverpool Festival of Running, Sefton Park, 10am-3pm, 0151 236 8432. Including the Men and Women’s 10K www.runliverpool.org.uk Cycle Sundays in Speke, 11am, FREE, leaves from Austin Rawlinson, Parklands. Participants must have a roadworthy bike

Other Events Life Drawing, LEAF, 7pm-10pm, £9, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Craft Fair, Metropolitan Cathedral, 10.30am-4.30pm, FREE, www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island, 11am, £4.50-£7.50, 0151 707 0729. Pre-booking essential.

Walking tour telling the story of

33 Liverpool past, present and future, arrive 10 minutes before start of tour www.architecture.com Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk Tudor May Day Festival, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 11am-5pm, FREE (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. ‘Have a go’ sessions inc archery pottery and weaving, crafts, exhibitions, stalls, attractions and Tudor farmer’s market www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Many people blamed Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, for the Titanic disaster. Find out the real story through the eyes of his youngest daughter, Evelyn www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details)

Music

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

Blood Red Shoes, Zanzibar Club, 7.45pm, £4, 0151 707 0633. Plus support www.thezanzibarclub.com

Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

Fort Perch Rocks! - Grass Roots Music Festival, Fort Perch Rock New Brighton, 12pm-8pm Marquee 8.30pm-10.30pm Open Mic, £10.

Anthony John Clarke, Chris Moreton, Harbour Moon, The Phil Chisnall Band, The Jaywalkers & Rip Roaring Success www.roots4music4u.com

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

MONDAY 7TH

Moments - A Song Cycle, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Theatre & Dance SDC presents The Dangers Of Tobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521.

Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy presents Jimeoin, The Epstein Theatre, 8pm, £10-£14.50, 0151 227 5946, www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Mersey Magic, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Have a look at life in the Mersey and create your own creature www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic crafts, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. An afternoon of creative fun inspired by the world’s most famous ship www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 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 Now you see them, now you don’t, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Nell the animal expert will be roaming the gallery telling tales of times gone by www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Performance: Ismay’s Titanic from glory to guilt, Merseyside SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm listings@thelowdownmagazine.com & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499.

African Beats, International Slavery Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Find your rythmn in this African drumming session www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Magical May mosaics, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4136.

Decorate a plate with paper mosaics www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Roald Dahl Weekend On The Farm, Bridge Inn Community Farm Formby, 1.30pm & 4pm, £7 £12 weekend ticket. Outdoor performances of Fantastic Mr Fox (6th) and The Twits (7th), to book call 01704 830 303 or 07805 439 766 www.bridgeinncommunityfarm.co.uk Family Fun Day, Isla Gladstone Conservatory, 11am-3pm, FREE Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details) Science is fun weekend, Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough, 9.30am-5pm, normal admission charges apply, 01704 895 181. Examine fossils through a microscope and learn about the life and diversity of plants, plus plenty of family activities www.wwt.org.uk

Other Events Mapping Mondays, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Explore interactive map of Merseyside www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Spring Fair, Tam O’Shanter Farm Bidston, 11am-4pm, FREE, 0151 653 9332. Stalls and entertainment www.wirral.gov.uk Tudor May Day Festival, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 11am-5pm, FREE (normal admission charges apply), 0151 427 7231. ‘Have a go’ sessions inc archery pottery and weaving, crafts, exhibitions, stalls, attractions and Tudor farmer’s market www.nationaltrust.org.uk Philosophy In Pubs: What price Integrity?,The Crown Hotel Lime St, 2.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

TUESDAY 8TH Music Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk Parr Jazz - Jeremy Sassoon, Studio2 Parr Street, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727 Jazz and Open Mic www.parrstreet.co.uk

Justin Currie, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £20, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Moments - A Song Cycle, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Our Lady of the Goldfinches, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. The story of Jean McConville’s murder by the IRA and her daughter’s attempt to make sense of her death www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk SDC presents The Dangers Of Tobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521.

Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk Tea Dance amidst the Palms, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm-4pm, £4. Admission price includes tea and cake, book in advance on 0151 726 9304 www.palmhouse.org.uk

Comedy Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar Hardman St, 8pm, £3, 0870 787 1866. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details)

LOWDOWN MAY

Focus on...The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Sudley House, 1pm2pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May 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 Cycle Evenings in Aigburth, 6pm, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) Car Park.

Lasts approx 1 hour, participants must have a roadworthy bike Cycle For Health, Croxteth Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Estates Office

Other Events Spare Ribs to Slutwalks, The Women’s Organisation 54 James Street, 7pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888.

Asking ‘has the women’s movement really moved on?’ as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport (see 1st May for details) Bird Walk, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 10am-12pm, FREE, 0151 738 1913. Join John and find the many species of bird life in and around Court Hey Park (charges to the Centre may apply) www.nwc.org.uk Philosophy In Pubs: The Case for Literature, Bluecoat Art Centre, 1pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

WEDNESDAY 9TH Music We Are Augustines, O2 Academy, 7pm, £7, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Wallis Bird, LEAF, 7.30pm, £6, 0151 707 7747. Irish artist who’s a musical magpie and exceptional guitarist www.thisisleaf.co.uk Danel String Quartet, St George’s Hall Concert Room, 7.30pm, £22, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Paul Parsons, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, FREE, 0151 666 0000. Lunchtime concert www.floralpavilion.com Swinging At The Cotton Club, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £16.50-£18.50, 0151 666 0000.

Exciting music and dance routines recreating the exuberance of the CC www.floralpavilion.com

Theatre & Dance Mary Shelley, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com I Guess I Wish, Unity Theatre, 7pm, £6-£8, 0844 873 2888. Lights Up Entertainment explores and creates different interpretations of American composer Jeremy Lloyd’s musical theatre song cycle www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk We’ll Meet Again - The Diamond Jubilee Show, Floral Hall Southport, 2.30pm, £13.50, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com Turn Up The Heat, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre Seel St, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 709 9034.

Fundraising show with Stand Up, comedy, monologues, dance, songs, poems and music www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) Talk: The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the age of the Titanic - two unsinkable entities, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Sudley House, 1pm-1.45pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details)

SDCpresentsTheDangersOfTobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

Arts

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May 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

SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure Cycle Skills sessions, Formby Pool, 1pm, FREE, 0151 428 5700. Lasts approx 2 hours www.bikeright.co.uk Community Bike Ride, Dunes Leisure Centre Southport, 11am, FREE Bidston Hill History Walk, 10am12.30pm, FREE, 0151 653 9332. Meet at Tam O’Shanter Farm www.wirral.gov.uk Cycle For Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre

Other Events 77 RPM - The Titanic, the Clock and the dock, The Casa, 7.30pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888. Speed, deference and resistance on the waterfront with Tony Wailey and Ian Morris, part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Spotify Wednesdays, LEAF, 8pm10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Create a playlist while enjoying a cuppa www.thisisleaf.co.uk May Cafe Crafternoon, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 2pm-4pm, £5, 0151 794 2348. Join textile artist Elizabeth Wall and have some fun trying the technique of Rough Edge Applique.

Booking essential, price includes tea and coffee www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Pottery Class, SAFE Bootle, 10.30am-12.30pm, £10, 07779 592 337, www.seftonarts.co.uk Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

THURSDAY 10TH Music Blancmange, O2 Academy, 0844 477 2000, 7pm, £15, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Ladies Of Country, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £19.50£28.50, 0151 709 3789. Bringing together five of country music’s leading ladies www.liverpoolphil.com The Twilight Sad, The Kazimier, 8pm, £8, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk The Lowtones, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live

35 music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com Brendan Shine, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £12-£13, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal. ticketsolve.com Glenn Tilbrook & Nine Below Zero, The Citadel St Helens, 7.30pm, £14-£16, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk The Chicago Teddybears Society Jazz Band, Maghull Town Hall, 8.30pm, £5

Theatre & Dance Mary Shelley, Liverpool Playhouse, 1.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com Spring Awakening, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Tony Awardwinning musical telling the tale of a group of teenagers embarking on the thrilling, turbulent transition from youth to adulthood www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Waiting For Godot, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8-£12, 0151 709 3789. Kolectiv Theatre presents the quintessential dark classic www.thecapstonetheatre.com Vienna Festival Ballet - Giselle, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £17-£19, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com SDC presents The Dangers Of Tobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Comedy Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Danny McLoughlin with Tom Stade, Bethany Black and Gary Delaney, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Talk: Tessimond at the Walker, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE. Booking essential on 0151 794 6900 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure 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

Other Events Supersing! Roots & World, Liverpool Philharmonic at the Friary (Everton), 7pm-9pm, 0151 709 3789.

You will have the chance to learn and perform incredible arrangements of music from around the world.

Participation fee £25-£50. Rehearsals 10, 17, 24, 31 May, 7 June, Soundcheck 14 June, Concert 16 June www.liverpoolphil.com Drama and Acting for Absolute Beginners, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 1pm-3pm, £3, 0151 666 0000. A 10 week introduction to acting and drama - started on 8th March www.floralpavilion.com An Evening of Mediumship with Margaret Hurdman, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 703

0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk Talk: Better than it looks, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545.

Join curator of conchology and aquatic biology Ian Wallace to find out about the quality of water in the Mersey www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk dot-art Services present: Getting the best from digital photography, Bluecoat, 6.45pm-9.30pm, £35 for two sessions, 0151 702 5324. Hands on sessions introducing you to a wide range of knowledge, tips and techniques www.thebluecoat.org.uk Twilight Tower Tours, Liverpool Cathedral, 5.30pm-8.30pm specific timings online, £4-£5, 0151 702 7255.

Tremendous views across the city and beyond www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Philosophy In Pubs: The End of History, The Buck ith Vine Ormskirk, 7.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

FRIDAY 11TH Music Twenty Twenty, O2 Academy, 7pm, £10, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Ramin, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £27.50-£37.50, 0151 709 3789. Acclaimed West End artist with songs from his new album www.liverpoolphil.com Mawkin, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 8.30pm, £12, 0151 709 3789. Folk rebels fresh off the back of the three-times BBC Folk Award nominated collaboration Mawkin: Causley www.liverpoolphil.com Rathole Radio, LEAF, 8pm, FREE but donations welcome, 0151 707 7747. Music event with a difference, connecting Rathole Radio fans around the world directly with artists and guests vis message walls, chat rooms and audience-bot robot www.thisisleaf.co.uk Band With No Name, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Mike Pender’s Searchers, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Red Stripe Band, Bold Hotel Southport, 8pm, £13. Part of Southport Jazz Festival, book online at www.visitsouthport.com

Theatre & Dance Mary Shelley, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com

Shredding The Line, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £5-£6, 0844 873 2888.

Created by 30 Degrees Dance Company, an exciting new company of final year student dancers from Edge Hill University www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Spring Awakening, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Tony Awardwinning musical telling the tale of a group of teenagers embarking on the thrilling, turbulent transition from youth to adulthood www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Waiting For Godot, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8-£12, 0151 709 3789. Kolectiv Theatre presents the quintessential dark classic www.thecapstonetheatre.com Salsa Libre, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 8.15pm, £7, 0151 666 0000.

Welcomes all dancers whatever your experience (basic beginner’s class from 8.15-8.45, then improver’s class until 9.30 and social dancing until 12.30) www.floralpavilion.com A Dazzling Song and Dance Extravaganza, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Untold Ensemble presents Musical Madness, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre Seel St, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 9034. A fun filled night of humour featuring dramatic and comedy scenes spanning traditional to modern and musical theatre songs www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com SDC presents The Dangers Of Tobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521. Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk The Land of Imagination, The Civic Crosby, 7pm, £7, 0151 928 1919. Topaz Theatre Branch present a dancing production showcasing the talents of their school involving pupils age 3-83 www.seftonarts.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Sully O’Sullivan with Mike Newell and Andrew Lawrence. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £10-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury introduces Andrew Lawrence with Sully O’Sullivan and Mike Newell.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Danny McLoughlin with Tom Stade, Noel

LOWDOWN MAY

James and Gary Delaney, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club - Whose Headline?, Envi, 7pm, £2.50-£5, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts weekly competition night www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Talk: Tea and tapestries, Museum of Liverpool, 10.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4545. A talk about the Liverpool Tapestry www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

Edge Hill, 6.30pm, FREE. Classic film screening www.metalculture.com Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street, 10am-4.30pm Mon-Fri 10am-2pm Sat, FREE, 0151 709 2442. Exhibits from a group of artists who originated showing in Clayton Square 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 afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure Frank Warren presents Championship Boxing, Liverpool Olympia, 6pm-11pm, £30-£60, 0151 263 6633, www.liverpoololympia.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

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

Cycle For Health, Calderstones Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at the Courtyard

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

Other Events

Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

Meet Rachel Caine, Waterstone’s Liverpool One, 5pm, FREE, 0151 709 9820. Author of the Morganville Vampire Series www.waterstones.com

Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

SATURDAY 12TH

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Music

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details) Made in Dagenham plus Q & A with writer William Ivory, FACT, 6.30pm, £7.50-£8.50, 0871 902 5737. Film (15) www.fact.co.uk Film Station: A Touch Of Zen, Metal

DJ Fresh presents FRESH/LIVE, O2 Academy, 7pm, £12.50, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk RLPO: New World, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Heidi Talbot, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £10-£12, 0844 873 2888, www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Jess Gasgoine DJ set, LEAF,10pm2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Soul to funk, hip hop, house and back again www.thisisleaf.co.uk

The God Damn Electric, Zanzibar Club, 7.45pm, £4, 0151 707 0633.

With Sky High Symphony and support www.thezanzibarclub.com

SDCpresentsTheDangersOfTobacco, Little Theatre Southport, 7.45pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521 Comedy www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

The Radi8tors, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

Comedy Ken Dodd, Southport Theatre & Convention Centre, 7pm, £18-£20, 0844 871 3021, www.atgtickets.com

Pauline Daniels and Steve Charles, The Green Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

The Jimmy Cricket Laughter Show, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £10-£12, 0151 643 8757, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk

The Treorchy Male Voice Choir, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £18-£20, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter introduces Andrew Lawrence with Sully O’Sullivan and Mike Newell. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonderstuff), The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £10-£12, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Sully O’Sullivan with Mike Newell and Andrew Lawrence. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

La Tinto Bros, Bold Hotel Southport, 8pm, £10. Part of Southport Jazz Festival, book online at www.visitsouthport.com Abram Wilson Quartet presents The Trumpet Kings, The Masonic Hall Southport, 8pm, £15. Part of Southport Jazz Festival, book online at www.visitsouthport.com

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Danny McLoughlin with Tom Stade, Noel James and Gary Delaney, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Theatre & Dance Mary Shelley, Liverpool Playhouse, 2pm & 7.30pm, £10-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com Spring Awakening, LIPA, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888.

Tony Award-winning musical telling the tale of a group of teenagers embarking on the thrilling, turbulent transition from youth to adulthood www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Hot Water Comedy Club - Boiling Point, Envi, 6.45pm, £4-£8, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts Saturday night show featuring some of the best comedy talent in the UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Waiting For Godot, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £8-£12, 0151 709 3789. Kolectiv Theatre presents the quintessential dark classic www.thecapstonetheatre.com

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Derry/Londonderry So Good They Named It Twice, Alt Valley Skills Centre Croxteth, 8pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888. A night of drama, poetry and song looking forward to Derry 2013, part of the Writing On The wall Festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details)

A Dazzling Song and Dance Extravaganza, The Brindley Runcorn, 12pm & 7.30pm, £8-£10, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Untold Ensemble presents Musical Madness, The Liverpool Actors Studio Theatre Seel St, 7.30pm, £8, 0151 709 9034.

A fun filled night of humour featuring dramatic and comedy scenes spanning traditional to modern and musical theatre songs www.theliverpoolactorsstudio.com

Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) Talk: Fashions and fortunes, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499.

An interesting look at the fashions aboard the Titanic www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

37 ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Beautiful baskets, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Celebrate Children’s Art Day and get creative in Big Art 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

4pm, FREE, 0151 738 1913, www.nwc.org.uk

Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Wirral Farmers’ Market, New Ferry Village Hall Grove Street, 9am-1pm, FREE, 0151 643 1393, www.wirralfarmersmarket.co.uk

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

SUNDAY 13TH

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

Music

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

Brightside, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

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

Ricky’s Country Special, The Green Room, 2pm, £10, 0870 787 1866, www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

Activity: Brilliant Binoculars, Sudley House, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245. Decorate your own pair of binoculars and explore the gardens to spot some wildlife www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Anna Corroran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com

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

Galapagos Exhibition tour, Bluecoat, 2pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Sports & Leisure

Elvis Costello: The Revolver Tour, Liverpool Empire, 8pm, £37.50£43.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Art Exhibition, St Mary’s Millennium Hall West Derby Village, 10am4pm, FREE. Original paintings by Millennium Hall Art Group Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details) Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details)

Family Fireman Sam ‘Pontypandy Rocks’, St Helens Theatre Royal, 1pm & 3.30pm, £11.50-£13.50, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Wake up weekends, Museum of Liverpool, 10.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Museum story based fun using puppets and props www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time Quest, Museum of Liverpool, 1.30pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out more about the objects on display and get to handle real stuff www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Explore customs, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Make your very own Customs Officer’s hat www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Swinton Hurdle Raceday, Haydock Park Racecourse, 12pm, £13-£45, 0844 579 3006. Mixed raceday featuring flat and jump racing www.haydock-park.co.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk

Other Events Kimono Workshop, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Find out how they’re made and make your own miniature kimono to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral (see 5th May for details) Meet Darren Shan, Waterstone’s Liverpool One, 3pm, FREE, 0843 290 8457. Author of the Saga of Larten Crepsley Series www.waterstones.com Weekend Club, Bridge Inn Community Farm Formby (see 5th May for details)

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

Norwegian Day, Wallasey Central Library, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 639 2334. Find out more about Merseyside’s large Norwegian community with activities inc. language classes, food craft stalls and books about Scandanavia www.wirral.gov.uk

Saturday Stories, Walker Art Gallery, 11am-11.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4199,

Vintage Craft Fair, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 11am-

The Leon Greening Quintet, The Royal Clifton Hotel Southport, 2pm, £15. Part of Southport Jazz Festival, book online at www.visitsouthport.com The Liane Carroll Trio, The Royal Clifton Hotel Southport, 8pm, £15.

Part of Southport Jazz Festival, book online at www.visitsouthport.com

Theatre & Dance The Land of Imagination, The Civic Crosby, 2.30pm, £7, 0151 928 1919.

Topaz Theatre Branch present a dancing production showcasing the talents of their school involving pupils age 3-83 www.seftonarts.co.uk

Comedy F:Rated Comedy Club, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 8pm, £10 or £20 with meal, 0151 666 0000. MC Dominic Woodward with Winner Fair Play Comedian of the Year and Wil Hodgeson Food served from 5.45pm onwards www.floralpavilion.com Hot Water Comedy Club - Testing the Water, Envi, 7pm, £1.50-£3, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts weekly open mic night www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details)

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Art Exhibition, St Mary’s Millennium Hall West Derby Village, 10am4pm, FREE. Original paintings by Millennium Hall Art Group Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details)

Family Sunday Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop: Beautiful baskets, Walker Art Gallery, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Celebrate Children’s Art Day and get creative in Big Art www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 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

LOWDOWN MAY

Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details) Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Aimed at younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sports & Leisure Cancer Research UK Race for Life, Victoria Park Southport, 10am, 5k run enter at www.raceforlife.org Port Sunlight 10K Run, Port Sunlight Museum and Garden Village, 11am, £17, www.portsunlight10k.com

Other Events Hacked Off and the Death of the News of the World, The Black-E, 6pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888.

Tom Watson MP, campaigners and journalists discuss one of the major scandals of our time as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Kimono Workshop, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Find out how they’re made and make your own miniature kimono to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island (see 6th May for details) Be a Nature Detective, Royden Park, 1.30pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594.

Follow nature’s clues and find out what has been where. Meet at entrance to Coach House www.wirral.gov.uk Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk What The Butler Saw, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am & 1.30pm, £5, 0151 233 6930. Join costumed guide for fun new event and discover some fascinating facts about the Hall, suitable for all the family. Meet at the Hall gift shop for the start of the walk www.croxteth.co.uk

MONDAY 14TH Music Instruments and Electronics, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £3-£5, 0151 709 3789. Showcasing Liverpool Hope University’s student works from this year’s Electroacoustic music and Max/MSP course www.thecapstonetheatre.com SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Theatre & Dance Dancing In The Streets, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£29.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Floral Tea Dance, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 1.30pm-3.30pm, £5, 0151 666 0000. Price includes tea/coffee and biscuits www.floralpavilion.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Tour: Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199, www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

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

Other Events Gillette Soccer Saturday Live with Jeff Stelling, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £29.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com Mapping Mondays, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Explore interactive map of Merseysidewww.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Windmill Open Day, Bidston Hill, 10am-12pm, FREE, 0151 653 9332, www.wirral.gov.uk Philosophy In Pubs: The Trouble with Realism, The Belvedere Falkner St, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

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

TUESDAY 15TH

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

Westlife - The Greatest Hits Tour, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £41.50, 0844 8000 400, www.echoarena.com

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Man Thou Art a Wonderful Animal - photographic exhibition

by Andrew Mackay, Liverpool Cathedral (see 1st May for details) Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May 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

Music

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

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details)

Parr Jazz - Corey Mwamba, Studio2 Parr Street, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727 Jazz and Open Mic www.parrstreet.co.uk

Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

Theatre & Dance

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Dancing In The Streets, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£29.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Oliver, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £14-£22, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com The Sound Of Music, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £14-£15, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Confluence: Final Year Dance Performances, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Undergraduate Combined Honours Dance students www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Comedy Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar Hardman St, 8pm, £3, 0870 787 1866. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details)

Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May 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 Cycle Evenings in Aigburth, 6pm, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) Car Park.

Lasts approx 1 hour, participants must have a roadworthy bike

39 Cycle For Health, Croxteth Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Estates Office Other Events Supersing! Classics, Liverpool Philharmonic at the Friary (Everton), 6.30pm-8.30pm, 0151 709 3789.

You will have the opportunity to learn and perform some of the greatest choruses ever written. Participation fee £25-£50. Rehearsals 15, 22, 29 May, 5, 12 June, Soundcheck 14 June, Concert 16 June www.liverpoolphil.com Bloody Sunday and the Children of Conflict?, The Black-E, 7pm, £3-£5, 0844 873 2888. Eamonn McCann and Phil Scraton explore the aftermath of Bloody Sunday 30 years on as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk dot-art Services present: Tuesday afternoon life drawing drop-in sessions, Bluecoat, 2pm-5pm, £16, 0151 702 5324. Experienced artist and teacher Roy Munday is on hand to assist with the development of your life-study www.thebluecoat.org.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport (see 1st May for details)

WEDNESDAY 16TH Music Lunchtime Learning, Liverpool Philharmonic, 1pm, £30-£45, 0151 709 3789. Join composer and lecturer Ian Stephens for a daytime series of inspiring music and relaxed learning www.liverpoolphil.com Hannah James & Sam Sweeney, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 8.30pm, £12, 0151 709 3789. Two more young musicians at the forefront performing English folk music live today www.liverpoolphil.com

Theatre & Dance Dancing In The Streets, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£29.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Oliver, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £14-£22, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com The Sound Of Music, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £14-£15, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Confluence: Final Year Dance Performances, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 3789. Undergraduate Combined Honours Dance students www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May 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

The Descendants, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £6-£7, 0151 709 3789. Film (15) www.liverpoolphil.com

Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

Portable Antiquities Scheme, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4pm, FREE. Take your archaeological finds to the Museum, booking essential on 0151 478 4063 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

ROH. Live: La Fille Mal Garde, FACT, 7.15pm, £13-£15, 0871 902 5737, www.fact.co.uk

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Gallery Talk - Alfred Waterhouse & Liverpool, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 12.30pm-1.15pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Volunteer Martin Strauss discusses the history of the Victoria Building and introduces some of Waterhouse’s other Liverpool buildings www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details)

Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Pre-Raphaelite picture in focus: Escaped, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Sports & Leisure

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

Community Bike Ride, Dunes Leisure Centre Southport, 11am, FREE

Talk: Collecting West Africa, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Discussing Arnold Ridyard’s contributions to National Museums www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Cycle For Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre

‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama tour, Sudley House, 1pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245.

Curator-led gallery tour www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Other Events Flash Fiction at the End of the World, Studio 2, 7pm, £2-£4, 0844 873 2888. Readings from Sci-fi author Mike Carey as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Spotify Wednesdays, LEAF, 8pm10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Create a playlist while enjoying a cuppa www.thisisleaf.co.uk Visions of Britain - A Granta Magazine Discussion, Waterstone’s Bold St, 7pm, £3, 0151 708 6861. Join authors Ross Raisin, Kevin Sampson and Helen Walsh www.waterstones.com Pottery Class, SAFE Bootle, 10.30am-12.30pm, £10, 07779 592 337, www.seftonarts.co.uk

Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

THURSDAY 17TH Music Liverpool Sound City: Alkaline Trio, O2 Academy, 6pm, £25 (THURSDAY WRISTBAND) 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk RLPO: Fountains of Rome, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Red Rock, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com Dominic Kirwan, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01744 756000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com

Theatre & Dance Dancing In The Streets, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£29.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Wild Flowers, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £6-£8, 0844 873 2888. A gritty Liverpool drama set during the Docker’s Strike in 1995 with an original folk rock score www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Oliver, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £14-£22, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com The Sound Of Music, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £14-£15, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk

Comedy Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Ray Peacock with John Warburton, Bobby Mair and Katie Mulgrew, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Talk: Thomas Brocklebank, Museum of Liverpool, 12.30pm-1.30pm, FREE, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

LOWDOWN MAY

Talk: Meet our Liver Bird flock, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE. Learn about the history of the Liver Bird www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Brindley Runcorn, 1.30pm, £3.50, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details) Screenadelica, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735. Celebrates the art of the screen printed poster and is presented as part of the Sound City festival www.la-art.co.uk

Family Customs contraband, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Discover more about contraband collections www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details) SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Other Events Was Dickens a Radical?, Toxteth Library, 6.30pm, £2-£3, 0844 873 2888. Deborah Mulhearn explores Dickens’ social and radical legacy as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Drama and Acting for Absolute Beginners, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 1pm-3pm, £3, 0151 666 0000. A 10 week introduction to acting and drama - started on 8th March www.floralpavilion.com dot-art Services present: Getting the best from digital photography, Bluecoat, 6.45pm-9.30pm, £35 for two sessions, 0151 702 5324. Hands on sessions introducing you to a wide range of knowledge, tips and techniques www.thebluecoat.org.uk Twilight Tower Tours, Liverpool Cathedral, 5.30pm-8.30pm specific timings online, £4-£5, 0151 702 7255.

Tremendous views across the city and beyond www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Malcolm Lowry in Norway, Wallasey Central Library, 6.30pm, FREE, 0151 639 2334. Colin Dilnot gives talk on the author www.wirral.gov.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

info and to reserve tickets call 0151 526 4992

Theatre & Dance

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Wild Flowers, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £6-£8, 0844 873 2888. A gritty Liverpool drama set during the Docker’s Strike in 1995 with an original folk rock score www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Oliver, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £14-£22, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com Last Orders - ‘Two’, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £11-£13, 01744 756 000. Set in a northern pub in 1980s and a character study of its eccentric customers and warring landlord and landlady. All 14 characters played by two actors www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com The Sound Of Music, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £14-£15, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Take A Bow, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £4, 0151 907 8360.

Appleton College present a show by Year 12 & 13 Performing Arts Students www.brindley.org.uk

FRIDAY 18TH Music

Comedy

Liverpool Sound City: Lower Than Atlantis, O2 Academy, 6pm, £25 (FRIDAY WRISTBAND) 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £10-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury introduces Carl Hutchinson with Mike Wilkinson and John Fothergill.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

The Shipping Forecast 2nd Birthday - Joy Orbison & Jackmaster, The Shipping Forecast, 10pm-3am, £10adv, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com Space Cadets, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Kings of Swing Tribute Night, The Green Room, 8pm, SOLD OUT, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception - Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Bella String Quartet, Melling Tithebarn, 7.30pm, £7, for further

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Dancing In The Streets, Liverpool Empire, 5pm & 8.30pm, £10-£31.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked in a cell in Lebanon www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Black By Design with Pauline Black, Liverpool Philharmonic, 8pm, £10, 0151 709 3789. A unique event including an acoustic set of some of her favourite Selector and solo classics and readings from her 2011 memoir www.liverpoolphil.com

Arts

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice introduces John Fothergill with Mike Wilkinson and Carl Hutchinson.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Ray Peacock with John Warburton, Daniel Sloss and Sean Percival, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club - Whose Headline?, Envi, 7pm, £2.50-£5, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts weekly competition night www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details)

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Light Night - Razzle-Dazzle, TATE, 6pm-9pm, FREE, 0151 702 7400.

City-wide event, TATE’s special event features music, dance and film inspired by Hollywood glamour learn to Charleston and Jive in dance workshop, get the look and visit the rouge booth www.tate.org.uk Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Night At The Museum Discovery Tour, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 6pm-6.30pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348.

From fossils to false teeth, Turners to teapots, explore an eclectic mix of treasures, quirky displays and aweinspiring architecture www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details) Screenadelica, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735. Celebrates the art of the screen printed poster and is presented as part of the Sound City festival www.la-art.co.uk

41 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 afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Light Night, Walker Art Gallery, 5pm-10pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Late night special, explore new Rolf Harris exhibition take part in gallery workshops and visit children’s art gallery, Big Art until 7.30pm www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Light Night Family Printmaking, TATE, 4.30pm-7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7400. Turn your drawings into prints with this special, introductory printmaking workshop www.tate.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure Ladies’ Night - Party in the Paddock, Aintree Racecourse, Times TBC, £20adv, 0151 909 2625.

Featuring The Real Thing www.aintree.co.uk 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 Cycle For Health, Calderstones Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at the Courtyard

Other Events Light Night Polaroid Pop-Up Studio, Open Eye Gallery, 5.30pm9pm, FREE, 0151 236 6768. Go along to Open Eye on Light Night with your friends and family and get snapped vintage style. Gallery open until 10pm www.openeye.org.uk Light Night - China Pearl, The Black-E, FREE, 07826 919 428 An evening of exciting, educational and enticing Chinese culture. Paintings exhibition by Ali Harwood 7pm7.30pm, Chinese dance and music performances 7.30pm-8pm, Chinese dance workshop 8pm-9pm Light Night Liverpool 2012, Liverpool Cathedral, 5.30pm-10pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271. Includes service

led by Cathedral Choir, Southport Strings, Sense of Sound singers www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Polly Morgan - Live and Stuffing, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 7pm8.30pm, 0151 794 2348. Dubbed ‘Britain’s hottest bird stuffer’ by Banksy and Tim Marlow’s nomination for best up-and-coming artist, Polly Morgan demonstrates her unique taxidermy www.liv.ac.uk/vgm

SATURDAY 19TH Music Cast, Mountford Hall LGOS, 7pm, £20, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Liverpool Sound City: Kids in Glass Houses, O2 Academy, 7pm, £25 (SATURDAY WRISTBAND) 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Jar Music Live presents Plug’d in Showcase, O2 Academy, 3.45pm, £12, 0844 477 2000. The best bands in the north west www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk The Lady: A Homage to Sandy Denny, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £19-£27, 0151 709 3789.

Thea Gilmore joins a unique line up of artists including some of Denny’s former colleagues and friends to create this homage www.liverpoolphil.com Kieran Goss, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 8.30pm, £12, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com The Shipping Forecast 2nd Birthday - Simian Mobile Disco, The Shipping Forecast, 10pm-3am, £10adv, 0151 709 6901, www.theshippingforecastliverpool.com Sound City Event, Zanzibar Club, 7.45pm, wristband available from Sound City, 0151 707 0633. With The Jezabels, Said The Whale, Yukon Blonde, Daytona Lights and Cheap Thrills www.thezanzibarclub.com Jess Gasgoine DJ set, LEAF,10pm2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Soul to funk, hip hop, house and back again www.thisisleaf.co.uk Xander & The Peace Pirates, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Phronesis, The Capstone Theatre, 7.30pm, £12.50, 0151 709 3789.

Scandinavian/British Jazz trio (double bass, piano and drums) www.thecapstonetheatre.com

Liverpool Mozart Orchestra Concert, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £5-£15, 0151 666 0000. Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm www.floralpavilion.com Moore Variety - Themed Music Nights (60s Rock N Roll), Fort Perch Rock New Brighton, 7.30pm, £5, 0151 666 0000. Live bands and performers in aid of Cancer Research www.floralpavilion.com

Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Ray Peacock with John Warburton, Daniel Sloss and Sean Percival, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

A Celebration of the music of Rory Gallagher, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £12-£14, 01744 735 436, www.citadel.org.uk

Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £8-£10, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Concert - Pastoral, Metropolitan Cathedral, 7.30pm, £6-£8.50, 0151 707 3525. The Cathedral Orchestra play Beethoven’s Pastoral and three shorter English works including The Lark Ascending www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk

Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery, 10am5pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Major retrospective of the legendary artist, musician and TV personality www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Dancing In The Streets, Liverpool Empire, 4pm & 8pm, £10-£31.50, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

Oliver, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £14-£22, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com

Music for the classes, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm at intervals, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Find out about the music surrounding the Titanic www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Last Orders - ‘Two’, St Helens Theatre Royal, 2pm & 7.30pm, £9-£13, 01744 756 000. Set in a northern pub in 1980s and a character study of its eccentric customers and warring landlord and landlady. All 14 characters played by two actors www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com

Spotlight on the Titanic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Resident demonstrator reveals the myths and facts surrounding the sinking www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The Sound Of Music, The Brindley Runcorn, 2pm & 7.30pm, £14-£15, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, The Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm, £6-£8, 0151 703 0000. An Englishman, an Irishman and an American are locked in a cell in Lebanon www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Talk: The Forgotten Age of Swedish Shipping, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 2pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details)

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Kevin Dewsbury introduces Carl Hutchinson with Mike Wilkinson and John Fothergill.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com

Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Neil Fitzmaurice Take That Tribute Night, The Green introduces Mike Wilkinson with John Fothergill and Carl Hutchinson.

Room, 8pm, £15, 0870 787 1866.

Tickets with meal also available Price includes champagne reception www.laughterhousecomedy.com www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

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LOWDOWN MAY

Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details) Screenadelica, Liverpool Academy of Arts Seel St, 12pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 709 0735. Celebrates the art of the screen printed poster and is presented as part of the Sound City festival www.la-art.co.uk

Family Wake up weekends, Museum of Liverpool, 10.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Museum story based fun using puppets and props www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time Quest, Museum of Liverpool, 1.30pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out more about the objects on display and get to handle real stuff www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Now you see them, now you don’t, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Nell the animal expert will be roaming the gallery telling tales of times gone by www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Bees Knees, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Get busy and buzzy with bee related crafts www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure Price vs Sexton in Men Fight, Talk is Cheap, Aintree Racecourse, 6pm, Tickets from £40, 0871 226 1508. British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Titles www.aintree.co.uk

Bowls Taster Session, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 1pm3pm, FREE, 0151 738 1913.

Join Huyton Ranger to see if you have a skill you didn’t know you had, meet at the Friends room www.nwc.org.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk Woodland Hospice Annual Starlight Walk, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 12am, £10.

Sponsored walk starts at midnight at Fazakerley Hospital, choice of 3 or 6 miles. For full details and sponsor forms and reg call 0151 529 2640 www.croxteth.co.uk

Other Events Bolero - A Certain ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’, Liverpool Philharmonic, 11am-1pm, £10-£15, 0151 709 3789. The final session in the ‘Discover The Classics’ series www.liverpoolphil.com Cherry Blossom Workshop, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Make a cherry blossom mobile to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral (see 5th May for details) Saturday Signing - David Edwards, Waterstone’s Liverpool One, 1pm-5pm, FREE, 0151 709 9820. Author of The Ebb & Flow www.waterstones.com Weekend Club, Bridge Inn Community Farm Formby (see 5th May for details) Beneath Our Feet, Thurstaston Common, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594. A look at the geology and vegetation of TC. Meet at the Thurstaston Hill car park www.wirral.gov.uk Intro to Bee Keeping, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 10am-4pm, £30, 0151 738 1913, www.nwc.org.uk

SUNDAY 20TH Music Newton Faulkner, The Stanley Theatre LGOS, 7pm, £16, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Fei Comodo, O2 Academy, 7pm, £7, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Guns N’ Roses, Echo Arena, 7.30pm, £40-£45, 0844 8000 400, Bowls Taster Session, McGoldrick Park Huyton, 10am-12pm, FREE, 0151 www.echoarena.com 443 3114, www.knowsley.gov.uk

RLPO: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3, Liverpool Philharmonic, 2.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Jake Morley, Eric’s, 8pm, £6, 0151 236 9994, www.ericslive.com Filter House, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Anna Corroran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com Liverpool Barbershop Harmony Club Concert, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415, www.palmhouse.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Last Orders - ‘Two’, St Helens Theatre Royal, 6pm, £11-£13, 01744 756 000. Set in a northern pub in 1980s and a character study of its eccentric customers and warring landlord and landlady. All 14 characters played by two actors www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Tea Dance, Sawpit Park Huyton, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 443 3114, www.knowsley.gov.uk

Comedy Hot Water Comedy Club - Testing the Water, Envi, 7pm, £1.50-£3, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts weekly open mic night www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) Performance: Ismay’s Titanic from glory to guilt, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Many people blamed Bruce Ismay, Chairman of the White Star Line, for the Titanic disaster.

Find out the real story through the eyes of his youngest daughter, Evelyn www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Titanic tales - stories through objects, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Discover the myths and facts surrounding the sinking www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Family Sunday Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk 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 Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details) Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Aimed at younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Other Events Capstans Bazaar, LEAF, 12pm-5pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk Life Drawing, LEAF, 7pm-10pm, £9, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk

43 Cherry Blossom Workshop, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Make a cherry blossom mobile to take home www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island (see 6th May for details) Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk

MONDAY 21ST Music Chris Difford: It’s All About Me, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £17, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details)

Family

Theatre & Dance

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

Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£45, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com

Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

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

Other Events Chess Club, LEAF, 8pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Bring your own board or hire one from the bar and put your best rook forward www.thisisleaf.co.uk The Liverpool Philharmonic Experience, Liverpool Philharmonic, 12.30pm, £7-£15, 0151 709 3789.

Guided tour behind the scenes of the unique art-deco home to the RLPO www.liverpoolphil.com Mapping Mondays, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Explore interactive map of Merseyside www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Charles Dicken’s Women, Greasby Library, 7.30pm, £2.50, 0151 677 5714. June Lancelyn Green brings Dicken’s women to life with the aid of Lesley Mahom and some changes of bonnets www.wirral.gov.uk Philosophy In Pubs: Unreality of Popular Media,The Crown Hotel Lime St, 2.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

TUESDAY 22ND Music Dick Valentine, O2 Academy, 7pm, £7, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk Parr Jazz - George Galway, Studio2 Parr Street, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727 Jazz and Open Mic www.parrstreet.co.uk The Jazz Rascals Concert, Sefton Park Palm House, 2pm, FREE, 0151 726 2415, www.palmhouse.org.uk

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Waiting For Brando, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. Two Liverpool seamen and two giants of American stage and screen, director Elia Kazan and playwright Arthur Miller, confront their pasts in this story of brotherhood, betrayal, secrets and showdowns www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Full Monty, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £12, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com

Comedy Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar Hardman St, 8pm, £3, 0870 787 1866. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) The Artist, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £6-£7, 0151 709 3789. Film (PG) www.liverpoolphil.com Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May 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 Cycle Evenings in Aigburth, 6pm, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) Car Park.

Lasts approx 1 hour, participants must have a roadworthy bike Cycle For Health, Croxteth Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Estates Office

Other Events Branching Out, LEAF, 9am-11am, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Talk about your business without the typical sales pitch www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details)

Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport (see 1st May for details)

Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

WEDNESDAY 23RD

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

RLPO: Bolero, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com

Music

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

The Handsome Family, LEAF, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk

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

RLPO Lunchtime Concert Series, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 12.30pm, £4, 0151 666 0000. www.floralpavilion.com

White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

Theatre & Dance Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£39, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Waiting For Brando, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888.

Two Liverpool seamen and two giants of American stage and screen, director Elia Kazan and playwright Arthur Miller, confront their pasts in this story of brotherhood, betrayal, secrets and showdowns www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

LOWDOWN MAY

The Full Monty, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £12, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 907 8360. New play by awardwinning writers, the story of the two wrestlers www.brindley.org.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May 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 Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Galapagos Artists’ talk, Bluecoat, 6pm-7.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 5324.

Booking required www.thebluecoat.org.uk Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

RLPO: Bolero, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £13-£36, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Saint Etienne, The Kazimier, 8pm, £16.50, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk Hush, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com

Theatre & Dance

Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure Community Bike Ride, Dunes Leisure Centre Southport, 11am, FREE Cycle For Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre

Spotify Wednesdays, LEAF, 8pm10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Create a playlist while enjoying a cuppa www.thisisleaf.co.uk

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

Philosophy In Pubs:In Weakness I am Strong, The Albert Southport, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

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

Pottery Class, SAFE Bootle, 10.30am-12.30pm, £10, 07779 592 337, www.seftonarts.co.uk

Introductory tour, Sudley House, 1pm-1.45pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Cerberus Trio, Liverpool Philharmonic, 1.05pm, £6, 0151 709 3789. Lunchtime Concert lasts around 45 minutes www.liverpoolphil.com

Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details)

Other Events

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

Music

Culture Bites, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 12.30pm-12.45pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Volunteer Barbara Marshall introduces ‘Snowdon by Moonlight’ www.liv.ac.uk/vgm

Talk: Dress in the age of Titanic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details)

THURSDAY 24TH

Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

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

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

Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

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Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£39, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com Waiting For Brando, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. Two Liverpool seamen and two giants of American stage and screen, director Elia Kazan and playwright Arthur Miller, confront their pasts in this story of brotherhood, betrayal, secrets and showdowns www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Kali Yuga, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Contemporary, classical and commercial dance telling the story of karma and the multiple lives played out as a soul reaches for enlightenment www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Full Monty, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £12, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Hi-De-Hi, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk A Taste of Honey, The Lantern Theatre, 7pm, £7-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Comedy Legends Of Comedy, The Green Room, 8pm, £20, 0870 787 1866.

Price includes champagne reception.

A tribute to the legends of comedy, Bernard Manning and Tommy Cooper, hosted by Jim Royle www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Steve Harris, Mickey

Sharma and Gavin Webster, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Talk: Transport walk, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE. Tour around the Great Port gallery www. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Markus Soukup: Winner of Liverpool Art Prize, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-2pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Artist talks about his work www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) John Carlos in Conversation, FACT, 6pm, £6-£8.50, 0871 902 5737, www.fact.co.uk Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May for details)

45 Family Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure Jon Wilkin Testimonial Raceday, Haydock Park Racecourse, 12.20pm, £13-£36, 0844 579 3006, www.haydock-park.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

Other Events Lunchtime Learning, Liverpool Philharmonic, 12pm, £30-£45, 0151 709 3789. Join composer and lecturer Ian Stephens for a daytime series of inspiring music and relaxed learning www.liverpoolphil.com

Soul Patrol, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Totally Tina, Knowsley Civic Suite, 7.30pm, £10.50, 0151 443 3761. Stars In Their Eyes winner Justine brings her explosive tribute to the Queen of Soul, Tina Turner. Admission price includes hot supper www.knowsley.gov.uk Las Vegas Weekend, The Green Room, 8pm, £25, 0870 787 1866.

Price includes champagne reception.

The sounds of Dean Martin, Tom Jones and Elvis www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Epochalypse, The Citadel St Helens, 7.30pm, £5, 01744 735 436.

Dry bar clubnight for under 18s www.citadel.org.uk Gala Concert, St George’s Hall, 7.30pm, £12-£15, 0151 426 1065 (Sylvia Lewis). United Rotary Clubs present their third Gala Concert www.stgeorgesliverpool.co.uk

Twilight Tower Tours, Liverpool Cathedral, 5.30pm-8.30pm specific timings online, £4-£5, 0151 702 7255.

Tremendous views across the city and beyond www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Theatre & Dance

Future Station Meeting, Metal Edge Hill, 6pm, FREE. Growing network of local artists, residents and creative thinkers that meet to develop programme ideas and initiate collaborative projects www.metalculture.com

The Norman Conquests: Table Manners, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £12-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com

FRIDAY 25TH Music Peter Hook and The Light perform ‘Unknown Pleasures’ - A Joy Division Celebration, O2 Academy, 7pm, £20, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk Slam Dunk on Tour, O2 Academy, 7pm, £12, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk The Imagined Village, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £19.50£25.50, 0151 709 3789. A band whose powerful music is inspired

by Britain’s diverse cultural heritage www.liverpoolphil.com Gordon Giltrap, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 8.30pm, £12, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com The Stonetown Sessions, Zanzibar Club, 7.45pm, £4, 0151 707 0633.

With Bad Pennies and Soul Captain plus special guests TBC www.thezanzibarclub.com Gemma Hayes, LEAF, 7.30pm, £10, 0151 707 7747, www.thisisleaf.co.uk

Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£42, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com

Double Bill: Taciturn & Tmesis, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £8-£10, 0844 873 2888. Featuring two dance companies www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Kali Yuga, LIPA, 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888. Contemporary, classical and commercial dance telling the story of karma and the multiple lives played out as a soul reaches for enlightenment www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Wonderland: The Trials of Alice, Studio Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £4, 01695 584 480, www.edgehill.ac.uk The Full Monty, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £15, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Mapdance 2012, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £15, 0151 907 8360. A diverse mixture of dance theatre, lyrical choreography, punchy physicality and intriguing humour www.brindley.org.uk Hi-De-Hi, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk A Taste of Honey, The Lantern Theatre, 7pm, £7-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 9pm, £10-£15, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter introduces Ben Norris with Rob Rouse and Chris McCausland.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £15, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Rob Rouse with Chris McCausland and Ben Norris. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Steve Harris, John Newton and Gavin Webster, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club - Six Of The Best Heat 2, Envi, 7pm, £2.50£5, 0777 211 2344, www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Film Station: The Devil’s Backbone, Metal Edge Hill, 6.30pm, FREE. Classic film screening www.metalculture.com Art From The Square, The Gallery Stanhope Street (see 11th May 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 afternoon, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. Chance to meet other parents and babies and take part in specially designed activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure PHS Group Raceday, Haydock Park Racecourse, 12.20pm, £13-£36, 0844 579 3006, www.haydock-park.co.uk 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 Cycle For Health, Calderstones Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at the Courtyard

Other Events Titanic on Trial, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 7pm, £12-£15, 0844 873 2888. Discussion with authors Frances Wilson, Nic Compton, Steve Turner and Alan Scarth. Ragtime music, drinks on arrival and more, as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Workshop: Tea and tapestries, Museum of Liverpool, 10am-3pm, FREE. Join the Embroiderers Guild to make a mini tapestry, booking essential on 0151 478 4080 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family Fund Raising Supper, National Wildflower Centre Knowsley, 5.30pm-8pm, £12, 0151 738 1913.

Bring your own wine www.nwc.org.uk

LOWDOWN MAY

Old Skool Party Night, Mersey Ferries, 8.30pm (Liverpool) & 8.45pm (Seacombe), £16. The ultimate summer boat party, cruise duration approx 3 ½ hours www.merseyferries.co.uk

SATURDAY 26TH Music Tell Your Friends, O2 Academy, 7pm, £6, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk RLPO: Karl Jenkins conducts The Armed Man, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £12-£30, 0151 709 3789. RLPO joined by Liverpool Welsh Choral www.liverpoolphil.com The Songbook Sessions, Zanzibar Club, 7.45pm, £4, 0151 707 0633.

With The Sundowners, Bruised Arcade, The Albany, Kahuna, Samiran and Hedda Aronssen www.thezanzibarclub.com Jess Gasgoine DJ set, LEAF,10pm2am, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Soul to funk, hip hop, house and back again www.thisisleaf.co.uk Insanity Beach, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Las Vegas Weekend, The Green Room, 8pm, £25, 0870 787 1866.

Price includes champagne reception.

The sounds of Diana Ross, Tina Turner and The Drifters www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Gerard Kenny - The Great American Songbook, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £16.50, 0151 666 0000, www.floralpavilion.com The Rip Roaring Success, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £8, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Halfway to Paradise: The Billy Fury Story, The Brindley Runcorn, 7.30pm, £18.50, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk Norwegian Choir Concert, Liverpool Cathedral, 12pm-12.45pm, FREE, 0151 709 6271, www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£47, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com The Norman Conquests: Table Manners, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £12-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com Fest Live, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £6-£8, 0844 873 2888. An annual showcase for the best new physical theatre from new and established

companies based nationally and internationally www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Kali Yuga, LIPA, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £4-£8, 0844 873 2888.

Contemporary, classical and commercial dance telling the story of karma and the multiple lives played out as a soul reaches for enlightenment www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Wonderland: The Trials of Alice, Studio Theatre Edge Hill University, 7.30pm, £4, 01695 584 480, www.edgehill.ac.uk The Full Monty, St Helens Theatre Royal, 7.30pm, £15, 01744 756 000, www.sthelenstheatreroyal.ticketsolve.com Hi-De-Hi, Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight Village, 7.30pm, £7, 0151 643 8757, www.gladstonetheatre.org.uk A Taste of Honey, The Lantern Theatre, 7pm, £7-£8, 0151 703 0000, www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk The Sound Of Music, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Comedy Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slug and Lettuce, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Ste Porter introduces Ben Norris with Rob Rouse and Chris McCausland. Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Laughterhouse Comedy, The Slaughter House, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 227 5946. MC Chris Cairns introduces Rob Rouse with Chris McCausland and Ben Norris.

Tickets with meal also available www.laughterhousecomedy.com Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £18, 0151 702 5834. Compere Sully O’Sullivan with Steve Harris, John Newton and Gavin Webster, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk Hot Water Comedy Club - Boiling Point, Envi, 6.45pm, £4-£8, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts Saturday night show featuring some of the best comedy talent in the UK www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the

displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) Talk: Fashions and fortunes, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499.

An interesting look at the fashions aboard the Titanic www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two self- portraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Family Wake up weekends, Museum of Liverpool, 10.30am, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Museum story based fun using puppets and props www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Time Quest, Museum of Liverpool, 1.30pm-2.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out more about the objects on display and get to handle real stuff www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Performance: Soggy stories from the dock, Museum of Liverpool, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545.

Celebrate National Share a Story Month www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: 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, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic storytelling, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499.

Based on the children’s book ‘Polar - the Titanic Bear’ www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Family Saturday - Threshold, Victoria Gallery & Museum, 1pm4pm, FREE, 0151 794 2348. Tabitha Moses leads this workshop helping you to create a craft piece inspired by her latest exhibition at the VG&M www.liv.ac.uk/vgm Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details)

Sports & Leisure The 2012 Liverpool Badminton Bonanza, Echo Arena, £1, 0844 8000 400. With beginner, club and league categories, this competition is for everyone whether you’re a league player or never picked up a racket before. Clsoing date for entries is 4 May, fees apply www.echoarena.com Betfred Silver Bowl/Temple Stakes, Haydock Park Racecourse, 12pm, £13-£48, 0844 579 3006, www.haydock-park.co.uk Park Run, Princes Park, 9am10.30am, FREE. 5k run, register online www.parkrun.org.uk

Other Events The Art of Rhyme, The Brink, 8pm, FREE, 0844 873 2888. Writing on the Wall & URBeatz presents performances by some of Liverpool’s best young Urban poets and writers www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Nazrana, The Capstone Theatre, 5pm, £15, 0151 709 3789. Charity event featuring screening of short film ‘Mystic India’, followed by delicious meal provided by local Indian restaurant Mayur, concluding with classic sitar and tabla concert www.thecapstonetheatre.com Howard Marks, The Citadel St Helens, 8pm, £13-£15, 01744 735 436. An evening of spoken word with ‘Mr Nice’ www.citadel.org.uk Museum inspired hair and make up, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Students from Riverside College demonstrate hairdressing and make up techniques inspired by the displays www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

47 Workshop ‘Seeking Pleasure Tmesis Theatre’, Bluecoat, 9.30am10.30am, £4-£5, 0151 702 5324.

Reversing the mind-body relationship to allow the body to have the upper hand www.thebluecoat.org.uk Workshop ‘Nigel Charnock’, Bluecoat,11am-5.30pm, £40, 0151 702 5324. A physical theatre workshop using the body, the voice and improvisation www.thebluecoat.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: City of Culture, Learning and Faiths, The Piazza Cafe Metropolitan Cathedral (see 5th May for details) Weekend Club, Bridge Inn Community Farm Formby (see 5th May for details) Musical Workshop, Court Hey Park Huyton, 1pm-3pm, FREE, 0151 443 3114. Join the Friends of Court Hey park in making wind chimes for the park www.knowsley.gov.uk Holistic Activities in the Coach House, Royden Park, 10am-4pm, FREE, 0151 677 7594, www.wirral.gov.uk

SUNDAY 27TH Music Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £6-£9, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com The Grace, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496, www.olderedlion.com Anna Corroran, Alma de Cuba, 7pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music from talented singer/songwriter performing a mixture of classic and original material on the piano www.alma-de-cuba.com

Theatre & Dance

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Safety Net of Sky, World Museum (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) Spotlight on the Titanic, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499. Resident demonstrator reveals the myths and facts surrounding the sinking www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Charline von Heyl, TATE (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Robots and Avatars, FACT (see 1st May for details)

A Celebration of Jane Austen, The Brindley Runcorn, 7pm, £15, 0151 907 8360. Starring Robert Powell with Elizabeth Garvie www.brindley.org.uk

Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

Comedy

Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Ricky Tomlinson’s Royle Variety Show, The Green Room, 2pm, £15, 0870 787 1866. Price includes champagne reception. Charity Day www.thegreenroomliverpool.com Hot Water Comedy Club - Testing the Water, Envi, 7pm, £1.50-£3, 0777 211 2344. MC Paul Smith hosts weekly open mic night www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk SEND YOUR EVENT DETAILS TO listings@thelowdownmagazine.com

Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Family The Little Big Club, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 2pm, £10.50-£12.50, 0151 666 0000. Brings together all the kid’s favourites including Bob The Builder and Thomas The Tank Engine www.floralpavilion.com Sunday Crafternoons, Museum of Liverpool, 2pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Find out about objects and take away your own version www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Performance: Soggy stories from the dock, Museum of Liverpool, 1pm4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Celebrate National Share a Story Month www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Activity: Doodle Station, Walker Art Gallery, 12.30pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199. An afternoon of drawing activities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Performance: Tall tales of a Titanic survivor, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Croxteth Hall Toy Challenge, Croxteth Hall and Country House (see 5th May for details) Sharlands Amusements, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am-5pm, 0151 233 6930. Aimed at younger children www.croxteth.co.uk

Sports & Leisure The 2012 Liverpool Badminton Bonanza, Echo Arena, £1, 0844 8000 400. With beginner, club and league categories, this competition is for everyone whether you’re a league player or never picked up a racket before. Clsoing date for entries is 4 May, fees apply www.echoarena.com

Pramathon, Croxteth Hall and Country House, 11am. For more details contact Vauxhall Children’s Centre on 0151 298 2918 www.croxteth.co.uk

MONDAY 28TH Music The Skatalites, O2 Academy, 7pm, £18.50, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk 110 and Counting, Liverpool Philharmonic, 2pm, £9.50, 0151 709 3789. Join The League Of Welldoers to celebrate 110 years of benefit concerts with an afternoon of entertainment for all the family www.liverpoolphil.com

Theatre & Dance Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£45, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com The Norman Conquests: Living Together, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £12-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com The Sound Of Music, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Cycle Sundays in Aigburth, 11am, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) Car Park. Participants must have a roadworthy bike

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Other Events

The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Museum inspired hair and make up, World Museum, 1pm-4pm, FREE, 0151 478 4393. Students from Riverside College demonstrate hairdressing and make up techniques inspired by the displays www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop ‘Opticnerve - Tanya Gerstle, Bluecoat, 10am-5pm, £75, 0151 702 5324. Two day workshop (28th also) introducing a visceral and dynamic compositional structure called PULSE to inprovising performers www.thebluecoat.org.uk RIBA’s Liverpool City Tour: Gateway to the World, The Equator, Mann Island (see 6th May for details) Retro Sunday, LEAF,11am-5pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Inspired, stylish, sustainable fashion www.thisisleaf.co.uk Northern Kite Flyers, Otterspool Promenade, 1pm-4pm, FREE. Meet up with the ‘Otty Flyers’ to find out about kites and kite flying www.nkg.org.uk Glorious Garden Tour, Speke Hall, Garden and Estate, 1pm, £3, 0151 427 7231. Guided walk by Head Gardener www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details)

Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details)

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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

Simon Amstell: Numb, Liverpool Philharmonic, 8pm, £21-£27, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com

Sports & Leisure Workshop ‘Ju-Jitsu introduction’, Bluecoat, 6pm-7pm, £4-£5, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Other Events Philosophy In Pubs: 5 x Topics, The Crown Lime St, 2.30pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk Mapping Mondays, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm-3.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Explore interactive map of Merseyside www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Workshop ‘Opticnerve - Tanya Gerstle, Bluecoat, 10am-5pm, £75, 0151 702 5324. Two day workshop (28th also) introducing a visceral and dynamic compositional structure called PULSE to inprovising performers www.thebluecoat.org.uk

TUESDAY 29TH Music Johnny Sands’ Out of the Bedroom, LEAF, 8.30pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Open mic night www.thisisleaf.co.uk Parr Jazz - Jamie Brownfield & Liam Byrne, Studio2 Parr Street, 8.30pm, £3, 0151 707 3727 Jazz and Open Mic www.parrstreet.co.uk 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, booking in advance recommended www.palmhouse.org.uk

Theatre & Dance Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£45, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com The Norman Conquests: Living Together, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £12-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com Floating, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £6£8, 0844 873 2888. Everyone has a story to tell about the NHS www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk The Sound Of Music, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Rawhide Raw, Baa Bar Hardman St, 8pm, £3, 0870 787 1866. With compere Sam Avery, two of the best new acts on the circuit and six newcomers www.simplytickets.ticketsolve.com

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Talk: Remember When?, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm-4.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Nostalgia trip into Liverpool’s past, monthly event different theme/speaker www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Sports & Leisure Workshop ‘Yoga Stretch’, Bluecoat, 9.30am-10.30am, £4-£5, 0151 702 5324, www.thebluecoat.org.uk Useless Skillz, The Black-E, 7.30pm-

9.30pm, FREE, 0151 709 5109. An open workshop where jugglers can meet, practice, learn from and teach each other www.theblack-e.co.uk Cycle Evenings in Aigburth, 6pm, FREE, leaves from Mossley Hill Hospital (Victorian Building) Car Park.

Lasts approx 1 hour, participants must have a roadworthy bike Cycle For Health, Croxteth Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

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Other Events Chavs, Scavs and Hijabs, The Black-E, 7pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888. Owen Jones will be joined by Peter Hooton, Phil Thornton and activist Sanum Ghafoor to discuss the politics of media representation as part of the Writing On The Wall festival www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk Book Club, LEAF, 7pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Hosted by Jennie Connolly, professional book lovers, novice discussioners and all in-betweeners very welcome - Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez www.thisisleaf.co.uk Workshop ‘Fin Walker’, Bluecoat, 11am-5pm, £40, 0151 702 5324. A vehicle for performers to open their awareness of self using their body as a point of entry www.thebluecoat.org.uk Garden Volunteers, Rotten Row Southport (see 1st May for details)

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MDDC Dance - Inspirations, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £10-£15, 0151 666 0000. Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre brings you a night of song and dance from the West End and beyond www.floralpavilion.com The Sound Of Music, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May 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 Talk: Getting to know your museum, Museum of Liverpool, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4545. Tour the galleries and find out more about the displays and facilities www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details) Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details) Introductory tour, Walker Art Gallery, 3pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Focusing on the history of the gallery www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Music

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details)

TRAGEDY: All Metal Tribute to The Bee Gees, O2 Academy, 7pm, £7, 0844 477 2000, www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk

Talk: The Titanic, the Boy Scouts and Edwardian youth, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 1pm, FREE, 0151 478 4499, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Keith & Kristyn Getty and Friends, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £12-£35, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com

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

Suzy Bogguss, Eric’s, 8pm, £17.50, 0151 236 9994, www.ericslive.com

Theatre & Dance Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £10-£45, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £12-£21, 0151 709 4776, www. everymanplayhouse.com Floating, Unity Theatre, 8pm, £6£8, 0844 873 2888. EverWyone has a story to tell about the NHS www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Introductory tour, Sudley House, 1pm-1.45pm, FREE, 0151 724 3245, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details)

49 Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details) Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Community Bike Ride, Dunes Leisure Centre Southport, 11am, FREE

Merseyside Big Band, Maghull Town Hall, 8.30pm, £5

Theatre & Dance Sister Act, Liverpool Empire, 7.30pm, £10-£39, 0844 871 3017, www.atgtickets.com The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden, Liverpool Playhouse, 7.30pm, £12-£21, 0151 709 4776, www.everymanplayhouse.com

Workshop ‘Evgeny Kozlov - DoTheatre’, Bluecoat, 10am-5pm, £75, 0151 702 5324. Two day workshop (31st also) mostly based on the combination of classical elements with the dance release technique known as Flying Low www.thebluecoat.org.uk

MDDC Dance - Inspirations, New Brighton Floral Pavilion, 7.30pm, £10-£15, 0151 666 0000. Merseyside Dance and Drama Centre brings you a night of song and dance from the West End and beyond www.floralpavilion.com

Spotify Wednesdays, LEAF, 8pm10pm, FREE, 0151 707 7747. Create a playlist while enjoying a cuppa www.thisisleaf.co.uk

The Sound Of Music, Little Theatre Southport, 7.30pm, £8-£9.25, 01704 530 521, www.littletheatresouthport.co.uk

Pottery Class, SAFE Bootle, 10.30am-12.30pm, £10, 07779 592 337, www.seftonarts.co.uk

The Magic of the Movies, The Civic Crosby, 7.15pm, £6, 0151 928 1919. Ballet, tap and modern dance performed by pupils 5 yrs to adults from Knowsley School of Dance www.seftonarts.co.uk

Comedy Comedy Central, Baby Blue, 8pm, £14, 0151 702 5834. Buy one ticket get one free. Compere Dave Twentyman with Paul Pirie, Chris Kent and Lewis Charlesworth, tickets with meal included also available (6.30pm arrival) www.jicomedy.co.uk

Music Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain, Liverpool Philharmonic, 7.30pm, £19.50-£25.50, 0151 709 3789, www.liverpoolphil.com Woody Guthrie Folk Club Special, Rodewald Suite Liverpool Philharmonic, 8.30pm, £10, 0151 709 3789. Nora Guthrie gives a personal talk about her father’s life and music 100 years since his birth. Also with music from Alun Parry and Rich Man’s Ruin www.liverpoolphil.com Wheatus, Eric’s, 8pm, £12, 0151 236 9994, www.ericslive.com

Edward Lear’s Travel Watercolours, Walker Art Gallery, 1pm-1.30pm, FREE, 0151 478 4199.

Hear about the gallery’s new display of Edward Lear’s Watercolours www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Dougie MacLean, The Brindley Runcorn, 8pm, £16, 0151 907 8360, www.brindley.org.uk

Other Events

THURSDAY 31ST

Boomin’, The Olde Red Lion Little Sutton, FREE, 0151 339 2496. Plus support www.olderedlion.com

Musica En Vivo, Alma de Cuba, 10.30pm, FREE, 0151 702 7394. Live music featuring the hippest bands from the north west www.alma-de-cuba.com

Cycle For Health, Walton Hall Park, 10am, FREE. Cycle session led by trained leaders, to book place call Jeanette Smith on 0151 296 7054.

Meet at Walton Hall Sports Centre

Merseyside Woodturners, The Old Boathouse Calderstones Park, 2pm-4pm, FREE. The woodturners exhibition and demonstration is open for visitors, for anyone wishing to start woodturning or improve their skills

Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?, Walker Art Gallery (see 19th May for details)

Alexander O’Neal, The Green Room, 8pm, £25, 0870 787 1866.

Price includes champagne reception www.thegreenroomliverpool.com

Sports & Leisure

The Arab Spring with Ahdaf Soueif, Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre, 7pm, £4-£6, 0844 873 2888.

The award winning Egyptian author discusses the Middle East Revolutions with Guardian journalist, Bidisha www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

The Hounds Below, The Kazimier, 8pm, £8, 0151 324 1723, www.thekazimier.co.uk

Arts Liverpool Doors, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) The Liverpool Tapestry: People, Places and Passions, Museum of Liverpool (see 1st May for details) Elements & Satellites, Walker Art Gallery (see 1st May for details)

Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story, Merseyside Maritime Museum (see 1st May for details) ‘42’ Women of Sierra Leone, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Toxteth 1981, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) White Gold: the true cost of cotton, International Slavery Museum (see 1st May for details) Van Gogh and Gauguin: two selfportraits, Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight (see 1st May for details) Costume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850, Sudley House (see 1st May for details) Artist Rooms - Martin Creed, TATE (see 1st May for details) Galapagos, Bluecoat (see 1st May for details) Richard Mosse: Infra, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

combination of classical elements with the dance release technique known as Flying Low www.thebluecoat.org.uk Workshop ‘Seeking Pleasure Tmesis Theatre’, Bluecoat, 9.30am10.30am, £4-£5, 0151 702 5324.

Reversing the mind-body relationship to allow the body to have the upper hand www.thebluecoat.org.uk Twilight Tower Tours, Liverpool Cathedral, 5.30pm-8.30pm specific timings online, £4-£5, 0151 702 7255.

Tremendous views across the city and beyond www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk Southport Farmers’ Market, Chapel St Southport. For more details contact 0151 233 2165 Philosophy In Pubs: The Birkey Open Forum, Birkey Hotel Crosby, 7pm, www.philosophyinpubs.org.uk

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Simon Norfolk: For Most Of It I Have No Words, Open Eye Gallery (see 1st May for details)

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