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Trestle in collaboration
with Increpación Danza from Spain
Lola
The Life of Lola Montez
Friday 3 and Saturday 4 October
Lola Montez, the infamous 19th Century Spanish dancer, stormed her way through life in a tumultuous journey of seduction, sorrow and success.
In Trestle's new show, Lola prepares for the very last performance of her famous spider dance. While the audience waits for her to take to the stage, Lola revisits her bittersweet past, from her humble Irish beginnings to becoming one of the world’s most notorious women.
Told through the wit and passion of Lola’s own words, with live music from renowned flamenco guitarist Ricardo Garcia, the show celebrates the life of an extraordinary woman who lived like she danced, with all the might of her body and the fire of her soul.
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £9.00/£7.00 concessions
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Hope Street Limited
Time
Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 October
A collision of theatre, visual art, electro funk, film and projection. Each artform inspires the other to create a fusion of expression in which no individual art form dominates. The result of each
unique performance will be three or more paintings on canvas, amongst other things...
Time brings together a team of award winning and internationally acclaimed artists: Croatian visual artist Duško Šibl, film maker Robin Rice, Liverpool band Winterbourne & Blaster along with Momentum Theatre. The team will work with 20 emerging artists
to create these exciting, boundary breaking new performances.
The project has accompanying exhibitions of Duško Šibl’s work, which will change daily, displaying the results of the development process at unity and other venues in the city.
Supported by unitytheatre
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £9.00/£7.00 concessions
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unityart
Mike James
Tuesday 14 October to Saturday 15 November
City, Light, Sky
This exhibition is Mike’s second at unity and feature’s 3 distinct strands, City, Light, Sky, each featuring a series of pictures that all connect through the title of each strand.
“I do all of the work on framing, exposure and colour in camera, rather than altering and reframing on computer, this makes my pictures very of the moment, reflecting what I saw at the time, and hopefully leaving a trace of what I was thinking or feeling at that moment”.
for a preview, visit: flickr.com/photos/fanaticalrebel
Free to View
throughout unity during opening hours
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York Theatre Royal
in partnership with Back & Forth
Beyond Measure
Tuesday 14 October
Isabella stands on the brink of a new life – what will it be? Nun? Duchess? Or is there another alternative?
With three men wanting her virginity, each for their own purpose, can she retain the power of choice over her own body? Just how much control does a woman ultimately have over her own destiny?
Beginning where Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure ends, Beyond Measure is a provocative multi-media production. Fiery, feminine and fiercely inventive, this is theatre at its most engaging... and you don’t need to know Measure for Measure to love it!
“... what’s mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.”
Measure for Measure Act 5 Sc1
Vist www.beyondmeasuretheshow.com
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £9.00/£7.00 concessions
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Zho Visual Theatre
supported by unity
The Quiet Little Englishman
Written by Esther Wilson
Wednesday 15 to Sunday 19 October
Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 October
A world premiere celebrating the life, work and legacy of George Groves, Oscar winning sound engineer and son of Liverpool.
The Quiet Little Englishman is the little known true story of how George followed his heart to the USA where he developed the technology that gave us talking movies.
George’s career spanned decades, he recorded the first spoken words for the talkies in The Jazz Singer, through to the soundtrack for the film of the Woodstock Festival in ’69. His work changed the cinematic experience forever!
Appropriately set in The Park Palace, a recovered cinema, Zho Visual Theatre have created a living film to tell Georges story through a promenade style show filling the spaces with soundscapes, film and theatre.
Directed By Paula Simms. Music composed by Andy Frizell.
The Park Palace of Dreams is in the Dingle, Liverpool, L8.
Transportation to the venue runs from The Suitcases on Hope St., every 15 minutes from 6.45pm for £1.00.
The sound installation, Making the Invisible Visible and the award winning documentary drama about The Palace of Dreams, Bridging The Imagination, will be available for public viewing from 7.00pm each evening and throughout the Liverpool Biennial.
zhotheatre.co.uk
Commissioned by the Liverpool Culture Company Ltd., as part of the 2008 European Capital of Culture programme.
showtime 7:45pm
tickets £10.00/£7.00 concessions
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20 Stories High and Contact
in association with Horse + Bamboo
Babul and the Blue Bear
Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 October
Babul and the Blue Bear is a fresh, anarchic and unique piece of theatre, bringing the worlds of hip-hop, mask, puppetry and street art together in a bold, dynamic and original way. The play explores cultural identity, divided loyalties, racial tension and a sense of belonging in a multi-cultural Britain.
Working with the narrative and musical influences of local young people, 20 Stories High capture the imaginations of their audiences with bold renderings of contemporary tales.
Directed and written by Keith Saha. Designed by Rachana Jadhav with Neequaye Dsane [Dreph].
20storieshigh.org.uk
Babul and the Blue Bear has been specially commissioned by the Liverpool Culture Company Ltd., as part of the 2008 European Capital of Culture programme.
Suitable for ages 14+ contains some strong language and scenes that may cause offence.
showtime 7:30pm Wednesday 15
1:30pm & 7:30pm Thursday 16
tickets £9.00/£7.00 concessions £6.00 Chlidren
BOOK HERE
Wednesday 15 October 7:30pm - sold out
Thursday 16 October 1:30pm
Thursday 16 October 7:30pm - sold out
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Fishamble: The New Play Company
Liverpool Irish Festival
Forgotten
Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 October
This acclaimed production by this top Irish award-winning theatre company explores the forgotten elderly.
It was a major hit earlier this year on tour in Ireland and to Paris, Prague, Sibiu and Edinburgh. Kabuki dance meets Irish storytelling!
astonishingly realised ... a consummate act of storytelling ... a striking accomplishment; captivating, moving and, yes, even unforgettable. Irish Times
a piece of theatre not easily forgotten. Sunday Tribune
... brilliant ... outstanding ... a truly extraordinary piece of theatre. Prague TV
... a highly original piece of theatre **** Daily Mail
Written and performed by Pat Kinevane
Directed by Jim Culleto
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £9.00/£7.00 concession
BOOK HERE
Tuesday 21 October 8:00pm - sold out
Wednesday 22 October 8:00pm - sold out
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unitytheatre, Liverpool with Riksteatern
and Vasterbottensteatern from Sweden
When We Dead Awaken
By Henrik Ibsen, Translated by Michael Meyer.
Thursday 23 October to Saturday 1 November
unity with Riksteatern and Vasterbottensteatern from Sweden present an international co-production of When We Dead Awaken, the final dramatic work from Henrik Ibsen, one of Scandinavia’s greatest playwrights, in a unique collaboration for 2008.
The story follows Arnold Rubek and his beautiful young wife Maja. Arnold is an aging sculptor who has lost all interest in the world around him. In spite of his wealth, his fame, and the attentions of his wife, he can find no joy in his existence.
Suddenly he is jolted out of his stupor by an unexpected reunion with Irene, a model who once posed for him and whom he idolized. Maja meanwhile finds herself drawn to Ulfheim, a brutal hunter who contrasts sharply with her cold, withdrawn husband.
They journey into the mountains, hoping the raw and harsh environment will bring some kind of reconciliation.
A cast and production team of English and Swedish artists have been working together under the direction of unity patron Josette Bushell-Mingo. Josette has worked as a director and actor with the Royal National Theatre, RSC, Manchester Royal Exchange, and Young Vic and created the role of Rafiki in the UK premier of the Lion King.
Josette is a co-founder of PUSH, the festival celebrating contemporary Black arts and Black artists, and is currently artistic director of Tyst Teater, which is part of the Riksteatern’s national touring programme.
Directing When We Dead Awaken as an international project is the fulfilment of an ambition for Josette. Her flare for a strikingly visual, total theatre style provides the opportunity to approach this uncompromising, honest and rarely performed play as a new text.
Following it’s UK premier at unity When We Dead Awaken will tour Sweden.
Cast:
Tove Olsson, Susanne Gunnerson, Mathew Zajac and Robert Pickavance.
Creative team:
Josette Bushell-Mingo, director/set designer.
Chris Meads, assistant director.
Cay Nyqvist, composer, Phil Saunders, lighting designer
Birgit Hageby, dramaturg, Lotta Nilsson, costume designer
website links
Riksteatern www.riksteatern.se
Vasterbottensteatern www.vasterbottensteatern.se
You Tube video of the producers of When We Dead Awaken http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7ha9L_gb8
Robert Pickavance questions
Supported by:
The Liverpool Culture Company Limited as part of the 2008 European Capital of Culture programme.
previews
£6.00 Thursday 23 and Friday 24
Gala Night
£10.00 Saturday 25 October with an international reception.
showtime 8:00pm
tickets: £10.00/£8.00 concessions
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