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fuse: New Theatre for Young People
and Loci Productions Shadow Companion
Shadow Companion
Written by Avaes Mohammad
Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 November
With each step, we cast a darkness of our own form upon the world. Shadows. Our most faithful companions. United in difference, teenagers Asra and Ruby stand side by side, daring to paint their own landscape; summon their own future.
Divided through resemblance, fathers Habib and Billy stand face to face, only to witness their own failings mirrored behind the eyes of the other.
... But the needs of the first generation must be crushed so the dreams of the next can take flight. It’s the law of cycles. A fearless examination of prejudice and friendship between rival communities in 21st Century Britain.
Directed by Chris Sudworth
Suitable for audiences aged 14+
showtime 1:30pm & 7:30pm Tuesday 4 November
1:30pm & 6:00pm Wednesday 5 November
tickets £9.00/£7.00 concessions £6.00 children
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unityangels
unity3 across the autumn
unity3 comes into its own this autumn. Our new performance space has some lovely seating, lights, sound and artistes booked to entertain you before the main show, unity3 is now ready for action!
First on the new stage will be Andy Gledhill,who recently appeared in the People Show’s Ghost Sonata and as a large rabbit in our Splatterfest!08 show, Treasure. Andy will be trying out a new Scratch piece from 9 to 11 October.
Later in the Autumn Gonzo and Nonny make their unity debut, and will be test driving a new show, full of first class 1920’s style music and comedy.
If you have some new ideas you want to try out in unity3 the newest and smallest theatre space in Liverpool, please contact graemephillips@unitytheatre.co.uk
Keep an eye on this space for updates.
Thanks to the Makin Charitable Trust for making unity3 possible.
showtime pre-shows
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homotopia
Thursday 6 to Saturday 15 November
Homotopia returns for two weeks at unity featuring an eclectic programme of theatre, dance, music, cabaret, exhibitions and discussion.
Check out the full festival programme at homotopia.net
www.homotopia.tv
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Homotopia and Nice 08
An Evening With Holly Woodlawn
Contemporary Urban Centre, Greenland Street, Off Jamaica Street
Wednesday 8 October
Grab a chance to meet one of the legends of queer culture, the Warhol superstar and Stonewall rioter, Miss Holly Woodlawn.
As Lou Reed sang, “Holly came from Miami FLA” – but now she’s come all way from her home in Los Angeles to Liverpool, to celebrate the exhibition of portraits of her by Sadie Lee, and to share a lifetime on the frontline in an evening of conversation and screenings.
Rupert Smith talks to the legend herself in a special guest appearance at the festival.
showtime 7:30pm
tickets £10.00/£8.00 concessions
venue: Contemporary Urban Centre, Greenland Street, Off Jamaica Street
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homotopia Exhibitions
Faith Bebbington
Our Stories
Tuesday 6 November to Saturday 15 November
Moving on up!
Liverpool based Faith Bebbington, returns to unity with her exhibition of dynamic, dance inspired sculpture. Exhibits include the Wave based on a vogue pose from House of Suarez’s show Liverpool is Burning, now created as a bronze limited edition.
Our Stories Exhibition
Being gay in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s was largely a clandestine activity. In Liverpool there were a number of meeting places for gay men, which included cinemas, theatres, public conveniences and bars like the Old Royal. For women there was no public space at all and they relied on private networks. This exhibition features
the first hand accounts of older gay people and their shared secret history.
Our Stories exhibition is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Free to View
throughout unity during opening hours
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Homotopia
Tom of Finland - Illustrated Talk
David Hoyle's Life Drawing Class
Lau Theatre, Contemporary Uban Centre
41 - 51 Greenland Street
L1
Tuesday 4 November
An illustrated talk by Rupert Smith looking at how Tom’s work emerged from traditions of homosexual art, who influenced him and who he influenced. Looking at the forerunners of his work in Europe and America, how he got published (and frequently pirated) around the world, and how his representation of idealised male sexuality impacted not only on other representations but also on the way gay men actually lived their lives.
Join the greatest living teacher of Queer figure drawing and artistic anatomy. Accompanied by life models, this special master-class is an in depth exploration of each part of the human body: rib cage, pelvis, upper leg, knee, lower leg, foot, shoulder girdle, upper arm, lower arm, hand, neck, skull, and face.
David de-mystifies and reveals some of the secrets and techniques of geniuses like Michelangelo, Rubens, Da Vinci and Tom Of Finland.
No previous art experience needed
showtime 7:30pm
tickets £8.00
venue: Lau Theatre, Contemporary Uban Centre
41 - 51 Greenland Street
L1
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House of Suarez
A Homotopia commission
Liverpool Is Burning
Thursday 6 and Friday 7 November
After 2 years in development, House of Suarez presents the final stage of its unique dance theatre. Liverpool Is Burning explores the cat fights, the drama and humour of the vogue dance phenomenon that was a major influence in gay subculture over a decade ago.
Artistic director Darren Suarez has created a unique movement vocabulary ‘vogueography’ The style is informed by the diverse range of choreography and dance producing a collaborative vision that transcends traditional genres of dance using elements of ballet,
contemporary, jazz and street styles engaging audiences with its strong narrative tone.
showtime 7:00pm
tickets £8.00/£6.00 concessions
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homotopia
Miracle
By Gerry Potter
Friday 7 and Saturday 8 November
Miracles come in all shapes and sizes. This one’s ten inches long. Miracle is a passion play about passion, a play uncovering the darkness of love.
Will Hung is an ex rent boy now porn star who finds he is the miracle cure for all terminal disease, but the only way the miracle can occur is if he has sex with you. The year is 1995 before the onset of combination therapies helped save the lives of many gay
men with HIV and AIDS. In these dark days Will Hung is their only hope. But what if you’re not gay and you need the cure?
Sexual politics collide in this urban fairy tale asking the questions that have never been asked. Never has morality and mortality been so controversially entwined.
Originally presented as part of Homotopia’s ‘Under Construction’ series in 2006
showtime 8:30pm
tickets £8.00/£5.00 concessions
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Duckie, Homotopia and House of Suarez
Liverpool is Burning: The Grand Vogue Ball
Adelphi Ballroom, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
Saturday 8 November *** EXTRA TICKETS NOW ADDED ***
A glamorous vogueing contest and fantasy costume ball in the sumptuous environs of the Adelphi Ballroom. Co-hosted by Amy Lamé and Rikki Beadle-Blair with a panel of celebrity judges.
Re-inventing the black, gay, New York, 1980’s, fashionista format put through the Duckie and the Scouse filter; white queens and culture vultures have plagiarized black culture for donkeys years...why stop now?
With music by DJs Readers Wifes and Jim Stanton in association with Horse Meat Disco, The House of Armistead, The House of FAB, The House of LIPA, The House of Romanov, The House of Sahir, The House of Terpsichore, The House of Duckie, The House of Fierce, The House of High Leg Kicks and The House of Valley of the Dolls. Featuring spectacular authentic choreography by Darren Suarez.
Contest categories include WAGs, Fantasia, Femme Realness, Best Choreography, Retrosexual, Orphans and Scally’s Mum. Liverpool Versus London Versus Manchester Versus Glasgow Versus Brighton! C’mon Vogue!
You Go Girl! Walk that body! 10, 10, 10! Drag is Dead, Long Live Drag. Turn up and walk as an Orphan. Girls Allowed!
Dress code: Audiences are requested to dress up and become a S.T.A.R (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionary). For those not in drags, please dress to impress, this is the poshest do in the Capital of Culture.
doors 7:00pm
contesttime 8:00pm sharp!
curfew 1:00am
tickets £10.00
venue: Adelphi Ballroom, Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool
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homotopia
Lavender Girls
Tuesday 11 November
Join in the frolics and fun as Lavender presents a night of lesbian comics featuring Zoe Lyons.
Bursting onto the comedy circuit in 2004, Zoe won the prestigious Funny Women competition and reached the final of Channel 4’s ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ in the same year, and has since established herself as one of the country's leading comic talents.
Supported by local talent Rosie Wilby and Lavender Scratch ’07 contender Jane Townend and local MC Emma Bowley. All artists have been selected or won the Nivea funny women awards.
showtime 9:00pm
tickets £10.00/£8.00 concession
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Tuesday 11 November 9:00pm - Sold Out
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homotopia
Lavender Club
Wednesday 12 November
Lavender returns for a bumper packed programme of comedy, poetry and music. Hosted by Terry Titter and featuring Lavender Scratch 2007 contender Steve McCabe, La Gateaux Chocolat and The Bastard Son of Tommy Cooper [featuring Mini Cooper].
Book early!!! it’s a guaranteed sell-out.
showtime 9:00pm
tickets £10.00/£8.00 concession
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homotopia
Supported through Queercore
Caravan
by Russell Barr
Thursday 13 November
A rehearsed reading of a new play by Russell Barr.
Ever been to North Wales?
Ever thought it might be a super spot?
Thinking August? Two weeks? Caravan’s are fashionable now.
Maybe hire one? Invite the family? Invite your close friends?
Pets also welcome.
British holidays are so the thing to do. No carbon footprint. A short car journey [even though there are literally no dual carriageways in North Wales]. There you will be. In the bosom of your adoring family and friends. In a cosy caravan. Doesn’t it sound marvellous ... Think Again.
Meet Pam, Peter, Scratchit, Doddie, A boy, and a stuffed Yorkshire terrier called Shaggy to find out.
Welcome to Caravan, challenging what it means to go on holiday in confined spaces.
showtime 6:00pm
tickets: £4.00/£3.00 concessions
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A homotopia commission
unity08 world premiere
Drama Queen
by Shaun Duggan
Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 November
It’s the early hours, in a Liverpool city centre apartment. Carl the promoter of a top Liverpool gay club and some fellow clubbers have just finished celebrating the club’s 12th birthday.
A transsexual door whore, a Queen Elizabeth II looky-likey and a seventeen year old glass collector end up back at his best friend’s flat. The night starts out on a massive high, but it soon becomes apparent that twelve hedonistic years at the top are starting to take their toll.
Could the party be finally coming to an end for poor little Carly?
Shaun Duggan started writing for theatre in 1986 when his first play, William won the Royal Court Young Writers’ Festival. Other theatre commissions include A Brusque Affair and Boy. He has since written for television including Brookside, Eastenders and Waterloo Road.
showtime 8:30pm
tickets £12.00/£10.00 concessions
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Gary Clarke Company and homotopia
Horsemeat
Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November
Horsemeat boldly confronts love, life, sexuality and becoming 25. Set against a backdrop of music that mixes the disco beats of Erasure with the beauty of Chopin, Gary Clarke plunges head first into a nightmarish playground of frantic movement and thriving gestures in this ‘all singing, all dancing’ autobiographical solo.
Created by Gary Clarke in collaboration with dance mavericks Javier de Frutos and Nigel Charnock, Horsemeat presents a series of twisted episodes that are thought provoking, deeply intimate and powerfully engaging.
Gary is an award winning dancer and choreographer who has most recently worked with ballet Lorent, the Cholmondeleys and the Featherstonehaughs.
Quirky, dark and comic. Dancing Times ’06
showtime 7:00pm
tickets £7.00/£5.00 concession
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The Gender Trust and Homotopia
An Evening With April Ashley
Small Concert Room, St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool
Saturday 15 November
Miss April Ashley will be in Liverpool for a special Homotopia appearance presenting recollections of her life. April Ashley is a very important figure within the UK's transgender community as well as within the diverse history and culture of Liverpool. Born at Smithdown Road Hospital in 1935, she lived in North Liverpool for all of her childhood. In 1960 she was one of the first transsexual people to undergo gender confirmation surgery in Morocco. She developed a successful career as a model, appearing famously in Vogue Magazine.
She was 'outed' as a transsexual person by the Sunday People in 1961. Her marriage and subsequent divorce in 1970 removed the ability of trans people to acquire full legal status in their acquired gender and it was not until the passing of the Gender Recognition Act in 2004 that this was satisfactorily resolved.
Living for many years in the South of France, she looks forward to re-visiting her home city.
The Gender Trust and Homotopia are delighted to give this distinguished and iconic personality the opportunity to recount stories from her life back in her home city of Liverpool. Author Rupert Smith interviews April in the historic surroundings of the Small Concert Room. A once in a lifetime event and not to be missed.
showtime 7:30pm
tickets £10.00/£8.00 concession
venue: Small Concert Room, St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool
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unityart
David Weaver
Tuesday 18 November to Tuesday 23 December
The mark, the moment, le geste recording
Relaxed intensity, experience felt of
Line, point, improvised, successive,
Of critical mass immediate and now.
Drama out played in time,
In weight, in weightlessness, a sign
Signifying chance input provided by
Eye, the why, mind, and heart.
Fixing a space, a place, a room for freedom from
Collective solutions, external dilutions of visual muzak wash.
Gratifying, satisfying,
Harmonious discord, agitated calm
Abrupt transition, cool heat
Facing the internal, eternal, weathered shelters
Of uncool landscape, emotional
Connections across aeons and cultures.
Free to View
throughout unity during opening hours
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An Unpacked Production developed
with the Nightingale Theatre
Funeral Games
Tuesday 18 November
A tale of tea stains, stiffs and brotherly love. Keith, the estranged son, has returned, bringing a whole lot of trouble with him for his long-suffering brother Henry. Dad, the head of funeral directors Hall and Son, looks set to need his own services very soon.
To Henry, it seems a little white lie might be enough to get rid of his short-tempered, live-wire brother. Unfortunately, nothing goes quite how he planned as the interloper decides he wants to join the family business. Disaster ensues. It’s time to bury the dead and dig up the living.
Unpacked tell darkly comedic stories, using high-octane physicality, new writing, object animation and distinctive puppetry.
Unpacked are surging ahead of the pack, guns blazing.
Total Theatre.
Directed by Clare Dunn
Performed by Darren East and Gilbert Taylor
showtime 8:00pm
tickets £6.00 hothouse
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Orion Youth Theatre
A Dark Heart
Mina's Dracula
Wednesday 19 November
Orion Youth Theatre proudly present their own unique re telling of the classic tale Dracula, only this time you will experience the famous Vampire as Mina saw him.
Travel with us to the world where dreams and nightmares come true and discover if you too have “a dark heart”
showtime 7:30pm
tickets £6.00/£4.00 concessions
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boojum
Peacock Boy
by Crystal Stewart
Thursday 20 November
A grubby adult fairy tale of love, desperation and transformation, sprinkled with dark humour and set in a world where bizarre magic rubs up against sordid ambition and sleazy sexuality.
Flora must bring back the beak of the fabled Peacock Boy to save her dying grandmother.
Her mission takes her from farmyard to decayed inner-city and leads to the discovery of a dark family legacy.
boojum serves up a pungent stew of live action, quirky music, extraordinary language and grungy puppetry.
Suitable for ages 15 years and over.
Supported by Arts Council England
showtime 8:00pm
tickets: £9.00/£7.00 concessions
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Momentum in a collaboration with Malou Airaudo
(Pina Bausch, Tanztheater Wuppertal) and
Tanya Khabarova (DEREVO).
Anima
Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November
The world of dreams ... Anima explores the distorted dynamics between the conscious and subconscious, revealing the conflict and harmony within us all.
Anima takes you on a surreal, thought provoking and emotional journey that is deeply disturbing, humorous and moving.
Using Momentum’s trademark physicality and a stunning mix of lighting, projection, aerial elements and an original soundtrack, this unique production is a theatrical experience not to be missed.
Momentum’s third production follows successful European tours of previews shows Tmesis and Memento Mori and completes Momentum’s trilogy on life’s journey.
A meeting of minds ... a war of the heart ... small acts of love ... fears writ large ... the dark and the light endlessly entwined, searching and reaching for ...
Directed by:
Malou Airaudo [Pina Bausch, Tanztheater] and Momentum
Dramaturg: Christos Papadopoulos
Devised by: Momentum and Tanya Khabarova [DEREVO]
Performed by: Yorgos Karamalegos and Elinor Randle who met at Hope Street’s Physical Theatre Programme in Liverpool and formed Momentum in 2003.
The most astounding hour you are ever likely to spend in a theatre.
Phil Key, Daily Post
Visually stunning, artistically inspired ... physical theatre of the very highest standard. Chris High, The Stage
Physical Theatre of the highest class. Wupperguide, Germany
Commissioned by the Liverpool Culture Company, and is part of the Artistic Programme for Liverpool 08 – Capital of Culture.
showtime 8:00pm
tickets: £9.00/£7.00 concessions
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