Author: Ally Goodman

Growing Sudley are hosting a series of fundraiser events towards the end of July for families, adults and children focusing on nature, mindfulness and wellness. All events will take place at Sudley Walled Garden, Sudley Estate, Mossley Hill Road, Liverpool, L18 8BX. Tickets can be booked here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/growing-sudley-cic-31408500183 and ask for a donation of a minimum of £10. Events include: Movement and Creative Mindfulness by Growing Sudley- Join Hearts & Minds Wellbeing’s Laura for a family wellbeing session aimed at children aged 5-9. Thu, 22 July 2021, 16:00 – 17:30 BST Nature’s Apothecary by Growing Sudley- Medical Herbalist Sue Sprung…

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This Friday, Africa Oyé will premiere an online festival featuring incredible performances, interviews with the festival team, past and present, and a delve into some archive festival footage. Africa Oyé – the long-running celebration of the music and culture of Africa and the Diaspora – usually takes place on the summer solstice weekend in Sefton Park every year. However, the ongoing pandemic has forced the event’s organisers to explore digital options for the last two years. The brand new show will first stream on the Liverpool institution’s Facebook and Youtube pages at 7pm on Friday 16th July and will be available to watch again any time afterwards. Several performances…

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Milap – the UK’s leading Indian arts and culture company – will welcome a groundbreaking tabla player for their iconic concert series, Music for the Mind and Soul, later this month.Rimpa Siva is one of the few female professional players of the twin drum instrument and was hailed as a ‘child prodigy’ when she burst onto the classical Indian music scene when she was barely a teenager.The show, which premieres on Milap’s YouTube channel on 31st July at 1pm, will be a live studio recording from the On Air Theatre in Kolkata, with harmonium accompaniment by Debasish Karmakar. Rimpa was born into a musical family and has been taking lessons…

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Mellowtone presents Seafoam Green around the North throughout July and August. Seafoam Green are back on the road!Seafoam Green specialise in what we have come to know as Americana. If you want earthy, rootsy, blues, gospel, country, folk, the band have it. Amalgamated, this is the sound of a glorious rock n’ soul revival, Seafoam Green’s inimitable collision of Irish Roots and Southern American rock and soul is a unique take on a classic sound. Dates and places include: 22nd July Bradford, 23rd July Macclesfrield, 25th July Birmingham, 30th July Thornton Hough, 2nd August Manchester, 3rd August Liverpool and 6th August Blackburn.BUY…

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Journey deep into the merry world of the Forest of Arden for this hilarious and magical outdoor promenade performance, as cross-dressing heroines and triumphant heroes learn how to embrace their imaginations, let go of their fears and surrender to romance. Love, just as you like it… LCR Culture Awards People’s Choice finalists Imaginarium Theatre are set to return to the parks, gardens and green spaces of the Liverpool City Region this summer with a joyful reprise of one of Shakespeare’s best loved pastoral comedies – As You Like It. Imaginarium’s 2016 tour was listed in the Liverpool Echo’s ‘must see’…

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The UK’s only international physical theatre festival comes back to Liverpool this June for an 8-day extravaganza of live & online performance, conversation & workshops, brought to you by the city’s own Tmesis Theatre. Running from the 25th June until the 2nd July there is plenty of events and performances for everyone.Highlights include award winning clown, Lucy Hopkins with her hilarious, Ceremony of Golden Truth, along with incredible circus/dance artists Joli Vyann who will perform a beautiful – and free – outdoor piece.The recently restored Albert Walker Hall – a beautiful hidden gem at the Linacre Methodist Mission in Bootle – is set to take centre stage as the venue for an exciting new…

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