Blue Planet II Live – Liverpool M&S Bank ArenaTuesday 26th March 2019Having watched all of Blue Planet II, one of the BBC’s flagship nature shows, I was excited to be seeing it on a 20×10 metre screen in 4k ‘Ultra HD’ set above a 64-piece orchestra and 16-voice choir providing the show’s musical score – originally written by Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea and David Fleming. The lights dimmed. The choir and strings began an ethereal rising note and the enormous screen vibrantly came to life with a colourful montage of clips as the show’s signature tune burst forth from the…
Author: Martin Moseley
Local Charity Fallen Angels Dance Theatre has launched their first Women’s focused project, with funding from the Tampon Tax Fund through Cheshire Community Foundation. Towards the end of April a group of 10 women in recovery from addiction will come together in a series of dance and wellbeing workshops to explore and articulate issues that have affected their lives. Fallen Angels is a charity for people in recovery from addiction, which aims to enhance recovery through movement. The charity is working in partnership on the project with Beehive Healthcare and Myokinetics peak performance and rehab centre, who will provide workshops based around mindfulness, nutrition…
It’s fair to say that Karaoke and Musicals are a bit like a certain yeasty spread – you either love them or loathe, detest and utterly hate them with a passion. If you’re in the latter camp, probably best to move on, nothing to see here! One of the problems with karaoke is that you wait all night to get your slot, you sing your song, you’re just getting in the mood, and have to wait ages for another slot, if you even get one. And not everyone likes being in the spotlight, with everyone watching you, particularly if you’re…
Not going to Glasto? Consider Glasgow! I’ve never known so many people who normally manage to get Glastonbury tickets including myself, fail to secure them this year in the main sale. Glasto is always about more than just the lineup – I went the first time for the lineup, I’ve gone back every year for the festival and the people. But in terms of the lineup now that it’s been released, there is only one band I’m really gutted about not seeing if I don’t get tickets in the resales – The Cure. The Cure are one of very few…
Blue Planet II has been one of the truly seminal televisual experiences of the new millennium. It is a towering achievement and a shining example of the BBC at it’s very best. This documentary series has opened up hidden worlds that have captured the imaginations of people across the world. Presented by David Attenborough, the BAFTA-Award winning Blue Planet II will now be bringing the wonders and mysteries of the planet’s oceans and wildlife to the UK arena stage. Blue Planet II – Live in Concert will be at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on Tuesday 26th March – presenting a…
International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) to be celebrated across Liverpool A series of events are set to take place in Liverpool on Sunday 31st March to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV). It is the first time that a full day of events have taken place in the city to celebrate the lives of transgender people and raise awareness of the discrimination they face. The events include presentations and activities at the Museum of Liverpool, a march through the city and an evening of performance from within and in support of Liverpool’s vibrant transgender community. Each event is…
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are bringing their unique bagpipe covers of famous hits (described as bagrock) to the New Brighton Floral Pavillion on Sunday 12th May 2019. Having sold 100,000 copies of their debut album “Backrock to the Masses” in the UK alone, and had over 4.5 million views on YouTube of their cover of the Avici track “Wake me Up”, and 350,000 facebook followers – they clearly know what the public want! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5DVhoel7AA There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, from their formation in 2002 and a cameo appearance at T in the…
EVERYMAN CINEMA CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY WITH NAME CHANGE In celebration of International Women’s Day, Everyman Cinema at Liverpool’s Metquarter has rebranded its Liverpool venue to ‘Everywoman’ for the month of March. The new branding is displayed at the entrance of the cinema, replacing the old Everyman signage and also online to pay tribute to the national day. In further celebration, Everywoman Cinema at Metquarter has also launched ‘Girls Night’ – a month long series of hand-picked films which celebrate strong female roles – screening every Thursday throughout March, including must watch movie favourite’s Clueless (7th), Thelma and Louise (14th),…
Giving 66,000 festival goers a post-apocalyptic soundtrack of drum & bass and jungle to compliment the districts own immersive storyline, DSTRKT 5 provides a glimpse into Boomtown’s dystopian future, yet again pushing every conceivable boundary both musically and theatrically. The central hub for the thunderous beat of harcore, hardtek, gabba and jungle, 140 dubstep and bass, DSTRKT 5’s infamous stages Scrapyard and Broken Core have undergone a massive upgrade and have a huge line up planned to celebrate. This includes Acid Techno DJ / Producer and head of underground label Stay Up Forever Records Chris Liberator, the legendary party crew…
Keith Flint, of Prodigy fame, was found dead at his home in Essex this morning. An east ambulance spokeswoman said “We were called at 8.08am with reports of an unconscious man in Brook Hill, Dumrow, we sent an ambulance officer, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and one ambulance. Sadly a man in his forties died at the scene” Police are not treating the death as suspicious. Keith Flint was a member of The Prodigy and was well known in the UK press for his body piercings and many tattoos. The Prodigy shot to fame with hit singles such as ‘Firestarter’…