Almanac presents, Radical City: A Happening on Hope Street

Start Date : April 23, 2011
End Date : April 23, 2011
Time : 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Phone : Box office:0151 709 4776

Location :
Everyman Theatre, Hope St, Liverpool, L1 9BH

Description

In 2011 Liverpool celebrates its radical past. For one incendiary night local musicians, writers, actors and visual artists will come together inspired by this fiery history of campaign, dissent and artistic innovation, as they look to the possibilities of a radical future.Radical City will set alight the stories of the city, and keep the flame burning.

The spectacular line up of Liverpool artists includes award winning screenwriter and novelist, Frank Cottrell Boyce, poets Paul Farley and Eleanor Rees, playwrights Laurence Wilson, Jeff Young and Lindsay Rodden, writer and musician Lizzie Nunnery, film makers and visual artists Tim Brunsden and Sam Meech, singer songwriter Martin Heslop, multi instrumentalist and composer Vidar Norheim (Wave Machines) plus many many more.

Almanac create adventures in theatre and music. From secret gigs to sell-out cross-arts extravaganzas, they bring electrifying artist-led events to the Liverpool stage.

Radical City is part of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse City of Radicals week, and the closing season of the historic Everyman Theatre before work on the new building begins. The Everyman has been home to some of the most inspiring, urgent, enjoyable and socially aware theatre of the last five decades.