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The Liverpool Empire Theatre is searching for a talented cast of 120 young people to stage the full scale musical production of Annie!
Set in New York during the depression, the show tells the story of a feisty little girl named Annie. Despite being abandoned by her parents on the doorstep of a New York orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan, Annie remains optimistic that one day soon everything is going to turn out just fine… and that day might just be ‘Tomorrow’!
With the help of her friends, Annie escapes the clutches of Miss Hannigan and sets off out to find her parents. Her infectious nature soon finds her with a new four-legged best friend called Sandy, an offer of adoption from billionaire Oliver Warbucks and even a meeting with President FD Roosevelt! However Miss Hannigan and her scheming brother, Rooster, are soon back on her trail, determined to take her back to the orphanage.
Featuring the unforgettable songs It’s a Hard Knock Life, Easy Street and Tomorrow, this musical is an all-time classic rags to riches tale.
Project Dates: Monday 6 – Saturday 18 August 2012
Auditions will be held on Saturday 17 March 2012
Ages 11 – 14 (School Year 6 – 9) Times: 9am – 12.30pm
Ages 15 – 21 (School Year 10 and above) Times: 1.30pm – 5pm
Recall auditions will be held on Saturday 24 March 2012
For more information and to find out how to apply for an audition visit www.atgtickets.com/liverpool
The most poignant of all classical ballets combines powerful emotions and visual splendor is set to a glorious score and brought to life by the magnificent costumes and the virtuoso performances of the Russian State Ballet of Siberia.
“The whole company of nearly 40 dancers is arrayed in the most stunningly colorful costumes” East Anglian Daily Times 2009
Event info
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Monday 12 March
Times: 7.30pm
Tickets £13.50 – £37.50
Booking information: Book by phone: 0844 871 3017 or book online: www.atgtickets.com/liverpool
We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead!
So it’s time to prepare yourselves for HORRIBLE HISTORIES live on stage! Using actors and ground-breaking 3D special effects, these two astounding shows – TERRIBLE TUDORS and VILE VICTORIANS – are guaranteed to thrill you and your children as events become alive on stage and hover at your fingertips.
TERRIBLE TUDORS (Fri 9, 10:30am, Sat 10, 7pm, Sun 11, 11am)
From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth; find out the fate of Henry’s headless wives and his punch up with the Pope. Survive the Spanish Armada as it sails into the audience!
VILE VICTORIANS (Fri 9, 1:30pm, Sat 10, 2:30pm, Sun 11, 3pm)
What exactly did a baby farmer do? Can you escape the misery of the mines or the filth of the factories? Do your best to dodge the rotten railway and prepare for the Charge of the Light Brigade!
“Every child and adult should see this. Live theatre and history at its rip-roaring best.” Times Educational Supplement
Event info
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Friday 9 – Sunday 11 March 2012
Tickets: £16 (£11 children)
Family Ticket £44 (For 4 people incl at least 2 children)
Booking: Book by phone: 0844 871 3017 or book online: www.atgtickets.com/liverpool
As the weatherman predicts a cold snap coming up, there’s no need to panic about what to do over the half term holidays. Here’s a great selection of activities to keep you and all the family entertained in the warmth of some of some of Merseyside’s best family friendly venues.
Join Tate Liverpool for Moving Mobiles (13th -19th February). Explore shape colour and balance in the artworks from the collection and make your own colourful moving mobile to take home. Help create a giant mural with Shades of the Shoreline at Lady Lever Gallery (13th, 17th February), have a go at Mask Making (14th and 16th February) at the Beatles Museum, or make your own glass sun catcher at World of Glass (14th February).
If they love bugs then pop along to one of the World Museum’s Creepy Crawly Tours (14th,15th,16th February) and get a closer look at the weird and wonderful specimens from the collection.
Enjoy a week of fashion events with Fashion Fix at Walker Art Gallery (13th – 17th February). Dress up, join in the fashion themed workshops and have your family portrait taken in the 1970s photo booth. For the budding musician Sam’s Musical Voyage, Maritime Museum (13th February) and African Beats, International Slavery Museum (17th February) lets you experiment with different instruments and explore tribal dance.
Finally round off a fun filled week at FACT with their regular Saturday Film Club. With games and activities, as well as a film to watch, you can be sure that boredom is not an option.
So whatever the weather man says, we predict fun, entertainment, plenty of laughter with maybe the occasional sunny spell if we’re really lucky!
What if mankind had to leave Earth? The story, told by Award-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), concerns a determined robot named WALL-E left behind to clean up the planet after the last humans have gone.
Programmed as part of Republic of the Moon
Event info:
FACT
Thursday 16 February
Times: 3:00pm in The Box
Find out more and book: call 0151 707 4444 or visit fact.co.uk.
Ignore any predictions of doom and gloom; this year is set to be a roaring success as the Year of the Dragon is upon us! The dragon is a symbol of power, wisdom and good luck.
The Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight is celebrating the Year of The Dragon in the Activity Rooms with a cracking free events programme including mask and lantern making and amazing Chinese lion dances from 1pm on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February.
On Wednesday 15 February enjoy finger puppet making and a performance by the Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra from 1pm.
Event info
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
11, 12 and 15 February
Free
More info: For more information click here or call 0151 478 4136
Visit Tate Liverpool this February for half-term fun with Moving Mobiles, a week of hands-on practical workshops!
Inspired by the work of artist Alexander Calder, your family will explore shape, colour and balance in artworks from the Tate collection, and then have the opportunity to design and make their own colourful moving mobile to take home.
Event info
Tate Liverpool
Monday 13 – Sunday 19 February
Times: 1.30pm – 4.30pm.
FREE.
Suitable for ages 5+
More info: www.tate.org.uk
