Fact Not Fiction
Fact-sheet put together by The Refugee Support Network looking at what happens when asylum seekers come to the UK.
Author: Nerve
Migration Watch?
A look at Migration Watch, which claims to be a non party political, independent think tank.
Arms and Refugees
Refugees fleeing countries we are arming, meeting border guards we are funding.
Emotions and State Power: Brexit, Trump and ‘Taking Back Control’
A one-day conference looking at the rise of public disaffection, nationalism, sexism and corporate power within modern political and civil society, to be held on Wednesday 14th June at the Bluecoat Chambers.
Africa Oyé – 25th Anniversary Festival
Africa Oyé celebrate their 25th Anniversary Festival with a special line-up this year over the weekend of 17th and 18th June in Sefton Park.
Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae 2017
Liverpool’s celebration of reggae music and Jamaican heritage, Positive Vibration, returns in June for a jam-packed weekend, headlining will be legendary 2-Tone band The Selecter and King of the sound system, Jah Shaka.
Any Frontier, Any Hemisphere
An art exhibition entitled ‘Any Frontier, Any Hemisphere’ will be held in the Liverpool Central Library from Saturday 3rd June, the theme of the exhibition is the current refugee crisis throughout the world.
Burjesta Theatre – Revolutionary Theatre Workshops
Burjesta Theatre begin a new series of workshops on Wednesday 10th May at the Casa on Hope Street dedicated to ‘revolution’.
Free showings of I Daniel Blake
Liverpool Against the Cuts have organised two free showings of I Daniel Blake at The Valley Theatre in Netherley on Saturday 13th May.
The Black Entrails, Emily Dickinson and the Trap of Time
The Black Entrails, who came together through the Liverpool improvisation scene, put the poems of Emily Dickinson to music and are playing Light Night on 19th May.
Profile of photographers Lenka Svarcova and Mike Fahy
Gallery of photographs by Lenka Svarcova and Mike Fahy, street photographers who cover street life and public events.
Gerry Potter’s ‘The Sons of Liverpool’
Coming to the The Casa on Monday 8th May is Gerry Potter’s ‘The Sons of Liverpool’, a theatre-verse exploration of birth, life and death.
Make a noise about May!
Come together to celebrate International Workers Day and protest against the Tory cuts being implemented by Labour Councils!
More Scouse Saddam?
Coming to the Casa on the 24th and 25th April is More Scouse Saddam, a play by Mike Howl based on the true story of four builders from Liverpool who were taken hostage by Saddam Hussein in Baghdad.
Liverpool Anarchist Bookfair
The first anarchist book fair in Liverpool is taking place on April 1st with stalls, workshops, vegan food, and kids area, at The Black-E, Great George St.
‘Refugee’ – a devised collaborative play
Potentially Brilliant Productions presents a one hour drama ‘Refugee’ which looks at the current predicaments of refugees caught up in complex international politics, militarism and exploitation.
The Regina Monologues
Join three Catherines, two Annes and one Jane for an evening you won’t soon forget at St Georges Hall, Liverpool on Saturday 15th April.
The Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion presents “13th”
Ava DuVernay’s thought-provoking documentary which analyses the criminalisation of African Americans and the U.S prison boom, showing on Wednesday 22nd March at the John Foster Building.
Supporting Sanctuary, Facilitating Change
On 16th March at Toxteth Town Hall there is an afternoon workshop which aims to understand how groups in Merseyside and across the UK are supporting people seeking asylum.
Shakespeare – War Play
Burjesta Theatre presents ‘Shakespeare – War Play’, adapted entirely from the text of Shakespeare’s History Plays, performed at The Casa from Monday 27th March.
Benefit to Defend our Parks and Open Spaces
Benefit on 28th February at Mt Carmel Catholic Social Club to help stop Calderstones Park being built on and defend our parks and open spaces.
One Day Without Us: National Day of Action
1 Day Without Us is a National Day of Action on 20th Feb 2017 to celebrate the contribution of migrants to the UK, to coincide with UN World Day of Social Justice.
Welfare claimants face ‘psychocompulsion’
Lobby of the British Psychological Society (BPS) conference in Liverpool on Wednesday 18th January calling on the BPS to challenge all forms of psychocompulsion.
Fundraiser for MerseyAid
Featuring live music from Scarlet Twenty, on Sat 11th February at The Baltic Social raising money for MerseyAid who help refugees at home and abroad.
Potentially Brilliant Productions – Refugee Drama Workshops
A free 12-week course beginning Monday 16th January focusing on the emotive subject of ‘Refugees’, exploring and attempting to understand what it means to be a refugee.
Burjesta Theatre Workshops – Russian Theatre
Burjesta Theatre begin a new series of workshops looking at the work of some of the great Russian dramatists, starts Wednesday 11th January at The Casa on Hope Street.
The Power of People Together
Sonia tells of her experience of coming from Europe to live in Liverpool and work at one of the Albert Docks most expensive hotel.
Alternatives to Austerity
Starting on January 28th 2017 at Liverpool Central Library there is a series of workshops looking at alternatives to austerity.
Disability Tales
Ba Revnok comments about disability issues including public perceptions of disability.
Liverpool Radical Film Festival 2016
The Liverpool Radical Film Festival 2016 takes place from Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November with some explosive and never before seen films from the UK and across the world.
Steve Harley on tour
Steve Harley is back on the road with his Acoustic Trio line-up, visiting St George’s Hall on Thursday 24th November.
Potentially Brilliant Productions present….‘Still, Here’
‘Still, Here’, a collaborative play about the world of dementia, those who live in it and with it, will be performed on Monday 28th November at The Casa.
Audition Notice – ‘Shakespeare: War Play’ – Burjesta Theatre
Burjesta Theatre are holding open auditions for ‘Shakespeare: War Play’ an in-house adaptation of Shakespeare’s history cycles, on Wednesday, 23rd November at The Casa.
New Exhibition at Unit 51 Announced – Collage Creations By Phillip Hayes
An exhibition of collages will be displayed at UNIT 51 in Liverpool’s thriving Baltic District from Monday 28th November til Friday 9th December, 2016.
The Revolution in Rojava – In Discussion with Havin Guneser
Meeting about the revolution in Rojava with a discussion with Havin Guneser, on Friday 28th October at the Quaker Meeting House.
Crime and Punishment
Burjesta Theatre presents Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic tale of murder, ‘Crime and Punishment’, on at The Casa on 12th to 18th November.
Indigenous Film & Activism: Double-Bill Screening Event
Join the Liverpool Radical Film Festival and AKI for an evening of film that explores indigenous issues at Liverpool Small Cinema on Friday 14th October.
Cabaret from the Shadows
A unique theatre performance will take place at The Invisible Wind Factory in Liverpool on 13th & 14th October, Cabaret From The Shadows includes clowning, buffoonery and dark comedy.
Brian Eno to speak at the Stop the War Coalition meeting
Stop the War Coalition is holding a fringe meeting on 26th September at the Labour Party conference entitled “15 Years of the ‘War on Terror’ “
Soul Food Fundraiser Recital
Liverpool Guitar Society and Nicole Bartos present “Cari giorni”, a baroque, classical and early music recital in aid of the homeless at Blackburne House on Wednesday 14th September.
Valley Theatre present a “Theatre Performance” Course
Valley Theatre are looking for people to enrol on their Theatre Performance Course starting on Wed 14th September.
12 Week Acting Course – Improvise-Devise-Perform
Potentially Brilliant Productions present a free 12 week acting course, Improvise-Devise-Perform, starting Tuesday 13th September at the Casa.
Casting Seeds
Casting Seeds is a new exhibition by Jamie Reid featuring work from throughout his career, on at Liverpool’s Florence Institute from 9th September to 18th October.
Dare Devil Rides To Jarama
“Dare Devil Rides To Jarama” is a new play by Neil Gore that tells the story of the British and Irish volunteers at the beginning of the brutal Civil War in Spain, coming to Liverpool on 22nd -23rd November.
Burjesta Theatre Workshops – Shakespeare’s History Plays
Burjesta Theatre are putting on a 9 week course of workshops based on Shakespeare’s History Plays starting Wednesday 7th September, followed by a play for performance at the end of January.
Liverpool Scriptshop
Liverpool Scriptshop is a new project which offers writers the chance to have their work read and discussed at a public reading, with Arthur Adlen’s play “The Peggy” being read at the meeting on Tuesday 30th August.
ALERTA! Anti-Fascist Benefit Gig
Merseyside Anti-Fascist Network host a fundraiser for a Liverpool anti-fascist comrade who was given 12 months in prison for opposing fascists in Dover.
‘Cuba es mi marca’ – Cuban Mini-Film Festival
Film critic and poet Fernando Leon Jacomino and photographer Sonia Amalguer are visiting Britain from Cuba and will be at the Casa on Hope Street where they will show three exceptional films from Cuba as well as a photographic exhibition of images of the land and its people.
Summer Sessions: Poetry and Protest
Join Open Eye Gallery’s writer in residence Pauline Rowe, American poet and activist Juliana Spahr, and poets Sean Bonney and Ruby Robinson to explore Poetry and Protest.
Stan the Harper – details of funeral and commemoration
Stan Ambrose will be laid to rest in a private woodland burial on Saturday August 6th, with an open-mic music session to celebrate his life in the evening at The Florrie.
New for Liverpool Pride: Queer Creatives Networking Night
Converse, conspire and collaborate at a unique networking event at the Brink on July 27th, in partnership with Liverpool Pride.
Auditions for Crime and Punishment
Burjesta Theatre are holding auditions for our Autumn production of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s gripping crime story, ‘Crime and Punishment’, on Wednesday 17th August.
Brouhaha International Carnival 2016
Photographs from the Brouhaha International Carnival held on Saturday 9th July 2016.
Celebrating Women’s Resistance Film Festival
The Celebrating Women’s Resistance Film Festival takes place all day on 25th June at The Caledonia Pub showing films of resistance from four continents.
Irish Theatre presents ‘An Evening with George Bernard Shaw’
Irish Theatre presents ‘An Evening with George Bernard Shaw’ at The Casa, Hope Street, on Saturday 18th June.