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08EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE

EVENTS GUIDE

LIVERPOOL

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Introduction 3Weekenders Guide 4MTV Europe Music Awards & MTV Liverpool Music Week ’08 6Le Corbusier 8The RIBA Stirling Prize 9Portrait of a Nation 10Cities on the Edge 12

A Season in MusicBBC Electric Proms 16Cornerstone Music Festival 17Fiesta Latina 18The Norfolkline Liverpool Irish Music Festival 18The Hive 19The Rightful Owners Of The Song 19Music: Listings 20

A Season on StageWhen We Dead Awaken 23King Lear 24Romanian Connections 24Eric’s 25Babul and the Blue Bear 25Quiet Little Englishman 25Homotopia Festival 26Stage: Listings 28

A Season in ArtDigital Departures 30Liverpool Biennial 2008 31Jyll Bradley’s Fragrant 32JSR U-51 32High Hopes 32Art: Listings 33

A Season in StreetsPower Plant 37Halloween Lantern Carnival 38Street: Listings 38

A Season in SportBBC Sports Personality of the Year 39Only a Game 39European Senior Boxing Championships 2008 40Sport: Listings 40

Conversations and LiteratureChapter & Verse Literature Festival 41Liverpool Literary Festival Shipping Lines 42Towards a New Urbanism 43The Big Conversation 44BBC Free Thinking Festival 44Conversation and Literature: Listings 45

A Season of ExploringMerseyside Black History Month 47RIBA Stirling Prize 2008 48The Beat Goes On 48Exploring: Listings 49

Exploring England’s Northwest 50

A Season to ParticipateGeneration 21 52World In One City 53‘08: The Story 54Liverpool Is Burning: The Ball 54Participation: Listings 55

City Map 56Art Map 58

Contents

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This series of free guides has been designed to tell you all about how you can join in Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture celebrations.

Inside this edition you’ll find details of all the major events taking place between October and December.

2008 has been a huge success for Liverpool so far, withmore than 8 million recorded visits to events andattractions by the end of the summer, £70m worth ofmedia coverage and Liverpool being named the UK’s 3rdfavourite city*.

But beyond these headlines the year is all aboutcelebrating our city’s diverse community, and thisseason brings a real flavour of the culture of modernLiverpool.

Merseyside Black History Month features a packedcalendar of events to celebrate the history, culturalheritage and achievements of individuals andorganisations from the city's black and racial minoritycommunities.

The Liverpool Irish Festival has a diverse and excitingline up to highlight the historical and modern linkswith Ireland. And Fiesta Latina will spice up yournights, celebrating the vibrant Latin Americancommunity.

This year's Homotopia is back with a packedprogramme of events by and for the lesbian, gay,bisexual and transgender community including theLiverpool is Burning Vogue Ball and an exhibition ofwork by legendary gay artist Tom of Finland.

Excitement is also building in the world of art with theeagerly anticipated fifth Liverpool Biennial and inarchitecture the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prizeceremony comes to the city along with a major new LeCorbusier exhibition and symposium.

Some of the biggest names in music will descend onthe city for MTV Liverpool Music Week ‘08 and the BBCElectric Proms, with the MTV Europe Music Awardsbroadcast live from the Echo Arena Liverpool.

2008’s sporting successes will be celebrated at the BBCSports Personality of the Year awards ceremony, livefrom the Echo Arena which also hosts the finals of theEuropean Senior Boxing Championships.

The Liverpool Commissions artistic programmecontinues to flourish, with the final instalment ofTwilight City from electronic music pioneers the HiveCollective; innovative theatre show Babul and the BlueBear; a journey to the early days of cinema in TheQuiet Little Englishman; a unique partnershipbetween Liverpool pub singers and the RLPO in TheRightful Owners of the Song and High Hopes, adocumentary series filmed in Liverpool and Norway.

These final few months of '08 are also packed withemotional homecomings such as Pete Postlethwaite asKing Lear at the Everyman, The Shankly Show back atThe Royal Court and Sir Simon Rattle returning toconduct the RLPO for the first time in over 30 years.

With so many exciting events to choose from, therereally is something for everyone. Make sure you planyour activities now and join in as Liverpool continuesto celebrate its exciting year as European Capital ofCulture.

And finally, please help us look after your city bytaking any litter from events with you and travellingby public transport where possible.

It’s happening in Liverpool.

*Condé Nast Readers’ Travel Award Cover image: Liverpool Biennial 2008

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Weekenders GuideVisiting Liverpool for a weekend break? Take a look at our Weekenders Guide whichshows just some of the hundreds of events taking place across the city every weekend.

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After 8: Joe StilgoeSee Music page 20

LolaSee Stage page 28

Shankly ShowSee Stage page 28

Wicked SpiritSee Stage page 28

Biennial Guided TourSee Arts page 33

The Newspaper HouseSee Arts page 33

Power PlantSee feature page 37

Mozart in his TimeSee Music page 20

Eric’sSee feature page 25


Liverpool Biennial Dog Walking TourSee Arts page 33

Ringing Banners Activity DaySee Participate page 55

Christy MooreSee Music page 20

ABBA – The ShowSee Music page 20

Brad Mehldau TrioSee Music page 20


Only a Game? See feature page 39

Big Draw at the BluecoatSee Arts page 34

Biennial EpidemicSee Conversations & Literature page 45

Heritage Walking TourSee Streets page 38

A Liverpool Irish JourneySee Music page 20

Southport Comedy WeekSee Stage page 28

Brand New WorldSee Stage page 28


The Liverpool Irish ExperienceSee Conversations & Literature page 45

Gaelic Football Exhibition MatchSee Sport page 40

CAMRA Real Ale FestivalSee Participate page 55

The Seven Ages of ManSee Music page 21

Capital Nights Dance FestivalSee Stage page 28

Momix presents Lunar SeaSee Stage page 28

Council Depot BluesSee Stage page 29


Ben Johnson Cityscape – last chance to see!See Arts page 35

International Guitar FestivalSee Music page 21

MiracleSee Stage page 29


Geraldine PilgrimSee Arts page 35

Maybe in the Sky with Diamonds– last chance to see! See Arts page 35

Liverpool is BurningSee feature page 54

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Christmas Lights Switch OnSee Streets page 38

Vienna PlusSee Music page 21

RLPO Sunday BestSee Music page 21

Drama QueenSee feature page 27


Stan Hill RetrospectiveExhibitionSee Arts page 35

European Senior BoxingChampionshipsSee feature page 40

RLPO Youth OrchestraSee Music page 21

The WombatsSee Music page 21

RLPO SecretsSee Music page 21

Morriston Phoenix Male Voice ChoirSee Music page 21

Anima – The World of DreamsSee Stage page 29


Northwest Racing MastersSee Sport page 40

Think FloydSee Music page 22

The Rightful Owners of the SongSee feature page 19

Karl Jenkins – World PremiereSee Music page 22

McFlySee Music page 22

The Hive CollectiveSee feature page 19

Christmas CelebrationSee Music page 22

Winter CelebrationSee Participate page 55

Sir Peter Maxwell DaviesSee Music page 22

A Down to Earth ChristmasSee Stage page 29

Journey to BethlehemSee Streets page 38

BBC Sport PersonalitySee feature page 39

RLPO The Spirit of ChristmasSee Music page 22

CinderellaSee Stage page 29

The Emperor’s New ClothesSee Stage page 29

Vampires Rock ChristmasSee Stage page 29

CinderellaSee Stage page 29

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MTV Europe Music Awards

Echo Arena LiverpoolNovember 6

The categories are: Album Of The Year; Headliner(most impressive live band of the year at a festivalor on tour); Most Addictive Track (favourite track ofthe year); Best Act Ever (the act – new, establishedor legendary - that fans love the most); New Act(best debut by a new artist in 2008); Act of 2008(best act of 2008); Ultimate Urban (favourite R&Bor hip hop act); Rock Out (favourite rock oralternative act); Regional Award (local artist asvoted by MTV viewers in each territory); Europe’sFavourite (The finalists from Best Regional Awardgo head to head) and Video Star.

You can expect some great performances this year– after all, the line up for the 2007 MTV EuropeMusic Awards, hosted by Snoop Dogg at theOlympiahalle in Munich, included performancesfrom Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Mika,Avril Lavigne and many more.

The 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards – thefifteenth show in MTV’s history - will bebroadcast in more than 40 countries acrossEurope, in Asia and Africa. You can even catch theaction over the web and on your mobile.

Richard Godfrey, Senior Vice President Content &Music, MTV Networks International andExecutive Producer said: “It is fantastic to be backin the UK and it is only natural that Liverpoolshould host the fifteenth annual Europe MusicAwards. Not only is it the European Capital ofCulture but the influence of its rich musicheritage is still felt today. The state-of-the-artEcho Arena Liverpool is the perfect venue for theEurope Music Awards and will give us theopportunity to bring newer and more excitingelements to this year’s show.”

The countdown is on at www.mtvema.com

Roll out the red carpet…

All eyes will be on Liverpool this season as agalaxy of international music stars join in theCapital of Culture celebrations.

The MTV Europe Music Awards is famous forbringing some of the most sensational – andsometimes controversial – names in popularmusic together under one roof.

This year that roof is the Echo Arena Liverpool– thenewest venue in a city renowned for its tremendouscontribution to popular music both past and present.

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 – sponsored byedc by Esprit and Sony Ericsson – is sure to attractthe biggest and loudest names in the industry.

There are 11 categories for this year’s awards,celebrating the great and the good of theinternational music scene and honouring new andupcoming artists.

There are three brand new awards this year – NewAct, Best Act Ever and Europe’s Favourite -underlining MTV’s continuing commitment to newand regional artists.

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Goldfrapp,DizzeeRascal,Black Kids, Vampire Weekend and many morebig-name acts are heading to Liverpool thisseason to be part of the UK’s largest indoorwinter music festival.

Liverpool Music Week has joined forces with MTVfor the 6th annual winter music festival whichwill bring over 50 events to Merseyside, across 16venues, playing host to over 250 live bands. Anumber of the shows will be filmed for broadcastacross MTV channels, so whichever gig you go to,look out for yourself on telly!

MTV Liverpool Music Week will take over the cityfor eight days, November 6 being the highlightwhen the MTV Europe Music Awards bring someof the biggest names in the international musicworld to the Echo Arena Liverpool.

Liverpool Music Week was founded in 2003 byMike Deane, and has gone on to become anationally recognised event and highlight of thelive music calendar. The festival is now in its sixthyear, attracting a record-breaking 60,000 peoplein 2007. Last year, in order to push the event toeven greater heights, a partnership was formedwith prolific music industry figure James Barton,CEO of Cream.

The festival format is a combination of ticketedshows and a huge agenda of free shows. Theevent has attracted some of the UK’s biggest liveacts as well as becoming a platform for newemerging talent who are set to become the stars

of tomorrow, breakthrough artistssuch as The Wombats, Hot Club DeParis, and The Rascals alongside thelikes of Kaiser Chiefs and TheChemical Brothers to name but a few.

For more information seewww.liverpoolmusicweek.com

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Le CorbusierThe Art of Architecture

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October 2 - January 18 2009The Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Supported by Liverpool Culture Company forLiverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008

Enter the world of one of the 20thCentury’s most iconic figures -architect, designer, writer and artist LeCorbusier (1887-1965).

The Art of Architecture, the first majorexhibition of Le Corbusier’s life and workseen in Britain for more than 20 years,premieres in Liverpool in the dramaticcrypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral.

The exhibition gives a fascinating insightinto the career and influences of LeCorbusier– whether you are discoveringhis work for the first time or simplylooking for new views on an alreadyfamiliar subject.

A key figure in 20th Centuryarchitecture, the revolutionary designs ofLe Corbusier had a massive impact on theworld of architecture.

From high rise towers to furnituredesign, he used modern materials andengineering techniques to provide radicalyet practical solutions to modern urbanliving, which still evoke strong viewstoday.

Le Corbusier believed that art wasessential to architecture, and thisexhibition illustrates how this belief wasthe driving force behind his work.

His most important architectural projects, furniture and interior designs,his paintings, photographs, textiles,drawings and books can all be seen here, alongside previously unpublishedmaterial including original film footage by the architect, a large-scale muralpainting from his office andreconstructions of his architecturalmodels.

This unique collection reveals theinfluences behind his influential andoften controversial career anddemonstrates how his legacy continuesto shape our everyday environment tothis day.

Staging the UK premier of the exhibitionin Liverpool would not have beenpossible without the support of theLiverpool Culture Company. Le Corbusier–the Art of Architecture initiates a vibrantseason of architectural events thatinvites audiences to look at their urbanenvironment with new perspectives.

Organised by the Royal Institute ofBritish Architects (RIBA) Trust. Curatedby Stanislaus von Moos, Arthur Rüeggand Mateo Kries, for Vitra DesignMuseum, Basel, in collaboration with theRIBA Trust and the NetherlandsArchitecture Institute, Rotterdam.

A number of lectures are taking place atthe John Foster Building, Mount Pleasant,as part of the Le Corbusier season. See page 43 for details.

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The RIBAStirling Prize 2008October 11 BT Convention Centre, LiverpoolSome of Europe’s finest architecturecomes under the spotlight this season, asone of the UK’s most prestigious prizeceremonies comes to Liverpool.

The RIBA (Royal Institute of BritishArchitects) Stirling Prize in associationwith The Architects’ Journal, now in its13th year, will be announced at a dinneron Saturday October 11 at the BTConvention Centre, Liverpool.

Kevin McCloud, of TV’s Grand Designs andBig Town Plan, will present the results tothe rest of the nation on Channel 4,broadcast on Sunday October 12.

A pioneering court building inManchester, a dramatic Cable Railway inAustria, the restoration of London’s RoyalFestival Hall and the vibrant WestminsterAcademy in London are among the sixbuildings which have made it onto thisyear’s shortlist.

The £20,000 prize is awarded to thearchitects of the building that has madethe greatest contribution to Britisharchitecture in the past year.

The RIBA Stirling Prize jury, whichcomprises people from the worlds ofarchitecture and arts, have visited all sixshortlisted buildings. They will meet fora final time on the day of thepresentation to pick the winner.

This year’s judges are architects GordonMurray of Murray Dunlop Architects,Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architectsand Ben van Berkel of UN Studio in theNetherlands. Joining them is KieranLong, editor of The Architect’s Journal,and BBC Culture Show presenter LaurenLaverne.

Visit www.architecture.com or [email protected]

The six buildings competing for this year’s title are:

■ Accordia, Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios /Alison Brooks Architects/Macreanor Lavington

■ Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena Station, Amsterdam, Netherlandsby Grimshaw/ARCADIS Architecten

■ Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Manchester by Denton Corker Marshall

■ Nord Park Cable Railway, Austria by Zaha Hadid Architects

■ Royal Festival Hall, London by Allies and Morrison

■ Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre, London, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

For information on RIBA Stirling Prize andpictures of competing buildings see page 47

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December 1 - 2St George’s Hall

ICDC’s Urban Whispers – A Voice of a GenerationNorth Liverpool young people produced podcasts, tacklingeverything from racist attacks, gun crime and bereavement to‘going to the youthy’. See them at www.urbanwhispers.co.uk

National Museums Liverpool - Making your MarkInspired by our museum collections, young people fromKirkdale, Speke, Garston and the city centre created giantartwork The Portrait using graffiti and images of tattoos,piercing, clothes and hair styles. Youngsters from SpekeCommunity Centre made The Commy, a film about living onthe outskirts of the city. Past Present and Future, a play by theKirkdale group, takes a magical history tour through the WorldMuseum Liverpool, while Barnardo’s Young Carers created amosaic of their city, inspired by Ben Johnson’s LiverpoolCityscape.

Laughing all the way to the Royal Court –Comedy TrustYoung people have been working with local comedians to learnstand up, sketch writing and animation skills. This led to a DVDand a showcase at the Royal Court Theatre Liverpool.

Sola ArtsYoung people from the refugee and wider minoritycommunities (in particular young people from Liverpool Somali

YouthAssociation) produced a set of posters for the city centre. Theywere joined by Interchill Youth Project and GrassendaleDetached Youth Project for a youth debate at BBC RadioMerseyside which has inspired a digital installation.

Listen… FUSE Listen… is an intimate journey with performance and multi-media elements hosted and created by refugee andasylum-seeker young people. See the people of the city in allits contrasts burst into colourful life.

Exploring Our Roots - Where do we come from? Who are we now? Who do we want to be?

Young people from 17 UK cities including Liverpool have been on a journey to find answers tothese questions to form a unique Portrait of a Nation.

The young people have been exploring and celebrating their stories, heritage and identitiesthrough creative projects both in their cities and communities, and online, sharing the resultsof their experiences with their new friends across the country.

Portrait of a Nation is a partnership between the Liverpool Culture Company, the Heritage Lottery Fund and 17 member cities of the Cultural Cities Network: Manchester, Newcastle Gateshead, Inverness and the Highlands, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Norwich,Brighton, Canterbury, Oxford, Leeds, Bradford, Bristol and Newham in London.

Here are just some of the things Liverpoolyoungsters have been up to:

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Liverpool young people will be joined by peers from eachof the other cities for a spectacular two-day festival at StGeorge’s Hall in December, showcasing what they havediscovered about their cultural identities over the last 18months.

A 30-strong group of young musicians, formed by YouthMusic, will compose and perform music that will be playedthroughout the two days.

Cardiff’s young people have been investigatingchanging neighbourhoods through art,performance, fashion, graffiti, dance andphotography, while 20 young people fromBradford will exhibit their findings in Threads, afunky fashion show with film, a live orchestra anda DJ.

Dealbh Dùthcha, by composer Blair Douglas, willbe performed by 30 young Highland musicians, singers anddancers, while Leeds young people are busy creating athemed dance piece and a Mirror Project to reflect “Who am I?”

Sixty young apprentice artists have been learning everythingfrom opera to photography in Home – A Portrait ofBirmingham’s Vibrant Urban Villages.

In Nottingham 20 young people have been exploring travel,movement, new cultures and cities through Nomadica.

Over 300 young people took over Urbisfor a day of bands, debate and creativity in We MakeManchester, while Brighton’s young people combined free-running, street-dance and film with Streetfunk & Junk TV.

Giants from Derby’s history have been brought to life by localyoungsters for a grandceremony and, in Kent,Belle the CanterburyGiant, flanked by Bhangradrummers and dancers,weaved her way upCanterbury high street.

In Norwich, ID reporters talkabout their lives and opinionson the Portrait of a Nationwebsite, and young people in15 Bristol schools took partin banner-making, comic creation, drama and creativewriting and, for This Is Who We Think We Are, London youngpeople focussed on the impact of migration from theCaribbean and Africa.

Car to Spire brings together young people from acrossOxfordshire to celebrate the people who made Oxford into thecity it is today, while Newcastle young people are makingthree short films that explore the city’s heritage and identity –with a twist.

Belfast - a city where culture and identity have often proveddivisive not unifying. However time and again young peoplehave united behind contemporary culture. Belfast’s Portraitillustrates an alternative Ulster that uncovers a nation ofgoths, punks and ravers.

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Cities on the Edge is a unique Liverpool – led cultural partnership of six Europeanport cities – Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk,Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples.

The partners are all similar to Liverpool –they are all ports, all have long and vividhistories, world-changing culturaltraditions, and very distinctive people.

They are also famous for an irreverent senseof humour, open-mindedness, vitality,creativity, colour – in short an edge.

The partner cities, which are all involved inthe European Capital of Culture initiative –either indirectly, or as bidding cities forfuture years - have been working withLiverpool on an intercultural programme for‘08, complementing Liverpool’s celebrations.

The wide-ranging programme of thought-provoking and sometimes controversialcultural events include opera, film, youththeatre, literature, music, dance,photography and international conferences,each with a very distinct flavour of the citiesinvolved.

Cities on the Edge

Over half way through the year andthe Cities on the Edge programme isgathering pace with six projectsalready successfully delivered:

The 2008 celebrations and Cities on theEdge got off to a great start and ravereviews on New Year’s Eve with theopening performance of Emilia diLiverpool, Donizetti’s rarely performedopera.

Strangely for an artistic programme,crime took centre stage in March in theform of the European SeriousOrganised Crime Conference hosted byMerseyside Police and part-funded byCities on the Edge. Nearly 400 senior lawenforcement officers, publicorganisations and academics came tothe city to learn how Merseyside Policeand other UK forces are leading the way

in dealing with organised crime throughkeynote addresses and guest lecturersfrom partner cities, Cities on the Edgehighlighted the positive role of culture inraising awareness of crime.

Hugely successful music projectStreetwaves gives young musicians inLiverpool aged 14 – 25 the chance to bepart of the music industry. 2008 sawbattle of the band style competitions inall six partner cities, with each citychoosing their band most ready to takepart in the Mathew Street andCreamfields music festivals in August.The five winning Liverpool bands haveperformed a series of gigs in Bremen,Istanbul, and Gdansk, and will perform inNaples October 24 – 26 , and MarseillesNovember 28 - 29 .

Contacting the World is an international

festival of young people’s theatre thattakes place in a different country everytwo years with Liverpool taking thehonour of host for 2008 in the last weekof July. Cities on the Edge was at theheart of activities supplying three of theparticipating 12 companies; Liverpool’sPositive Impact were paired with the AlHaran Theater Gang from Palestine,Gdansk’s “Other Side of the Mirror”company with Barefeet of Lusaka,Zambia and Tivatro 0.2 from Istanbulwith the Evam Youth Forum fromMumbai, India.

The Intercultural City Conference inMay focussed on the importance ofpromoting working across cultures anddeveloping initiatives to help the publicand artists to better understand eachothers customs and habits.

Cities on the Edge – the story so far…

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book of photographyNovember 13 - December 18open Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 6pmMcGarry Room, Contemporary Urban Centre41 - 45 Greenland Street, Liverpool

Cities On The Edge is newlycommissioned photography forLiverpool, European Capital ofCulture 2008.

This exhibition and book focuseson the theme of people and placesand features Liverpool inrelationship to five otherEuropean port cities.

Six photographer-artists havebeen drawing their ownconclusions through the project, comparing Liverpool to their home city.

Artists representing the six port cities are Gabriele Basilico (Naples), Ali Taptik(Istanbul), Philippe Conti (Marseille), Wojtek Wilczyk (Gdansk), Sandy Volz(Bremen) and John Davies (Liverpool).

A selection of work from the project will also feature in a book, Cities On TheEdge, which is published this November by Liverpool University Press.

This hardback volume contains 72 pages of photographs from the six cities and32 text pages in all six languages.

The exhibition and book will be launched on Thursday November 13 at 6pm .

The exhibition’s curator, John Davies, will be discussing the ideas behind theCities On The Edge photography project in a special free event. ‘The Curator inConversation’ takes place on Saturday November 15 at 2pm, in the McGarryRoom (5th floor) at the Contemporary Urban Centre.

The Cities On The Edge programme is part-financed by the European Unionunder the Culture 2007 – 2013 Programme.

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OctoberTerminus: this new and spectacular movingimage artwork- a homage to the famousLiverpool Overhead Railway - will be premieredin Liverpool on October 28.

NovemberRebel Lectures series: In conversationwith Elif Shafak, controversial Turkish author

Cities on the Edge - book of photography: abrand new book looking at the legacy of all sixport cities produced in partnership with JohnDavies and Liverpool University Press.Launched at the Novas CUC November 13 alongwith a major exhibition. Runs until December18.

International Port Cities conference “Onthe Waterfront”: major three day conferenceNovember 19 - 21 at the BT Convention Centrehosted by English Partnerships in partnershipwith Liverpool Culture Company.

Coming & Going: major new work byQuarantine and FKuk examining howmigration has affected the cultural life ofLiverpool and partner cities. November 10 - 23,various venues.

DecemberReBerth: launch of a newly commissionedanthology of short stories examining thechanging face of port cities by up and comingwriters from the six Cities on the Edge. Launchdate December 5, venue the Bluecoat.

Street Philosophy: newly commissionedcollection of short essays by invited artists andcurators from the six Cities on the Edge talkingabout their response to urbanisation. Launchearly December, venue Static Gallery.

On the Waterfront, Movin’ on?: newdocumentary film by local film makers DaveCotterill and Tabacula, looking at the identityand similarities of the port cities Liverpool,Marseille, Istanbul.

Football: On the Edge of Passion: newdocumentary film on the “12th man” – thefootball fan, and his/her response to thebeautiful game in the cities of Liverpool,Istanbul, Marseilles. World premiere inLiverpool.

Rebel lecture series: “Why football?” – anexploration by major academics, football fans,football professionals of the footballingphenomenon in the six Cities on the Edge andwhy its fans are so passionate.

www.liverpool08.com/exploring/cote for confirmation of dates and times,venues.

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Coming and Goingexamines how migrationhas affected the culturallife of Liverpool andpartner cities Marseille,Istanbul, Naples and Gdansk.

Curated and produced byQuarantine and FKuk, theproject will see artistsworking together to produce aseries of four inter-relatedstrands across a two-weekperiod, November 10 - 23, in anumber of exciting locationsaround the City.

Quarantine will work with anumber of Liverpool families from immigrant communities whowill invite their neighbours into their homes for intimate mealsinterpreted by sociologist Dr Zafer Yenal of Istanbul University;

there’ll be an exhibition of photographs ofmigrants to all five cities taken by Ali Taptik(Istanbul); a residency by Radio Grenouillefrom Marseille who will broadcast across thecity and beyond, using material from theother events, as well as sounds and storiesfrom Liverpool and the four partner cities;and finally a music residency curated byMarseille’s Marsatac music festival,bringing together an eclectic group ofmusicians from Marseille and Liverpool.

Further details will be released closer tothe time via the Quarantine andLiverpool ’08 websites www.qtine.com,www.liverpool08.com/exploring/cote/

Coming and Going culminates with two nights ofperformance, food and music ( November 22 – 23) at the StaticGallery. Artists, experts and members of the public will haveopportunity to reflect on the project as a whole and to take afresh look at migration in Europe.

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Coming and GoingNovember 10 – 23 Main public performance November 22-23 Static Gallery, Roscoe Lane, Liverpool

Rebel Lecture SeriesNovember and December The Rebel Lecture Series is built on the spirit of rebelliousnessand contrariness which characterises the six Cities on the Edge.

Representatives from the six partner cities have spoken on awide range of fascinating and controversial issues.

Speaking on Serious Organised Crime, author Roberto Savianotold of his personal experiences of the Camorra – theNeapolitan mafia.

Anwar Fazal, activist and human rights crusader, led a lectureon Intercultural Dialogue and influential names in musicincluding Midge Ure, John McClure, and Mark Jones, addressedissues facing the music industry.

And there’s more to come…

One of Turkey’s most rebellious and outspoken authors ElifShafak, whose book The Bastard of Istanbul is fast becoming abestseller, will lead a lecture in November. Elif has just come outof a three-year court battle for speaking out against theTurkish regime.

And in December, well-known football academic PierreLanfranchi and ex-LFC manager Gerard Houllier will talk abouthow football unites each of the Cities on the Edge, focusing onthe unwavering passion of fans even when their cities faceeconomic and social challenges.

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Outdoor projection on the east wall of George’s DockBuilding, Pier Head.

Terminus is a cinematic construction of the entireLiverpool dock complex as could have been witnessedfrom a journey on the Liverpool Overhead Railway(LOR) 1893-1957. A single, real time tracking shot at anelevation of 8m, takes the viewer along the length ofthe docks into the container port at the mouth of theRiver Mersey.

Through a dynamic exploration of what is, seen onlyfrom the architectural perspective of what might havebeen, the historic and now phantasmagoric viewpointof this industrial landscape exposes the spaces ofgeographic dislocation and makes the invisible visible. This work references the birth of cinema and Lumière’sfamous tracking shot filmed from the LOR in 1897.

Produced by Jump Ship Rat in association with Cities onthe Edge and FACT.

This new work will be unveiled as part of the LiverpoolBiennial on October 28 .

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Football: On the Edge of PassionDecember

Istanbul, Marseilles and Liverpool are famousworldwide for their dedication to the beautifulgame.

Football is a common language across Europe – andcertainly among the Cities on the Edge partners.It’s more than just a game – it’s a common identitythat unites people regardless of nationality.

Liverpool and its partner cities are home tolegendary clubs such as Liverpool, Everton,Olympique de Marseilles, Galatasaray, Fenerbaceand Besiktas, boasting an impressive selection ofsilverware between them!

But it’s not just the trophies that count - each clubis renowned for its supporters, the ‘twelfth man’whose unerring and unconditional support canmake a good team great.

New film “Football: On the Edge of Passion”produced by Marseilles based Comic StripProduction and directed by Thierry Aguila for

Liverpool Culture Companyexamines the role of footballand its supporters inIstanbul, Marseilles andLiverpool.

These cities are notcapital cities nor do theyhave economicaldominance, so what drivesthe dedication that thesupporters devote to theirteams?

Is it tinted with a spirit of revenge,of social demands, of social prideincomparable to any other passion?

Football: On the Edge of Passion is released inearly December. For further updates seewww.liverpool08.com/exploring/cote/

TerminusBen ParryOctober 28 – November 2 George’s Dock Building , Pier HeadSunset - Sunrise

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