January to June 2014 What's On Guide by Liverpool Philharmonic

January to June 2014 What's On Guide

Contents Contemporary Music Pages 4-10 After 8 Page 11-14 After 8: Watch this Space Pages 13-14 Family & Variety Pages 15-17 Learning Page 18 Classical Music Pages 19-27 Summer at St George’s Hall Concert Room Pages 28-29 Film Pages 30-31 Comedy & Spoken Word Page 32 Venue & Booking Information Pages 33-34 Diary Pages 38-39

Welcome

Welcome to a very special edition of our guide to What’s On at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the Rodewald Suite, and the various other events we are presenting around the city.

Whereas we would usually bring you details of events between January and April, on this occasion we’ve extended the brochure to cover activities at the concert hall until 23 May, after which we begin a £12m refurbishment ready to reopen the main auditorium in late October.

Whilst we’re busy working on Liverpool Philharmonic Hall we will continue to present concerts in other venues, and you will find details of extensive activities in June and July at St George’s Hall Concert Room and Liverpool Cathedral. In producing the brochure for the period of May onwards this early there is increased likelihood of late changes and additional touring events that are only now being planned; more so than ever I recommend you to stay in touch via liverpoolphil.com, or on social media, for announcements and updates. We will provide alternative Box Office arrangements throughout the building closure period. This will

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be adjacent to the Hall and you will be able to come discuss your booking requirements with our staff as now. The Box Office telephone number and online booking will be unaffected. Another main aspect of the refurbishment sees the complete reconfiguration of the rear of the premises, on Sugnall Street. Thus in April we bring down the curtain on the Rodewald Suite, a room that wasn’t designed as a venue but which has now hosted more than 270 small-scale ticketed events, mainly as part of the After 8 series. The Rodewald Suite goes out in style with a number of returning and special guests, as we invite you to Watch This Space ... it will return in late Spring 2015 as a purpose-built, ground floor venue with its own dedicated entrance and bar accessed from Sugnall Street.

So these are very exciting times for Liverpool Philharmonic. Thanks especially to the support of Arts Council England and Liverpool City Council, and to you, our audiences, we are close to reaching the target for the refurbishment; if you value what we do and haven’t yet contributed you will find details opposite of how you can help. Thank you. Simon Glinn Executive Director, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Events

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Thanks to the City of Liverpool for its financial support