Welsh salute to Liverpool links
Apr 19 2008
by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo
CAPITAL of Culture spreads across the border next month when Liverpool links are celebrated at a Welsh arts festival.
A new play telling the story of Liverpool evacuees in World War II and a performance by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra are among the highlights of the Wrexham Arts Festival 08.
Fifteen major events take place between May 2 and June 7, many of them involving Liverpool artists or celebrating the life of the city.
Claire Brock, of Wrexham borough council, said: “The festival is totally dedicated to “The Liverpool Connection”.
“North Wales has always had strong links with Liverpool and the theme has been chosen to celebrate the 2008 Capital of Culture.
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“It's an exciting programme and many people have close connections with Merseyside.”
A concert by the RLPO at Wrexham’s William Aston Hall will kick off the festival on May 2, while Liverpool Cathedral organist Professor Ian Tracey will perform at St Giles church on May 10.
Music events include a concert involving a selection of songs from Liverpool, American saxophonist Scott Hamilton and Liverpool’s Lee Bolger, and a performance by the Mersey Beatles in an evening which also features members of Merseyside Dance Initiative’s Afro-Caribbean youth dance group.
Michael Stevens’ specially-commissioned new play We’ll Keep a Welcome, based on the experiences of children evacuated from Liverpool to north Wales, takes place at Rhos’s Stiwt theatre on June 5-6.
Wrexham’s arts centre and museum will host exhibitions celebrating Liverpool’s architecture and its Welsh community and culture.
The festival also includes a poetry competition on city life, and an “in conversation” of the author of the Liverpool Sagas, Val Williamson.
Full details of the arts festival programme are available by visiting
www.wrexham.gov.uk
Source:
Liverpool Echo
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