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At 20.08hrs on Saturday, 12 January 2008, Liverpool - The Musical will be staged at the new Echo Arena Liverpool, Kings Dock.
Integrating live performance and film in a radical new way and vertically stacking performers seven stories into the air, the show features a once-in-a-lifetime cast including: Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with; No Fakin DJs, Ringo Starr, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Farm, Riuven, The Wombats, Pete Wylie, Dave Stewart and the people of the city.
This live outdoor production also includes:-
* A cast of 700, including 100 school children
* Age range of performers from 6 – 78
* 200 moving lights
* Four km of cable
* 600m of trussing
* Event personnel of 120 who have put in 15,000 man hours to create and build the show
* Choirs include:- Sense of Sound, Formby High Midnight Voices, Sound Central Community Singers, Liverpool Philharmonic Gospel Choir, One Voice Community choir, 1 heart 1, ACCORD community gospel choir, Liverpool Welsh Choral
* 90 minutes of film, edited from 480 minutes of footage
* Running time: 100 minutes.
Both events have been co-directed by internationally acclaimed director Nigel Jamieson, whose pedigree includes the opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympic Games and closing ceremony for the Manchester Commonwealth Games; and Jayne Casey former lead singer of Big in Japan and co-founder of Liverpool superclub Cream.
Both events have been co-directed by internationally acclaimed director Nigel Jamieson, whose pedigree includes the opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympic Games and closing ceremony for the Manchester Commonwealth Games; and Jayne Casey former lead singer of Big in Japan and co-founder of Liverpool superclub Cream.
Saturday night is also the opening event for the UK's newest music venue, the state-of-the-art 10,600-capacity Arena, which is set to be the most environmentally-friendly venue in the UK. To see photos of the Arena go to
http://www.southportreporter.com/325/
Also for the full highlights on Mondays edition of the event will be run on
http://www.southportreporter.com
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