Liverpool Venues

Here is an extensive list of the venues throughout Liverpool, in alphabetical order.  See the bottom of this page to find out what's on in Liverpool right now.

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Bluecoat Arts Centre

Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane
0151 709 5297
Central Station/city centre buses
Probably the most traditional building in town (18th century, a former Bluecoat school and haunted as well) with the least traditional programme. Here's where to come for the arty stuff: live art, contemporary dance and weird improvised music along with folk, jazz and more. The gallery has cutting edge stuff too.
School Lane is behind Church Street, round the corner from Littlewoods.

 
Access:
Braille signage around the building. Braille and large print versions of brochure available. Wheelchair access to ground floor (ramps). No wheelchair access to Concert Hall, Print Studio, Box Office, Bluecoat office or upper floors. Disabled parking behind the Bluecoat on College Lane.

Bluecoat Display Centre

Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane
0151 709 4014
Central Station/city centre buses
Open Mon-Sat, 10am-5.30pm. Free.
Housed in the same building as the arts centre but you have to go through the garden courtyard (a treat in itself) to get here.
School Lane is behind Church Street, city centre.

Access:
Following a recent refurbishment and modernisation, they are now wheelchair-accessible.

Bluecoat Gallery

Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane
0151 709 5689
Central Station/city centre buses
Open Tues-Sat, 10.30am-5pm. Free.
The Bluecoat has a national reputation as one of the leading contemporary art galleries in the country. The exhibitions complement the arts centre's cutting edge performance programme. Look out for mini-exhibitions in the Window Box, the smallest exhibition space in Liverpool (it's between the bookshop and the café bar, just before you get to the courtyard door).
School Lane is behind Church Street, city centre.

Access:
Braille signage around the building. Braille and large print versions of brochure available. Wheelchair access to Gallery on ground floor (ramps). Disabled parking behind the Bluecoat on College Lane.

Empire Theatre

Lime Street
0870 606 3536
Lime Street Station/city centre buses
A grand building for a bit of a night out, this is part of the Apollo empire and concentrates on the lighter side of entertainment, mostly gigs and musicals but does include occasional opera and ballet.
The Empire is behind Lime Street Station, opposite St George's Hall.

Access:
Access service includes free information and booking service, direct phone line, sign interpreted performances, audio described performances, individual loop systems available, concessions available, online booking service. Contact Viv Richardson, tel: 0151 708 3222; minicom: 0151 708 3255.

Everyman Theatre

Hope Street
0151 709 4776
Central Station (ten minutes uphill walk).
Historically, Liverpool's grassroots rep, now like most places offering a mixture of touring shows and occasional in-house productions. It keeps a young outlook, and you can still expect the occasional gritty or controversial offering. And the Bistro downstairs is great for food and drinks before or after the show.
The Everyman is at the Catholic cathedral end of Hope Street.

Access:
Auditorium space for wheelchairs. Lift at street level linking auditorium and bars. Wheelchair-accessible toilets. Guide dogs welcome. Audio description, touch tours and signed performances offered where possible. Minicom available: 0151 709 0534.

The Lomax

Nation, Wolstenholme Square
0151 707 9977
Liverpool's leading rock venue.

Neptune Theatre

Hanover Street
0151 709 7844
Central Station/city centre buses
A beautiful, intimate and old-fashioned theatre with a surprisingly modern programme that includes theatre, gigs, comedy and kids' shows.
The Neptune is on the corner of Hanover Street and School Lane in the city centre.

Access:
Brochure available in braille or on cassette.The theatre is on the second floor of the building (lots of stairs) and there is no wheelchair access. Infrared sound system available.

Open Eye

Wood Street
0151 709 9460
Central Station, city centre buses
Tues-Fri, 10.30am-5.30pm. Sat, 10.30am-5.00pm. Free.
A small, arty gallery specialising in photography by national and international artists.  Wood Street is in the trendy bit of town between Bold Street and Hanover Street. Lots of bars in the surrounding area.

Access:
The entrance is above street level, but is fitted with an external vertical platform lift. They say it's simple to operate, but staff can help if required. The rest of the gallery is fully accessible to wheelchairs and there are wheelchair-accessible toilets.

Philharmonic Hall

Hope Street
0151 709 3789
Central Station (ten minutes uphill walk).
An elegant 1930s building with the best acoustics in town, home to one of the best orchestras in the country, plus a surprisingly eclectic mixture of shows which includes concerts, gigs and classic films.
The Phil is on the corner of Hope Street and Myrtle Street, a stone's throw from Liverpool's other Phil (a quite famous pub).

Access:
Level access to foyer, box office and main stalls areas. Public phones accessible to wheelchair users. Passenger lifts to all public areas except upper stalls and balcony. Infrared hearing system. Good spaces for wheelchairs and escorts. Accessible toilets in all areas. Fully-trained front of house staff to help if required.

The Picket

Hardman Street
0151 708 5318
Buses: 80, 86
Over the years the Picket has kept its name for its staunch support for local bands. They have regular showcases three nights a week (and the Liverpool Now festival every autumn). The bar has gone a bit upmarket since a refurbishment but the actual venue is still its crowded sweaty old self.
The Picket is at the top of Hardman Street behind the Trade Union centre. Go in the main gates and through the courtyard: the venue is up the stairs.

Access:
Disabled access.

Playhouse Theatre

Williamson Square
Central Station/city centre buses.
The Playhouse, once the country's oldest repertory theatre merged with the Everyman following a series of crises for both theatres over the years. Time will tell how the new relationship works out.
The Playhouse is right in the city centre, just in front of St John's shopping centre and round the corner from Queen Square bus station.

Access:
Auditorium space for wheelchairs. Full wheelchair access via lift. Wheelchair-accessible toilets. Guide dogs welcome. Audio description, touch tours and signed performances offered where possible. Minicom available: 0151 709 0534.

Royal Court

Roe Street
0151 709 4321
Lime Street Station/Central Station/city centre buses.
Some people remember regular plays at the Royal Court but for a generation it's been until recently the only place in town for name bands. The arts establishment might turn up their noses at pop music, but the Court kept things alive for years. And now they're joining the arts establishment, with mixed programming that brings in theatre alongside the gigs.
The Royal Court is round the corner from St John's shopping centre and opposite Queen Square.

Access:
It's an old building, but they're talking to North West Disability Arts Forum about how to help. Contact the box office to discuss your requirements.

Sudley House

Mossley Hill Road, Liverpool 18
0151 724 3245
Mossley Hill Station, 80 bus
Mon-Sat, 10.00am-5.00pm. Sun, 12.00-5.00pm. Free.
Bequeathed to the city by Miss Emma Holt, the last in line of one of Liverpool's old families (although George Melly is a surviving relative). It houses the only surviving Victorian merchant collection in the country that's still in its original location.

Access:
Disabled access to ground floor only.

Tate Liverpool

Albert Dock
0151 702 7400
Recorded information: 0151 702 7402
Tues-Sun, 10.00am-5.50pm (also open Bank Holiday Mondays)
Free, except for special exhibitions.
One of the few things worth visiting the Albert Dock for (the views are brilliant). It's been a bit overshadowed of late by its young London sister, but this was 'Tate modern' before Tate Modern existed and is still the largest modern art gallery in the country outside London.
The Tate is at the Albert Dock, signposted.

Access:
Minicom 0151 702 7400 (please use announcement button). Large print, audio and braille leaflets available. All floors accessible by wheelchair and wheelchairs are available on request. Hearing loop available in most parts of the gallery.

Unity Theatre

Hope Place, off Hope Street
0151 709 4988
Central Station (ten minutes uphill walk).
Flying the flag for fringe theatre for over 21 years. Touring shows from the the best physical theatre companies and the most interesting local talent, plus films, music and exhibitions make this top venue for the adventurously inclined.
Hope Place runs between Hope Street and Pilgrim Street (Unity is just round the corner from the Pilgrim).

Access:
Recently refurbished, the Unity is fully accessible with a ramped entrance and a lift to all floors. Induction loop and infrared transmission are available. The text for their brochure is available in large print on request from the box office.

Walker Art Gallery

William Brown Street
Lime Street Station, city centre buses
0151 478 4199
Free, except for special exhibitions.
One of Liverpool's grand Victorian buildings with a grand Victorian art collection to match. They're good on pre-Raphaelites and if you want more modern stuff there are the prize winners from the biennial John Moores competition.
The Walker is at the top of William Brown Street, just over the road from the Empire and opposite St George's Hall.

Access:
Level entrance access available. Lift available.

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Theatre

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Liverpool Daily Post for the latest Liverpool & Merseyside news Liverpool FC news, Everton FC news, sports and entertainment from the European Capital of Culture 2008

Opera star Elana Dee joins Elliott Clarke school singers
YOUNG opera singers from Elliott Clarke theatre school rehearsed at Liverpool Cathedral yesterday alongside star soprano Elena Dee.
Rev killjoy fails to banish pure fun at Liverpool Empire
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Crucial Three stars steal Eric?s show
THIS weekend is the last chance to catch Eric?s, one of Capital of Culture year?s runaway phenomena and a highlight of 2008.
Time at the Unity Theatre fuses painting and performance
AN EXCITING new piece of theatre merging performance, painting, music and film comes to Liverpool this week.
Unity Theatre: Story of seductive Spanish dancer who hid Irish origins
DANCE, passion, femininity, life and love are not what they appear ? or maybe what 19th- century society could not believe ? in a new production that tells the life story of a flamboyant Spanish dancer who wasn?t everything she seemed.
Eric?s revived in a show that can do the Liverpool proud
IT WAS a reunion ? of sorts ? that had been a long time coming last night, as veterans of one of Liverpool?s most legendary clubs got as near as they ever will to going back to the Eric?s of their teenage years.
Trip into the strange world of a gender bending diva
INSPIRED by the life of Diva Dan, the awe-inspiring deaf drag performer, Danny Diva is a brand new musical play that comes to Liverpool tonight.
Theatres asked to prove they can attract younger audiences
THEATRES across the region will be asked to prove they can attract a young audience before they can join a new scheme to let in under-26s free.
Theatre Review: Cabaret, Liverpool Empire Theatre
THE decadence and depravity of 1930s Berlin rolled into town last night, from its gender-bending club stars to the terrifying politics that would leave a world at war.

Film & Cinema

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool Arts - Film & Cinema
Film reviews and more cinema and movie information in Liverpool and Merseyside.

Film Review: Max Payne
"I DON?T believe in heaven. I believe in pain, I believe in fear, I believe in death," growls the titular, gun- toting hero in voiceover at the beginning of John Moore?s tiresome video game-to-movie adaptation.
Daniel Craig: I'm only borrowing the character
DANIEL Craig is looking tired and it?s hardly surprising. With his second Bond film Quantum Of Solace about to open, he is arguably the most in-demand actor in the world right now.
Film Review: Burn After Reading
AFTER the agonising tension and brutality of their Oscar-winning opus No Country For Old Men, writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to comedic territory with this pithy tale of espionage and infidelity.
Film Review: Eagle Eye
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Film Review: Brideshead Revisited
THERE?S one very good reason why Evelyn Waugh?s magnum opus has never been adapted for the big screen before.
Film Review: How To Lose Friends & Alienate People
BASED on Toby Young?s memoir, director Robert B Weide?s debut feature charts the misadventures of a British writer who finds himself at the centre of New York?s social whirl.
Film Review: Righteous Kill
DE NIRO and Pacino. Pacino and De Niro. Two Titans of the big screen with three Academy Awards and countless accolades between them.
Film Review: The Women
AN ALL-STAR cast adds lustre to writer-director Diane English?s rather dull, contemporary remake of the 1939 George Cukor classic, which chronicled sisterly rivalry in the swankier nooks and crannies of Manhattan society.
Film Review: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
BASED on a best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas relives the horrors of World War II from the perspective of an eight-year-old German tyke, who is blissfully unaware of the vital role played by his Nazi officer father in the unfolding tragedy.
Film Review - Hellboy II: The Golden Army
HELLBOY II: The Golden Army continues this summer's bumper crop of superior comic book to film adaptations and surpasses it's predecessor by delivering a thoroughly entertaining romp which is both a feast for the eyes and a treat for the funny bone.
Film Review - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
STEPHEN SOMMERS, writer-director of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and leading lady Rachel Weisz sensibly bailed on this dull third chapter of the globe-trotting adventure series.
Film Review: Man on Wire
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Film Review - The X-Files: I Want To Believe
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Film Review: The Dark Knight
WITH Batman Begins, director Christopher Nolan gave us a grittily believable anti-hero who would appeal just as much to adults as to kids. With The Dark Knight, Nolan returns with an adrenaline pumping yet thoughtful film in many ways superior to its predecessor.
Film Review: WALL-E
PIXAR Animation Studios have a reputation for making entertainment into an artform, and with WALL-E the team responsible for making a rat nicer than Gordon Ramsey (Ratatouille), fish look cuddly (Finding Nemo) and a family of superheroes look, well, super (The Incredibles) have scored another very definite hit.

Eating Out

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Features & Entertainment - Eating Out
Restaurants in Liverpool and the Merseyside region. An essential guide to eating out from the Liverpool Echo.

Restaurant Review: La Cubanita, Campbell St Liverpool
With its mix of African, Caribbean and Spanish cooking, La Cubanita was seventh heaven for Emma Johnson
The Monro, Duke Street, Liverpool
EMMA Johnson finally manages to sample the new-look Monro
babycream, Atlantic Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool
IT seems like the whole country has been enjoying a taste of Cream this week.
Vindaloo, Woodchurch Road, Prenton, Wirral
GLYN Mon Hughes discovers an excellent addition to the Wirral dining scene
Cafe Sport England, Stanley Street, Liverpool
EMMA Johnson samples the menu at a sporting hero?s restaurant
La Vi�a Spanish Wine Bar & Restaurant, North John Street, Liverpool
WHAT?S the one constant factor when you eat tapas, whether it?s at home or abroad? Apart from those nice little rough-glazed terracotta dishes, obviously.
Ark Restaurant, Wavertree, Liverpool
LAURA Davis enjoys an evening in the revamped Ark
The Restaurant Bar and Grill, Halifax House, Brunswick Street, Liverpool
EMMA Johnson and friends head for a spot of lunch at the Restaurant Bar and Grill.
Left Bank, St John's House, Queen Square, Liverpool
ON a sunny spring evening it?s hard to beat a bit of alfresco dining. Sitting out in the dwindling sunshine is a rare treat, and as we bowled up to Left Bank, my friend and I requested a sunny little table for two overlooking the square.
Oriental @ Sharrocks, Lifeboat Road, Formby
EMMA Pinch is spoilt for choice at the revitalised Shorrocks, in Formby
Cantina Tequila Mexican Restaurant and Fiesta, Blundell Street, Liverpool
CANTINA Tequila is something of a mixed dish for Emma Johnson to digest
RNK Restaurant, Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral
GLYN Mon Hughes enjoys food at the RNK . . . eventually
Sabai, North John Street, Liverpool
TRADITIONALLY, a meal at an Indian, Chinese or Thai restaurant has not been a viewed as a fine dining experience.
Brasserie 10-16, Brookdale Place, Chester
GLYN Mon Hughes is impressed by some inventive dishes at brasserie 10-16
Blakes Restaurant, Hard Days Night Hotel, North John Street, Liverpool
LAURA Davis enjoys the local flavour at a Sgt Pepper-style eaterie

Bar Reviews

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Stamps, Crosby Village
"REAL Ale, Real Food and Real Music" is the philosophy of the philatelists at Stamps.
Bar Azure, Slater Street, Liverpool
YOU get two for the price of one at Bar Azure, on Slater Street ? and great drink offers, too.
Raven, Albert Dock, Liverpool
BETWEEN diamond necklaces and diamond waters sits a very different kind of gem. Raven, an Irish American Grill and Beer Hall, is an emerald establishment on the Britannia Pavilion of the Albert Dock.
Geisha, Myrtle Street, Liverpool
LOCATED on Myrtle Street, in the heart of student land, Geisha ? Korova?s trendy pan-Asian bar/restaurant, ? offers a fresh experience in dining, drinking and clubbing, while its hip atmosphere and cutting-edge decor attracts a mix of students and young professionals.
Raven, Britannia Pavilion, Albert Dock
ANOTHER season and another bar from Liverpool pioneers the Korova Group.
Lloyds No. 1 Bar, St John?s Way, Liverpool
EVEN though it opened six years ago, Lloyds No. 1 Bar is still pulling them in.
The Monro, Duke Street, Liverpool
EVERY bar that serves its Sunday roast on huge square plates calls itself a gastropub these days, but The Monro, on Duke Street, is the real McCoy.
Everyman Bar and Bistro, Hope Street, Liverpool
YOU don?t have to be planning an evening at the theatre to enjoy a drink or even a bite to eat at the Everyman Bar and Bistro.
Vinea, Albert Dock, Liverpool
IF IT?S to eat in or to take out, Vinea is a must for Liverpool wine and food enthusiasts.
Korova, Fleet Street, Liverpool
SITUATED at the heart of Liverpool?s thriving nightlife scene, Korova, on Fleet Street, offers a unique and lively atmosphere with its hip decor and underground sounds.
Casa, Hope Street, Liverpool
IF YOU are looking to steer away from the long queues and overpriced mainstream venues and add a touch of culture into your social activities, then why not visit the Casa bar nestled in the middle of Liverpool?s vibrant Hope Street?
Amber, Rose Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool
IT MAY be tucked away in the Liverpool suburbs but Amber has all the class of an upmarket city centre venue and then some.