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Liverpool Street Ahead
OVER the bank
holiday weekend, 24 May 08 to 26 May 2008, Liverpool’s central
streets were alive to a wide variety of entertainments, from
Liverpool and from all over the world, brought in by
‘Liverpool Streets Ahead’. From opera to pop, music
enlivened the scene accompanying by adventurous street theatre.
Exciting bands played and entertainers from jugglers to dancers,
mime artists to acrobats and many more, performed at a number of
venues and stages in Church Street and neighbouring streets, Lord
Street and Derby Square, where there was a mock La Scala Opera
House.
Throughout the
weekend, numerous strolling acts wandered around mingling with the
crowds that thronged the city centre, including a pair of elderly
Muppet-like backpackers, angels on roller skates, umbrella carriers
sheltering from simulated rain, a chap with exploding bananas, who
really amused the children and a troupe of very realistic gorillas
befriending the humans. In the windows of many Bold Street shops, on
Sunday, clever mannequins performed for passers-by, amid much
speculation as to whether some characters were real or not. Others
were very definitely alive but unfortunately were deemed too OTT for
general spectators, including young children, and withdrew for
Monday. At the head of Bold Street, ruined St Mary’s Church once
again provided a great venue for rousing music of all sorts.
Williamson Square sheltered stalls, action art and paper craft for
the public and had a large stage from which many lively acts
performed. Finally, in the evenings, St George’s Plateau and the
area around Steble Fountain became the focus for other spectacular
performances.
There was a
deliberate attempt to bring something for everyone to this weekend,
and to involve people of all ages and interests
in events outside their usual round, and all for free! Happenings
did not appear to be too obtrusive for the determined shopper and
all seemed to be going well. Even the weather treated us kindly,
despite it being Bank Holiday. We’ll let the photographs describe
the rest. More photographs from this event will be in next week’s
issue as well!
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