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CLUB Tim Sweeney The Reeds – 25/05 TIM SWEENEY, the man behind the seminal Beats In Space radio station and record label, arrives at The Reeds on London Road for a super intimate show courtesy of new promotion outfit Cherry Mango. Counting Bicep, Jamie xx, Hunee, Dimitri From Paris and Nina Kraviz as just some of the stations’s past guests, Sweeney’s standing and reputation in the dance music scene is unparalleled. Having completed five Boiler Rooms, and having played at clubs like Panorama Bar in Berlin and Robert Johnson in Frankfurt, you’ll be safe in the hands of a selector like Tim Sweeney. The bar-meets-club setup of The Reeds has exactly the sort of house party vibe you’d want for an event like this. GIG Upitup XV North Shore Troubadour – 11/05 and Kazimier Garden – 12/05 Alternative electronica label and free music collective UPITUP RECORDS is 15, and they’ve planned a two-day extravaganza to celebrate. Topping Friday’s bill at North Shore Troubadour is acid house and drum and bass innovator CEEPHAX ACID CREW, who will be returning to Upitup for the fifth time. He’ll be joined by Scottish producer and techno legend NEIL LANDSTRUMM. Saturday will be a much calmer affair with an all-day party at the Kazimier Garden. There’ll be food, booze and a line-up of new artists. Headliner HAPPY SHOPPER has recently released her debut EP Aisle Of Smiles, which was composed as a soundtrack for a Greek supermarket. If that sounds weird, then that’s because Upitup are the pioneers of forwardthinking, unique electronic music – and that’s worth celebrating. CLASSICAL Manchester Collective: Sirocco Invisible Wind Factory – 04/05 On the back of their triumphant 100 Demons collaborative show, MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE return with an equally ambitious affair: Sirocco is an African storm of music. Originally a wind that travels from Africa into Europe, Sirocco is the perfect name for an evening that promises to create a musical melting pot of these two continents. Guest Director ABEL SELAOCOE will lead this exploration of European and African music with an unlikely repertoire that combines Bach, Sollima, Lawes, Debussy and Crumb. Join Abel and his band in their celebration of life, diversity and African culture; Manchester Collective promise a night of pure joy. EXHIBITION Shouldn’t Throw Stones Alexandra Park, St Helens – 04/05-03/06 What does an artist do when he finds himself working as a security guard? He turns it into art. Shouldn’t Throw Stones – The View Of A Night Watchman is the culmination of a two-year project by artist and photographer KEVIN CASEY, which documents his time as an on-site security guard at the former Pilkington Glass Headquarters. The exhibition uses photography, archive film, projections and uncovered artifacts to tell the complex story of our recent industrial past and an equally uncertain future. A visit to the exhibition will also include a short tour of the former Pilkington Glass complex, which is not usually open to the public. GIG Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Arts Club – 17/05 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Celebrating a 10-year anniversary of an album is an amazing feat in itself, and underrated work of genius Some Like Thunder is still fresh to this day. Now CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH! are playing it in correlation with the deluxe reissue that was released late November 2017. The screaming lo-fi beats could easily be placed within the current music scene, and would receive significantly more praise than they did then – depending on who you ask, they were the real stars of 2007 or just a hype band. The album has a certain darkness and raw emotion to it than can seldom be found, moving from the ‘fuck you’ attitude in the first track to the wearied in Five Easy Pieces. Some Like Thunder, according to Alex Ounsworth, was written as a gamble in experimentation, and it most definitely paid off in mass. GIG Alessi’s Ark 81 Renshaw Street – 18/05 ALESSI’S ARK will be bringing her multi-hued solo work to Liverpool in May. Her current album, Love Is The Currency (released late last year as her first album in four years) is a wonderful and refreshing slice of acoustic upbeat pop that has a truly intriguing sound and presence, similar to Cate Le Bon and Whyte Horses if we had to make comparisons. Lyrically exploring issues such as grief and healing to the backing of indie folk, it’s hard to really pin it down. But this makes it all the more compelling, and more fascinating to see how it plays out live. Support comes from CHARLOTTE CARPENTER and locals SEATBELTS. Alessi’s Ark GIG Bido Lito! Social: Mark Peters The Reeds – 24/05 Mark Peters Innerland is the debut solo LP from multi-instrumentalist MARK PETERS, who has previously performed as a member of the shoegazing dream pop outfit Engineers and has even collaborated with electronica pioneer Ulrich Schnauss. Whether you’re familiar with his past work or coming to it fresh, Innerland is a work of ambientronic beauty that chimes with a deep-seated admiration for nature and thrums along with an energy that is as captivating as the landscape it evokes. We’re delighted to be hosting Mark’s first headline Liverpool show in support of this new LP (released on Sonic Cathedral), with support at our May Bido Lito! Social coming in the wondrous form of LO FIVE and THE GENTLE SEX. Bido Lito! members get free entry, and advance tickets are on sale now from bidolito.co.uk. PREVIEWS 63
Box office: theatkinson.co.uk 01704 533 333 (Booking fees apply) – : TheAtkinson : @AtkinsonThe : @TheAtkinsonSouthport The Atkinson Lord Street Southport PR8 1DB Music The Cavern Beatles Fri 20 April, 7.30pm Friends of Folk Feast of Fiddles Sat 21 April, 7.30pm AGMP Presents Nine Below Zero Fri 27 April, 8pm Grateful Fred’s Molly Tuttle & Rachel Baiman Wed 2 May, 7.30pm Ímar Thu 10 May, 7.30pm Luke Daniels & Nancy Kerr Fri 18 May, 7.30pm Absolute Bowie Sat 19 May, 7.30pm Edge Street Live Gretchen Peters with very Special Guest Kim Richey Sat 26 May, 8pm FAmily Twinkle Twinkle Sat 28 April, 1pm & 3pm Tutti Frutti Keepy Uppy Sat 26 May, 11.30am & 2.30pm Scott Ritchie Productions & KD Theatre Productions Presents Wind in the Willows Tue 29 May, 3pm & 6pm Lectures Local History Southport: Snapshots in History Wed 16 May, 23 May & 30 May 1pm – 3pm Comedy ROAR and Live Nation Daliso Chaponda –What the African Said… Thu 26 April, 8pm Phil McIntyre Entertainments Comedy with Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert Sat 28 April, 8pm Avalon Chris Ramsey Live 2018 (The just happy to get out of the house tour) Thu 17 May, 7.30pm Lakin McCarthy Entertainment Ltd Barbara Nice – Raffle Sat 26 May, 7.30pm Southport festival James Seabright Dad’s Army Radio Hour Fri 11 May, 7.30 pm Toyah: Acoustic, Up Close & Personal Fri 11 May, 8pm Make, do and bop with Our Kids Social (Kids Silent Disco) Sat 12 May, 10.30am & 1.30pm Giovanni Pernice – Born to Win Sat 12 May 7.30pm Viking Family Fun Day Sat 12 & Sun 13 May 11am – 4pm Stuff and Nonsense The Gingerbread Man Sun 13 May, 2.30 pm This Programme of events is brought to you by the Southport Festival Exhibition Viking: Rediscover the Legend Until Sat 7 July, Mon – Sat, 10am – 4pm
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