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A joyful afternoon with @mrhollyjohnson in conversation with @paul_flynn at @museumofliverpool alongside @duovision_arts and @switch.flicker

Thanks to @piercestarreartist for their brilliant BSL interpretation and support ❤️

Thank you to everyone who came, especially the members of Young Homotopia 🌈

#thepoweroflove

Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999, established to commemmorate the lives, and deaths, of Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett, Black trans women murdered in Massachusetts.

Today, 20 November, the names of trans people who have lost their lives will be read at vigils across the world. We stand together, today and every day, with our trans community.

Love and solidarity with those facing loss and for those working to build a better and more inclusive world 🏳‍🌈

Holly Johnson in Conversation
📅 Saturday 30 November
⏰ 2pm
📍 Museum of Liverpool
🎫 £24 (with entry to the exhibition between 3-4pm)

Don`t miss@mrhollyjohnson in conversation with journalist and author @paul_flynn on Saturday 30 November.

Holly Johnson will be joined by Paul to talk about his music career of over 40 years, his rise to meteoric fame following the release of Welcome to the Pleasuredome, and life in the public eye.

Paul Flynn is a prolific London-based writer and pop cultural commentator who writes for i-D, Attitude, Fantastic Man, the Sunday Times, GQ Style and Grazia.

Paul’s book Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride – 30 years of Gay Britain, published in 2017, is essential reading for self-respecting homosexuals and pop culture fans alike.

Tickets are on sale via the link in our bio 🎫

#liverpool #MakeLoveYourGoal #poweroflove #artinliverpool #welcometothepleasuredome #hollyjohnson #whatsonliverpool

Congratulations to @mrhollyjohnson Johnson on the 40th anniversary this week of Welcome to the Pleasuredome.

You can see the cover art for the LP in The Holly Johnson Story @museumofliverpool.

Artist and photographer Peter Ashworth took the famous photograph and was interviewed about it in The Guardian, when an exhibition of his work was curated by @duovision_arts.

It depicts Holly Johnson, Paul Rutherford, Mark O’Toole, Brian Nash, Peter Gill within a jungle of desires, from a concept by Paul Morley at ZTT.

Peter Ashworth said "For two weeks I sourced the many props, and built the set in camera. On the day of the shoot, 1 August 1984, the band were more than a little surprised to find a jungle had been built for them. After being wrapped in deluxe attire, they slipped into the set as if it had been made for them. This was the most complete set I had yet built – the first of many".

#liverpool #whatsonliverpool #exhibitionart #exhibition #DuoVision #hollyjohnson #poweroflove #MakeLoveYourGoal #welcometothepleasuredome #artinliverpool

📣 After the Act opens tonight (Thursday 24 Oct) @liveveryplay

On until Saturday 26, this new 1980s-inspired musical about pride, protest…and abseiling lesbians.

Thatcher’s Section 28, which banned the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools, was the landmark legislation that silenced a generation, offered a global blueprint for LGBTQ+ oppression and galvanised a community. After the Act is funny, camp and unapologetically queer but also a clear-eyed exposure of the political playbook used to enact repressive laws.

Its joyously exuberant original live score accompanies the inspiring, sometimes heart-breaking, stories of teachers, students and activists impacted by the legislation.

If you subscribe to Homotopia`s newsletter you have a special ticket code to see this show (link in the bio if you want to sign up for the future)

#whatsonliverpool #theatre #liverpool

This is the story of how a moral panic gripped a nation - and a generation decided to fight back.

🎫 Ticket Offer for Sanctuary this Friday 🎫

Use the code SANCTUARY5 to see this incredible new music @@unity_theatre on Friday 25 Oct.

Sanctuary tells the story of Alland (Aein Nasseri), a young Iranian man who begs to be given sanctuary at a church in northern England, sparking a community to react in all the ways each member believes to be right.⁠
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Sanctuary co-writer, Boff Whalley, said: “Working with refugees and asylum seekers over the past handful of years has been an education. A steep learning curve in understanding how both Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ and the non-stop onslaught of the trash media has impacted Britain. ⁠

#whatsonliverpool #liverpool #theatre

🎭 There`s some great theatre coming up this month 🎭

Our pals over @unity_theatre have got Danesha on Sat 26 Oct.

Danesha is a new coming-of-age story exploring black culture, queer joy and finding and loving your authentic self.

Head over to their profile and click the link in the bio to grab your tickets.

Make it a full house for this one 😍

#theatre #whatsonliverpool #liverpool