Hilary Burrage

Monday 4 June

'celebr8 (don't discrimin8)' - The North West Celebrates Diversity with the sound of music - calling all musicians

The celebr8 (don't discrimin8) is hitting the north west again this year - the second installment of the annual regional festival demonstrating and celebrating how equality and diversity benefits our region will launch on 4th June and run until 11th June 2007.

celebr8 is calling all musicians and orchestras now, from any walk of life and any genre based in the north west, to create the celebr8 orchestra. Whether it's jazz, classical, pop or country or the violin, guitar, piano, recorder, hand pipes or African drums - all musicians are welcome!

Musicians need to be available for the whole day on Monday 4th June to tour the north west with celebr8, with the promise of fame, press and TV coverage. Chetham's School of Music will be directing the orchestra and composing a piece of music especially for the celebr8 orchestra to learn and perform.

Orchestras and artistes that can not make the whole tour, but would like to take part, can simply join the celebr8 orchestra in their home town at one of the whistle stops.

The aim of the eight day festival, supported by North West Regional Assembly together with other regional agencies, is to highlight the positive impact the eight diverse communities - race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, age, transgender, faith and beliefs and refugees/emerging communities - has on the cultural life and economy of the region. Equality is not a minority concern as the majority of people in England's North West are in one or more of these categories, or will be at some time in their life.

The festival will commence on 4th June with a one day, whistle-stop regional tour by the celebr8 (don't discrimin8) Orchestra. The orchestra will perform at key city-centre sites in Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, with the expert musical guidance of the world famous Chetham's School of Music.

Please call Helen Conyers on 0161 817 6600 or email helen@tangerinepr.com for more information or to book your place on the celebr8 fun bus!

A full breakdown of all the events and activities taking place throughout the whole region will be released in the weeks prior to the festival. Anyone wishing to stage their own event can find more information by logging onto www.celebr8.org or by calling the celebr8 hotline on 0161 817 6608.

The Big Picture - Different but Equal

To end the festival and to celebrate the beauty and diversity of the people that make up the North West region, celebr8 (don't discrimin8) will bring together portraits of people and communities right across the region. We are asking everyone from the North West to send in a portrait of themselves which will then be displayed as temporary art installations. The portrait can be a drawing, photo or computer image, or anything else, as long as it is flat and the weight of a piece of paper.

Portraits can be sent by email (celebr8@tangerinepr.com) or by post (celebr8 (don't discrimin8) c/o Tangerine PR, Giant's Basin, Potato Wharf, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4NB).

If you want to run your own event for celebr8 within 4th - 11th June - please let us know and we'll help publicise your event, starting off by adding the details to the celebr8 website.

www.celebr8.org

“Windrush Generation”, written by Tom Mclennan. Play
about the voyage of the SS Empire Windrush in 1948,
carrying four hundred West Indians looking for
employment in England, a key event in history of
multi-cultural Britain.

The drama brings out the tensions caused by the
historic voyage. Supported by Liverpool’s Capital of
Culture Company and Awards for All Lottery Fund.

- Tuesday 29th May at 7.30-Harthill Community Centre,
Gainsborough Road
- Wednesday 30th May at 7.30-The Caribbean Centre,
Parliament Street
- Thursday 31st May at 7.30 - Lark Lane Community
Centre, Lark Lane
- Friday 1st June at 7.30 - The Casa, Hope Street
- Monday 4th June, Parklands City Learning Centre,
Speke.

For more details, contact Dingle Community theatre:

on (07780658252) or (07716848894)

Liverpool Comedy Festival

Two with Pauline Daniels and Neil Caple

Liverpool Academy Of Arts
04/06/2007 - 07/06/2007
Liverpool Academy of Arts
Comedy

www.liverpoolcomedyfestival.co.uk/comedyfestival