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Arts and concerts
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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, up with Manchester's HallA© as the northwest's best, dominates the city's
classical music scene
and often plays at the Philharmonic Hall and the Everyman Theatre.
Theatre
is also well entrenched in the city, at a variety of venues. Annual
festivals
include the Hope Street Festival (June); a celebration of African arts and music in Africa Oye (June); the Summer Pops (July), when the Royal Philharmonic and top pop names perform beneath a huge marquee on King's Dock; the
Brouhaha Street Theatre Festival
(August), which involves performances by a host of European theatre groups; and the
Mathew Street Festival
(August), a free shindig, with local and national street performers playing the best of The Beatles.
Bluecoat Arts Centre School Lane tel 0151/709 5297, . Eclectic mix of events - drama, dance, poetry, comedy, music and art exhibitions. Everyman Theatre and Playhouse Hope St tel 0151/709 4776, . Drama, concerts, exhibitions, dance and musical performances. Liverpool Empire Lime St tel 0151/606 3536, . The city's largest theatre, a venue for touring West End shows, opera, ballet and music. Philharmonic Hall Hope St tel 0151/709 3789, . Home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Shows classic films once a month. Royal Court Theatre Roe St tel 0151/709 4321, . Art Deco theatre and concert hall, which sees regular pop and rock concerts among other events.
Unity Theatre
Hope Place tel 0151/709 4988,
. Puts on the city's most adventurous range of contemporary works. Other useful information
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