THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS


In November 2015 in partnership with Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and a whole raft of local partners and contributors we hosted Through the Looking Glass – a weekend of Live Art.


Curated by LADA, the weekend gave audiences guided tours, impossible dreams, imaginary animals, bench conversations, and a night of showbiz and vanguard variety. The legendary Duckie crew came to town on the Friday night and attracted a big crowd with their show Twenty First Century Music Hall at The Citadel Theatre. On Saturday The Institute for The Art and Practice of Dissent at Home turned heads in the town centre, dragging a bench around town giving people the chance to sit, chat, grumble and celebrate the town’s big issues. Nearby in St Mary’s Market, our Family Art Club hosted ‘Pedigree Chums’ as renowned psychozoologist and disciplinarian, Madame Bona and her best friend Strokey the dog invited families to take part in a workshop like no other. Kids transformed family members into the pets of which they’ve always dreamed. In the Beecham’s Building local artists presented their impossible ideas for St Helens following workshops with Joshua Sofaer and Karen Christopher. Meanwhile Marcia Farquhar took guests on an alternative tour through the legendary, the lost and the living histories of St Helens, including a memorable visit to Darwin’s Guitar Shop.


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