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I am delighted to introduce you to our Sgt Pepper 50th anniversary programme of 13 exciting world premieres.

1967 was a moment when Liverpool’s creativity exploded onto the world,

and this newly ‘re-imagined album’ of art works, theatre, music and dance pieces celebrates this heritage and reaches out to a whole new generation.

The Beatles industry is worth a staggering £82m to the Liverpool economy each

year, and in 2016 the Mayor commissioned a report into their legacy and how this should best be promoted and preserved. Not to put them in aspic, but to celebrate these working class boys who, through their talent and hard work, conquered the world and promoted the place that was their real inspiration. So it’s fitting that we have gathered together international artists partnering with our own world-class arts organisations to animate our streets, venues and open spaces and create new

meaning from the Beatles words and music.

Culture is at the heart of our regeneration. We are proud to support a thriving cultural sector – a sector which brings some of the best artists in the world to the city and stages events experienced by millions. It’s at the centre of

everything we do and defines who we are and what we want to be. But it’s not just for our amazing galleries and theatres and museums, it’s for our streets, our neighbourhoods and our communities. It drives our economic and social agenda, empowers communities, giving them a voice and a say in the future of this city.

In 1967 the Beatles felt the only way they could be true to themselves and experiment was to become someone else - and so they created Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This fantastic programme of events is filled with

experimentation and ambition, developed for and by a city that has no need to hide its identity, one that is not afraid to take risks, a city that will always

be true to itself.

We are very grateful to Arts Council England for support through their Ambitions for Excellence programme which has made much of this programme possible. There are lots of ways to take part and get involved in the celebrations and the

events are free wherever possible.

So as the song says “I hope you will enjoy the show”.

Claire McColgan MBEDirector, Culture Liverpool

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Presented by Metal, With A Little Help From My Friends is a new work by Turner Prize winning

artist Jeremy Deller. Inspired by the Beatles’ best friend Brian Epstein, the work is about friendship,

loneliness and love.

By 1967 The Beatles were the most famous people in the world; no doubt a totally alienating experience considering their youth. Naturally,

they depended greatly on each other and on a few trusted friends for support.

The relationship between the individual and society is a powerful theme in the work of Jeremy

Deller and in his response to this song, he has made two public art commissions that examine

the nature of friendship and self-sacrifice, not just with those we know but also between strangers.

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Liverpool loves a world premiere, and Pepperland launches our Sgt Pepper at 50 celebrations in style. This ‘overture’ for our three-week festival is a special commission by the Mark Morris Dance Group.

Internationally acclaimed for his ingenuity, musicality, wit and humanity, choreographer Mark Morris and his New York-based company debut in Liverpool with a captivating performance

of dance and music.

This original work features a score by American composer Ethan Iverson with arrangements from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, including the title track, “With a Little Help from My Friends”, “A Day in the Life”, “When I’m Sixty-Four”, “Within You Without You”, and “Penny Lane”, intermingled

with six Pepper-inspired compositions.

An unprecedented chamber ensemble of piano, voice, soprano sax, trombone, organ, harpsichord, theremin and percussion performs live with the company, exploring Sgt. Pepper’s non-rock and roll

influences in a “rethinking of this profound cultural artifact with all of the imagination, surprise, humor, and bizarrity intact.” (Mark Morris).

Formed in 1980, Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) has received “highest praise for their technical aplomb, their musicality, and their sheer human authenticity.” (Bloomberg News).

With only four performances of this must-see show in the UK, Pepperland promises to be one of the high-points of “Sgt Pepper at 50”.

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Judy Chicago, icon of American art, responds to the lyrics of Fixing a Hole with a spectacular mural on the walls of the monumental dockside grain silo.

Renowned for her large-scale collaborative installations, this celebratory work will be her

largest painting to date.

Chicago herself explains: “In creating this image, I tried to honour the incredible path that took four lads from Liverpool to stardom, and allowed me to

link my natural colour sense to the psychedelic hues that dominated so much of 1960s popular art.”

Visitors to Tate Liverpool can also get involved in a series of workshops, led by artists including Harriet

Hall and Karen Green, who will be creating a collaborative painting with the public in response

to Paul McCartney’s song.

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Mr Kite’s MUSICIRCUS! promises to be one of the biggest and most ambitious events of the entire

programme – and yes, a splendid time is guaranteed for all the family.

Expect an audacious fairground ride of sights and sounds creating an immersive sensory

spectacular performance.This whirligig celebration of Beatles’ music involves

thousands of musicians, choirs, soloists, dancers, circus performers, poets and even chess players.

Bring the whole family and immerse yourselves in an inspiring, joyful and happily anarchic afternoon.

John Cage was one of the greats of experimental American music, and while the Beatles were recording Sgt Pepper in Britain, across the

Atlantic he was creating his own ground-breaking musical masterpiece.

Now, 50 years on, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Cage’s MUSICIRCUS! are being entwined

in one original performance.Vis i t www.sgtpepperat50.com

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We’re living in interesting times.But is it, as Paul McCartney sang, getting better all

the time? Or is it a case, as the laconic John Lennon responded, that it “couldn’t get no worse”? That’s what Paul D Miller, aka DJ Spooky,

sets out to answer.The Washington DC-born composer, artist and

author will explore the question through a mixture of performance and an audio-visual installation.

DJ Spooky will take to the stage at the Philharmonic Hall’s Music Room with Liverpool String Quartet

and a guest MC to remix a number of Beatles’ classics including Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, A Day in the Life, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields

and, of course, Getting Better itself.Hosted by Radio 6 DJ Stuart Maconie and joined by

a group of emerging Liverpool creatives who will tackle the same theme through music, visual art

and film. Main guest vocalist will be Bridget Barkan (USA) and artists will include music producer

LUCA, singer-songwriters Astles and LUИA, spoken word artist SPXKEN, and visual artist Totti. In addition, DJ Spooky, in collaboration with

multimedia artists The Holladay Brothers, has created a dynamic digital installation at FACT

featuring a multi-screen video and sound piece.Join the conversation on 5 June with a special

Q&A with DJ Spooky and Grammy Award-winning producer Steve Levine at Fact at 12pm and a

post-show Q&A at the Phil.T I C K E T S AVA I L A B L E F R O M :

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Lucy, the girl with kaleidoscope eyes, has inspired this enchanting light festival which will transform Camp Hill into a magical land for one

memorable night.Part-performance, part-storytelling, part-

pyrotechnic display, Suspended Time will be unlike any event staged in Liverpool before.

Pyrotechnic genius Christophe Berthonneau and Groupe F are the French team behind the opening

and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, the Eurovision song contest and Bastille Day.

Here they are working with American-born Scott Gibbons, one of the most exciting electronic music composers around, to create a unique and magical

evening to celebrate the surreal beauty of John Lennon’s song.

Liverpool Lantern Company and Circo Rum Ba Ba will animate the park with weird and wonderful

street theatre from 8pm, as the event builds up to the final performance at 10.30pm.

Bring the whole family, pack a picnic and something warm in case it’s parky, and settle down for a stellar

storytelling experience.Vis i t www.sgtpepperat50.com

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This is one of the most moving songs ever written and recorded by the Beatles and its voice will be

brought to life in a series of breath-taking but intimate performances inside real Liverpool homes.

Expect a very special experience.The play, written by Keith Saha and performed by young Liverpool actress Brodie Arthur, explores

themes around housing, what home means, and the feeling of being without a home.

It has been researched and developed with young adults in Liverpool, and will feature the company’s

trademark fusion of performance, specially commissioned live music played by Semay Wu

and puppetry by Alison Duddle performed by Zoe Hunter.

20 Stories High is a Toxteth-based, award-winning young people’s theatre company. Phelim McDermott

is a founder and co-artistic director of Improbable.In addition to public performances, members of the

community are hosting private shows for family, friends and neighbours from 10 - 18 June.

The public venue will be confirmed when you buy a ticket. Suitable for ages 13+.

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Music and poetry combine to take a 21st century look at growing older in response to

Paul McCartney’s When I’m Sixty-Four.A celebration of one of the most upbeat Beatles songs, a mass sing-along will be broadcast live on Radio Merseyside from the world heritage

Pier Head.Sixty-four choirs of all ages, along with musicians

and buskers, will join together to perform Paul McCartney’s track. And if you can’t make it

to the city centre, why not join in at home and post your own response online on Radio Merseyside’s

dedicated Facebook page?Along with the joyous sing-alongs, 13 poets

from a host of different countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan and Brazil,

have each penned a poem to the future, envisaging themselves and the world when they reach

the age of 64.These poems will be shared on the festival website

and via a limited edition pamphlet.

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We may not always love them when we’re on the receiving end of a parking ticket.

But Paul McCartney turned an encounter with a ‘meter maid’ close to London’s Abbey Road Studios

into an exuberant and jaunty love letter.

Lovely Rita and Liverpool’s own traffic wardens are the inspiration for this inventive performance

project by international performance artist Meow Meow.

Known for pushing boundaries, Meow Meow works with her Sleepless Beauties - acclaimed musician,

composer and producer Jherek Bischoff, sound designer and composer Jethro Woodward, and

award-winning designer Andrea Lauer - to produce a unique and glorious procession down iconic Hope

Street to start the weekend.

Setting off from the Metropolitan Cathedral at 9.30am on 10 June, it will involve musicians

and traffic wardens, with a little help from The Kazimier and culminates in an uplifting

performance outside The Oratory.

A thought-provoking visual and sonic installation, Rita Dreaming, is being held in The Oratory from

11am on 10 June, running over the weekend, with some surprise appearances and apparitions.

The weekend will culminate in Rita’s ‘awakening’ and a candlelight Requiem on the preciousness of Time in St James Gardens below Liverpool

Cathedral at 10pm on June 11.

This will undoubtedly be a first for Hope Street, the city, for traffic wardens and the world!

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Are you a morning person? If not, make an exception just this once and start the new day

with some tasty culture as surprise performances take place across the city, inspired by

John Lennon’s song.Meet kazoo-wielding cultural cockerels and bands

of musicians playing a Good Morning fanfare as you wend your way to work.

Hear great young bands at the Cavern. Enjoy Rapid Response Unit’s theatrical review of the General Election and rehearsed readings of new plays ‘Lonely Hearts Club Band’ by Luke Barnes and Sour Cherries’ by Stuart Crowther

at the Unity Theatre. Enjoy yoga, Indian music and a 1967 DJ set at the

Bluecoat. Learn more about Tara Browne – who “blew his mind out in a car” – at Tate Café.

Paul McGann reads Herman Melville at The Athenaeum. Baritone Marcus Farnsworth

sings morning songs by Schubert, Wolf and others at the Phil’s Music Room. Chill and enjoy breakfast

and boogie in the Kazimier Gardens.Young artists from LIPA and LIMF perform on

Church Street ahead of a grand, feather-filled noon finale, where you can join a Spirit of ’67 ‘love in’.Don’t go to work on an egg – go to work on a high

on this ‘Good Morning’.SOME EVENTS ARE FREE DROP-INS.

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Milapfest will showcase the creative and spiritual connection of George Harrison to Indian music and culture with an amazing Ragafest in St George’s Hall, a family friendly, fun-filled event which will feature

some of the world’s best Indian artists.The ticket price for each of the four classical concerts includes a pre-show meal chosen to match the time of

day and the music, whilst our free Festival Village in the Great Hall showcases the best of Indian cuisine, arts and crafts.

So whether you’re a music lover or just want to experience Indian culture we promise a veritable feast for the senses.

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Begin the day with the soul-stirring sounds of the Sarod, a lute-like instrument played by world-

renowned Pandit Ranajit Sengupta, accompanied by the acclaimed Tabla maestro Kousic Sen.

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Grammy Award-winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is a prolific composer and performer, and his music ranges from folk and popular to classical and jazz.He makes his Liverpool debut, alongside son Salil

Bhatt and renowned Tabla artist Ramkumar Mishra.

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Raga Seasons, featuring Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth and the Kristallkvartetten,

is a violin concerto where India’s six seasons are experienced through harmonic arrangements and

orchestration featuring Ragas – with a generous sprinkling of Western harmony.

Expect a unique, ‘never before’ musical collaboration.

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A special candlelight concert featuring grand piano and Bansuri – a North Indian bamboo flute.

Anil Srinivasan and Rakesh Chaurasia will be joined by percussionists Pirashanna Thevarajah

and Kousic Sen.

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The Beatles reinvented themselves as Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to throw off the shackles of expectation they felt at being

the biggest band in the world. They decided to ‘not be themselves’.

To celebrate both this extraordinary album and the work which has been produced over the previous fortnight, BBC Radio 6 Music

will be coming live from the city on BBC Music Day, with a range of special guests and

inspiring music, which celebrates both the album and the music scene in Liverpool ever

since. Listen out for announcements on air about how to be a part of the events on the day.

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A Day in the Life brings Sgt Pepper to a close in symphonic fashion.

And this new film by writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Liverpool’s award-winning Hurricane Films will be a fitting finale when it receives its world premiere at Woolton

Picture House.

How do you measure a day? Bus tables, tide timetables, 24 hours….zero hours.

Starring legendary Liverpool comedian Tom O’Connor as retired river pilot Arthur, and rising star Paislie Reid as Ellie, his carer, the film takes a ride on the city’s famous

86 bus – the route which Paul McCartney took to school – and beyond, through the space-time continuum.

‘A D AY I N T H E L I F E ’ F I L M C H A L L E N G E

As part of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, Hurricane Films are inviting aspiring film makers to submit short films that depict a day in their life on June 1st, 2017 - 50 years to the day, since the album’s

release. A selection of the submitted films will be shown at the premiere.

The short (under 5 min) films can range from professional standard productions or simply be shot and edited on a smart phone. The chosen films will be selected for their imaginative

response to the brief, rather than on technical quality. Send online Youtube or Vimeo links of completed films to info@hurricanefilms.co.uk by midnight on 9 June 2017.

The 16 June event will include a special Q&A with the creative team.

T I C K E T S AVA I L A B L E F R O M :

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with a return from just

£1.95Regular services run to 67 stations across Merseyside

Check www.sgtpepperat50.com for travel information

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Royal Court L iverpool

1 Roe Street, Liverpool, L1 1HL

www.royalcourtliverpool.co.uk

W I T H A L I T T L E H E L P F R O M

M Y F R I E N D S

Citywide

F I X I N G A H O L E

The White Tomkins and Courage

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Stanley Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool, L3 0AN

VIEWING THE COMMISSION: REGENT ROAD AND TITANIC

HOTEL QUAYSIDE

The commission is 3km from Tate Liverpool which is

approximately a 35 minute walk. Alternatively the following buses

leave from Mann Island regularly: 101 Bus towards Belmont Road.

103 Bus towards Waterloo. The bus stop is on Walter Street.

Ta t e L i ve r p o o l ,

Albert Dock Liverpool, L3 4BB | www.tate.org.uk

S H E ’ S L E AV I N G H O M E

Living Rooms in L iverpool L8

S U S P E N D E D T I M E

Ca m p H i l l , Wo o l t o n Wo o d s

(Pedestrian access via Hillfoot Rd. Limited parking

nearby on Simpsons’ Ground)

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Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP

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88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ

www.fact.co.uk

M R K I T E ’ S M U S I C I R C U S !

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Ormskirk Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 5AS

www.aintree.thejockeyclub.co.uk

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G O O D M O R N I N G, G O O D M O R N I N G

Citywide

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Liverpool Metropol i tan Cathedral

Cathedral House, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ

www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk

Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral & Oratory, Liverpool L1 7AZ

www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk

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I N D I A N S F E S T I VA L V I L L AG E

St George’s Hal l

St George’s Pl, Liverpool, L1 1JJ

www.liverpoolcityhalls.co.uk

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Woolton Picture House

3 Mason St, Liverpool L25 5JH,

www.wooltonpicturehouse.com

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T H A N K YO U T O A L L O U R PA R T N E R S A N D F U N D E R SSGT PEPPER AT 50 HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED AND PRODUCED BY CULTURE LIVERPOOL

Director of Culture: Claire McColgan MBE

Artistic Curators: Sean Doran and Liam Browne (DoranBrowne)

Creative Producers: Alicia Smith, Robin Kemp, Bev Ayre

Assistant Producer: Sam McEvoy

Producing Team for Culture Liverpool: Sarah Vasey, Keith Rice, Kate Gilston, Nick Birkinshaw,

Linda Meagor, Pippa Nolan, Rachael Treacher, Yaw Owusu, David Barker, Sue Finnegan, Gemma

Nichols and Zoe Rubert

Marketing: Rachael Bampton-Aiken, Colin Bordley, Louise Muddle, Richard White

Website & social media: Peter Smith, Lydia Hampson Delamere, Jen Caine, Adam Yates

PR: Sarah Latcham, Bolton & Quinn

Videography & photography: Tim Brunsden, Wesley Storey, Gareth Jones

Outdoor event site & production management: Event Design Co

Safety Management: Symphotech

…and all the team at Culture Liverpool.

CULTURE LIVERPOOL WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANISATIONS

AND COMPANIES WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY GIVEN THEIR SUPPORT AND OF THEIR TIME

IN PRODUCING THIS FESTIVAL.

Scott Gibbons

Mark Morris Dance Group

Ethan Iverson

Jeremy Deller

DJ Spooky

Judy Chicago

The Holladay Brothers

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Rakesh Chaurasia

Anil Srinivasan

Prashanna Thevarajah

Kousic Sen

Ranajit Sengupta

Salil Bhatt

Ramkumar Mishra

Jyotsna Srikanth

Meow Meow

Jethro Woodward

Jherek Bischoff

Andrea Lauer

Laura Kuhn

Brodie Arthur

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Carl Hunter

Merseyside Dance Initiative

Metal

Milapfest

BBC Radio Merseyside

Tate Liverpool

The Kazimier

Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Metropolitan

Cathedral

National Museums

Liverpool

Hurricane Films

20 Stories High

Creative Organisations

of Liverpool

Unity Theatre

Bluecoat

Liverpool Philharmonic

Liverpool Art Regeneration

Consortium

Groupe F

Paislie Reed

Tom O’Connor

Olivia Du Monceau

Harriet Hall

Karen Green

Isabelle Andö

Nina Sandell

Marie-Louise Klestrup

Röijezon

Peter Danielsson

Shadrach Solomon

Manjunath NS

Paul McGann

Luke Barnes

Stuart Crowther

Marcus Farnsworth

LIPA

Angelica Freitas

Lavinia Greenlaw

Kim Hyesoon

John Kinsella

Zaffar Kunial

Nikola Medzirov

Kei Miller

Sinéad Morrissey

Don Paterson

Ulrike Aimut Sandig

Owen Sheers

Tracy K. Smith

Yasuhiro Yotsumoto

Roger McGough

Stuart Maconie

Steve Levine

Phelim McDermott

Zoe Hunter

Christophe Berthonneau

LUCA

Astles

LUNA

SPXKEN

Totti

John Cage Trust

Liverpool Lantern Company

Circo Rum Ba Ba

Royal Court Theatre

Harcourt Developments

Semay Wu

Liverpool String Quartet

Alice Demba

Eliza Willis

Jen Falding

PEPPERLAND COMMISSIONED BY

American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity with the Sony Centre,

Toronto, Canada; Cal Performances, UC Berkeley, California; Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College,

Hanover, New Hampshire; International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven, Connecticut; The John F. Kennedy

Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign; La Jolla Music Society, La Jolla, California

Meyer Sound, Berkeley, California; Seattle Theatre Group, Seattle, Washington; White Bird, Portland, Oregon

Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation.

Original music by The Beatles used under license from Sony ATV Music Publishing.

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