A reimagined Victorian melodrama and an uprising remembered
5 handpicked cultural things to do this week: Friday 26 June to Thursday 2 July
Top tip for this hot weather: Art galleries are some the best places to cool down in this hot weather due to the temperature-controlled environments used to protect the work on display. Stored Honey does have some readers in the United States and other countries where air conditioning tends to be a given - I expect you are all having a good chuckle at the British wilting in 30-degree heat because the panic-buyers are hoarding all the fans.
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5 things to do this week
ART: Contemporary galleries, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
I’m excited to see the rehang of the Walker’s contemporary galleries because it included putting some of its recent acquisitions on public display for the first time, beginning to fill the gaps in its collection. Michael Landy’s kinetic sculpture Multi-Saint (2013) is at the centre, surrounded by new works including Shaqúelle Whyte’s In an embroiled fashion (2025), Eva Helene Pade’s I mørket (In the dark) (2025) and Louise Giovanelli’s Mise en scène (2025), Ebun Sodipo’s diptych What if Laure Was / A Black Goddess Come to Earth (2025), and photographs from Jenny Lewis’ UnBecoming series. Ongoing, free entry.
ART: Cut From the Same Cloth, Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington
It’s your last chance to see this selection of pieces by textile artist James Fox, created to mark the 200th anniversary of the Lancashire Weavers’ Uprising, an anti-starvation protest involving many thousands of local people. It’s a multi-venue exhibition, also at The Whitaker Art Gallery & Museum, Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, Lancashire Archives, the Weavers Cottage and Lancaster Castle. Ends 5 July, free entry.
MUSIC: Songs of the Luminous Heart, Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room
Milap presents this unique performance featuring vocals, harp, esraj and tabla, bringing together Indian and European folk traditions in a rich, genre-defying collaboration. And there will be free chai to enjoy during the performance, provided by Indian restaurant Dishoom. Friday 26 June, tickets £ 16/£13.
THEATRE: Miss Saigon, Blackpool Winter Gardens
Miss Saigon was the first show I saw in the West End, as an impressionable 14-year-old, and it remains one of my most powerful memories. So it was with some trepidation that I watched this touring production when it visited the Empire Theatre in Liverpool earlier this year. Relief! Even to this much older, jaded theatre reviewer it remained a fantastic piece of storytelling, with much that could be applied to world events today. Ends Saturday 4 July, tickets from £25.95.
Read my review of Miss Saigon here…
THEATRE: Jekyll and Hyde, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
It’s always a treat to see a Young Everyman Playhouse production and to be surprised by where they take you. This time YEP group is taking over the theatre’s main stage with a bold new adaptation of RL Stevenson’s classic tale by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, reimagined for the digital age. Excitingly, YEP is working in partnership with LIPA, whose students have worked on set and costume design as well as stage management. Ends Saturday 4 July, tickets £10-£12.
And one thing for the diary…
THEATRE: How Soon is Now?, Lowry, Salford
This indie musical about female friendship, empowerment and hope, set to a live soundtrack of 90s classics, will premiere at Lowry before embarking on a UK tour. Written by Siân Owen and centring Northern voices, it captures the highs and lows, darkness and light of a big night out on New Year’s Eve. Thursday 1- Saturday 3 October, tickets from £16.50.
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Have a great week,
Laura
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