Key Liverpool Arts Events

Aug 14 2008 by Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post

MUSIC: Singled out by Gilles Peterson as one of the UK's top saxophone and flute innovators, FIRE Collective's Finn Peters gives an evening concert in the Bluecoat garden (or inside if it's raining), tomorrow night. From 7pm, tickets £10 (£6 concs). 0151 702 5324.

THEATRE: A cast of 120 take to the stage tonight for the first of four performances of The Wiz, the Live Nation Stage Experience project. Liverpool Empire, until August 16, £12 adults, £10 children, Empire Theatre Box Office. 0844 847 2525.

FESTIVAL: Liverpool Shakespeare Festival, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Lodestar Theatre Company until September 7. St James’s Gardens, Liverpool Cathedral, 7.30pm Wednesday to Sunday, with 2.30pm matinees on Saturdays. Tickets £15 (£10 concs). 0151 727 1703.

EXHIBITION: The 40,000 hand-made terracotta figurines of Antony Gormley’s Field for the British Isles, top, can still be seen in St Helens until August 23. St Helens College, Brook Street. Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-4pm, closed Sunday. 01744 755150.