Star line-up supports Liverpool youth film project

Sep 8 2009 by Richard Irvine, Liverpool Daily Post

LIVERPOOL actress Alison Steadman will return home to launch an initiative aimed at supporting film-making in the North-West.

The award-winning actress is backing Clapperboard, which encourages young people to tackle issues including gun and knife crime.

Alison will attend the first Clapperboard Presents, which will take place at FACT on Tuesday, September 29.

She will take part in a question and answer session with the audience after a screening of director Mike Leigh’s Life Is Sweet.

The 63-year-old, who currently stars in the BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey, said: “It’s an honour for me to be returning to Liverpool, not only to this great city but to support the Clapperboard Project, which aims to bring both new and existing talent together.”

Other famous faces lined up to give a talk include Rita Tushingham, Willy Russell, David Morrissey, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Neil Fitzmaurice, Christine Tremarco, Jimmy McGovern, Stephen Graham, John McArdle and Ian Hart.

Cash raised will go towards the Clapperboard Youth Project.

Tickets, at £10 or £7, are available from the FACT box office.