Back on top - briefly

Liverpool beat Fulham away on Saturday and went to the top of the Premiership. They scored in the 94th minute which was a lesson in not wasting time. If Fulham hadn’t spent so much of the second half wasting time the match would have been over. Unfortunately, on Sunday, Manchester United copied us by beating Aston Villa 3-2 with a goal in extra time. So they went top by one point. Bummer.

Capital of what?

It is ironic that while Liverpool was doing its capital of culture celebrations the two other Merseyside headlines on the BBC News website were of a man being critically ill in hospital following a stabbing Walton and two people from Norris Green refusing to co-operate with the police after being shot in Norris Green. Plus ca change...

Liverpool, European Capital of Culture

 


Liverpool has made a spectacular start to its year as European Capital of Culture. On Friday 11th January around 40,000 people gathered on St George's Plateau for the People's Opening of 2008, which featured a cast of hundreds, including ex-Beatle Ringo Starr alongside up-and-coming Liverpool band The Wombats.

On Saturday, January 12, Liverpool - The Musical will be staged at the new Echo Arena Liverpool, Kings Dock.

Integrating live performance and film in a radical new way and vertically stacking performers seven stories into the air, the show features a once-in-a-lifetime cast including: Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with; No Fakin DJs, Ringo Starr, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Farm, Riuven, The Wombats, Pete Wylie, Dave Stewart and the people of the city.

This live indoor production also includes:

A cast of 700, including 100 school children
Age range of performers from 6 - 78
200 moving lights
Four km of cable
600m of trussing
Event personnel of 120 who have put in 15,000 man hours to create and build the show
Choirs include: Sense of Sound, Formby High Midnight Voices, Sound Central Community Singers, Liverpool Philharmonic Gospel Choir, One Voice Community choir, 1 heart 1, ACCORD community gospel choir, Liverpool Welsh Choral
90 minutes of film, edited from 480 minutes of footage
Running time: 100 minutes.

What I want to know is what you do with 600 metres of truss!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7182334.stm