About this Event
Mystery Theatre Club in collaboration with Homebaked CLT and the Cosy Homes Club
Edition #12
Kitty's Laundrette
77 Grasmere St, Liverpool L5 6RH
Doors and food from 7pm
Film starts at 7:30pm
Pay What You Can
Free Hot Meal! - Discussion after the Screening!
Join the Mystery Theatre Club for a monthly archived screening of unique, world-class theatre shows. Embrace experimental and contemporary works from exciting theatre makers.
This time we are celebrating the work of Welfare State International!
Founded in 1968 by John Fox and Sue Gill, Roger Coleman and others, Welfare State International was a loose association of freelance artists bought together by shared values and philosophy.
WSI first became well known for large-scale outdoor spectacular events. When the company began, taking art out of theatres and galleries into the street was considered revolutionary. The company's name was originally 'The Welfare State' offering art for all on the same basis as education and health.
Under the Welfare State umbrella, a remarkable group of engineers, musicians, sculptors, performers, poets and pyrotechnicians invented and developed site-specific theatre in landscape, lantern processions, spectacular fireshows, community carnivals and participatory festivals. These creations were by turns beautiful, abrasive, didactic, provocative, disturbing, wondrous and even gently therapeutic.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kitty's Launderette, 77 Grasmere Street, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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