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Bluecoat, Liverpool : the UK's first arts centre

Bryan Biggs (Editor)
This book tells the fascinating story of Bluecoat's transformation from 18th century charity school to Britain's first arts centre a century ago. Hosting music, visual art, performance and literature, it is described as where 'village hall meets the avant-garde', a unique venue at the heart of Liverpool's cultural life
eBook, English, 2020
Liverpool University Press and Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2020
1 online resource
9781800347472, 1800347472
1156397511
Print version:
Cover
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
1 The Bluecoat Building: Origins and Continuity
2 Saving the Bluecoat, Regenerating the City
3 'A Live Arts Centre'
4 Where Village Hall Meets the Avant-garde
5 'A Dissident View': Bluecoat Exhibitions, 1967-2005
6 Bechsteins and Beyond: Music at the Bluecoat, 1907-2017
7 A Creative Community
8 Academics-in-Residence
9 A Reflection on Bluecoat's Tercentenary
Bluecoat Timeline
Further Reading
Index