Hope Street Limited bows out with ‘biggest and best’ final show

AFTER 30 years of providing training, guidance and support to emerging artists in Liverpool, Hope Street Limited's latest performance piece, Climate Change is Rubbish, is sadly also its last.Described as "riotous, fun and inadvertently relevant", Climate Change is Rubbish is a multi-disciplinary show featuring video, street theatre, original music and more, directed by city-based artists and street theatre specialists, Egg People.They say: “We are all very excited to be working with such a talented group and with Hope Street in their final show. We hope Climate Change is Rubbish will not only make the audience roar with laughter but also give them some food for thought regarding such an important subject as climate change.”The piece is part of Julie’s Bicycle Season for Change, a UK-wide programme of cultural responses celebrating the environment and inspiring urgent action on climate change.Montserrat Gili, Creative Director at Hope Street Ltd. said: “We have brought together an amazing team of Hope Street Ltd alumni and collaborators from across the years, to mentor and work with our last cohort of emerging artists, who are all amazing individuals with a great future ahead.”It tells the story of emerging political party NOPE (New Organisation for Progressive Earth), climate change deniers who have been lurking in the shadows, but now ready to make it to the big arenas. They want your vote - and promise they will make Earth great again....Climate Change is Rubbish is divided into two different parts, starting with a recently concluded street theatre performance around locations in Liverpool and Birkenhead, where members of NOPE aimed to rally the community and air their manifesto.Still to come next week is the final performance, where NOPE will hold their ‘party conference’ – expect cheesy musical moments, films, puppets, and a lot of things going wrong… for the party leaders.Tickets are available from Ticket Quarter for the performances on July 26 & 27 at Hangar 34, Liverpool.Hope Street Ltd has been an award-winning arts organisation dedicated to the development of artists, artforms and arts in the community. Established in 1988, it has a long track record of launching the careers of individual artists, encouraging the development of small-scale theatre companies and initiating and developing festivals.Director Peter Ward said: “We are proud of what we have accomplished over the years and the legacy we leave behind, not only in the Liverpool cultural landscape but in the UK and internationally.”Photo: Paul Heaps