Angel Field Festival brings a week of theatre, dance, and storytelling performances to Liverpool

A series of enthralling theatre, dance and storytelling performances are coming to Liverpool this month, as part of the week-long Angel Field Festival.

From 20 – 27 March, The Capstone Theatre and Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus will host some fascinating shows as part of the acclaimed Angel Field Festival.

On Thursday 20 March, the award-winning Dife Youth Ensemble, from Acadiana’s Best Dance Studio of 2024, FE Conservatory, will bring the vibrant culture of Louisiana Creoles to Liverpool. This captivating performance will showcase the heart and soul of Louisiana’s rich heritage, infusing the infectious rhythms of traditional Zydeco music with the expressive power of contemporary dance.

Sunday 23 March will see a performance of Waterside at The Cornerstone Theatre. The play is an emotional, thought-provoking and magical journey that unravels the culture of totemism and taboos, plagues in the Niger Delta, and the significance of culture, family, memories, and dreams, delving into historical issues of oil exploitation and struggles of Nigerian youth, in particular unemployment.

Stages of Youth is a celebration of young talent from Liverpool Hope University Drama Society, Young Everyman Playhouse Programme and a debut performance of the The Wee Wake, written, directed and produced by second year student Aoife Kane.

Taking place on Monday 24 March, Liverpool Hope Drama Society has developed its Stages of Youth performance whilst employing a range of exciting devising techniques.

An artist talk and private view for the exhibition, (a contemporary) phantasmagoria (2), will take place in the Cornerstone Gallery on Tuesday 25 March. The talk at 4.30pm will take place in the Grace Room (COR 114) at Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus and will be followed by a Private View in the Cornerstone Gallery at 5.45pm.

Wednesday 26 March will see a re-telling of one of the wildest Scandinavian fairy tales, The Hairy Girl, as the eponymous heroine thunders through the world on her goat, beats up troll hags, saves her sister from a grim destiny, and uses all her cunning to find a future for her family.

On Thursday 27 March, Angel Field proudly presents Moutya, a soulful and evocative performance steeped in Seychelles’ history. Recently inscribed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Moutya is more than a dance; it’s a profound expression of freedom, resilience, and unity. Born out of the hardships endured by enslaved Africans, Moutya became a means of secret communication and a form of resistance. Today, it is a proud symbol of Seychellois identity and Creole heritage.

As well as these exciting highlights, the festival will feature diverse range of music, art, performances, workshops and talks throughout the week at Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus.

Angel Field Festival is an exciting week-long festival of arts and culture at The Capstone Theatre and Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus from 20 – 27 March 2025. It will showcase an enthralling and diverse programme of music, art, dance, film, workshops and discussion.