Liverpool Lantern Company
Liverpool Lantern Company is an artist led organisation, originally set up to establish a spectacular community based Lantern Carnival in Liverpool and to promote creativity, celebration and unity within and across local communities. We also undertake commissions and offer training at all levels and in many art forms such as Lantern making, carnival costume, processional puppets and large scale processional imagery, as well as directing and producing art installations, site specific events and processions.
2011 Events and Projects
- River of Light Parade. Lumiere Festival, Durham November 17th-20th. With Artichoke
November
- Halloween Lantern Carnival. Sefton Park Liverpool, Sunday30th October 2011
- Dashehra Diwali Mela. Lantern parade and Installation Platt Fields Manchester,Saturday 8th October 2011.
October
- Reflection on the Waterfront 2011 - Liver Building centenary,opening of Museum of Liverpool
- Chrysalis with the Bluecoat and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatres through ART Valley
- Wirral Discovers - Kelda – Child of the Wirral with with Wild in Art and Thingumajig Theatre
- Liverpool Discovers : a trail of interactive art installations in partnership with Wild in Art
July
March
February
2010 Events and Projects
- Middlesborough lantern parade
- Liverpool Long night
- Halloween Lantern Carnival -Sefton Park
- Formby High School - Lantern training workshop
- Art Valley Fun Day - workshops
- Picasso Peace Garden – fabrication for Tate Liverpool
- Citizenship day workshops- St Mary’s Catholic Collage Wirral
- Brouhaha Festival procession – Giant puppet
- Manchester Day Parade - Giant puppets and costumes
- Four Corners- Ralla's 21st Birthday Celebration - Processional image and costumes
- Lord Mayor's Pageant delivered in partnership with Movema and Liverpool City Council
- Mexican Day of the Dead workshops -shrine and lantern making - St Mary's Catholic College Wirral
- Lantern making taster season - Sefton Arts College
- The Youthy, Huyton - Lantern making workshop for Chinese New Year celebrations.
December
November
October
August
July
June
March
February
- Christledon High School - Lantern making workshop
January
2009 Events and Projects
- Childwall Sports College - Lantern making workshop
- Middlesbrough Winter Festival - Lantern training, choreography sessions, costumes and illuminated images for The Winter Lantern Procession
- St Michaels Community Christmas Eve procession - Lantern hire
- Snow Queen Parade Liverpool City Centre
- Manchester Diwali Festival Schools workshops, procession and giant illuminated puppets for Manchester Indian Association.
- Halloween Fair 09 Community Lantern Arcade, shadow theatre, dance and sideshow performances, in creative partnership with: Urban Strawberry Lunch, Liverpool Community College, Hope University, LIPA, 20 Stories High, Hope St Ltd, Hope and Harmony Choir, Lantern Band.
- Kendal Torchlight Carnival – awarded ‘Best Individual entry’
- Urbanism 09 Festival and canal parade – Liverpool Biennial. Workshops and lantern installation on board Public Works Group’s floating Canal Club boat, Leeds-Liverpool Canal
- Art on the Waterfront -Weekend of Art events and activities at Liverpool Waterfront in collaboration with Walk the Plank Tate Liverpool and Liverpool City Council.
- Under & Over the Mersey - King and Queen puppets commissioned by Merseytravel for Charity Walk through Mersey Tunnel.
- Lord Mayor's Pageant - Delivered in partnership with LUXe Productions and Liverpool City Council.
- Transitions - City of Culture closing event, light installation and giant illuminated puppets in partnership with Walk the Plank for Liverpool City Council.
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November
October
September
August
July
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January
2008 Events and Projects
- Newbury’s 1st Lantern Parade for Newbury Town Centre Partnership - lantern procession and processional illuminated image
- Orrery - installation at Anglican Cathedral & Maritime Museum
- ’Bird Song’- Light and sound installation for BCSC at BT Conference Centre
- Halloween Lantern Carnival 2008- Further artistic, collaborative and community development of the Carnival and finale
- Dashehra Diwali Mela for Indian Association Manchester - large scale illuminated images, workshop and procession
- ’Barging in’ for MDI costume and large scale processional image
- Orrery- installation at various summer events
- Lord Mayors Parade - Artistic Direction, management and delivery of the parade with Walk the Plank and Liverpool Culture Company
- St Helens Schools & Colleges – Lantern training towards the Liverpool Culture Company ‘Tales’ project
- Tate’s 20th Birthday Celebrations – Lantern training and procession at Albert Dock
- South Wirral Schools – Residencies leading to ‘Adiemus’ large scale multi- disciplinary event at Anglican Cathedral in July
- The Orrery Project – In partnership with Inishowen Carnival Group - Capital of Culture project touring primary schools in 08
- Girl Guiding UK- World in One City Event at the Echo Arena -Commissions and workshops with 600 girl guides
December
November
October
August
July
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May
April
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February
2007 Events and Projects
- Sale Partnership’s Christmas Celebration- Lantern procession support
- Tranmere Alliance Winter Festival - Lantern making workshops and procession
- Halloween Lantern Carnival Sefton Park Liverpool
- CFN Conference -Liverpool Anglican Cathedral - Lantern sculptures and costumes
- Stockton Council – Lantern training for artists
- Liverpool 800th Birthday Celebrations– Caribbean Island children’s play area
- Tatton Park Cheshire -Lanterns and Kinetic Fire Sculptures
- Liverpool Lord Mayor’s Parade -in partnership with WTP
- Liverpool Tall Ships Visit -All Aboard a Caribbean Island installation , and children’s play area
- Chinese New Year celebrations Liverpool
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
February
2006 Events and Projects
- Birmingham Canal boat Light parade, Birmingham City Council
- Lantern Procession (processional image), More Music in Morecombe
- Workshops and site specific sculpture, Knowsley Winter Fair at National Wildflower Centre, Knowsley Council
- Exhibition, Kirkby Library Gallery
- Sale Moor Lantern workshops and procession, Trafford Housing Trust
- City Centre Lantern Procession with Sense of Sound Choir, Liverpool BID team
- Southport Christmas Parade (processional image), Sefton Council
- Liverpool08 Launch Event (costumed performance), Liverpool City Council
- ‘The Displaced’ Halloween Lantern Carnival 06
- Kinetic lantern making master class, Hope St Ltd
- Kendal Torchlight Procession (processional images)
- Training and workshops, Malbank School and Sixth form College, Cheshire
- Pensby School, Learning Lighthouse,Wirral
- South Wirral Arts Festival
- Liverpool Lord Mayors Parade - Artistic Direction, Produced in partnership with Walk the Plank and Liverpool Culture Company
- Training for staff, Sefton Early Years
December
November
October
September
June
January
2005 Events and Projects
- Magical gardens, workshops and installation, National Wildflower Centre, Knowsley Council Winter Fayre
- ‘Ascension’ Halloween Lantern Carnival 05
December
October
2004
- Delivery partner for Launch Event ‘Year of Faith’ (workshops and procession), Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool Culture Company
- Halloween Lantern Carnival 04 in partnership with Zho Theatre
January
October
2003
December
- Christmas Lantern Carnival, in partnership with Hope St Ltd and Liverpool City Council.
