LIVERPOOL THEATRE
Queertet
Unity Theatre
Hope Street
22 - 24 July

Queertet is all about giving voice to new talent every year by showcasing four short LGBT plays in one night. Upbeat, colourful, entertaining and most of all proud it showcases new writing talent. This year’s line-up includes Pulse, a comic take on gay super heroes and super villains by John Maines, Stuart Crowther’s erotic love story The F**k, “Lipstick lesbian rom com” Bye by Franki Le-Voguer and “rom com with heart” Mates Rates by Wes Williams. Contains material that “some may find offensive” and admission is for adults aged 18+ only.
unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

LONDON FILM
Man With a
Movie Camera
BFI
Belvedere Road, SE1
July 31-August 8

Dziga Vertov’s 1929 film, a game-changing exploration of city life, is one of the most radical films of Soviet cinema. In his “city-symphony” Vertov paints an impressionistic and lyrical portrait of a day in the life of Moscow’s masses at work and at play. He wittily transforms the world caught by his lens with a dazzling array of experimental camera and editing techniques. The constant invention remains astonishing and influential to this day.
bfi.org.uk

LONDON EXHIBITION
Thomas Hirschhorn: In-Between
South London Gallery
Peckham Road, SE5
Until September 13

This free exhibition explores destruction by violence, war, accident, nature, structural failures, corruption and fatality. Using low-grade materials — cardboard, plastic sheeting, packing tape and aluminium foil — combined with newspaper and magazine cuttings, mannequins, furniture and a wide range of other miscellaneous items, Thomas Hirschhorn’s In-Between references radical theorists such as Gilles Deleuze and George Bataille. His distinctive visual language creates a provocative artwork, imbued with political content which divides opinion.
southlondongallery.org

SHEFFIELD EXHIBITION
Steel City, City on the Move
Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate
Until October 11

Sheffield and its twin city of Pittsburgh in the US have both been indelibly shaped by the steel-making industry, which once employed local people in their thousands. The parallels between these great “steel cities” are explored by artist Jo Peel in a free exhibition of murals, painting and film to explore the shared legacy of Sheffield and its US counterpart.
museums-sheffield.org.uk