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This year's festival theme is Be Our Guest, hosted by Manchester-based live artist Lowri Evans.
Come closer, defy conventions, cast spells, embrace temptation, try new things, gather round….
"Hi, I’m Lowri, an artist and the host of this year’s Take Over. It’s lovely to be back in St Helens (after working with Heart of Glass back in 2015) - thanks for having me!
This autumn, I’m inviting a selection of artists to stage events, exhibitions and performances across St Helens and Knowsley. I’m a natural host; I’ve met strangers off trains, taken people on an open top heritage bus tour and I know how to throw a good party.
The festival is happening over three weekends - a magical time of year that will see Halloween and Bonfire Night come and go. Days become nights, wood turns to smoke, water snaps to frost."
You’re invited to step outside, brave the cold and explore the programme. Be our guest.
Download our festival schedule (in standard and large print formats) to see at a glance what's happening and where!
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Festival Schedule
Download our festival schedule to see at a glance what's happening and where!
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Festival Schedule (large print)
Take Over 2022 is curated and produced by Heart of Glass and Lowri Evans, with the support and collaboration of artists, organisations and communities across St Helens and Knowsley. Special thanks to all of the artists and communities involved in this year’s festival.
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Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. They support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections.
Between 2011 and 2015, we will invest £1.4 billion of public money from government and an estimated £1 billion from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. Government funding is received from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and requirements are laid out in our funding agreement with them.
Formerly called Citadel Arts, Wonder Arts is a children and families organisation operating exclusively in non-traditional spaces in the public realm.
Providing high quality arts experiences for a-typical children and family audiences who would not otherwise engage with the arts, Wonder Arts are based in St Helens. They began their life as Citadel Arts Centre in 1988 and changed their name in 2022.
