Later baby
The dead are rising. It's the Apocalypse. We’re all doomed. Well, virtually.
2.8 Hours Later is a thrilling night time chase game which is being played across inner city Liverpool this weekend. Multiple secret locations will be transformed into zombie film sets and populated by a cast of survivors and zombies.
Players will hit the streets in waves after dark to outwit and outrun the zombies as they hunt for real-life clues to the whereabouts of Resistance HQ, the last safe place in the city. Using their mobiles, they are also able to call or text in to get game updates and safety information.
Since it was premiered in 2010, 2.8 Hours Later has been played by more than 6,000 players in Bristol, London and Leeds. Tickets sell out within days with over 17,000 fans following the game’s every move on Facebook, and putting in bids for their cities to host the adrenaline-fuelled zombie gore fest.
The game has a cast of hundreds of zombie volunteers, who chase, groan and scare players along the route. Let the games begin.
Zombie Outbreak, 16-19th May, Wannabe Zombies can register here
Pauline Black
Black by design
Hands down, Pauline Black possessed the best voice that ever graced a 2-Tone release, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
The lead-singer of Two-Tone Ska legends The Selecter and award-winning solo artist, steps lightly into Liverpool to join Writing on the Wall for an intimate evening of readings from her 2011 memoir, Black By Design, and an acoustic set of some of her favourite Selecter and solo classics.
Pauline Black released two albums and a clutch of hit singles with, The Selecter, many of which have been sampled by subsequent generations of musicians. She has retained her status as national tresh through a career in acting, broadcasting and writing. Black by Design has been longlisted for the London Book Awards 2012.
Don’t miss out on this event with the UK’s leading lady of ska.
Pauline Black, 18th May, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Rodewald Suite, from 7.30pm, tickets £10.
Merseybeasts
Beast is rising
Described as the Jukebox of Liverpool, the MerseYbeasts will celebrate this mecca of music by playing a grand mixture of weird and wonderful bands from the seafront city. Covering legends like Cast, the Zutons, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Space, they promise to leave no one cold when they hit the stage this weekend.
But they don’t come alone. A 40 minute set by their supporting artists Mersey Beatles.
Merseybeats, Saturday 19th May, The Picket, New Bird Street, L3, from 8pm, tickets £10
Oh, and Liverpool Sound City
All weekend here
