Sefton Borough

Review: The Nightingale’s Song Reawakened, Southport, 27th March 2022 What a mesmerising show! We were blown away by the brilliance of The Nightingale’s Song Reawakened. It was a privilege to be among the crowd watching this very unique event at The Atkinson on Lord Street in Southport last night – the perfect way to end Mother’s Day. It was so good, we stayed to watch it twice.

Sefton Council is keen to develop a new Cultural Strategy to showcase the area as a “cultural leader” within the Liverpool City Region. The strategy aims to build on the momentum of last year’s Sefton Borough Of Culture year, which staged a series of high-profile events. They included A Nightingale’s Song, Constellations and a four-storey Red Rum mural despite most of the year being impacted by the Covid pandemic.

A sensational four-storey mural of Red Rum in Southport could finally enjoy an official unveiling – a year after it was completed. The huge painting of the world’s greatest ever racehorse was completed on the end of a building on the corner of Scarisbrick Avenue and the Promenade in March last year. It was completed at the time when the first national Covid-19 lockdown was imposed by the Government, so never had the grand unveiling it deserved.