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Established in 1939, the Left Theatre choir was soon widely recognised within the local labour movement, and was regularly requested at all major regional political rallies.
Featured in our current physical exhibit & upcoming digital exhibit: ljmuarchives.blog/2026/04/24/e...
Merseyside Unity Theatre Choir on the Labour Party March, c.1940s, with cover of songbook On to Action: Music and Words of Labour's Marching Song written by Rufus Hogg, c. 1940s.
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Reminder to drop into our guided open days to explore the Unity Theatre collection on today and tomorrow.
Details below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/unity-thea...
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Super cool video about our @ljmu-sca.bsky.social Heritage Lottery funded project with the Unity Theatre! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xAM... The exhibition runs until the end of this month and you can learn more about the project here: ljmuarchives.blog/2025/10/14/i...
Wake up! We've just catalogued all* of our 19th Century periodicals. And you don't even have to get out of bed 😉
Browse on our online catalogue under reference SC/19CP:
archives.ljmu.ac.uk/TreeBrowse.a...
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Apologies to anyone who saw the multiple versions of this post - we had some recurring errors with the first two images! :)
It's here! Today's the launch party for our exhibit A Radical Re-imagining 16:00-18:00 🥳 Celebrate with us tonight, or visit anytime until 28 June.
Timeline designed by LJMU Graphics student Abi Reynolds.
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Join us 21 May 4:30-6:30 for the #exhibition launch party of A Radical Re-Imagining in collaboration w/ @unitytheatre.bsky.social to explore the Left Theatre movement on Merseyside.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition...
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It's here! A Radical Re-imagining launches today, exploring the Left Theatre movement on Merseyside
LJMU SCA, Mount Pleasant Campus Library
Open 14 May - 28 Jun, Mon-Fri 08:45-19:00 & Sat 10:00-16:00
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Getting ready to launch our next #exhibition tomorrow to celebrate the history of the Left Theatre movement with @unitytheatre.bsky.social ! This is my favourite case so far 💥😊
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