The Bluecoat and Perestroika
11/30/18 • 39 min
Jayne Casey and Bryan Biggs take us on a tour through the archive of The Bluecoat, the UK's oldest arts centre. In doing so, they chart the building's history as a repository of culture for Liverpool - and unearth a story from 1989, when a show they put on proved the existence of perestroika to Ronald Reagan.
Jayne Casey and Bryan Biggs take us on a tour through the archive of The Bluecoat, the UK's oldest arts centre. In doing so, they chart the building's history as a repository of culture for Liverpool - and unearth a story from 1989, when a show they put on proved the existence of perestroika to Ronald Reagan.
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