HUNDREDS of people came out tonight - in spite of the rain - to watch a spectacular light show transform St Helens town hall.
We Are Still Here, a light show projecting images, sounds and videos on the building, was created by artist Simon McKeown.
The show took over the town hall for 30 minutes.
After the show, which can be watched in full here, Simon said: "It's been great doing this work, I felt stressed and anxious but loved creating the piece which had lots of different elements like the building collapsing.
"It's truly an honour to be asked to take the story of a town like St Helens with 150 years of history and use that for the work.
"It has been fantastic and I can't thank everyone enough for coming out to see it."
Street performers on stilts were also part of the event.
It was created with BuzzHub St Helens CDP and commissioned by Heart of Glass, as part of St Helens 150, in partnership with DaDaFest, to not only round off the borough's 150th anniversary celebrations but also St Helens' year as the Liverpool City Region’s Borough of Culture.
Did you take a selfie at the event? If so email them in to news@sthelensstar.co.uk including your name.
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