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Music Spotlight: The Retrospective to support Ash at Crewe Live 2012

For pop-rock outfit The Retrospective, Crewe Live 2012 is going to be something very special.Read

Crewe venue launches ‘Classic Rock Night’ with Led Zeppelin tribute Air Shop

THE Box music venue in Crewe launches its ‘Classic Rock Night’ tomorrow (Thursday) with the special Led Zeppelin tribute show, Air Shop.Read

Dozen bands set for annual Jolly Fest at the Jolly Tar, Wardle

SOUTH Cheshire favourite Jim Kirkpatrick is amongst the acts on the bill for the fifth annual ‘Jolly Fest’ at the Jolly Tar in Wardle.Read

Local bands prepare for first ever ‘Sandbach Rocks!’ event

SOME of Cheshire’s finest bands will be taking the stage at the first Sandbach Rocks! showcase on Monday.Read

Show tunes celebrated at Victoria Hall, Stoke

WEST End star Rosemary Ashe will be leading the Newcastle Operatic Society through a Tribute to the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein and Andrew Lloyd Webber on Saturday, June 9, at Stoke’s Victoria Hall.Read

‘Purveyors of Cool’, the Rat Pack, bring Vegas glitz to Stoke’s Regent Theatre

The ‘Purveyors of Cool’, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Junior, will be turning on the style at the Regent Theatre in Hanley on Saturday, June 9.Read

Birds of a Feather stars reunite at Manchester’s Lowry Theatre

BIRDS of a feather stick together. No more is that true than of the 1990s BBC sitcom that is enjoying a revival on the stage with its three original stars.Read

Last chance to catch Kiss Chase thriller at Crewe theatre

THERE are two opportunities to catch the thriller Kiss Chase at Crewe’s Lyceum Theatre today (Wednesday).Read

West Kirby Light Operatic Society to stage Titanic The Musical in Liverpool next June

West Kirby Light Operatic Society (WKLOS) will once again stage multi-award-winning Broadway production Titanic – The Musical at the Liverpool Empire, from June 5-9.Read

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Review: Sister Act at Liverpool Empire

SISTER ACT/Liverpool Empire, until June 2Read

Director Philip Wilson talks about Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests at the Liverpool Playhouse

It’s a family weekend – of course there are fisticuffs!” joked Philip Wilson.Read

School reunion drama Kiss Chase comes to Crewe Lyceum

A TALENTED cast visits the Lyceum Theatre in Crewe next week for the dramatic play Kiss Chase by Philip Gladwin.Read

Wheatus to play Eric’s in Liverpool

TO SAY that Wheatus have been through the wringer in the last decade between is the original understatement.Read

Ex-drug baron Howard Marks entertains audiences at St Helens Citadel theatre on Saturday May 26.

AN EX-DRUG baron will take to the stage of St Helens Citadel as he entertains audiences with hilarious tales of his drama-filled life.Read

Prescot spring fair attracts 1,000 visitors

STROLLING players and medieval craftspeople filled Prescot in a spring fair with a difference.Read

Brindley to host event as part of Olympic torch celebrations in Widnes and Runcorn

TO CELEBRATE the Olympic Torch and its journey across the Silver Jubilee Bridge, the Brindley will be hosting an event to which it has invited 20 pupils from each of five schools to perform a piece of dance, drama, song or poetry.Read

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