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Review: Rambert Dance Company’s Comedy of Change tour 2010 Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold

THREE contrasting works of humour, vibrancy and animal instinct make up the Rambert dance company’s 2010 tour.Read

Jackson Browne joins Liverpool Summer Pops line up

FOLK rock sensation Jackson Browne is the latest act to sign up to the Liverpool Summer Pops festival.Read

Smiths tribute act The Smiths Indeed to gig at O2 Academy in Liverpool

A SMITHS tribute act has been lined up for a gig at the O2 Academy in Liverpool.Read

Windmill Hill and Castlefields based band Coalhouse eyes top prize in Live and Unsigned 2010

RUNCORN band Coalhouse is to compete against the UK’s hottest up-and-coming acts in a live showdown.Read

Diana Vickers to play Liverpool O2 Academy date

POP singer Diana Vickers is playing a Liverpool date in May to support the release of her album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree.Read

Beverley Craven to play at Pyramid Hall, Warrington

BEVERLEY Craven is re-entering the limelight with a gig at Warrington Pyramid Hall tonight (Thursday).Read

Photographer Henry Iddon to display work at The Brindley in Runcorn

A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition with a literary twist is to take place at The Brindley.Read

Deadmau5 to play Liverpool University

SUPER Producer Deadmau5 has announced the acts that will join him on his UK tour in May.Read

Dancing star Crystal Cook arrives in Liverpool with Disney Live production

Ask rising musical theatre star Crystal Cook who her favourite Disney character might be and she won’t hesitate to say Belle from Beauty and the Beast.Read

Audio Bullys showcase new album at The Box in Crewe

AUDIO Bullys return to the live circuit with an explosive new album after three years away, which they will showcase in Cheshire this week.Read

Roger Llewellyn stars as Sherlock Holmes in one man show at The Brindley in Runcorn

WITH Sherlock Holmes thrilling audiences on cinema screens nationawide why not see him – in the flesh – in a new play at The Brindley in Runcorn?Read

Omar Puente to support Courtney Pine at Pacific Road Arts Centre in Birkenhead

CUBAN-born violinist and jazz musician Omar Puente is to be the support act for Courtney Pine at Pacific Road Arts Centre Birkenhead tonight.Read

Louise Parker to sing at Chester’s Guildhall

IF YOU were named after Louis Armstrong, there’s a good chance that your parents had big plans for you in the music business.Read

Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham come to The Brindley in Runcorn

TWO of Scotland’s best loved traditional musicians are in Runcorn when Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham come to The Brindley this week.Read

Superstar DJ Tiesto comes to Echo Arena in Liverpool

IF YOU still have fond memories of his headline performance at last year’s sell-out Creamfields Festival, you can relive them when superstar DJ Tiësto returns to the region with his live show on Saturday.Read

Suitcase Ensemble bring Clunk to Liverpool and Runcorn

A REFRESHING new comedy from Liverpool-based theatre collective The Suitcase Ensemble comes to the Unity Theatre this week.Read

Lee Mead stars in Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime at Manchester Palace

LEE Mead, who won the heart of the nation as the winner of the hit BBC show Any Dream Will Do, makes his drama debut in Bill Kenwright’s production of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, at Manchester’s Palace Theatre until Saturday.Read

TV presenter Matt Baker joins BBC Philharmonic for family concert

THE award-winning BBC Philharmonic is joined by BBC TV’s Matt Baker for a family-friendly musical celebration of spring at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Sunday, March 14 at 3pm (Mothering Sunday).Read

Craig Chalmers talks about returning to Joseph at the Rhyl Pavilion

Winning Andrew Lloyd Webber’s TV talent contest Any Dream Will Do may have been the best thing that never happened to Craig Chalmers.Read

Billy Liar comes to the Crewe Lyceum Theatre this week

Former Emmerdale actress Julia Mallam joins a cast of familiar faces in the award-winning Middle Ground Theatre Company’s lavish adaptation of Billy Liar at Crewe’s Lyceum Theatre.Read

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