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Commentator Eddie Hemmings to star in Up ‘n’ Under at The Brindley

POPULAR sport commentator Eddie Hemmings is set to star in an award-winning comedy about rugby league at The Brindley.Read

Props from Spielberg hit War Horse go on display at Imperial War Museum North

FILM props from Spielberg’s latest hit War Horse are set to go on display as part of a major new exhibition.Read

Green Day musical American Idiot heads to Palace Theatre in Manchester

THE massively-successful chart-topping Green Day album American Idiot has been turned into a stage musical which comes to the Palace Theatre in Manchester from November 12-24.Read

Glasvegas to play Liverpool O2 Academy

SCOTTISH indie-rockers Glasvegas have announced their first UK dates of 2012 with a shows scheduled for Liverpool in AprilRead

Cholmondeley Pageant Of Power gears up for most action-packed event yet

THE Cholmondeley Pageant Of Power is to make an explosive return this summer.Read

Hair starring Gareth Gates to be performed at the Liverpool Empire

FRESH from sell-out European arena tours, the international hit production of 60s musical Hair is to tour the UK for the first time and it all kicks off in Liverpool.Read

New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys to perform at Echo Arena Liverpool

NEW Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys have teamed up for what is likely to be one of the biggest tours to hit the UK this year.Read

Red Riding Hood by Mike Kenny heads to The Brindley

AN AWARD-WINNING writer’s interpretation of a classic fairytale is coming to Halton.Read

Magic Of Motown comes to Warrington Parr Hall

A CELEBRATION of all things Motown is coming to Warrington’s Parr Hall in March.Read

West Kirby Light Operatic Society to perform Titanic The Musical at Liverpool Empire

WEST Kirby Light Operatic Society will once again stage the multi-award-winning Broadway production Titanic - The Musical at the Liverpool Empire from June 5-9.Read

Music: The Reads

After breaking into the national consciousness in 2011, Chester and Flintshire-based band The Reads speak to MARTYN COPPACK about serious and comic influences, their big chance on Radio 2 and an ambition to get on to the Sky Sports highlights reelRead

The Midnight Ramble come to Telford’s Warehouse in Chester

ENJOY a musical Midnight Ramble on Saturday night.Read

Chloe Moss’s The Gatekeeper comes to Manchester

AWARD-WINNING writer Chloe Moss is premiering The Gatekeeper in Manchester.Read

Vue Cheshire Oaks to screen Chemical Brothers concert film

STUNNING visuals and dance anthems will transform Vue Cheshire Oaks in a screening of The Chemical Brothers’s Don’t Think at 10pm tomorrow (Friday).Read

Paul McGann talks about his career during In Conversation event in Liverpool

LIVERPOOL-BORN actor Paul McGann will take centre stage at the Club Geek Chic in Conversation event taking place at St George’s Hall in Liverpool on Saturday, February 4.Read

Fantasy-inspired burlesque life drawing comes Chester’s Laugh Inn

CHESTER’S most glamorous life drawing class returns to The Laugh Inn this month with a fantasy-themed spectacular.Read

Suzie Sequin hosts a Valentine’s night burlesque at Alexander’s in Chester

AN EARLY Valentine’s night out is being offered by Alexander’s in Chester this Sunday.Read

Comedian Simon Evans at The Laugh Inn in Chester

TOMORROW (Friday) at the Laugh Inn, Chester, Danny McLoughlin introduces Simon Evans, regular compère and top comedian Dan Nightingale and Archie Kelly.Read

Bedford Lemere’s archive photographs in An Age of Confidence at the Lady Lever Gallery in Wirral

Brick by brick the stately home was moved – each piece carefully numbered and transported on the whim of a homesick shipping tycoon to a location on the other side of Wirral.Read

Australian cellist to play Chester Music Society celebrity concert

AUSTRALIAN cellist Pei-Jee Ng will give a recital at the next Chester Music Society Celebrity concert.Read

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