Here Come The Boys! (Opera House, Manchester, June 24)

Jun 24 2009 by Will Harris, Crewe Chronicle

WOMEN’S fantasies will be fulfilled at the Manchester Opera House in Chippendales-style show.

The show is on a UK tour and features physically stunning men with some of the most recognisable stars from the original 1991 Chippendales cast and some hot new faces.

A spokesman said: “The Boys will delight the audience with a series of disarmingly sexy routines designed exclusively for ladies.

“Here Come The Boys! artistically encapsulates a wide range of sensuous and visually stimulating performances that offer the perfect blend of live music, hot dance moves and muscle.”

The show is for over-16s only. It starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £20, phone 0844 847 2277.

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Opera House, Buxton, June 24-27)

SMASH hit musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is lighting up Buxton Opera House this week.

BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do finalist Craig Chalmers takes the lead role of Joseph in a vibrant touring production.

Retelling the Biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers and the coat of many colours, the Andrew Lloyd Webber modern classic is full of unforgettable songs, including Any Dream Will Do.

The production has also been entered in The Guinness Book Of Records as the longest-running touring stage musical of all time.

Tickets are £14.50-£19.50 and showtimes vary. For more details phone 0845 127 2190.

Twelfth Night (Stafford Castle, June 25-July 11)

THE Stafford Festival gets into full swing this week with an open-air performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

The event is the centrepiece of the Borough’s popular annual festival which celebrates local, national and international performing and visual arts talent.

This year the beautiful surroundings of Stafford Castle is the perfect backdrop to enjoy Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy of infatuation, deception and broken hearts. Shipwrecked and fearing her twin brother Sebastian dead, Viola is swept onto the shores of Illyria and finds herself amidst an aristocratic confusion of Cupid’s causing.

Tickets are £20-£23, showtimes vary. To book phone 01785 254653.

The Wicked Lady (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, July 3-25)

A FORMER tiger tamer and a Tony-nominated playwright are helping the New Vic stand and deliver next month, as the premiere of an aerial extravaganza gallops into North Staffordshire.

Circus performer and aerial specialist Vicki Amedume and award-winning playwright Bryony Lavery are joining forces with the New Vic for a mid-air take on famous bodice ripper The Wicked Lady.

Based on the original 40s novel, the show has been written for the Staffordshire venue by leading writer, Lavery.

It tells the story of an aristocrat-turned-highwaywoman who, to escape a life of boredom, turns to a life of crime.

Shows start at 7.30pm and tickets are £8.50-£17.50, phone 01782 717962.