Wizard of Oz and Desperate Scousewives lines up as part of St Helens Theatre Royal spring season

Jan 12 2012 by Mark Smith, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News

FROM the Emerald City to the streets of Cuba, St Helens Theatre Royal’s spring season promises something for everyone.

Its upcoming season includes Lynne Fitzgerald and Claire Bowles’s comedy play about the real housewives of Liverpool, Desperate Scousewives which opens the season from January 25-28.

Next up is Regal Entertainment’s sell-out smash-hit production of John Evans’s The Ciggie Run starring Brookside favourite Louis Emerick from February 8-12.

The comic tale follows three likely lads as they attempt to beat the credit crunch with a fag-buying trip to Cuba, throw in a gangster with a pregnant teenage daughter and audiences are in for a hysterical evening at the theatre.

April 11-15 sees the venue stage Katie Tracey’s critically-acclaimed play Ladies Day, which comes to the Theatre Royal after a sell-out smash hit at the Liverpool Actors Studio in 2011.

Directed by Shirley Valentine actress Pauline Daniels, Ladies Day charts five girls from a Liverpool biscuit factory as they visit Aintree races.

Rounding off the season of plays, Bare Faced Cheek Productions return with their production of The Full Monty from May 22-26.

For younger audiences the venue takes them over the rainbow and into the land of The Wizard Of Oz for an Easter treat from April 4-9.

The Spring season also sees visits from Clive Webb and Danny Adams’s Circus Hilarious on February 26, while Vienna Festival Ballet return with their interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake on April 1, while Fireman Sam heads to the venue on May 12.

For ticket details and more information visit www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com or call 01744 756 000.