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Theatres - Still Showing - January 26 onwards

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Theatres - Starting This Week - January 26 onwards

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Album Review: One Last Hard Goodbye by The Loving Cup

THE LOVING CUP/“One Last Hard Goodbye” (Cat. no. LC0002)Read

Desperate Scousewives play at St Helens Theatre Royal

DESPERATE Scousewives makes its comeback to the stage in January for a four-night run at St Helens Theatre Royal.Read

Streetcar Named Desire at Liverpool Playhouse

TENNESSEE Williams’s tender yet powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire is coming to a theatre near Halton.Read

Comic fairs land in Liverpool and Manchester near Halton

THE GOLDEN Orbit comic and sci-fi convention is coming to Liverpool and Manchester this weekend.Read

Fawlty Towers by John Cleese on stage at the Forum Studio Theatre in Chester

THE shows Fawlty Towers, Calendar Girls and Stags And Hens are just three of the plays which are to hit the Chester stage in 2012.Read

The Wombats to play Delamere Forest summer gig

INDIE rockers The Wombats are will be playing a special gig this summer which will see the band performing for one night only in the spectacular woodland location of Delamere Forest as part of Forestry Commission Live Music.Read

Widnes singer-songwriter Natalie McCool from Hough Green gets ready to support Joan Armatrading and Sandi Thom live on stage.

A WIDNES songwriting star is preparing to take to the stage as she supports two hugely-popular female artists.Read

Neil Morrissey to play Fagin in Oliver! at Manchester’s Palace Theatre

TV STAR Neil Morrissey is to play the Fagin in a new production of the smash hit musical Oliver! at the Palace Theatre in Manchester later this month.Read

Snow Patrol Echo Arena gig looms

TICKETS to see Scottish superstars Snow Patrol at the Echo Arena this month are at a premium but still available for their Liverpool visit.Read

PIanist Noriko Ogawa to celebrate 150 years of Debussy with show at Bridgewater Hall

THE 150th birthday of one of classical music’s most enchanting composers will be marked in Manchester with a joint festival staged by the BBC Philharmonic and The Bridgewater Hall.Read

Comedian Justin Moorhouse to star in romantic comedy on stage

MANCHESTER comedian and actor Justin Moorhouse returns to the Royal Exchange Theatre to star in Jim Cartwight’s warm-hearted comedy Two from January 17-February 25.Read

Diana And Actaeon Renaissance masterpiece on display at Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

ONE of the most important paintings in Britain is on display at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.Read

Neil Morrissey to play Fagin in Oliver! at the Palace Theatre in Manchester

TV star Neil Morrissey is to play Fagin in a new production of hit musical Oliver! starting at the Palace Theatre in Manchester next week.Read

Michael Schenker to bring his Temple of Rock line-up to Manchester

LEGENDARY rock guitarist Michael Schenker has announced four UK Temple of Rock concerts this spring.Read

Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold announces spring season

CLWYD Theatr Cymru in Mold has announced its spring season line-up.Read

Matt Cardle to play two dates at Rhyl Pavilion

RHYL Pavilion will be welcoming X Factor’s 2010 winner Matt Cardle as part of his first tour on February 28 and 29.Read

Charlie Simpson to play O2 Academy in Liverpool

CHARLIE Simpson has announced his tour plans for 2012 including a gig at the O2 Academy in Liverpool on March 25.Read

Hit harmony group The Overtones to play Liverpool and Manchester this winter

FOLLOWING their sold-out autumn 2011 tour, The Overtones have already announced their autumn 2012 dates.Read

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