Shows - 16/5/08

May 16 2008 by Michael Green, Flintshire Chronicle

SHOWS

BIRKENHEAD: May 20 – Comedy Shop on Tour starring Jo Caulfield, Brendan Riley, Phil Walker and Manuel Martinez at the Pacific Road Arts Centre at 8pm. Tickets £14, £12. Ring 0151 647 0752.

BIRKENHEAD: May 23 – Gerry Marsden presents Gerry Across The Mersey, a musical journey through the life and times of the 60s icon, at the Pacific Road Arts Centre. Ring 0151 647 0752.

CHESTER: May 17 – Chester Comedy Club presents Liam Malone, Jay Ryan and Sean Moran at Alexander’s Jazz Theatre, Rufus Court. Doors 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Ring 01244 340005.

CHESTER: May 22-23 – Chester Operatic Society present A Night At The Opera at Chester Guildhall at 7.45pm. Tickets £10 including light refreshments. Ring 01244 375662.

ELLESMERE PORT: May 15-16 – Kelkatz Dance Show at the Civic Hall. Ring 0151 355 7652 for details.

LIVERPOOL: May 22 & 24 – The Guid Sisters by Michel Tremblay, performed by second year acting students and postgraduate diploma in acting students, at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 4988.

LLANDUDNO: May 16-18 – English National Ballet presents Angelina’s Star Performance featuring choreography by Antony Dowson and music by Tchaikovsky, at Venue Cymru at 1.30pm and 6pm on Friday, 2pm and 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: May 21 – The Sensational 60s Experience featuring The Tremeloes, The Merseybeats and The Dreamers at Venue Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £20, £18. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: May 14-17 – Northern Ballet Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street. Ring 0844 847 2328 or visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: May 19 – Elvis On Tour - The Legend Continues, featuring Lee ‘Memphis’ King at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £23.50-£19.50. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER: May 23-24 – The Ethics of Progress – Unlimited Theatre’s artistic director Jon Spooner explains how, in the course of researching material for their show Tangle, his understanding of the world was radically altered by conversations with Professor Vlatko Vedral of the University of Leeds, at the Royal Exchange Theatre Studio, St Ann Square, at 7.30pm. Tickets £9.50, £6.50. Ring 0161 833 9833 or visit www.royalexchange.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: May 23 – Rockin’ On Heaven’s Door – multi-tribute show featuring the music of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Eddie Cochran and The Big Bopper at the Opera House in Quay Street at 8pm. Tickets £16.50-£14.50. Ring 0844 847 2328 or visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk.

MOLD: May 20 – Hijinx Theatre present Full Circle, a show for adults with learning disabilities, telling the triumphant story of a dependant person with an impossible dream, at the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 1.30pm. Tickets £6.50, concessions £5.50. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: May 22 – The Lady of Burma – the true story of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi told in a solo performance by Liana Mau Tan Gould at the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.45pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

MOLD: May 23 – Rhosys Cochion present Trafaelu Ar Y Tren Glas by Sharon Morgan, a bittersweet portrait of the generation which refuses to grow old gracefully without a fight, at the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.45pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

NORTHWICH: May 16 – Opera Gala Evening from Heritage Opera, featuring Serenna Wagner (soprano) and Nicholas Hardy (tenor), at the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8. Ring 01606 867539.

PORT SUNLIGHT: May 14-17 – Rock Ferry Amateur Operatic Society present Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8. Ring 0151 643

8757.

PORT SUNLIGHT: May 22-24 –Hoylake & West Kirby Theatre Group present The Wiz at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm with 2pm Saturday matinee. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 0151 605 0319 & 0151 625 3542.

RUNCORN: May 21-22 – Ricky Tomlinson’s Laughter Show with special guest Pauline Daniels at The Brindley in High Street at 7.30pm. Ticketys £15. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

WARRINGTON: May 17 – Dave Spikey brings his Best Medicine tour to the Pyramid and Parr Hall in Palmyra Square at 8pm. Tickets £17.50, £16. Ring 01925 442345.