Shows - 31/10/08

Oct 31 2008 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

SHOWS

CHESTER: November 1 – Chester Comedy Club featuring Kevin Hayes, Carol Donnelly and Sean Moran at Alexander’s Jazz Theatre, Rufus Court. Doors 8pm. Tickets £10. Ring 01244 340005.

CHESTER: November 2 – Rural Touring Network presents Isabelle Georges and Frederik Steenbrink in Judy and Me, a tribute to the legendary Judy Garland, village hall in Heath Road, Upton, 7.30pm. Tickets £9-£5, 01244 380068.

ELLESMERE PORT: November 2 – Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs at the Civic Hall at 2.30pm. For children aged 3-7. Family ticket £30, adults £8, concession £7.50. Ring 0151 355 7652.

HELSBY: November 2 – Rural Touring Network presents Polyjesters, a mix of music through the ages on acoustic instruments, at the community centre in Lower Robin Hood Lane at 7.30pm. Tickets £9-£5. Ring 01928 723399.

LIVERPOOL: November 1 – Capital Nights – a new European dance festival produced by Merseyside Dance Initiative to celebrate the Capital of Culture year, Playhouse Theatre, Williamson Square, 7.30pm. Visit www.everymanplayhouse.com or ring 0151 709 4776.

LLANDUDNO: October 31 – Theatr Na Nog presents a new adaptation of Cyrano by Edmond Rostond at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm, 01492 872000 or www.venuecymru.co.uk

MANCHESTER: November 3-8 – Comedian Alan Partridge at the Apollo Theatre, Ardwick Green. Tickets £32.50. 0161 242 2560.

MOLD: November 1 – Cyrano - new adaptation by Keiron Self of Edmond Rostond’s classic play from the Welsh theatre company Theatr na n’Og in the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7.45pm. Tickets £11, concessions £9. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk

MOLD: November 6 – Kill For A Seat Comedy Club featuring Simon Munnery and Jason Cook in the Clwyd Room at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £8, concessions £6. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME: November 3 – An audience with Jonathan Miller at the New Vic Theatre in Etruria Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £17, £15.50, 01782 717962.

PORT SUNLIGHT: October 29-November 1 – St Paul’s Operatic Society present Anything Goes by Cole Porter at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £10, £8. Ring 0151 643 8757.

RHYL: November 4 – Ballet Ireland presents Swan Lake at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £10, concessions £1 off, 01745 330000 or www.rhylpavilion.co.uk

RHYL: November 7-8 – Rhyl and District Operatic Society presents Encore!, celebrating 70 years of musicals, at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm with 2.30pm Saturday matinee. Tickets £12, £10, concessions £1 off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk

RUNCORN: October 28-November 1 – Zodiac presents Anything Goes by Cole Porter at The Brindley at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk

RUNCORN: October 30-31 – Hatch Productions present The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter at The Brindley Studio at 7.30pm. Tickets £7, concessions £5. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk

RUNCORN: November 6 – Musical comedy theatre with Tim Minchin at The Brindley Studio at 8pm. Tickets £14, concessions £12, 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk

RUNCORN: November 7-8 – Reduced Shakespeare Company present The Bible – The Complete Word of God at The Brindley Studio at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk

SALFORD: October 31-November 1 – Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, award-winning show combining live music, performance and storytelling with film and animation at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com

SALFORD: October 31 – Ad Infinitum presents Behind The Mirror, exhilarating physical theatre comedy featuring a bizarre love tryst between a man, his fiancee and his mutinous reflection, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 9pm. Tickets £10, 0870 787 5788/www.thelowry.com

SALFORD: November 1 – Limelight and Lunacy – parlour game pastiche which assembles bawdy and absurd Victoriana to poke fun at the hypocrasies of late 19th century decorum at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 9pm. Tickets £7.50, £5, 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com

SALFORD: November 2 – Frankie Boyle at The Lowry, Salford Quays. Tickets £17.50. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com

SALFORD: November 2 – Rogue Theatre presents Pathway to the Red Sun, a futuristic love story about the search for innocence using circus spectacle, poetry, live music, dance and acrobatics at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 9pm. Tickets £7.50, £5. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com

SALFORD: November 4 – Green Eyed Zero presents In The Shadow of Picture Frames – a dark and playful piece that explores the fragility of human emotions through a couple’s sinister yet comic encounter with a telephone and a secluded neighbour, The Lowry, Salford Quays, 7.45pm. Tickets £10. 0870 787 5788 or www.thelowry.com

SALFORD: November 7 – Women & Theatre on Tour present The Bad One, a dark and playful gothic drama inspired by Jekyll & Hyde, at The Lowry, Salford Quays. Tickets £12. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com

WARRINGTON: October 31 – The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler at the Pyramid & Parr Hall, Palmyra Square, at 8pm. Tickets £18, £16. Ring 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com

WARRINGTON: November 1 – Comedy Stre at the Pyramid & Parr Hall, Palmyra Square, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £10; 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall.com

WIRRAL: November 6-8 – The Woolgatherers of Heswall present The Anniversary by Bil MacIlwraith at Heswall Hall in Telegraph Road at 8pm. Tickets £6. 0151 348 1084.