What’s on listings - 9/4/09

Apr 9 2009 by Michael Green, Flintshire Chronicle

EVENTS

THURSDAY

CHESTER: Gathering of historic narrowboats at Chester Canal Basin, Tower Wharf, from 10.30am. Ring 01244 402111.

CHESTER: Join the staff in creating Easter bunnies at Chester History & Heritage in St Michael’s Church from 1.15-2pm or 2.15-3pm. £1 per child. Book on 01244 402110.

CHESTER: Pilates matwork class at the Northgate Arena from noon- 12.45pm. Ring 01244 380444.

CHESTER: Chester and District Branch of the Parkinson’s Disease Society free yoga classes at the Oddfellows Hall in Saltney at 2pm. For details, ring Jean Dale on 01244 381257.

CHESTER: Chester St Andrew Society presents Scottish country dancing every Thursday from September to May at the Caldy Valley Centre in Great Boughton. Adults from 7.30pm, children from 6.30pm. Ring 01270 214695 for details.

CHESTER: Buddhist meditation class at 7.30pm at Stanley Palace, Watergate Street. Cost £5. Term- based. Ring 077255 16391 to book.

CHESTER: General knowledge quiz in aid of Breast Care at The Ship Victory, George Street, from 8.30pm. Ring 01244 376453.

MALPAS: Malpas Horticultural Society meeting with talk on Plants for Shady Gardens at the Jubilee Hall at 7.30pm. Ring 01948 860630.

MOLD: Yoga classes at St David’s Church Hall (opposite fire station) at 8pm. Ring 01244 811839.

PECKFORTON: Yoga classes at Peckforton and Beeston Village Hall from 7.30-9pm. Phone Sally Pearson on 01829 261258 for details.

FRIDAY

CHESTER: Gathering of historic narrowboats at Chester Canal Basin, Tower Wharf, from 10.30am. Ring 01244 402111.

CHESTER: Junior Chess Club meets every Friday from 6-7.30pm at the Watertower Pavilion, Tower Road, for ages seven and upwards. Ring 01244 320207.

ELLESMERE PORT: Easter boat gathering at the National Waterways Museum from 10am-5pm. Ring 0151 373 4373.

NESTON: University of Liverpool International Community coffee morning, Leahurst House, Chester High Road, 10.30am-noon. Children welcome. 0151 336 6661/1517.

WREXHAM: Easter trails at Erddig – Chocolate trails, Easter bonnets, egg-and-spoon race. Family fun sponsored by Cadbury at Erddig. For more information, telephone 01978 355314.

SATURDAY

HAWARDEN: Yoga classes at Level Road Community Centre, off Wood Lane, at 10.30am.

ELLESMERE PORT: Easter boat gathering at the National Waterways Museum from 10am-5pm. Ring 0151 373 4373.

WREXHAM: Easter trails at Erddig – Chocolate trails, Easter bonnets, egg-and-spoon race. Family fun sponsored by Cadbury at Erddig. Ring 01978 355314.

SUNDAY

CHESTER: The Ramblers’ Association has a varied programme of walks events and meets every Sunday in Upton. New members welcome. Ring 0151 339 1178 or 01244 377786 or visit www.ramblers.org.uk.

CHRISTLETON: Christleton Churches Together: village tea room, at the Methodist church, from 2-4.30pm each Sunday in June, July and August. Drinks and homemade cakes. Proceeds to charity.

ELLESMERE PORT: Easter boat gathering at the National Waterways Museum from 10am-5pm. Ring 0151 373 4373.

WEPRE: Easter Treasure Trail – drop in anytime between 11am and 2pm to collect instructions for following the trail of clues around Wepre Park. £1 per treasure hunter. Ring 01244 814931.

WREXHAM: Easter trails at Erddig – Chocolate trails, Easter bonnets, egg-and-spoon race, face-painters, entertainer, Cadbury play area, two- day-old chicks from Poultry Pets. Family fun sponsored by Cadbury at Erddig. Ring 01978 355314.

MONDAY

BURTON (WIRRAL): Bridge at the village hall, 7.30pm every Monday. Details on 0151 336 3370.

ELLESMERE PORT: Easter boat gathering at the National Waterways Museum from 10am-5pm. Ring 0151 373 4373.

HOLYWELL: Holywell Players’ drama group meets every Monday from 7-9pm. For details, call Andrea on 01352 711240.

HUNTINGTON: Huntington Under Fives Playgroup at the village hall in Butterbache Road from 9.15am- 12.15pm. Ring 01244 351343.

LITTLE SUTTON: Pilates matwork classes at Little Sutton Community Centre 6.45-7.45pm. Ring 01244 375422/07746 968028.

TALACRE: Easter egg hunt at Talacre from 10am-12.30pm. 50p per person. Ring 01244 814931.

WREXHAM: Easter trails at Erddig – chocolate trails, Easter bonnets, egg-and-spoon race, face-painters, entertainer, Cadbury play area, two- day-old chicks from Poultry Pets. Family fun sponsored by Cadbury at Erddig. Ring 01978 355314.

TUESDAY

SAUGHALL: Pilates matwork classes at the Vernon Institute from 9.30-10.30am. Ring 01244 375422/07746 968028.

TALACRE: Land Rover dune safari – explore this important wildlife area from the comfort of the coastal ranger’s Land Rover – from 10am- 3pm. Cost £1 per person. Booking is essential on 01244 814931.

WEDNESDAY

CHESTER: Beautiful Birds – make your own fabulously feathered bird to take away with you from the Grosvenor Museum Newstead Galleryfrom 2-4pm. Free drop-in session.

CHESTER: Chester Flower Club meeting with demonstration on Wot Pot by Katherine Kear of Gloucester at Christleton Parish Hall, 1pm for 1.30pm. Guests £5.

CHESTER: Die Zeitgeist: A History of German Art – lecture examining 1,000 years of German painting and sculpture at the Grosvenor Museum lecture theatre at 1.30pm. Admission £3.

CHOLMONDELEY: National Gardens Scheme open day at Cholmondeley Castle Gardens from 11am-5pm. Admission £5, children £2. Ring 01829 720383.

WEPRE: Beginners orienteering at Wepre Park from 10.15am. Under- 14s must be accompanied by an adult. Ring 01978 757524.

WIRRAL: Wirral Transport Users’ Association presents a transport extravaganza film show by Angus Tilston, chairman of Swan Movie Makers, at Bebington Civic Centre in Bebington from 7.30-10pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0151 342 6805.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

CHESTER: Flower Fairy Masks – make an angelic fairy or maybe a naughty pixie mask at the Grosvenor Museum Newstead Gallery from 2- 4pm. Free drop-in session.

MUSIC

THURSDAY

CHESTER: Philip Rushforth gives the lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

FARNDON: Mark Dennis runs the acoustic night on all Thursdays at the Farndon Arms. Change of players every fortnight. Contact: Martin 01829 270570 or visit the website – thefarndonarms.co.uk

SATURDAY

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Ian Tracey, accompanied by organist Graham Eccles, at Liverpool Cathedral at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

TUESDAY

CHESTER: Music at Wesley with Fergal O’Mahony (piano) at Wesley Methodist Church, St John Street, at 12.45pm. Retiring collection.

MANCHESTER: Pianist Lang Lang performs works by Schubert, Bartok, Debussy and Chopin at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £15- £30. Ring 0161 907 9000.

WEDNESDAY

MANCHESTER: The Hallé, conducted by Cristian Mandeal with soloist Nikolai Demidenko (piano), perform works by Rachmaninov at the Bridgewater Hall at 7pm. Tickets £9-£35. Ring 0161 907 9000.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

MANCHESTER: The Hallé, conducted by Cristian Mandeal with soloist Nikolai Demidenko (piano), perform works by Rachmaninov at the Bridgewater Hall at 7pm. Tickets £9-£35. Ring 0161 907 9000.

SHOWS

CHESTER: April 11 – Chester Comedy Club presents Rob Hitchmough, Kevin Dewsbury and Alan Donegan at Alexander’s Jazz Theatre, Rufus Court, at 8pm. Tickets £10. Ring 01244 390090.

CREWE: April 16 – Forever In Blue Jeans – hits from the 50s and 60s mixed in with songs from the shows at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Ring 01270 537333 or visit www.lyceumtheatre. net.

LIVERPOOL: April 10-11 – Capital of Comedy presents Tom Stade and Silky, with MC Chris Cairns, downstairs at The Slaughterhouse, Fenwick Street. £10 per ticket on Fridays and £12 per ticket on Saturdays. Visit www.thecapitalofcomedy.com or ring 0844 477 1000.

LIVERPOOL: April 12 – Steve Steinman’s Bat – The Symphony at the Empire Theatre, Lime Street, at 7.30pm Tickets £18.50-£27.50. Ring 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

MANCHESTER: April 16-19 – Torvill & Dean’s Dancing On Ice – The Bolero 25th Anniversary Tour featuring 2009 Dancing On Ice winner Ray Quinn, Jessica Taylor, Melinda Messenger, Chris Fountain, Roxanne Pallett, Zoe Salmon, Kyran Bracken, Suzanne Shaw and Todd Carty at the MEN Arena. Ring 0844 847 8000 or visit www. men-arena.com.

RHYL: April 9 – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers – a tribute to the music of Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50, concessions £1 off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www. rhylpavilion.co.uk.

RHYL: April 11 – ABBA Mania at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50, £15.50, concessions £1.50 off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www. rhylpavilion.co.uk.

RUNCORN: April 14 – Circo Ridiculoso presents Lighter Than Air . Enter the strange and bizarre universe of a wild balloon tamer, where surreal and stupid things happen, at The Brindley, High Street, at 11am and 2pm. Tickets £6. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 15 – The Essence of Ireland – 17 musicians and dancers bring Irish dancing into a new era, combining breathtaking

choreography with traditional Irish songs, as well as hits from popular Irish musicians of today – at The Brindley, High Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, concessions £14. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 16 – Calibre Productions presents Masters of The Musicals, a joyous celebration of the best of Broadway and the West End features a selection of songs from the greatest musicals in history, at The Brindley, High Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £14 concessions. Ring 0151 907 8360or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: April 9 – Rock ‘ Til We Drop, featuring The Tremeloes and The Barron Knights at the Victoria Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £16.50- £17.50. Ring 0870 060 6649 or visit www.victoria-hall.info.

WARRINGTON: April 11 – Ullaloom Theatre Company presents The Dark Room. Retelling of the Bluebeard myth, a tragic love story and an examination of the darkness at the heart of our much loved fairy tales, at The Pyramid in Palmyra Square at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £5. Ring 01925 442345 or visit www.pyramidparrhall. com.

WIRRAL: April 10 – The Johnny Cash Story featuring Roger Dean at the Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £11. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

EXHIBITIONS

CHESTER: April 6-May 29 – Paintings of Old Buildings in Chester and Cheshire by John Hopkins at Chester History and Heritage in St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street. Ring 01244 402110.

CHESTER: March 30-May 28 – The Best Days of Our Lives? – photographic display of Chester schools from the past at Chester History and Heritage at St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row.

CHESTER: March 28-June 20 – New Evolutions – exhibition of artworks to launch a new Chester-based art collective at Telford’s Warehouse in Tower Wharf. Ring 07901 552303.

CHESTER: March 5-May 31 – Class Act – works of art by members of adult classes in Chester at the Forum Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place. Ring 01244 380559.

CHESTER: Until April 19 – P-art-NERS: artistic collaborations between Lorrach and Chester, the result of imaginative collaborations by painters, printmakers, photographers and ceramicists from Chester and the twin town of Lorrach in Germany, at Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery One.

CHESTER: Until April 14 – Boutique City: Fashions Bought in Chester – a range of 19th and 20th Century fashions that were once bought in Chester and proudly paraded on the city’s streets, in the Grosvenor Museum Costume Gallery on the first floor of the Period House.

CHESTER: Until April 14 – Photographs by Jean-Benoit Gyssels – everyday objects, taken from unfamiliar angles, to produce abstract images by this celebrated photographer from Chester’s twin town of Sens, at Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery Two.

FRODSHAM: April 1-May 11 – Leo Kundas Retrospective including paintings and prints of New York, horses and flowers at Castle Park Arts Centre. Free entry. Ring 01928 735832.

LIVERPOOL: February 2-July – My Life, My Words – exhibition exploring the lives and experiences of people from Liverpool’s black communities and their relationships with the ever- changing city, at the International Slavery Museum, Albert Dock.

LIVERPOOL: January 17-June 28 – The Shoot Nations project – an exhibition of photographs produced by young people is set to highlight the issue of climate change, at the Albert Dock’s International Slavery Museum.

MANCHESTER: Until May 4 – Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci from the Royal Collection – an exhibition to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prince Charles with a rare chance to see some of da Vinci’s finest drawings at Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8888.

MANCHESTER: February 14-May 31 – Using plant images from popular and classical sources, British artist Paul Morrison plays with scale to create dramatic black-and- white landscapes at Manchester Art Gallery in Mosley Street. Ring 0161 235 8888.

MANCHESTER: Until May 4 – Subversive Spaces – Surrealism and contemporary art with Kinderzimmer, a major new commission by Gregor Schneider at the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester in Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www. manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MANCHESTER: November 8-October 2009 – Putting On The Glitz – wallpapers and wallcoverings with that extra something at the Whitworth Art Gallery at the University of Manchester, Oxford Road. Ring 0161 275 7450 or visit www. manchester.ac.uk/whitworth.

MOLD: Until April 26 – The Land of the Living Past – an exhibition of photographs taken by Rhodri Jones in North Albania from 1992-99, in the Oriel Gallery at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd- theatr-cymru.co.uk.

NESS: March 15-April 13 – Art in Gardens Exhibition – an exhibition of paintings, prints, ceramics, etc, by Cheshire Artists Network in the Visitors Centre at Ness Gardens. Ring 0151 353 0123.

PARKGATE: March 20-May 10 – Breaking the Divide – spectacular artworks of abstract, soft nudes and bronze forms from three leading national artists, Bill Bate, Robert Hart and sculptor Gill Brown at Artroom, The Parade. Ring 08700 85 20 85 or visit www.artroom.uk.com.

RUNCORN: February 17-April 11 – Sarah Morpeth: Artist’s Books – The books in this display were inspired by a 1945 film – Powell & Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going – with which the artist has been obsessed for years. Through the book structure, she is exploring aspects of the film, not just its characters and story but also techniques used in its making, and in a larger sense reflecting on the relationship between books and film and the structural processes involved in each medium – at The Brindley, High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: February 21-April 11 –Material Evidence – four textile artists – Clare Lane, Laura McCafferty, Caroline Kirton and Debbie Smyth – explore the world around them through stitch, print, photography and drawing at The Brindley, High Street. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

WREXHAM: April 1-30– Exhibition of work by artist Hayley Parfitt in Gallery 2 at the Oriel Wrecsam in Rhossdu Road. Ring 01978 292093.

WREXHAM: April 1-30 – Sandra Casey is Printmaker of the Month at the Oriel Wrecsam in Rhossdu Road. Ring 01978 292093.

WREXHAM: March 16-May 16 – Exhibitions of work by Neil Bottle, Helaina Sharpley, Christiane Kersten and Kaytee Rose in the Craft Gallery at the Oriel Wrecsam, Rhossdu Road. Ring 01978 292093.

WREXHAM: March 7-April 18 – Who’s Who – Defining the Faces of an Arts Movement by Tanya Raabe – collection of portraits challenging the notion of portraiture at the Oriel Wrecsam, Rhossdu Road. Ring 01978 292093.