What’s on - 16/4/09

Apr 16 2009 Flintshire Chronicle

EVENTS

SATURDAY

NESS: Free guided spring walk through Ness Gardens at 10.30am. Normal admission prices apply. Ring 0151 353 0123.

SANDBACH: Sandbach Transport Steam Festival and Carnival from 10am-4pm. Motorbike stunts, circus, Punch & Judy and lots more. Admission free. Ring 01270 766238 for details.

SUNDAY

ALTRINCHAM: National Gardens Scheme open day at Dunham Massey. Ring 0161 941 1025 for details.

NESS: Free guided spring walk through Ness Gardens at 10.30am. Normal admission prices apply. Ring 0151 353 0123.

DISLEY: National Gardens Scheme open day at Lyme Park from 11am-5pm. Ring 01663 762023.

SANDBACH: Sandbach Transport Steam Festival and Carnival from 10am-4pm. Motorbike stunts, circus, Punch & Judy and lots more. Admission free. Ring 01270 766238 for details.

WIRRAL: National Gardens Scheme open day at Poulton Hall in Poulton Lancelyn, Bebington, from 2-5.30pm. Admission £4, children free.

MONDAY

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen joint meeting with the Royal Geographical Society featuring a lecture on Plate Tectonics by Professor Joe Cann at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm.

CHESTER: Zest! open floor poetry night at Alexander’s in Rufus Court at 8pm. Tickets £3, or £2 concessions. Ring 01244 340005.

TUESDAY

CHESTER: Sale of 20th century prints: applied art and collectable ceramics at Bonhams, New House, at 11am. Ring 01244 353110 for details.

CHESTER: Louise Rayner exhibition tour at the Grosvenor Museum Exhibition Gallery Two from 2-3pm.

CHESTER: Chester Film Society screening of the 2005 French film Not Here To Be Loved at the Little Theatre in Gloucester Street, Newtown, at 7.45pm. Tickets £3.50. Ring 01244 371750.

WEDNESDAY

DELAMERE: Delamere Forest Birdsong Walk – welcome the warblers and other summer visitors with the Mid Cheshire branch of the Cheshire Wildlife Trust from 5-7pm. Ring 01606 882183 for details.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

CHESTER: Lecture on Memories: Painting Time and Place in Russian Art by Irene Thorp at the Grosvenor Museum at 1.30pm. Admission £3. Ring 01244 402008.

MUSIC

THURSDAY

CHESTER: Roger Fisher plays music by Mendelssohn and Bach in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

FRIDAY

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club meeting with vocal music from the Cheshire Chord Company, an award-winning a cappella female chorus, at the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Ring 01928 722282.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a Big Band Night, conducted by John Wilson and featuring vocalist Matthew Ford, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Alive and Kicking – Greater Manchester Youth String Festival, conducted by Ewa Strusinska, featuring music by Karen Wimhurst and others at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £6, concessions £3. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

SATURDAY

ELLESMERE PORT: Ellesmere Port Music Society presents their April concert featuring works by Charpentier, Purcell and Bach, accompanied by the 18th Century Sinfonia at the Civic Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £13 adults, £11 concessions. Ring 0151 327 4062.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present Music From Outer Space, conducted by Ian McMillan and presented by Elizabeth Sladen, star of Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures, at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Hallé, conducted by Stephen Bell, perform works by Walton, Handel, Elgar and others at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £9-£36. Ring 0161 907 9000.

RUNCORN: Highfield Male Voice Choir with guests Pantonic All Stars Steel Orchestra at The Brindley, High Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, children £4. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

SUNDAY

MANCHESTER: Stockport Festival Chorus and Orchestra, directed by John Huw Davies, perform works by Puccini at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

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.

WIRRAL: The Big Easy Jazz Band, a 14 piece group playing original arrangements of vintage jazz classics at the Melrose Hall in Melrose Avenue, Hoylake at 8pm. Ring 0151 334 7147.

TUESDAY

CHESTER: Music at Wesley lunchtime recital featuring Emily Jeffcott (piano), Lakewood scholar 2009, at the Wesley Methodist Church in St John Street at 12.45pm. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: Royal String Quartet perform works by Mendelssohn, Szymanowski and Dvorak at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Chiaroscuro Quartet perform works by Boccherini, Mozart and Beethoven at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £15, £12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

WREXHAM: North Wales Jazz Society presents the Mike Hope Quartet at the Royal British Legion in Llay at 8.30pm. Admission £6, concessions £5. Ring 01745 812260 or visit www.northwalesjazz.org.uk.

WEDNESDAY

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present Royal Fireworks, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini with soloist Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), performing works by Handel, Mozart and Bach at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: Mathias Eick Quartet in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £14, £12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME: Manchester Camerata performs works by Purcell, Handel, Pachelbel and Vivaldi at the New Vic Theatre in Etruria Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50-£12. Ring 01782 717962 or visit www.newvictheatre.org.uk.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

CHESTER: Graham Eccles plays music by Dandrieu, Vivaldi/Bach, Howells, Rachmaninoff and Elgar, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present Royal Fireworks, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini with soloist Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), performing works by Handel, Mozart and Bach at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: The Hallé, conducted by Arild Remmereit with soloists Lyn Fletcher (violin), Stephane Rancourt (oboe), Graham Salvage (bassoon) and Ncholas Trygstad (cello) perform works by Schubert, Haydn and Franck at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £9-£36. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER: Trinity Church of England High School anniversary concert, directed by Heather Brown, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

RHYL: Soul’d On Blues featuring Chris Farlowe, Cliff Bennett, Herbie Goins and The Norman Beaker Band at the Pavilion Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50, concessions £1.50 off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk.

SHOWS

CHESTER: April 18 – Chester Comedy Club featuring Charlie Ross, Roland Gent and Martin Bigpig at Alexander’s in Rufus Court. Ring 01244 340005.

CONGLETON: April 23 & 25 – Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart at Clonter Opera Theatre at Swettenham Heath at 7pm. Tickets £45-£25. Ring 01260 224514.

CREWE: April 17 – The Magic of Motown at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 8pm. Tickets £18, concessions £2 off. Ring 01270 537333.

CREWE: April 18 – Hull Truck Theatre present Beef by John Godber at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £15.50-£13.50. Ring 01270 537333.

CREWE: April 22 – The Loves and Laughs of Henry Blofeld, veteran of BBC Radio 4’s Test Match Special, at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Ring 01270 537333.

CREWE: April 23 – We’ll Meet Again – relive the spirit of the 1940s in an afternoon performance of hits from the Blitz at the Lyceum Theatre in Heath Street at 2.30pm. Tickets £11, concessions £9. Ring 01270 537333.

ELLESMERE PORT: April 22-24 – Santro School of Dance presents a variety show featuring dancers aged three to 50+ at the Civic Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £5. Ring 0151 355 2895.

LIVERPOOL: April 16 – Comedy Central presents Rob Heeney, Damion Larkin and Sean Moran, with compere Dave Williams, at Baby Blue, Edward Pavilion, Albert Dock, at 8pm. Tickets £10. Ring 0151 702 5834 or visit www.liverpoolcomedycentral.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 17-18 – Capital of Comedy presents Sol Bernstein and Steve Shainaski, with MC Neil Fitzmaurice, 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 19 – The Chuckle Brothers present Chuckle Trek at the Empire Theatre in Lime Street at 2pm. Tickets £12.50. Ring 0844 847 2525 or visit www.liverpoolempire.org.uk.

LIVERPOOL: April 19 – The Magic of Motown at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 22 – WWE Raw presents Wrestlemania Revenge Tour at the Echo Arena. Tickets £50-£30. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.echoarena.com.

LIVERPOOL: April 23 – Comedy Central presents John Warburton, Killian Monson and Joe Wilkinson, with compere Mike Wilkinson, at Baby Blue, Edward Pavilion, Albert Dock, at 8pm. Tickets £10. Ring 0151 702 5834 or visit www.liverpoolcomedycentral.com.

LLANGOLLEN: April 18 – A Knife at the Opera – a most murderous musical mystery – hilarious costumed opera for all the family at the Royal International Pavilion at 8pm. Tickets £10 adults, children £5, family of four £22. Ring 01978 860111.

NORTHWICH: April 22-25 – The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams at the Harlequin Theatre at 7.45pm. Tickets £6. Ring 01606 353534.

RUNCORN: April 18 – Comedy storyteller Terry Saunders at The Brindley Studio, High Street, at 8pm. Tickets £8, concessions £6. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk.

RUNCORN: April 21-25 – Zodiac present Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein at The Brindley, High Street, at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £10 concessions. Ring 0151 907 8360 or visit www.thebrindley.org.uk

STOKE-ON-TRENT: April 23 – Comedian Ross Noble at the Victoria Hall at 8pm. Tickets £20. Ring 0870 060 6649 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com/stoke.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: April 19 – Basil Brush’s High Skool Mania at the Victoria Hall at 2pm and 5pm. Tickets £12. Ring 0870 060 6649 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com/stoke.

WARRINGTON: April 18 – Richard Herring - The Headmaster’s Son – Herring dusts off his old diaries, rekindles memories that might best have been left forgotten and picks the scabs off of wounds that he thought had healed to discover if he can, as he hopes, blame his upbringing for his adult failures - at the Pyramid at 8pm. Tickets £12, £10. Ring 01925 442345.

WINSFORD: April 21 – Medium Colin Fry at Winsford Lifestyle Centre at 7.30pm. Tickets £19.50. Ring 01606 867539.

WIRRAL: April 17 – Halfway To Paradise - The Billy Fury Story – at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £16, concessions £15. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: April 19 – Goldilocks and The Three Bears at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 2.30pm. Tickets £8.50, concessions £7.50. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: April 21-25 – The Leverhulme Youth Drama Festival at the Gladstone Theatre at 7pm. Tickets £5, concessions £4. Ring 0151 643 8757.

WREXHAM: April 18 – In Dreams – tributes to stars such as Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and The Everly Brothers at the William Aston Hall. Ring 01978 293565.

EXHIBITIONS

CHESTER: April 18-June 21 – Watercolours of Victorian Chester by Louise Rayner at the Grosvenor Museum’s Exhibition Gallery Two.

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 on 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 in Hamilton Place. Ring 01244 380559.

CHESTER: February 28-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.

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: February 14-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 in 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: February 7-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 in 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.

NESTON: April 23-25 - Neston and District Art Society 2009 annual art exhibition at the Town Hall. Admission free. Catalogues 50p.

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.

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: 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 in Rhossdu Road. Ring 01978 292093.