What’s On listings - 18/6/09

Jun 18 2009 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

EVENTS

FRIDAY

FRODSHAM: Frodsham Music and Arts Club AGM at the community centre in Fluin Lane at 7.45pm. Ring 01928 722282.

TILSTON: National Gardens Scheme open day at Grafton Lodge from 5-8.30pm Admission £4, children free. Ring 01829 250670.

SATURDAY

CHESTER: The Minstrels’ Court with St John’s summer fFayre – this event is being recreated with performances of medieval music, dancing, mummers’ plays and storytelling at St John’s Church from 10.30am-4.30pm.

FRODSHAM: Wire workshop at Castle Park Arts Centre where you can create a small but beautiful sculptural item such as a brooch. £4 per person. Adults only. Ring 01928 735832 for details.

LITTLE SUTTON: Attic sale with stalls and refreshments at the Methodist Church from 10am-noon. Admission 50p. Ring 0151 339 2492.

SUNDAY

BUNBURY: National Gardens Scheme open day at Long Acre in Wyche Lane from 2-5pm. Admission £3.50, children free. Ring 01829 260944.

NESS: Father’s Day luncheon at Ness Gardens. Two course lunch and a small gift, £9.95 per head, £4.95 children under 12. Pre-booking essential.

TATTENHALL: National Gardens Scheme open day at Tattenhall Hall in High Street from 2-5pm. Admission £4, children free.

TILSTON: National Gardens Scheme open day at Grafton Lodge from 1.30-6pm Admission £4, children free. Ring 01829 250670.

WIRRAL: National Gardens Scheme open day at 29 Dee Park Road in Gayton from 1-5.30pm. Admission £2.50, children free.

MONDAY

CHESTER: Society of Thirteen annual general meeting followed by lecture on Cheshire Ramblings with Rolls-Royce by Chris Lunt, talking about the history and products of this local company, at the Grosvenor Museum at 7.30pm.

ELLESMERE PORT: Volunteer walk leader training course to find out why walking is the perfect exercise for all ages and abilities, at the \civic Hall from 9.30am-3.30pm. Contact 0151 356 6782. Free course.

MUSIC

THURSDAY

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

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Pops 2009 presents Broadway’s Great Romantics with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Wilson, featuring music from everyone's favourite musicals, including My Fair Lady, The King and I, The Sound of Music and Oklahoma! at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: RNCM Opera Scenes – RNCM students from the School of Vocal and Opera Studies perform selected staged excerpts drawn from operas by Beethoven, Berkeley, Bizet, Britten, Handel, Massenet, Menotti, Mozart, Poulenc, Previn, Vaughan Williams and Wagner at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 6pm. Free admission. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: Friends of the RNCM present a Lieder Recital featuring Terence Auebare (baritone), Laura Sheerin (soprano) and Malcom Forbes-Peckham (piano) at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, present Haydn the Innovator featuring Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Diana Moore (mezzo soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone) and the BBC Singers at the Bridgewater Hall at 7pm. Tickets £31-£9. Visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk or ring 0161 907 9000.

FRIDAY

MANCHESTER: RNCM Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Shanahan with soloist Daniel Browell (piano), perform works by Honegger, Ravel and Strauss at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £20-£10. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER: American Dream – Macclesfield Male Voice Choir perform a range of works with an American theme, under musical director David Court and featuring soloist Esther Swift (harp), at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: RNCM Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mark Shanahan with soloist Daniel Browell (piano), perform works by Arthur Honegger, Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £20-£10. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

SATURDAY

BUCKLEY: The Buckley Singers and the Hawarden Singers are giving a joint concert at St Matthew's Church at 7.30pm. Admission is £5, pay on the evening.

CHESTER: Lunchtime concert featuring pianist Brian Heald at the Wesley Methodist Church at 12.45pm. Ring 01514 379 2750.

CHESTER: St John’s Festival Orchestra, conducted by Alan Lees with soloists Ahmed Khan (piano) and Jeremy Hagan (bass), perform works by Beethoven, Chopin, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Brahms at St John’s Church at 7.30pm. Tickets £9, concessions £7. Ring 01244 880210.

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Pops 2009 presents Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Clarkn Rundell, featuring OMD classics such as Enola Gay, Souvenir, Joan of Arc, Sailing on the Seven Seas and Electricity at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £35-£15. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

MANCHESTER: RNCM Brass Band Focus Day featuring workshops and performances by the Black Dyke Band and RNCM Brass Band at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: Milapfest present The South Indian Experience with Dr Jyotsna Srikanth at the Bridgewater Hall at 2pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER: Halle Promenade Concert Classical Extravaganza, conducted by John Wilson with soloist Leon McCawley (piano), performing works by Grieg, Rachmaninov, Walton, Tchaikovsky and Bach at the Bridgewater Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £29.50-£13.50. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MOLLINGTON: Bridgewater String Quartet playing classical and modern at 7.30pm at Mollington, Backford and District Village Hall. Tickets £12.50 including canapes. Ring 01244 851126 for details.

WREXHAM: A Night with James Lambert Singers and Guests, under musical director Mair Evans and featuring Wrexham NEWI Band and Andrew Griffiths, compered by Ian Hughes, at The Stiwt, Broad Street, Rhos, at 7.30pm. Adults £8, concessions £7. Ring 01978 841300 or visit www.stiwt.co.uk.

SUNDAY

ELLESMERE PORT: Father’s Day at the National Waterways Museum – free entry for all dads and grandads. Ring 0151 373 4373.

ELLESMERE PORT: Gala Day at Whitby Sports and Social Club from 11am-4pm with fairground rides, giant slide, steam train, jungle play area, five-a-side football and refreshments, all in aid of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd and Ellesmere Port Hospital. Adults £1, children free.

MANCHESTER: Jennifer Pike (violin) and Martin Roscoe (piano) present Morning Serenade featuring music by Beethoven, Bach, Paganini, Jeremy Pike at the Bridgewater Hall at 11am. Tickets £12. Ring 0161 907 9000.

MANCHESTER: RNCM Strings Day featuring recitals and masterclasses including performances by Thomas Riebl (viola), the RNCM Cello Ensemble and RNCM String Ensemble at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MONDAY

MANCHESTER: Masterclass with Christine Rice, one of the country’s leading mezzo sopranos, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: RNCM Composers’ Concert, introduced by head of composition Adam Gorb, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £6. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

WREXHAM: The Mondays-at-12.30 lunchtime concert in St Giles' Church will be given by Shean Bowers (organist at St Saviour's Church, Oxton) and pianist Peter Foggitt (King's College, Cambridge). Retiring collection. Lunches available from noon.

TUESDAY

CHESTER: David Evans, organist at St Margaret's Church, Garden Village, Wrexham, plays music by Rheinberger, Bach, Watson and Mendelssohn, in the Tuesdays-at-One lunchtime organ recital in St.Werburgh's Church, Grosvenor Park Road. Retiring collection.

MANCHESTER: Rolf Hind piano recital featuring music by Stravinsky, Judith Weir, Joe Cutler, Karol Szymanowski, Sinom Holt, Claudia Molitor and Chris Dench 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.

WEDNESDAY

CHESTER: Wednesdays at One concert featuring pianist Russell Thompson at St John’s Church at 12.45pm. Ring 01244 880210.

COLWYN BAY: Lunchtime concert at 1pm in St. Paul's Church, features popular classics played by resident organist Charles Jones with young musicians from Eiras High School. Retiring collection in aid of the Organ Fund.

MANCHESTER: Masterclass with pianist Rolf Hind at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: RNCM Big Band with John Dankworth (saxophone) at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £16-£12. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25

CHESTER: Geoffrey Woollatt plays music by Dubois, Peeters, Bach and Bellens, in his lunchtime organ recital in Chester Cathedral commencing at 1.10pm. Retiring collection.

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool Pops 2009 presents Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, screened to the accompaniment of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis with soloist Ian Buckle (piano), plus music by Gershwin at the Philharmonic Hall in Hope Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £32-£10. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

SHOWS

CHESTER: June 20 – Chester Comedy Club featuring Ian Cognito, Chris Mollineux and Mister Kenyon at Alexander’s, Rufus Court at 8pm. Admission £10. Ring 01244 340005 or visit www.alexanderslive.com.

ELLESMERE PORT: June 20 – Chriska Stage Productions present The Wizard of Oz Goes Wikid at the Civic Hall at 2pm and 7pm. Adults £6, concessions £3 (for matinee only). Ring 01928 739166.

ELLESMERE PORT: June 22-23 – Lynn McKenzie School of Dance & Glasson School of Dance present Let’s Get Together & Dance at the Civic Hall at 7.30pm. Adults £5, children £3. Ring 0151 355 2995.

LIVERPOOL: June 18 – Britain’s Got Talent Live starring Diversity and Susan Boyle plus many other finalists at the Echo Arena. Tickets £32.50. Ring 0844 8000 400 or visit www.echoarena.com.

LIVERPOOL: June 24 – Malcolm Gladwell – the staff writer with The New Yorker magazine and author of Outliers, The Tipping Point and Blink live onstage at the Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 709 3789 or visit www.liverpoolphil.com.

LLANDUDNO: June 18-19 – Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru present a new Welsh language production of Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, a masterpiece on the theme of frustrated desire, at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £12, £10. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: June 21 – Ysgol Glanaethwy of TV’s Last Choir Standing fame perform at Venue Cymru at 7.30pm. Tickets £23-£17.50. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

LLANDUDNO: June 24 – Thriller Live – first multimedia spectacular to celebrate the incredible career of Michael Jackson at Venue Cymru at 8pm. Tickets £26.50-£19.50. Ring 01492 872000 or visit www.venuecymru.co.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 16-20 – Comedian Bill Bailey at the Palace Theatre in Oxford Street, at 8pm. Tickets £27.50, £25.50. Visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk or ring 0844 847 2484.

MANCHESTER: June 18-20 – North Face Theatre presents Be My Baby by Amanda Whittingham, set in the North of England in 1964 and following the fortunes of 19-year-old Mary who is expecting a baby and is sent to an institution for unmarried mothers where she has to cope with the decision as to whether or not she gives her baby up for adoption, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £9. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 20-21 – The Nicholson Academy presents A New Chapter, an action-packed fun-filled dance extravaganza at the Royal Northern College of Music in Oxford Road at 7.30pm. Tickets £8. Ring 0161 907 5555 or visit www.rncm.ac.uk.

MANCHESTER: June 24 – Here Come The Boys – featuring stars from the original Chippendales at the Opera House in Quay Street at 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50. Ring 0844 847 2484 or visit www.palaceandoperahouse.org.uk.

MOLD: June 23-26 & June 29-July 3 – Flintshire Youth ArtsFest 09 – Flintshire schools and community groups burst on to the stage with an exciting programme of drama, dance and music performance in the Emlyn Williams Theatre at Clwyd Theatr Cymru at 7pm and 8.15pm. Tickets £5, concessions £4. Ring 0845 330 3565 or visit www.clwyd-theatr-cymru.co.uk.

NESS: June 18-20 – Off The Ground Theatre Company present The Wind in the Willows at Ness Gardens from 7.30-10pm.

NORTHWICH: June 19 – Paul Larcombe’s Pure Presley – Larcombe is the only Elvis Tribute in the UK to be officially endorsed by Graceland (Elvis Presley Enterprises) in Memphis, nd he brings his show to the Memorial Hall at 8.30pm. Tickets £17.50. Ring 01606 834914.

RHYL: June 22-25 – Denbighshire Schools Festival of Performing Arts at the Pavilion Theatre at 7pm. Tickets £5, concessions 50p off. Ring 01745 330000 or visit www.rhylpavilion.co.uk.

RUNCORN: June 20 – Age Concern Cheshire present a fundraising show featuring Abbasolutely Live in the Walled Garden at Norton Priory. Tickets, priced £12, are available by calling the box office on 01606 305000.

SALFORD: June 19 – Verve 2009 – award-winning postgraduate performance company from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance returns with an all-new mixed bill featuring specially commissioned works from international choreographers at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £10-£8. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: June 19-20 – Company Chameleon – Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner present two dance works - Rites and Before Night Fell - at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com.

SALFORD: June 20 – Subitango – from the athleticism and elegance of traditional tango dance to the exquisite tango songs of 1930s Buenos Aires, this is a breathtaking journey into the heart of Tango Argentina featuring four of the UK’s leading tango dancers, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, at 8pm. Tickets £14. Ring 0870 787 5788 or visit www.thelowry.com.

STOKE-ON-TRENT: June 19 – Comedian and singer Joe Longthorne at the Victoria Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets £22.50, £19. Ring 0870 060 6649 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com/stoke.

WIRRAL: June 18-19 – Complete Works Performance School presents Floorless at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Ring 0151 643 8757.

WIRRAL: June 19 – Jake & Elwood – The Best Blues Brothers Show in the World. Ever at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £21.50, concessions £20. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: June 20 – Hand in Hand Theatre Productions present award-winning drama Remembrance Day at The Wirral Christian Centre. The play has an all-male cast and deals with the issues of fathers and sons against a background of war and is suitable for all family members over the age of 11. Tickets £5, family £15 (fathers and grandfathers admitted free). Ring 0151 653 4013.

WIRRAL: June 20 – The Swingin' Sixties starring Craig Douglas and The Swingin' Blue Jeans at the Gladstone Theatre at 7.30pm. Tickets £15. Ring 0151 643 8757.

WIRRAL: June 20 – Wirral School of Dance presents Beauty and the Beast and Songs From Stage & Screen at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £8, concessions £6. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

WIRRAL: June 23 – Route 66 – take a musical journey through the era of American country rock and the traditional classics of Route 66 to the sounds of The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Springsteen and more at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton at 7.30pm. Tickets £16.50. Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.