Theatres - Starting Next Week - December 17 onwards

Dec 14 2009 by Michael Green, Chester Chronicle

STARTING THIS WEEK

MARISKA CARNESKY’S MAGIC WAR (The Lowry, Salford Quays, December 17)

A SECRET society is in session. You are invited to a bizarre ritual where all is not as it seems. Enter Olivier Award-winning Marisa Carnesky’s strange and spectacular world of nightmarish tricks, thrilling visual illusions and dark humour, questioning our beliefs and survival strategies. Visit www.thelowry.com or ring 0870 111 2000.

PORRIDGE (The Lowry, Salford Quays, December 22-January 16)

FOLLOWING the success of the stage revival of Dad’s Army, another classic BBC sit com comes to The Lowry. Penned by the original writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, this hilarious new play sees Fletch trying to rescue the festive spirit from Scrooge-like Mackay. Visit www.thelowry.com or ring 0870 787 5793.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, Wirral, December 19-January 10)

AFTER last year’s record-breaking production of Sleeping Beauty, this year Snow White takes centre stage in this traditional family pantomime starring Pete Price as Muddles, Roy Brandon as Nurse Glucose and, as the recorded image and voice of the Magic Mirror, Ken Dodd! Ring 0151 666 0000 or visit www.floralpavilion.com.

A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS (The Lowry, Salford Quays, December 20)

NUNKIE Theatre Company return to The Lowry with teo more classic MR James ghost stories. In The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, a murderous cleric falls prey to an ancient curse while A Warning to the Curious sees a young archaeologist haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure. Visit www.thelowry.com or ring 0870 111 2000.